Speed cars hit the assembly Line

[DWC]

So I got my phone call today. We have car #26 I will pick up in havasu September 17th.

The weekend of the RDP regatta?.

 

[Singleton]

The weekend of the RDP regatta?.

Weekend of the SSSS as well.

 

[JFMFG]

The weekend of the RDP regatta?.

Ya that’s what I said. I told them we are gonna have to wait the rdp regatta is way more important.

Weekend of the SSSS as well.

Don’t hate the player hate the game.

 

[Racer56]

@LargeOrangeFont

I need your design input advise!

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

@LargeOrangeFont

I need your design input advise! View attachment 1149114 View attachment 1149115

Needs to say I Love Haters at the bottom.

 

[Racer56]

Needs to say I Love Haters at the bottom.

Front or back?

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Front or back?

Probably both Back will be fine, that will be the only view they see anyway

 

[Racer56]

Probably both Back will be fine, that will be the only view they see anyway

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

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Solid. I’m going to make @riverroyal wear it as he is drinking my beers.

 

[riverroyal]

Solid. I’m going to make @riverroyal wear it as he is drinking my beers.

I will!!!

 

[Blackmagic94]

I thought there was e85 at that chevron south of the public pool building.

 

[Bpracing1127]

LOF you need to buy that shirt

 

[SKIDMARC]

I said this was going to go one way or another 2 years ago when they said it had a 2.0L engine. I don't think they are going to do anything personally. 1000CC has been the lay for awhile. It is just gonna be a lot of cops pulling over PRO R owners. Hopefully they go the other way and say if it has a cage, helmets are recommended not required. It is going to be very confusing for dirt cops for a few years.

If they go the other way, everyone in every "sandcar" car will have to wear a helmet in CA

I would wear a helmet regardless. Also given how quickly I was able to tip my car over it’s a no brainer. Helmet all the way.

 

[ZSTIV]

So I got my phone call today. We have car #26 I will pick up in havasu September 17th.

Badass! Congrats!

 

[DLC]

LOF you need to buy that shirt

LOF needs to Pass out those shirts like they are voter ballots in Ca!

 

[Racer56]

Solid. I’m going to make @riverroyal wear it as he is drinking my beers.

Btw, can you tell I'm bored at the airport waiting for my wife's flight to come in that's almost two hours late?

 

[DLC]

If in San Diego head Accross to the harbor island side …

Island Prime
&
C Level
are top notch!

right on the water

 

[702sandman]

Not screaming at all, and I wouldn't be suprised if there are any recalls or issues with a new car.

Now, I will scream about you guys riding your bikes on the upper walk path in Redondo Beach though, LOL

I’m definitely guilty of that. We just came from pedego and I thought I could get down to the lower one from the upper one and well the old people on the upper path definitely let us know we were on the wrong path lol….heading to Newport dunes tomorrow so if anyones in the area let me know. Maybe LOF can buy me a margarita

 

[JFMFG]

Badass! Congrats!

This was a 100% joke

 

[dirtslinger2]

I’m definitely guilty of that. We just came from pedego and I thought I could get down to the lower one from the upper one and well the old people on the upper path definitely let us know we were on the wrong path lol….heading to Newport dunes tomorrow so if anyones in the area let me know. Maybe LOF can buy me a margarita

I see a few people up there from time to time, I usually let them know, as I guess, I'm one of those old people now.

BTW, you were all up in my neighborhood, you may have even rode right by my house.

 

[Taboma]

If delivery is outside 30 days, the loan will need to be reapproved and updated. Easy process, but flags the loan within the risk department. If the loan funds without the car being delivered and the purchaser sings the documents saying he took delivery that is fraud. Most financial institutions audit loan documents quarterly and for any new manufacture it is even more frequent. The bank will also do DMV registration verifications, if multiple loans have to be reprocessed due to delivery outside that 30 day window.

Wonder how dealers like Fun Bike Center in San Diego is handling this financing hurdle with an entire showroom stuffed with sold Sea Doos awaiting electronic components ? Maybe new owners only paid the deposit until they finally pick it up ?

 

[Singleton]

Wonder how dealers like Fun Bike Center in San Diego is handling this financing hurdle with an entire showroom stuffed with sold Sea Doos awaiting electronic components ? Maybe new owners only paid the deposit until they finally pick it up ?

