Why did I buy this?
Because this past Saturday, on a drive I crested a steep hill then drove deep into a valley filled with early morning mist. A country road without traffic.
Driving through the mist, fresh cool air, the scent of the forest, top down, no radio; just the engine music in the Speedster was magical.
And it was stunning to look at afterwards.
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Again, Welcome to the Madness!
You figured it out.
Now how deep into the madness will you go?
high point of my day is my early morning 45 minute jaunt around the foothills on my way to the store,,i go the longway and listen to the exhaust tones
Huzzah. My kind of music!
Sacramento down the PCH thru LA up to Vegas and Route 66 to Carlisle was a nice run.
@David Stroud IM Roadster D posted:Sacramento down the PCH thru LA up to Vegas and Route 66 to Carlisle was a nice run.
That itinerary... (Sacto west to Monterey (190 miles), then south on the PCH to Los Angeles (320 miles), then northeast to Las Vegas (270 miles), then southeast to Kingman, AZ (100 miles)...and finally east on Interstate 40 (nee Route 66) for 2,280 miles to Carlisle, PA) is one I actually wouldn't call a "nice run." It'd be more like a Rompehuevos Grande! 
Thanks for that, Paul. Actually we did about double your estimate in total real mileage driven. We went up to the wine region to buy Blackstone Merlot earlier but they were closed that day. PCH was closed to we went up the Nacimento / Furguston route up by Fort Leggat \hunter the day the US claimed killing Osama Bin Laden.. We did many places including Vegas, the Dam, the big canyon, backtracked into Oatman, Az, etc. We saw the sights when we could. Set the pace up in Durango, Co, Visited a buddy in Toas, NM etc. In 2011 we flew out to Boise, Idaho and drove a $6,500 Speedster across the upper US to home in Ottawa, Canada. Drove that bugger down to Key West many times with AC engine and then Soob power. Bought an IM Roadster in Vancouver and drove it home to Ottawa three years ago. As i explained to that Lad in Coaco Beach, Fl. a while back, I make no apologies for the number of dead bugs on the front on my Speedster.
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Yeah, no one ever waxes weepy or poetic about long drives in a Corolla — the music of the CVT working its magic with every passing mile.
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…so I can take a cruise just after sunset to wipe away horn wiring frustrations and return a smile to my face.
(by the way - my low beams didn’t work! Hahahaha!)
Great pics, Jon! You look like a very happy guy.
I feel this way nearly every morning, this morning I chose to drive my Magnum 246 Dino replica and it was fun, fun, fun. My face still hurts from smiling all the way to my office. I am looking forward to having Carey and the gang at Special Edition convert the Magnum to suby power this winter. I have the down payment in place and they are looking to buy the donor car and assemble all the parts needed for the conversion. I placed an order with Rancho for a Rhino cased Pro Suby transaxle with TBD diff. The lead time on this is 3-5 months so the time was now. The lead time is not the only thing that has gone up. This is the third Pro suby transaxle I have bought from Rancho and the $4500.00 price is now $5999.00 and then add in the Quaife TBD for $1100.00 and you have a $7100.00 transaxle. Inflation sucks but the finished product is going to be awesome. Sorry for the drift. My mind went that way and so did I. Have fun guys and gals you can't take it with you. Ha Ha..
Jimmy, that is a crazy money for a type 1 transmission. For that kind of money you can get a Mendeola! I wonder if they could fit that in your car?
Thanks everyone who added to this thread. I appreciate the variety of Speedsters (and other cars) shared.
My picture was taken from behind my '85 911; its spoiler is in the foreground. You can see more of the 911 mirrored in the Speedster's babymoon rear cap and reflected in the Speedster's silver paint.
Both are legendary classics to me.
New to the group; now you know a bit more about my madness.
