Howdy from SoCal!

Mentok:

You are in Speedster heaven in SoCal. I figure by tomorrow several folks will have reached out to you. Greetings from Central Illinois. Sunny, 40 degrees with a brisk 20 mile an hour breeze out of the south.

Not exactly cruising up PCH between Newport and Dana Point!

Welcome to the Madness! Keep an eye on the 'Events' thread for upcoming SoCal cruises! 

Bob, I just got back from Southeast FL and the weather was cool by FL standards, 73-75 and full sun; it was perfect top down Speedstah weather.  If I could have teleported the IM down there so I could show all those Lambos, Ferarri's, and Bentley's how we cruise old school.

Panamera's where like Kia's,they where everywhere.

That'll be awesome! I want to see a few up close before placing an order. 

The hippos are everywhere around here, too. 

Marty:

We were down a few weeks ago for spring training in St. Pete and we had one day of 75 and a week in the 50's. Still had fun.

I know what you mean about south Florida. All those cars have their cool factor, but I'll just bet your IM would create more buzz than just about anything else you run into down there. When everybody has an exotic, your Speedster becomes even more unique!

Mentok, if you get to San Diego, we have Speedster, Coupe, 550 Spyder and 904 in our shop to take a look at.  We build and at times have some of our demo's or owner's cars that go for sale with a few miles on them.  Check us out on Facebook (Carrera Coachwerks) or our website, www.carreracoachwerks.com.  Either way, driving a Speedster or Coupe is a blast and we wish you the best in your search!

Thank you! I don't know the next time I'll be down in SD, but whenever that'll be, I'll be sure to stop in! 

I'm in the Torrance area, come check out mine whenever you like. It's a Vintage Speedster.

I'm looking through your site, but I cannot seem to find it, can you point me to where I can find a gallery of the cars your company has built? 

I'm in central Florida and yesterday I had my 430 Spider parked on a boulevard for lunch... Few minutes later a speedster parked across the street.....the speedster had just as much of a crowd around it (me included) as my car.

Just love these cars! ....cant wait to get one.

My Speedster is the most photographed car, and gets the most questions, of any car at our local Cars & Coffee.  That includes some high-dollar cars like all sorts of Porsches, a Maserati Ghibli, several Ferraris, and a bunch of others.  There's just something about 'em. 

Mentok - I am in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, and would be glad to share some of my thoughts and experience in searching for a car locally, and finding one that was perfect for me.

I will second Lane's comment on the amount of attention your Speedster will get.  I've had Porsche Turbos and Ferraris, but the Speedster gets the most looks across the spectrum, men, women, kids all have a smile when they point and/or take pictures.  I am always spotting someone in my mirrors holding their phone up snapping a pic.

Yesterday I was walking back to my parked Speedster from a store run and, as I leaning into the passanger side putting my bag of stuff in the passanger seat, I saw a guy pulling his BMW into the parking lot and pointing to his girlfriend seated next to him to look at my car.  As I walked around the front of my car to get in I heard an expensive sounding "crunch".  The guy cut the parking lot entry a little too sharp and drove his BMW over a double curbed divider.  His car stoped as a metal pole in the curbed area made an expensive connection with his passanger side quarter panel just past the front tire.

As I pulled out of my space I noticed the guy had backed out of the situation and was inspecting the damage to the side of his 5 series.  I would guess about $3k in bodywork, paint and any front suspension damage.

I couldn't help but think that the Speedster caused the distraction.  It wouldn't surprise me.

Grant

Hey Grant, I would to hear about your search and expirences!