Usually the finance application is completed and in a ‘approved - pending status’ with a deposit paid. Once parts have arrived, the finance dept will resubmit all finance documents for final approval (purchasers might have to complete / sign additional docs) and then the real loan review is executed. In most cases the interest rate will change since the loan has not been finalized.

 

[702sandman]

I see a few people up there from time to time, I usually let them know, as I guess, I'm one of those old people now.

BTW, you were all up in my neighborhood, you may have even rode right by my house.

We are down at doc weiler rv park a few times per summer so we always go exploring in that area to find new things and sometimes we get on the wrong path lol next time you see us in the neighborhood message me so we can meet up

 

[dirtslinger2]

We are down at doc weiler rv park a few times per summer so we always go exploring in that area to find new things and sometimes we get on the wrong path lol next time you see us in the neighborhood message me so we can meet up

Sounds good. Enjoy the hood.

 

[NicPaus]

We are down at doc weiler rv park a few times per summer so we always go exploring in that area to find new things and sometimes we get on the wrong path lol next time you see us in the neighborhood message me so we can meet up

We ride by there often. Lots of good spots to go to from there. We go from the house to El Segundo for a longer ride. We are 1 block from the Riviera village. Been wanting to do try to ride to Venice in back. Been a long time since I did that ride by pedaling. With the E bike should be good ride.

 

[dirtslinger2]

We ride by there often. Lots of good spots to go to from there. We go from the house to El Segundo for a longer ride. We are 1 block from the Riviera village. Been wanting to do try to ride to Venice in back. Been a long time since I did that ride by pedaling. With the E bike should be good ride.

I'm at Broadway and Ruby, on the corner, with the big green Dinosaur in the front yard

I did RB to Venice on skateboards when I was a kid, it took us forever and we all got grounded when we got home.

 

[caribbean20]

We ride by there often. Lots of good spots to go to from there. We go from the house to El Segundo for a longer ride. We are 1 block from the Riviera village. Been wanting to do try to ride to Venice in back. Been a long time since I did that ride by pedaling. With the E bike should be good ride.

Venice is a nice ride. Did that on our beach cruisers with my daughter last week from our place in Hermosa Beach. 22 miles RT. Lunch at Baja Cantina on Washington.

It would be more fun on an ebike.

 

[dirtslinger2]

Venice is a nice ride. Did that on our beach cruisers with my daughter last week from our place in Hermosa Beach. 22 miles RT. Lunch at Baja Cantina on Washington.

It would be more fun on an ebike.

Lots of SB folks here.

 

[mbrown2]

Lots of SB folks here.

I need to get up there for a cruiser crawl one of these days... It has been forever since I rode the boardwalk in the SB...

 

[702sandman]

We ride by there often. Lots of good spots to go to from there. We go from the house to El Segundo for a longer ride. We are 1 block from the Riviera village. Been wanting to do try to ride to Venice in back. Been a long time since I did that ride by pedaling. With the E bike should be good ride.

With the E bikes we ride up to Santa Monica promenade and down south to the cliffs With no problem at all. E bikes are the way to go I’m at Newport dunes currently and will be all over on the E bikes the next few days

 

[HCP3]

Speed is making bikes now?

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Speed is making bikes now?

Yes, send me your deposit.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Speed cars waiting for graphics!

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Are graphics always going to take 4months or will they shorten that lead time eventually?

 

[HTTP404]

Are graphics always going to take 4months or will they shorten that lead time eventually?

They are trying to get them perfected.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

They are trying to get them perfected.

Seems like a better strategy then their competitors.

 

[Singleton]

Seems like a better strategy then their competitors.

Graphics, would not make my MVP listing. Engine, suspension, etc = yes. Graphics would be a hard no on any MVP listing.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Graphics, would not make my MVP listing. Engine, suspension, etc = yes. Graphics would be a hard no on any MVP listing.

If you think they have been testing the graphics for 4 months, you may end up disappointed.

And besides, the graphic changes they made were covered a month or so ago in the updates.

 

[Singleton]

If you think they have been testing the graphics for 4 months, you may end up disappointed.

And besides, the graphic changes they made were covered a month or so ago in the updates.

