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I think it'll be strange and different, but I like that it will be this way for just the reason you mentioned.
Don't mind scootch, or scooch, but good luck moving far enough forward so your son can slither into the back without your having to clamber out. See the suggestion for a grab handle ... another good reason to have one. Also might help rear seat passengers to extract themselves from the back seat.I think it'll be strange and different, but I like that it will be this way for just the reason you mentioned.
My use of the vehicle will involve me picking up my son from school every day. It's bad enough that I'm going to have to get out to let him in. I'd hate to be fumbling with the seat belt all the time. Maybe with the seat belt on the opposite side of the door, I may not need to get out; just skootch up.
Skootch...it's a word.
The Elio will also give you the option to roll down both side windows and but BOTH elbows on the windowsills. That ought to get points for originality.The second armrest will be in the production vehicle, I've checked on this before and had it confirmed. So you will get your wish
Amen, brother! Based on the colors seen in pictures on the Elio site, I'd think twice about that lime green. I rented a God-awful pea-soup green Pinto for a couple of weeks back in the day, then inherited one from my office motor pool for a few more weeks. At first unique, I got sick of it in a few days. It attracted a lot of stares . . . and not the good kind. Fortunately it had the presence of mind to wrap itself around a telephone pole. Shame, I figured.
In the past few months it looks like more concessions are being made to the backseater. If posts here are any indication, there are quite a few people interested in hauling a passenger than might have first been imagined. Whether for taking a kid to school, doing light shopping, or even road-tripping with your S/O, the Elio is proving to have more market acceptance as a family vehicle than just a single-purpose commuter.
In the past few months it looks like more concessions are being made to the backseater. If posts here are any indication, there are quite a few people interested in hauling a passenger than might have first been imagined. Whether for taking a kid to school, doing light shopping, or even road-tripping with your S/O, the Elio is proving to have more market acceptance as a family vehicle than just a single-purpose commuter.
Oh. I gotcha. The Miata, when I test drove it (never did get one) only required a slight flick of the wrist to change gears but I can see how that might be a little different based on seat height. For what it's worth, it looks like the gear shift is in about the same relative position as it was in that 1992 Miata I drove.
I can understand that, for sure. I was based in Okinawa Japan for 3 years and drove a little red Honda Civic. It was the one with the hatch and you drove on the right side. It took almost no time to get used to shifting with the left hand and the seatbelt always felt right. So, hopefully, the Elio will be the same with the seatbelt. I'd rather it be out of the way when getting gear out of the backseat area. But, opinions are like butts... everyone has one.
"scooch", or the longer "scoociatore" Italian it translates to- pain-in-the-neck (on this forum anyway)I think it'll be strange and different, but I like that it will be this way for just the reason you mentioned.
My use of the vehicle will involve me picking up my son from school every day. It's bad enough that I'm going to have to get out to let him in. I'd hate to be fumbling with the seat belt all the time. Maybe with the seat belt on the opposite side of the door, I may not need to get out; just skootch up.
Skootch...it's a word.
Amen, brother! Based on the colors seen in pictures on the Elio site, I'd think twice about that lime green. I rented a God-awful pea-soup green Pinto for a couple of weeks back in the day, then inherited one from my office motor pool for a few more weeks. At first unique, I got sick of it in a few days. It attracted a lot of stares . . . and not the good kind. Fortunately it had the presence of mind to wrap itself around a telephone pole. Shame, I figured.
