Just passed the 100,000 kilometers mark on my 94 IM Roadster. Daily driver still going strong. Still fun. aiming for 200,000.
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Just passed the 100,000 kilometers mark on my 94 IM Roadster. Daily driver still going strong. Still fun. aiming for 200,000.
Congratulations, David. I hope your future miles/kms are as much fun to drive as the past ones! That is truly an amazing number considering the low mileage on many Speedsters sold used. How long have you owned your IM?
David - hope the next 200K kilometers are just as enjoyable! your experience manifests the spirit of this website - people with a passion for driving a Speedster!
Congrats! That's a milestone I know you enjoyed reaching.
It does amaze me how many of these are listed for sale after several years with only a few hundred, or a couple of thousand miles on them. Mine's only been licensed (gee thanks SC DMV) for 6 months and I already have nearly 4000km of purely recreational driving. How can you NOT drive these cars?
It does amaze me how many of these are listed for sale after several years with only a few hundred, or a couple of thousand miles on them. Mine's only been licensed (gee thanks SC DMV) for 6 months and I already have nearly 4000km of purely recreational driving. How can you NOT drive these cars?
Hey Lane - out of curiosity... why is your speedo/odometer in km? I noticed that on other Beck Speedy's. Is that a standard thing for Beck?
Oh.. and I will be taking delivery of my Speedy next week! YEA!!!!!
Oh.. and I will be taking delivery of my Speedy next week! YEA!!!!!
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Another daily driver - and safely to 100,000 - WOW, That's great!!!!
"How can you not drive these cars" is exactly why I'm gettin' a JPS coupe to go with my Beck. I want to drive one everyday all year long!
Lane if it was only as warm in PA in winter as in SC I wouldn't need the Coupe.
Well . . . I'd probably still want one, but I might not NEED one.
I met a guy at Carlisle last year (from Chicago I think) that used his IM as a daily driver too. I don't remember his name, but he was also part of my inspiration to get one and now to drive one every day. Thanks!
To all SOC drivers out there here's to your first or next 100k! Keep 'em rollin!
These cars are still more fun than I EVER anticipated.
"How can you not drive these cars" is exactly why I'm gettin' a JPS coupe to go with my Beck. I want to drive one everyday all year long!
Lane if it was only as warm in PA in winter as in SC I wouldn't need the Coupe.
Well . . . I'd probably still want one, but I might not NEED one.
I met a guy at Carlisle last year (from Chicago I think) that used his IM as a daily driver too. I don't remember his name, but he was also part of my inspiration to get one and now to drive one every day. Thanks!
To all SOC drivers out there here's to your first or next 100k! Keep 'em rollin!
These cars are still more fun than I EVER anticipated.
Regarding Beck speedos in KMs, according to Carey he can only get MPH in the cheap repro gauges.
Thanks Rich - that makes sense now!
Yup. Supposedly the Km speedos are Brazilian VDOs while the MPH ones are Chinese - and known for being crap.
Hey Mark, time for a checkout drive in your Speedy. I recommend visiting the coast - somewhere around Charleston :-).
Hey Mark, time for a checkout drive in your Speedy. I recommend visiting the coast - somewhere around Charleston :-).
I am about to hit 40,000km's. I have had my car for 3 years and pretty much drive it everyday it is not raining...since I am home officed when not traveling out of state I use it for every errand I can. Including loading 200 pounds of deer corn in the passenger's seat and floor space....makes for a good reason to do something...a weeks worth of groceries is also common....not bad for a Spyder!
Lane - I will definitely make a roadtrip down your way!
Tom:
The guy you met at Carlisle from "Chicago" with a daily driver was probably Jordy Christianson from Columbus, Ohio (purported to be a suburb of Chicago). He's been using his car as a daily driver ever since he got it, day in, day out. He also has been making the trek to Carlisle each and every year for as long as I've been going (since 2004), AND he pulls a small, motorcycle trailer behind him each year for his extra "stuff".
Last year, we were all diligently cleaning our cars once we got to the show field, and he commented that the last time he had washed his replica was the prior year, at Carlisle! And it continues to look great every year!
Gordon
Grand Poo-Bah of Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carisle, 2007
Jim: I remember a few trips to Home Depot and/or Lowe's and coming home with about 6 bags of lawn fertilizer on the passenger seat, or another trip with an 80 lb. bag of "Cowboy" charcoal in the "back seat". I aso remember when we got to our Southern home with a sick tow-vehicle (I trailer down) which I took to the dealer for service leaving us with just the Speedster for a few days, in the rain, and returning from the grocery store with only two bags of groceries.....that's all we could fit.
The guy you met at Carlisle from "Chicago" with a daily driver was probably Jordy Christianson from Columbus, Ohio (purported to be a suburb of Chicago). He's been using his car as a daily driver ever since he got it, day in, day out. He also has been making the trek to Carlisle each and every year for as long as I've been going (since 2004), AND he pulls a small, motorcycle trailer behind him each year for his extra "stuff".
Last year, we were all diligently cleaning our cars once we got to the show field, and he commented that the last time he had washed his replica was the prior year, at Carlisle! And it continues to look great every year!
Gordon
Grand Poo-Bah of Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carisle, 2007
Jim: I remember a few trips to Home Depot and/or Lowe's and coming home with about 6 bags of lawn fertilizer on the passenger seat, or another trip with an 80 lb. bag of "Cowboy" charcoal in the "back seat". I aso remember when we got to our Southern home with a sick tow-vehicle (I trailer down) which I took to the dealer for service leaving us with just the Speedster for a few days, in the rain, and returning from the grocery store with only two bags of groceries.....that's all we could fit.
Congratulations!
That is great!!!!
Thanks everybody ! Jim I have had the car for about 8 yrs. It still looks good with those hubcaps you sold me a while ago.
Where can you get the Brazilian VDO in Kms? I have a VDO from a Porsche 356 that decided to stop working, it was in mph and I would like to replace it with a working one that reads in kms
Try Carey Hines at Special Edition. You can also get your VDO repaired (and the faceplate changed to Kms.) at Palo Alto Speedometer.