Standard Equipment And Options

[stu ostler]

From today's Momentum:

"Backup cameras are an increasingly popular accessory and Elio owners who want to completely eliminate the small blind spot will be able to do so through our ePlus: My Elio, My Way option program. Along with many other options that we will announce leading up to the start of production, we plan on offering a rearview camera for full visibility."

I have a backup camera in my Nissan rogue - would be lost without it.

Here.s one available now... https://support.pearlauto.com/hc/en-us

 

[Coss]

Yup, handy, convenient, easy to install, great picture, low price and lost without it.

 

[Jambe]

$500 is a low price???

 

[Coss]

No, he got screwed royally, but it's the wireless unit.

 

[BilgeRat]

I wonder if they'll use an invisible antenna built into the windshield rather than the non-existent back window. There wouldn't be much cabling involved which fits into the "less material = less money" formula.

They're still around; my neighbor's Buick sedan has one. I got to meet the inventor of the windshield antenna when I was young. His name was Otto Schmager; he was a relative of the guy who owned the auto electric shop that I worked for at the time. O'l Otto was quite a character...

 

[Ty]

I have a backup camera in my Nissan rogue - would be lost without it.

Here.s one available now... https://support.pearlauto.com/hc/en-us

Here's another one available now:

https://www.amazon.com/Monitor-Shin...ns&keywords=license+plate+backup+camera&psc=1

Anyone getting this one can send me the $472.01 they saved! (this one is only $27.99)

Speaking of backup cameras, check out this little snippet.

The National Highway Safety Transportation Agency (NHTSA) announced a new rule in 2014 that will require vehicles built from May 1, 2018 on to have a back-up camera. The rule applies to all road-legal vehicles under 10,000 pounds.

Now, it doesn't say "Cars" under 10,000 pounds. It says "road-legal vehicles". The Elio will be a road-legal vehicle. I'm just saying...

 

[Jambe]

Is a motorcycle a "road-legal vehicle?

 

[slinches]

It doesn't make much sense to require a backup camera on motorcycles. Most don't even have a reverse gear.

 

[Sethodine]

Is a motorcycle a "road-legal vehicle?

Well, if it doesn't have a back up camera, then it won't be a road-legal vehicle. In which case, it isn't required to have a backup camera!

 

[Doug McDow]

Well, if it doesn't have a back up camera, then it won't be a road-legal vehicle. In which case, it isn't required to have a backup camera!