I Have Lost Hope...

[jessemck]

I also get several a week, some weeks are slower and just get the Friday round up email (I think it's Friday), but most weeks I get 3-4.

 

[Coss]

I hope he's monitoring this; he logged off 2 minutes after writing it.
He's done 3 posts here since January; I'm going to do a condensed version of them.

January - "Hi I went all in I'm excited"
March - "Got my SIL; I feel complete now"
August/September - "I've lost hope because they never write to me"

I felt like I just lived a love affair; Meet/Start, flower, and die all in 5 minutes.

I just hope we've thrown a life preserver in time. So we can have a happily ever after.

 

[Ekh]

Agreed, I am not even a reservation holder (waiting for the turbo model) and I get the weekly emails. Try signing up for the newsletter on their website, maybe?

Maurtis! You shock me! You should immediately plunk down your $100 all-in (or more if you can afford it) and then get your Elio retrofitted when the turbo is available -- or sell it and buy your turbo then. I figure it's going to be one to two years after the start of production before you see your turbo (and boy, I hope I'm wrong about that). That's a long time to wait while the rest of us are zipping about in our Elios. Get with the program, dude!

 

[Coss]

Maurtis! You shock me! You should immediately plunk down your $100 all-in (or more if you can afford it) and then get your Elio retrofitted when the turbo is available -- or sell it and buy your turbo then. I figure it's going to be one to two years after the start of production before you see your turbo (and boy, I hope I'm wrong about that). That's a long time to wait while the rest of us are zipping about in our Elios. Get with the program, dude!

Plus they have said that is that if/or when the turbo comes out, it can be retro fitted to the Gen I Elio.
They (EM) did include that retro fitting any future options or accessories can be done.
In other words, EM unlike any other car company, did not build planned obsolesce into the Gen I Elio; it will accept any future changes.

How sweet is that?

 

[Ekh]

Plus they have said that is that if/or when the turbo comes out, it can be retro fitted to the Gen I Elio.
They (EM) did include that retro fitting any future options or accessories can be done.
In other words, EM unlike any other car company, did not build planned obsolesce into the Gen I Elio; it will accept any future changes.

How sweet is that?

The retrofit support is one reason for my advice. However, it appears that the turbo installation may involve quite a lot of changes and so may take longer to get to or cost more than was thought at first.

Let's hope I am wrong!

 

[bowers baldwin]

Just being honest.

I put down my $1,000.00 and have had little to no communication from Elio.

Yes I received my SIL #, but I expect at least a monthly email from them with an updated road map on where they are. I don't think that is too much to ask for!

Just disappointed I guess.

Don't lose hope, it's been 1026 days, 8 hours, 1 minute and 25 seconds for me and still quite hopeful.

 

[floydv]

Plus they have said that is that if/or when the turbo comes out, it can be retro fitted to the Gen I Elio.
They (EM) did include that retro fitting any future options or accessories can be done.
In other words, EM unlike any other car company, did not build planned obsolesce into the Gen I Elio; it will accept any future changes.

How sweet is that?

In my mind, the question is whether a turbo can be a "drop in" retrofit or, given the Elio is already designed as a high compression ratio engine, major modifications would have to be done (e.g., pistons, heads, etc.) to accommodate a turbo.

 

[Ekh]

In my mind, the question is whether a turbo can be a "drop in" retrofit or, given the Elio is already designed as a high compression ratio engine, major modifications would have to be done (e.g., pistons, heads, etc.) to accommodate a turbo.

Maybe the retrofit is... we take out your engine and drop in the turbo version with exhaust and cpu changes for $2300 or so.

Would you go for that?

 

[floydv]

Maybe the retrofit is... we take out your engine and drop in the turbo version with exhaust and cpu changes for $2300 or so.

Would you go for that?

That's one interpretation of "drop in retrofit." If that $2300 covers all costs including labor, and the turbo version still meets California emission standards, I might just go for it!

 

[Ekh]

That's one interpretation of "drop in retrofit." If that $2300 covers all costs including labor, and the turbo version still meets California emission standards, I might just go for it!

I've posted a new thread, Turbo retrofit poll. Let's see how much we want for this animal.

http://www.elioowners.com/threads/turbo-retrofit-poll.7685/