Picked up IM today.

Woo Hoo!  @Marty Grzynkowicz

Nice

Fade in to long shot of ivory Intermeccanica carving through bends on two-lane mountain road.

Cut to closeup of hands in string-back driving gloves on mahogany steering wheel.

Voiceover:

"Spring is knowing there's a whole summer of driving adventures ahead, and after that - even better - the fall."

"What's in your  wallet? "

Glad to see you are on the road, Marty.  I've already put on a few hundred miles tooting around southern Ontario, on these too warm Spring days we have had recently.

I still love the sound of a flat six...especially after a long winter. 

Get out and drive that car.

I Got in a 25-30 mile drive today but had to go to work:-(

Work?  Yes, I think I remember what that is...

Good for you Marty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D0b5KLpx5k

My beauty is scheduled for pickup this week.  At this point seeing will be believing.  Some times I don't ever think I'll see my car.  Intercity contacted for delivery March 27.  Sheesh!!

Yes, after not seeing it for 5.5 months, it is like a  Reunion.  There is not many cooler cars to have in your garage   

Can't wait to see your car in the mountains . 

Loved Sacto Mitch comment....

Marty Grzynkowicz posted:

Yes, after not seeing it for 5.5 months, it is like a  Reunion.  There is not many cooler cars to have in your garage   

Can't wait to see your car in the mountains . 

Why wait? We'll be seeing it in exactly 2 weeks! Cutting it close, Phil. If it doesn't ship soon, they can just deliver to Carlisle LOL! Then Greg would have to show up.....

Sacto Mitch posted:

 "What's in your  wallet? "

Less than I ever imagined.

But that's OK, because you'll just go out and make more. Right, Stan?

Stan Galat posted:

Sacto Mitch posted:

 "What's in your  wallet? "

Less than I ever imagined.

I wonder how many of us were first drawn to these cars because, "Hey, it's got a VW engine (or a Subaru) - it'll be dirt cheap to keep running."

While real Porsche (expensive +), Ferrari or Lamborghinis parts prices sometimes approach the stratosphere, I learned a long time ago that hot rodding my lowly VW  was any thing but cheap...

Cheap is an LS in anything. Yes, this is cheap as compared to a Porsche. So is everything. 

Yeah, so to make things better, I go out and buy a fragile Italian car

Sunny and 65.   Sandy and me are going to hit our favorite coffee shop.

Sunny, 80 plus, tourists are starting to show up.

Pompano are running, water is getting warm and the camellias and azaleas have just finished their first bloom.

We have a house full of my wife's girlfriends, our sons are finishing their studies for their AP exams, and thankfully the Speedster is running well.

I intend to spend an inordinate amount of time in it over the next few days and until the girlfriends are gone and the testing is over.

These are the times when I appreciate the car the most.

Bob, sign us up