Crash Testing Datsun Vs Elio

[Jay3wheel]

Me. By choice.

Aren't we all just slaves to fashion. I like it better than the spiky thing they are doing.

 

[CompTrex]

Aren't we all just slaves to fashion. I like it better than the spiky thing they are doing.

Ha! That's what I shaved off!o_O

 

[Jay3wheel]

Ha! That's what I shaved off!o_O

Glass half full again.

 

[MajorXx]

However, with the total cost of replacement for the car, I would think that insurance would be expensive vs just getting it fixed. But then again, after a few times, it may start to really hurt.

This offers a great chance to try a new color on your replacement car.[/QUOTE]

It might not be so good if your Reservation number ends up being 999,999,999,999.

 

[JP]

Interesting thing happened on Saturday that is relative.
Stopped at a stop light, the guy in front throws his car into reverse and bangs into the front of us.
No damage to either vehicle, but we're lucky the air bag didn't go off. It was quite a jolt, but nothing too major.
Enter the relevance...
I wonder what would have happened in my Elio? The don't really have bumpers per se, I don't think. It could have done serious damage. Had he hit one of the out-rigger wheels? Who knows what could have happened.

Sounds like he was a scammer out for insurance money

 

[CompTrex]

Actually. He was a patient of my wife's. She recognized him. She said he's pretty strange and absent-minded.
We both got out, made sure each other and our cars were ok, then drove off.
No problems.
We were in the left turning lane at a light and he was going to back up to go into another lane and just never looked.
Accidents happen...

 

[wizard of ahs]

Keep in mind, it's a motorcycle with a body !!!

 

[NSTG8R]

Keep in mind, it's a motorcycle with a body !!!

...and an integrated roll bar, and 3 air bags, and a steering wheel, and front wheel drive, and side windows, and A/C / Heat....Hmmm, sounds more like a skinny car, with one back wheel. But if my insurance agent is watching this thread, The Wiz is correct...it's a motorcycle with a body!

 

[Jay3wheel]

...and an integrated roll bar, and 3 air bags, and a steering wheel, and front wheel drive, and side windows, and A/C / Heat....Hmmm, sounds more like a skinny car, with one back wheel. But if my insurance agent is watching this thread, The Wiz is correct...it's a motorcycle with a body!

To insurance agent a low priced motorcycle with a body. Well it was before he added all those options.....!!!

 

[Dusty921]

If you really look at the front end structure, really wont be that difficult to fix. Like putting a new clip on a race car,and since the body will be done in panels that too should be fairly straight forward. The beauty of this fairly simple design is it's ease of repair.
I'd much repair collision damage to an Elio than a BMW or Mercedes, they can be a nightmare of proprietary parts and specialty tools.