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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5835 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #15 - 01/21/14 at 10:11:38 I need one of these to carry two people . Side by side would be nice but two for sure. So "Does it have a back seat ? This seem like (just the thing) for America at (Just the right time) too. I'm keeping my truck for back-up. / but will be glad to see these rides on the road !
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Re: New Elio unveiling
Reply #16 - 01/21/14 at 11:20:20

buried in the specs...
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The trunk space will be at least 27″ x 14″ x 10″, enough for an airline carry-on bag or a golf bag with the rear seat down (47″+). If you’re the working type, tools, blueprints, briefcases, and who knows what else can also be accommodated

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Interior measurements are as follows:

Headroom: Driver 39.8 Passenger 36.4 in
Seat width: Driver 20.6 Passenger 25.3 in

Interior Shoulder Width: 26.8 in
Front seat Legroom: 42.7 in
Rear seat Legroom: 33.1 in

Elio has been designed to fit 95% of all men.

The tallest person we have had in the Elio is a 6’8″ former college basketball player, the largest is a 6’3″ 365 lb man, and the smallest is a 5’0″ woman (no, we didn’t ask the weight!).

They all fit and loved it! If you are outside of these sizes, you’ll just have to hop into an Elio yourself and see how it fits

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Re: New Elio unveiling
Reply #17 - 01/21/14 at 18:51:27

Serowbot wrote on 01/20/14 at 22:04:17:

...(the car I had before this... was a 69' Mustang 302, with modded Cleveland heads, and a 4 barrel with Edelbrock intake, and custom exhaust... I spent my weekends keeping it running)...

I got 21 mpg in mine with the same setup (minus the Cleveland heads). Where'd you find an Edelbrock manifold to fit the Clevor setup?

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #18 - 01/22/14 at 18:54:43 As far as I know the only intakes available for a Clevor come from Australia. I don't think Edelbrock makes any. I'll stop the thread hijack now!
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Ragnar444 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 125	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #19 - 01/22/14 at 19:18:41 Totally plan on keeping my 03 Nissan 4wd Frontier and 08 Savage. This will be for those special occasions.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #20 - 01/22/14 at 19:35:11 I'm gonna suggest that you put some serious running/turn signals on the outrigger wheels. One, to remind you that they're there. And two, so that others know that they're there. Lets face it, not many cars have exposed wheels, someone gonna either trip over them or run thru'm.
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Re: New Elio unveiling
Reply #21 - 01/22/14 at 20:44:30

Yeah, some led's while parked would be a smart idea, or maybe for night time have some of this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10ft-WHITE-REFLECTIVE-Tape-Sheet-Engineer-Grade-Vinyl...

I have reflective black on my rims of the 300 Ninja...but I only covered half the rim, so at slower speeds from the side it looks like the bike is wobbling back and forth....people tend to see that better.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #22 - 08/15/14 at 08:05:34 Still plunking along... https://news.yahoo.com/three-wheeled-elio-gets-closer-070457032.html
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MnSpring Serious Thumper Offline Younger than most people my age. Posts: 9333 Minn Gender:	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #23 - 08/15/14 at 16:57:58 Looks Neet, and at 84MPG, Really neet ! (If the production model will get that much) Now, who will be the first to design a, "Cab", for the, Can-Am ? While on the XT-225 site. Their was a fellow in England, who had a, 'Enclosed', 2 wheel, motorcycle.
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Re: New Elio unveiling
Reply #24 - 09/05/14 at 10:12:22

A third party group has been given the first test drive of the Elio. They seem to stress that the old Suzuki engine is pretty tired, and it definitely does sound noisy. It's a little quirky, but still a prototype. I think this article provides a lot of good insight to anybody interested in Elio.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/08/exclusive-capsule-review-elio-motors...

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Re: New Elio unveiling
Reply #25 - 09/09/14 at 06:22:51

MnSpring wrote on 08/15/14 at 16:57:58:

Looks Neet, and at 84MPG, Really neet !
(If the production model will get that much)

Now, who will be the first to design a, "Cab", for the, Can-Am ?

While on the XT-225 site. Their was a fellow in England,
who had a, 'Enclosed', 2 wheel, motorcycle.

Not that I want to hijack the thread, but last friday p.m. my wife and I bought our new Toyota Auris Hybrid... Talk about revolutionary !

25 Km/liter = 58 mpg AND it's a CAR, 4 doors, seats 5... Oh... and check out the instrumentation !

OK, back to you folks Cool

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Reply #26 - 09/09/14 at 19:32:40

In the States that car is a member of the Prius family. "Prius V" they call it.

I have some experience with Prii. Good luck trying to get that 58 mpg. You'll have to be doing 30mph or lower around town with slow acceleration. It's not a bad car, but I've seen a couple of traditional gas engines that will rival the Prius' true mileage.

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Reply #27 - 09/10/14 at 00:13:12

I understand that. However, here in Europe, the average city is at least 1000 years old, and the "city center" is actually a maze of narrow alleyways.

This is a pictore of Historic Williamsburg, Va. ; see how wide the street is... from the 1600's !

There are pictures of the historic city centers of, respectively, London, Paris, Rome. Compare and picture yourselves stock in 2-way traffic...

So in historic city centers you WILL be doing 25mph... or less...

In the few days we've driven the car here and there, the Toyota has never fared less than 40mpg in the city center on a 1800cc gasoline engine.
Compared to her 1400cc VW Polo, that's VERY good.

Back to the Elio Cool

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NickGann Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 75	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #28 - 09/12/14 at 19:32:02 That thing looks ridiculous
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: New Elio unveiling Reply #29 - 09/13/14 at 10:50:23 Still, 84mpg and only $6,800.00, my wife and I have a $100 reservation. They won't start manufacturing until late 2015, so that means we will get ours about the start of, or middle of 2016...just around the time for her Hyundai to stop running (2004 elantra).
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