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Improvements To The Steering Wheel?

nickskeys

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They do things for a reason; and the majority of the time it's to cut cost so that they can meet the $7,300.00 MSRP. Even something as simple as plastic chrome adds cost to the base price.

I was at Ford once, and got to listen in on a meeting that they were have on a new model that was planned; they were arguing about a washer. One washer was 1/4 of a cent, but another one was 1/3 of a cent, but they could use it in more places. Now you would think that an item as simple as a washer that cost that little was a no brainer; but when you're talking about going thru millions of these washers all of it adds up over a model run.
With the low MSRP of the Elio, watching pennies might seem like a waste of time, but it's not because of the quantities they want to roll out the door (250,000 a year).
Could they at least spend 1/800 of a cent and paint the Elio logo green in the center?
 

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I will take some time with some paint, fill in the logo, custom and cool.
 

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They can't do that; that's where your forward impact airbag sits.
They ship it without a steering wheel, it voids the safety requirements and makes it a non-drivable unit (aka no title).
Airbag safety requirements? On a motorcycle?
 
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