"piece of poop"............Hold on a minute.......my first car was a '59 VW and I have fond memories of that car! It served me well. Somebody may be saying that about the Elio in 56 years as the latest concept in transportation rolls off the line............or maybe it will be.........."Beam me up Scottie" tele-transportation with an App for that.
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Elio In The Mountains
- Thread starter MajorXx
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While living in a mountainess area.............I can hardly wait for the personal mountain driving experience. I don't think it will be a problem.......particularly on the way down.
Terrence
Elio Addict
We all wonder until Elio Motors gets testing done or Cycle World does a new product road test on an Elio. I just did a quick internet search to find Curb weight, 2,282 lb for the Geo. The Elio is about 1,240lbs. To ascend a mountain with a vehicle on paved roads (no knobby tires needed), you'll benefit with lighter weight and lower gearing. The Elio motor, trans and aerodynamic body all designed for 84 mpg. They promoted Elio in the snow, snow follows mountainous areas. Elio Motors has hinted about hitting Canada with Sales soon; I am on the wait and see my Elio friends. Good comments about the original VW bug and what it had the capability of getting done. Elio Motors has put a tremendous amount of design, engineering,and safety into our Elio; they are always surprising us with their well thought out plans. The Elio was not just designed for flat/straight roads or no head winds.
Enjoy the Elio journey all my Elio friends
Soon we'll have an Elio p5 to discuss
Terrence
Jay3wheel
Elio Addict
Well, by 59 they had made soooo many improvements..
Actually the only problems with the car were the driver (me) forgetting to turn the reserve tank level back up after you got gas (so you run out with no reserve the next time) and the nearly complete inability of the defroster to keep the windshield clear on really cold days.
I am also quite sure mine would not float after the floor panels rusted through. I had to cut plywood for a floor or dangle my feet in the air.
Funny! Brings back early driving memories..........scraping icy condensation off the interior side of the VW's cabin windows in the winter......but damn did it ever have good traction on the ice and snow! I hope the Elio has a good and efficient 'climate control'.......if not we have the personal experience to deal with it.
Ray O
Elio Addict
My Wife and I went cross county on a 1980 Honda 750 with bags. up and down the rocky mountains. No problem.
The thing you gotta watch coming down are the brakes...I had a set of front brakes get so hot on a car coming down the Rockies one time that the plastic wheel covers actually deformed from the heat...
Dusty921
Elio Addict
Rickb,
My '66 1300 worked great on sand too, just let tire pressures down to about 15psi and Florida sugar sand was doable, all the way to the water.
CompTrex
Elio Addict
I remember scraping as well.
Another one of my funny VW stories:
A friend and I were driving around one snowy day in Erie, PA. We saw some guys riding snowmobiles through a high school field. Driving up over jumps, doing donuts in the snow. Looked like fun... So we joined them! Driving around, waving at them on their snow machines, all bundled up and with helmets on. We cranked the heat, cranked the tunes, and had a blast. They all thought we were nuts. Maybe we were just a bit. Oh to be 16 again...