Elio-vangalism?

[Ekh]

Also a nice personalized plate idea: "TOLD U" or "TOLDYOU" or "ITOLDYOU".

Not in Ohio! Motorcycle plates have a total of 5 characters, including spaces. You could do TOLDU, but that's a bout it. Mine says Elio2.

 

[Ekh]

I will be curious to know
how well the E-Series perform compared to the existing 'crash
test modeling'....

That is the big question of the day.

 

[Kuda]

That is the big question of the day.

 

[Ekh]

All just my guess but, I think this is critical for about half the drivers(50% of everyone), the half that won't even consider a motorcycle for transportation. If/when the Elio passes it's crash safety, about half of the suspicious will be satisfied(25% of everyone). So at that point 75% are OK with it for safety. Of the rest, half (12% of everyone) will be OK as soon as they seem more than just a few on the road. The final 12% will need a lot of convincing to include positive 12 months of stats. The final 6% will unlikely be convinced anytime soon, half of that (3%) never will be. That leaves 1% as unknown. JMHO. So all that just addresses the safety motivators.

I'm telling you (and anybody else who will listen) that test results are one thing and OPTICS are something else -- and much more important to sales.

The charts below shows how humans take in information. The upper chart shows the approximate amount of information we gather by seeing, sound (as a stimulus on its own) and by words.

The second chart shows how words reach us -- by listening to them, by talking (2-way), by reading them, and by writing them.

This is why optics -- the visual appearance of things -- and the accompanying sounds (as distinct from words) are so important. What counts is what we see and hear. What we understand (by decoding words) is much less important.

This is why visually communicating safety is vital to Elio.

If you're curious, this chart was one I developed from various data sources back in my communications consulting days. It's still valid.

 

[Ekh]

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how well the Elio does in terms of conventional crash testing

 

[TCBronson]

Some vehicles are more safe than others. Safety does sell but I think it's all relevant, style, price and fun to drive sells also and each person will decide for them selves what the acceptable risks will be.

 

[Kuda]

Some vehicles are more safe than others. Safety does sell but I think it's all relevant, style, price and fun to drive sells also and each person will decide for them selves what the acceptable risks will be.

 

[Rickb]

Some vehicles are more safe than others. Safety does sell but I think it's all relevant, style, price and fun to drive sells also and each person will decide for them selves what the acceptable risks will be.

Elio's largest target market, the average everyday commuter, concerned about affordable daily driving will be concerned about safety too. Others, like myself, looking for a fun, reasonably safe ride are more likely risk taker mentalities. It will be an individual choice regardless.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

I tried Jeepaism,

failed to convert to Islamborghini,

had to sell my old Buddhatsun,

gave my all to Sciontology,

and could no longer share in the body and blood of Chrysler.

So now I'm an Eliovangelist.

I hope you've been "vetted", cause if Porsche come to shove, I'm tire(d) of the "Cars" and "let the Good Times roll"
Wasn't Ponce DeLorean, who said waking up in Daytona Florida I hear a Sparrow and a "Eagle"-South Africa), "good Morgan", watch out for the Jaguar, and The Mustang,anywhere they could be Land Roving, and Ram us.

If history had been ...."Wilber, that will never fly- I'm thinking a three wheel horseless carriage"
I'm Benzing over laughing, gonna go take "Abarth"
I could go on for a "Century" even to Infinity
I Can't They say I gotta go back to my room for my meds (I'll try to Dodge them.)

Yea it Hertz me too.

 

[Ekh]

I hope you've been "vetted", cause if Porsche come to shove, I'm tire(d) of the "Cars" and "let the Good Times roll"
Wasn't Ponce DeLorean, who said waking up in Daytona Florida I hear a Sparrow and a "Eagle"-South Africa), "good Morgan", watch out for the Jaguar, and The Mustang,anywhere they could be Land Roving, and Ram us.

If history had been ...."Wilber, that will never fly- I'm thinking a three wheel horseless carriage"
I'm Benzing over laughing, gonna go take "Abarth"
I could go on for a "Century" even to Infinity
I Can't They say I gotta go back to my room for my meds (I'll try to Dodge them.)

Yea it Hertz me too.

Overkill! May you take a swim in Yosemite's Merced-es River, and get eaten by a Barracuda!