Crusin USA,...Yeah.

Give me one good example.

Unless they have been tested by some type of certification body you’ve got not idea what you’re getting. Tell me how I’m incorrect.

I’ve owned several VW’s with manual steering and an E30 converted.. We’re talking about towing, how many trucks in the last 30 years have had manual steering?

Unless they’re NR rated it’s a no go. Your hearing is too precious. Plus I log 10k miles a year on my bike so it’s not like my exposure it limited.

Ha, you’re cute. I work in engineering for a major brake manufacture. Everything from all the parts of the corner assembly to the caliper support bracket to the amount and type of grease used on the caliper slide pins is obsessed over to reduce NVH.

What’s wrong with palming it?

Unless you have specifically made earphones for the task they do not provide adequate hearing protection.

I do not believe it is spec’d for E85.

If a functional door handle is the things that gets your car stolen it would have been stolen anyway.

But in this case you’ve got a loose turd attached to it.

Why would you not repair it? I mean you fight with it every single day, spend a moment and have some pride in your car.

Go drive a Cayman or a base 911, you’ll be in love. Take a spin in a 911 Turbo and you’ll shit your pants and love every second.

At ~$7,000 you need to drive the Elio for 14 years at 7,000 miles a year to break even between 24 and 84 mpg. Plus you need to insure both vehicles. I’m calling maintenance a wash Unless you commute a very long distance the Elio will not save you money for a very long time.

If you want a cool eco friendly car that’s…

I think it’s hilarious that a new car lasting 6 months without an issue is somehow and accomplishment and not an implicit fact.

Yep, off the deep end.

I disagree, it’s all engineering. Look at how far we’ve come with cars like the Chevy Volt or 1 Liter Fiesta. They are great, comfortable, fuels efficient and affordable with great crash safety performance compared to even cars of 5 years ago.

Regulations exist to push technology when market demand will not. Remember…

In the Metro Detroit area everyone is going 80—85 on the 65 mph highways into and out of the city from 3:30-4:45 before traffic volume causes a snarl . If you let people drive to conditions your throughput is amazing.

Do you carpool? Have you car pooled in the past? I have with 2 other coworkers, it’s a giant pain in the ass. If someone is a few min late it screws up the whole minor time savings. Also where do you work where 4+ people live in the same area as you at head to the same workplace at the same time every day? Maybe…

Umm, a fairly modest Ford Edge starts at 4,000 pounds. That’s hardly a behemoth. A V8 Camaro weighs over 4,000 lbs.