A better strategy would be to release the cars built to those deposit holders and not delay deliveries any longer. Or just say, we will start deliveries after SSSS. Speed has stated 75+ cars have been built. Why is the earliest delivery date Sept 17 (i believe that is owner #25). stopped watching the updates, got tired of hearing excuses.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

A better strategy would be to release the cars built to those deposit holders and not delay deliveries any longer. Or just say, we will start deliveries after SSSS. Speed has stated 75+ cars have been built. Why is the earliest delivery date Sept 17 (i believe that is owner #25). stopped watching the updates, got tired of hearing excuses.

No that is not a better strategy based on how they want to go to market.

What good does randomly releasing a couple dozen cars do when they want to make the deliveries and debut of a car the brand a marketing event, giving their customers full support when they take delivery and also give them a unique delivery experience? The Speed team is going to be there in Havasu when they do these deliveries, that is why they are corralling them into a certain timeframe.

What would an excuse or delay from Speed matter to you or someone that is not waiting for one?

If this was Polaris, Can Am, Ford or anyone else you’d just be “pending delivery” anyway with no explanations and no target dates at all. Maybe it will be early maybe it will be late, who knows.

 

[ZSTIV]

No that is not a better strategy based on how they want to go to market.

What good does randomly releasing a couple dozen cars do when they want to make the deliveries and debut of a car the brand a marketing event, giving their customers full support when they take delivery and also give them a unique delivery experience? The Speed team is going to be there in Havasu when they do these deliveries, that is why they are corralling them into a certain timeframe.

What would an excuse or delay from Speed matter to you or someone that is not waiting for one?

If this was Polaris, Can Am, Ford or anyone else you’d just be “pending delivery” anyway with no explanations and no target dates at all. Maybe it will be early maybe it will be late, who knows.

Also it was stated they will deliver after SSSS the first cars, either last week of Sept. or first week of Oct.
Can't wait! #654 El Jefe

 

[Singleton]

No that is not a better strategy based on how they want to go to market.

What good does randomly releasing a couple dozen cars do when they want to make the deliveries and debut of a car the brand a marketing event, giving their customers full support when they take delivery and also give them a unique delivery experience? The Speed team is going to be there in Havasu when they do these deliveries, that is why they are corralling them into a certain timeframe.

What would an excuse or delay from Speed matter to you or someone that is not waiting for one?

If this was Polaris, Can Am, Ford or anyone else you’d just be “pending delivery” anyway with no explanations and no target dates at all. Maybe it will be early maybe it will be late, who knows.

The lack of transparency is why I am no longer a buyer!
At least with my cyber truck deposit, I know it is years out - Tesla has been very transparent and has not over promised and under delivered multiple times on potential delivery dates.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

The lack of transparency is why I am no longer a buyer!
At least with my cyber truck deposit, I know it is years out - Tesla has been very transparent and has not over promised and under delivered multiple times on potential delivery dates.

I’m sorry but that is laughable. Tesla are the kings of over promise and under deliver for nearly every car they released from a release date, range and price perspective.

The Cyber truck going to be more months late than the Speed UTV.

Speed is updating their timelines monthly and you thinking that is less transparent is interesting, considering you have blind acceptance that your Cyber Truck will arrive in “years” and will certainly cost more than was promised in 2019.

If you aren’t a Speed buyer are you picking up a Can Am or Polaris car for the season? If the answer is no, I struggle to see the logic of why you want these rushed into customer deliveries. The cars are built, they will be delivered in the next 30-60 days it seems.

Of course we are all interested to see what customers think of them, so I get your point. But again from the perspective of launching a brand, letting a few guys have their cars before the launch parties does not get the same eyeball.

For the 1000th time, The car is way more than what was promised in 2019. And they held fast to their pricing commitments. They certainly didn’t have to.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Seems like a better strategy then their competitors.

I’m sorry but that is laughable. Tesla are the kings of over promise and under deliver for nearly every car they released from a release date, range and price perspective.

The Cyber truck going to be more months late than the Speed UTV.

Speed is updating their timelines monthly and you thinking that is less transparent is interesting, considering you have blind acceptance that your Cyber Truck will arrive in “years” and will certainly cost more than was promised in 2019.

