08-21-2013, 01:32 AM
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It'd be great to have a 85+ mpg kit car to put together. An enclosed vehicle put together like Ikea.
With a cool factor look to it though.
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08-21-2013, 01:59 AM
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It'd be great to have a 85+ mpg kit car to put together. An enclosed vehicle put together like Ikea.
With a cool factor look to it though.
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My Ikea furniture did not turn out very well.  |
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08-21-2013, 03:01 AM
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It'd be great to have a 85+ mpg kit car to put together. An enclosed vehicle put together like Ikea.
With a cool factor look to it though.
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Yep and you could fit a diesel if you choose and run biodiesel ... that would really be cheap !  |
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08-21-2013, 04:45 PM
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Man, that IS discouraging. Some can be hopeful though. Even if I never got one, it would be nice to see it succeed.
Made up of 95% US parts and many of those parts available off the shelf is partly how they can get by making it so inexpensive. 1000cc 3 cylinder motor up front with manual or standard tranny driving the 2 front wheels would seem a good design. In fact, from the video seen from this link shows what appears to be a Geo/Chevy Metro/ Suzuki Swift engine and dash instruments. That is a piece of cake to work on. (had a '98' Chevy Metro but traded it on a '06' Ford Ranger pick up truck. WHAT WAS I THINKING???  )
Video - WNEM TV 5
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08-23-2013, 04:50 AM
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Yep and you could fit a diesel if you choose and run biodiesel ... that would really be cheap ! |
Even a few of those low-displacement stationary Diesels could work decently on a vehicle like the Elio due to the light weight. Eventually could run cheaper than a 250cc motorcycle. |
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08-23-2013, 05:01 AM
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I'd have one .
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08-23-2013, 05:07 AM
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I'd have one .
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09-16-2013, 07:24 PM
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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
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49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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09-16-2013, 10:03 PM
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Someone is trying to stop Elio from using the factory in Shreveport, so she is being taken to court, correct? |
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09-17-2013, 12:26 PM
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No, a Caddo Parish Commissioner Commissioner is suing the parish to keep it from spending $7.5 million of taxpayer's money on the Elio plant.
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Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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