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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: Hideous Hog on October 03, 2016, 06:41:19 PM

Title: Mustachian or not? Talk to me.
Post by: Hideous Hog on October 03, 2016, 06:41:19 PM

https://www.eliomotors.com/

Anyone heard of these? Thoughts?

Title: Re: Mustachian or not? Talk to me.
Post by: AMandM on October 03, 2016, 07:13:13 PM

Never heard of them till now.

Not a practical vehicle if you have kids.  I rarely drive with fewer than three people in the car, often it's 4 or 5.  But if you only drive alone and have to have a car, this seems like it could be an economical choice.

Title: Re: Mustachian or not? Talk to me.
Post by: Hideous Hog on October 03, 2016, 07:18:49 PM

I agree - impractical for a family.

We're a DINK couple (my kids are both adults), so this might not be a bad option for us when/if we have to replace one of our current cars.

Title: Re: Mustachian or not? Talk to me.
Post by: sparkytheop on October 03, 2016, 09:05:21 PM

Not in my case... ground clearance of less than 6", would never make it to my property.  Also probably doesn't handle snow/ice well.  I have no desire for a seasonal "car".

Title: Re: Mustachian or not? Talk to me.
Post by: mozar on October 04, 2016, 12:16:06 PM

There are some companies that do this concept better. Have you read gizmag/new atlas? They constantly review these kinds of cars. For me, I think its interesting to have all these new fangled cars, but at the end of the day what I care about is improvements in infrastructure. I would love a path to my job where I could feel safe driving one of these things.