What Side Should The Door Be On?

[LockMD]

No.....just like it doesn't matter the side location of the gas cap. Let EM Design, Engineer, and Manufacture the Elio based on cost saving efficiency. All we need to do is buy it, drive it, have some fun, and save some money in the process. I'm thinking about all the fun customization options not doors and caps. What the heck do I know about vehicle design? Adopt and adapt.

Would you rather have more endless discussion on what side the fuel filler should be on?

I believe everyone here wants to get this vehicle into production asap and EM is working on that. Most of what we do here does not really affect Elio Motors in any way as they may stop in to read general commentary or see what is being said about a specific issue however they have their own schedule and they will keep to it no matter what we are discussing.

While we wait for the process to work itself through it does break things up to have discussions on topics other than the standard fare which just goes around and around endlessly.

Get in! Shut up! and DRIVE!! Oh wait we don't have it yet

 

[wheaters]

This has been discussed here before. Speaking as a potential UK owner, it really doesn't matter which side the door is fitted. Believe it or not, some of us have already driven left hand drive vehicles.....

 

[Don Malone]

I am new to this forum but I had to join just to ask this question. Since this car is Made in America and is primarily being driven in America , Why is not the door on the right side of the vehicle? It seems to me that it would be safer for the driver and the passenger to exit and enter on the curb side of the vehicle as opposed to stepping into traffic .

 

[Jeff Miller]

Likely because that is how drivers enter and exit all other cars in the US. Elio has enough of a challenge being accepted and simple quirks like having to walk to a different side can make a world of difference. If you don't think so, just go look at the fuel door thread.

 

[Mark Ambrose]

Since all cars made in the U.S. have their transmission levers on the right side, drivers are selecting the gear with their right hand. How are you going to put a door where the gear lever goes? If you want a door on the right side then it would force the shift lever to the left. If that happened boy would you hear the howling and complaining - and rightly so. In this vehicle the door can ONLY be on the left side.

 

[Neal]

I am new to this forum but I had to join just to ask this question. Since this car is Made in America and is primarily being driven in America , Why is not the door on the right side of the vehicle? It seems to me that it would be safer for the driver and the passenger to exit and enter on the curb side of the vehicle as opposed to stepping into traffic .

Hi and welcome to the forum. Don! Its a great question, but I think the others are correct is saying because we Americans are used to all the gear shifts and other accessories alredy being on the right hand side. But, I think with the car sitting in the middle, set off from the front fender, there will be plenty of room to exit without getting in harms way.

 

[Truett Collins]

It all boils down to being observant and watching what you are doing when driving and when exiting your vehicle.
The best way to think of it is like I taught my kids when they were learning to drive.

Think that every driver out their is either drunk or crazy and is out to get you.......

 

[toxotes]

It would be about time something was made for the "superior" left handed people

You righties screwed this whole world up

I love Thursday morning sarcasm.

 

[BillZ]

It's just what we're used to, like others have pointed out. Elio will have enough challenges without trying to shift the entire driving paradigm of the entire country.

 

[#491]

It would be about time something was made for the "superior" left handed people

You righties screwed this whole world up

I love Thursday morning sarcasm.

There is only right handed and wrong handed.