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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.Most are attracted to the Elio based on price point alone whatever the actual base price turns out to be. I think we should know by now. My personal experience is that you get what you pay for and won't know if the Elio is a real value, with long term reliability and durability until it's tested, finally produced, and owner reviews start flocking in. To date a few reservationists have had the opportunity for a test SIT in a prototype with nary a test RIDE or DRIVE. We seem to be a trusting fan base and as.u.me that the Elio will meet or hopefully beat our expectations.
I agree Rickb. With all the hype surrounding the ELIO, none would have a greater impact w/ future owners than having one, yap, just a single pre-production ELIO being tested on the track and showing for everybody to see the numbers!!! We have not even see the actual numbers of the new engine like the actual horses, etc. ...and they're moving on to producing 100 pre-prod......to sell????? EM is actually USING the fleet owners to TEST THE ELIO for them...does that make sense??? Without actual numbers coming from EM, we'll just have to see the first reports from the fleet owners what their first hand experiences are, actual mpg figures, etc. since there won't be no ACTUAL TEST DRIVE for us regular reservationists until God knows which quarter of 2017!!! But having said that, I will be patiently waiting until the end of this year to see if the first 100 ELIOs will materialize before our very eyes!
Perhaps you and I should volunteer to be E test drivers (not crash test dummies) promising complete silence about the experience until EM's official news release.I agree Rickb. With all the hype surrounding the ELIO, none would have a greater impact w/ future owners than having one, yap, just a single pre-production ELIO being tested on the track and showing for everybody to see the numbers!!! We have not even see the actual numbers of the new engine like the actual horses, etc. ...and they're moving on to producing 100 pre-prod......to sell????? EM is actually USING the fleet owners to TEST THE ELIO for them...does that make sense??? Without actual numbers coming from EM, we'll just have to see the first reports from the fleet owners what their first hand experiences are, actual mpg figures, etc. since there won't be no ACTUAL TEST DRIVE for us regular reservationists until God knows which quarter of 2017!!! But having said that, I will be patiently waiting until the end of this year to see if the first 100 ELIOs will materialize before our very eyes!
maybe you two can be both- test drivers and dummies no need to be mutually exclusive
Where do I sign!
Not even close. I'm talking about test drivers ( with helmets) running the ELIO to it's limits to verify everything. Running it on paved, gravel, sand, unpaved roads to test for squeaks and rattles, noise levels etc. all the good stuff. I know it's premature to be asking this, after all, EM has yet to show progress on the e-series build. Will we see the numbers, pictures/videos of ELIOs being crashed and the test results before they build the 100 pre-prod??? Let's all hope so.
I think we should be mindful that Elio is not shoving any of the 100 pre-prods down any fleet owners' throats. Of course those owners understand what they're getting into, what they're getting out of it, and what EM is getting out of it. Let's be careful not to suggest otherwise.
and maybe they know things we don't- the companies have to know what their risks are and actual specifications- scary to think to throw the keys to a company driver, without some basic expectations beyond vids and spec sheetsI agree Rickb. With all the hype surrounding the ELIO, none would have a greater impact w/ future owners than having one, yap, just a single pre-production ELIO being tested on the track and showing for everybody to see the numbers!!! We have not even see the actual numbers of the new engine like the actual horses, etc. ...and they're moving on to producing 100 pre-prod......to sell????? EM is actually USING the fleet owners to TEST THE ELIO for them...does that make sense??? Without actual numbers coming from EM, we'll just have to see the first reports from the fleet owners what their first hand experiences are, actual mpg figures, etc. since there won't be no ACTUAL TEST DRIVE for us regular reservationists until God knows which quarter of 2017!!! But having said that, I will be patiently waiting until the end of this year to see if the first 100 ELIOs will materialize before our very eyes!
