New Owner in OH

I took down a '01 black Intermeccanica, have it insured through USAA, and will take delivery on Sunday. Needless to say I'm on pins and needles.

You're in for a treat!
Welcome to the Madness!

Welcome, and make sure to post pics!

"Welcome to the Madness!" they have yet to find a cure for this other than heavy right foor pressure. Post pics, location etc. !

It's nice to no longer be the newest "newbie". Welcome to the madness. I got my Beck last week and had 3 nice days with it. It has been raining ever since. I have never looked forward to a sunny day as much as I am right now.

Welcome! Its a crazy bunch here, but they are all great people. Enjoy and lets see some pictures.

Hey Michael---great news---another crazy Speedster owner so I gotta say "welcome to the madness!". Your best resource will be the folks on this great site so check in regularly.

Congrats---Jack

Welcome to the madness, Mike. I've been building VW air cooled stuff since the late 1960's and Speedsters since the early 1990's.

Speedster owners anywhere on this continent are the best folks anywhere. I'm sure you'll enjoy both the car and your new-found friends on here and other Speedster/VW sites (as soon as your rain ends). We're a great bunch.

Where are you located? Maybe we can get some cruises going near you to join up with other Speedster/Spyder members so you can meet new folks and swap Speedie stories!

Gordon
The Speedstah Guy from Beaufort, SC, temporarily displaced to Massachusetts (Help! I'm losing my Southern Accent!)

Have you mastered the search function yet? It took me awhile. There are some great older posts. With a vast amount on knowledge buried in them due to a SOC phenomenon called Thread drift. its way fun.
WARNING
You will spend hours reading late into the night, your Wife will glare at you, your pets/children will be neglected, you will master small Speedster details that no one else (but us) will care about. Thats why most say
WELCOME TO THE MADNESS

Required items:
Pictures
Story of how you "took down" your Speedster/Roadster?
And to "Drive that thing like you stole it".

Cheers
Dave

Michael -

WELCOME TO THE MADNESS!!

Part of your initiation is watching these two orientation videos...

http://vimeo.com/4795204?pg=transcoded_embed&sec=4795204

and this...

http://vimeo.com/4973039

Peace - Out!

Michael, Welcome!!! Now where are those pictures? I'm located about 2 hours south (near Atwood Lake) Beautiful rolling hills and twisty roads. You need to get to my neighborhood just to enjoy the roads. Of course, since I'm only 40 minutes from WV means I'm in the foothills. I'm looking forward to seeing your IM.

Shipper is "running behind." My expected Saturday delivery was pushed to Sunday and then Monday. Should be off the truck between 5 and 7 tonight.

Ohhhhh, the anticipaton!!

Finally arrived at 10:30 last night. Started right up and ran beautifully for the rides with my son and more importantly with my wife. It looked perfect in the moonlight and under the 60 watt bulb in the garage. I am very anxious for my day to end so I can get home and start figuring out what I have. Will register myself and post pictures after my original exploration.

Outstanding! Can't wait to see the SEG picture.

Gordon,

Can you say " pahk the cah in Havahd Yahd"?

... Shipper is "running behind." ....the fourth famous lie :)

Alan (30 East Auto Transport LLC. (CEO)

CEO? I thought all this time you were the driver.

Engineering, maintenance, logistics, dispatch, customer relations, PR, and just to get out of the office ...driver too. I just hit an estimated 3,100,000 miles (not the truck - me) since I started this fun filled occupation back in '72.

3.1 Milion miles under his belt.

No wonder he has less hair....

I'm jus' sayin.........

My stack of frequent flyer cards has about that amount (well, a little more, really) and they don't have any hair, either.....