pete.d
Elio Fan
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2014
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I've been on many long trips (over 500 miles) in an Audi A6 (and A4), a Chevy Suburban, a Honda Civic, a Mini, a VW, a Ford pickup, and a Cadillac. The Audis were easily the best overall, but the 3 small cars all had a nicer ride than the Suburban, the Cadillac and the pickup (which was by far the worst of all). The little cars were somewhat lacking in seat comfort and a little noisier, but the wallowing Cadillac and the harsh, jiggly Suburban and pickup were so bad that the smaller cars were much preferable overall. I don't think anyone's ridden any distance in an Elio yet, but it's got to be more like the small cars than the big ones. A firm ride is comfortable as long as it doesn't assault you with harshness, wallow, or jiggle all over the road. The only limitation I see for long trips in an Elio is the limited luggage space: a small trailer (like the motorcycles use) or car-top carrier would remedy that.Once one rides in a Elio on a long trip feeling the bumps and hearing the noise they will go back to long trips in their 50K SUV'S.