If you aren’t a Speed buyer are you picking up a Can Am or Polaris car for the season? If the answer is no, I struggle to see the logic of why you want these rushed into customer deliveries. The cars are built, they will be delivered in the next 30-60 days it seems.

Of course we are all interested to see what customers think of them, so I get your point. But again from the perspective of launching a brand, letting a few guys have their cars before the launch parties does not get the same eyeball.

For the 1000th time, The car is way more than what was promised in 2019. And they held fast to their pricing commitments. They certainly didn’t have to.

All speculation on if the car is better until its actually in the hands of actual customers!

I know you like facts and being right but until then you’re supplying neither.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

All speculation on if the car is better until its actually in the hands of actual customers!

I know you like facts and being right but until then you’re supplying neither.

Read what you quoted again. You didn't get it, obviously.

The car is light years better than the prototype peddled to perspective buyers in 2019. It has more features, and is a better design with stronger parts. That is demonstrable fact because it is not a stretched WildcatXX with a long travel kit on it that was sold for deposit in 2019.

 

[Racer56]

All speculation on if the car is better until its actually in the hands of actual customers!

I know you like facts and being right but until then you’re supplying neither.

For me my first priority in buying a UTV that my wife and kid's are going to ride in was safety. I have seen enough of the car online and in person that I know for a fact that the Speed UTV is light year's ahead of anything else on the market. No speculation involved.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

For me my first priority in buying a UTV that my wife and kid's are going to ride in was safety. I have seen enough of the car online and in person that I know for a fact that the Speed UTV is light year's ahead of anything else on the market. No speculation involved.

X2. When I saw the stock cage, chassis and materials they used compared to everything else on the market - I was in.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Read what you quoted again. You didn't get it, obviously.

The car is light years better than the prototype peddled to perspective buyers in 2019. It has more features, and is a better design with stronger parts. That is demonstrable fact because it is not a stretched WildcatXX with a long travel kit on it that was sold for deposit in 2019.

How do you know for sure? Exactly you don’t until you drive it read what I said again and see if it make more sense the second time.

I’m all for the car but statements and prototypes aren’t proof of anything.

Go ahead and quote me again but you’ll still be wrong! FACT!

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

How do you know for sure? Exactly you don’t until you drive it read what I said again and see if it make more sense the second time.

I’m all for the car but statements and prototypes aren’t proof of anything.

Go ahead and quote me again but you’ll still be wrong! FACT!

What does driving the car have to do with the features and product promised in 2019? No one was talking about driving the car.

But I get it you just want to whine and hope the car won’t perform. Keep whining. It’s not like hundreds of people haven’t gotten rides and given their feedback on them at this point

How do I know that the production car is better than the 2019 prototype? I saw the prototype and have seen the preproduction cars. It’s pretty obvious to anyone when you look at the 2 cars and then actually understand how the new product is constructed that they are delivering beyond what was promised for $32k in 2019.

Unless you want to argue that the car they designed from the ground up, tested and demoed all this time is not the same design as what we will get .

 

[Skinny Tire AH]

No that is not a better strategy based on how they want to go to market.

What good does randomly releasing a couple dozen cars do when they want to make the deliveries and debut of a car the brand a marketing event, giving their customers full support when they take delivery and also give them a unique delivery experience? The Speed team is going to be there in Havasu when they do these deliveries, that is why they are corralling them into a certain timeframe.

What would an excuse or delay from Speed matter to you or someone that is not waiting for one?

If this was Polaris, Can Am, Ford or anyone else you’d just be “pending delivery” anyway with no explanations and no target dates at all. Maybe it will be early maybe it will be late, who knows.

Agree, however all those brands have been delivering products for years, decades and even centuries.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

What does driving the car have to do with the features and product promised in 2019? No one was talking about driving the car.

But I get it you just want to whine and hope the car won’t perform. Keep whining. It’s not like hundreds of people haven’t gotten rides and given their feedback on them at this point

How do I know that the production car is better than the 2019 prototype? I saw the prototype and have seen the preproduction cars. It’s pretty obvious to anyone when you look at the 2 cars and then actually understand how the new product is constructed that they are delivering beyond what was promised for $32k in 2019.

Unless you want to argue that the car they designed from the ground up, tested and demoed all this time is not the same design as what we will get .

We’ll at least you admit your wrong! And I’ll leave the whining to you.