Speed UTV take 3

[Bpracing1127]

I was there on Sunday checking them all out. Robby and his guys were scrambling to the last minute to get the cars ready for the customer test rides. I have to say, the cars were pretty impressive. I will own one once they get the bugs worked out. I did see the one broke down on the side of the road, hopefully the internet doesn't explode because of it.

I read it was 2. One of which had to be towed for no license plate

 

[manxman]

I read it was 2. One of which had to be towed for no license plate

Heard that as well, but only saw the one. The wildcat xx that is pictured behind it was Ken's from Push turbo. He was out there with the group ride in one of the cars as well. I think he was checking on the turbo systems , making sure everything was dialed in.

 

[ZSTIV]

Was told it was a wiring harness issue. Sounds like it could be fixed, but not in time for the second ride, I think that was nicks car. He was driving Todd’s yesterday.

 

[rivermobster]

I think that white 4 seater is bad azz.

These will most likely be pretty cool in a few years, once all the bugs are worked out.

I'd be stoked to have a high number, at the OG price!

 

[riverroyal2]

I read it was 2. One of which had to be towed for no license plate

lol. which means no insurance to drive on the street? ballzy move

 

[Boatymcboatface]

What’s the difference between Polaris and Speed?



























One issues stop rides and the other just stops on rides!

 

[stonehenge]

Amazing that one zip tie can save the day!

 

[rivermobster]

Amazing that one zip tie can save the day!

Since 1958.

 

[JayBreww]

I think that white 4 seater is bad azz.

These will most likely be pretty cool in a few years, once all the bugs are worked out.

I'd be stoked to have a high number, at the OG price!

The bugs are/were supposed to be worked out already. That’s why everyone is ok with taking as long as it does.
RG said he wouldn’t release them until they were all worked out.

 

[Singleton]

The bugs are/were supposed to be worked out already. That’s why everyone is ok with taking as long as it does.
RG said he wouldn’t release them until they were all worked out.

My summary

• RG = designed the car without thinking about the financial numbers
• Husin = starts building these things and has a set margin and ROI they must meet. Design stays the same, but they are substituting materials to make the numbers.

issues start popping up on Husin manufactured cars, since materials used are not matching test units. My gut says more issues will be identified as more real folks start driving the cars. Give it a year and all issues will be resolved IMO.

 

[RVR SWPR]

 

[RVR SWPR]

 

[topdog521]

My summary

• RG = designed the car without thinking about the financial numbers
• Husin = starts building these things and has a set margin and ROI they must meet. Design stays the same, but they are substituting materials to make the numbers.

issues start popping up on Husin manufactured cars, since materials used are not matching test units. My gut says more issues will be identified as more real folks start driving the cars. Give it a year and all issues will be resolved IMO.

You hit the nail on the head. However I still think everyone is having the wool pulled over their eyes.

It is still believed by some these cars are not mass manufactured and are one off vehicles to garner more deposits while Robbie takes the deposits and funds other projects.

The customers can't take the cars home and don't own these cars. Lastly this is 10 cars out of a supposed 18000 cars.

This is basically the biggest deep fake in offroad.

And you people have fallen for it.

 

[DLC]

lol. which means no insurance to drive on the street? ballzy move

They could still be listed under the manufacturer Insurance carrier… plus in ca you have a typical 30 days after purchase

you could potentially drive a brand new car off a lot and get into an accident on the way home….

so a grace period / time line is not uncommon

 

[rivermobster]

The bugs are/were supposed to be worked out already. That’s why everyone is ok with taking as long as it does.
RG said he wouldn’t release them until they were all worked out.

If anyone actually Believes that...

I have a bridge I would like to sell them!

 

[DLC]

You hit the nail on the head. However I still think everyone is having the wool pulled over their eyes.

It is still believed by some these cars are not mass manufactured and are one off vehicles to garner more deposits while Robbie takes the deposits and funds other projects.

The customers can't take the cars home and don't own these cars. Lastly this is 10 cars out of a supposed 18000 cars.

This is basically the biggest deep fake in offroad.

And you people have fallen for it.

So you’re saying RG and Todd are Committing fraud and should Immediately be arrested…. And investigated and also tried in a U.S. court….

 

[RVR SWPR]

You hit the nail on the head. However I still think everyone is having the wool pulled over their eyes.

It is still believed by some these cars are not mass manufactured and are one off vehicles to garner more deposits while Robbie takes the deposits and funds other projects.

The customers can't take the cars home and don't own these cars. Lastly this is 10 cars out of a supposed 18000 cars.

This is basically the biggest deep fake in offroad.

And you people have fallen for it.

RG should come on RDP and demand you personally prove your fucked up comments,if you cannot prove your bullshit he should haul your ass into court for slander.
The last time RG went into court he walked out with 40 mil.

 

[DLC]

The Big Question is ….

Has any funds transferred to Speed for purchase?

have the cars actually been Sold….. money exchanged for a car

 

[JayBreww]

If anyone actually Believes that...

I have a bridge I would like to sell them!

I’m just posting as one of the “uninformed”

 

[rivrrts429]

You hit the nail on the head. However I still think everyone is having the wool pulled over their eyes.

It is still believed by some these cars are not mass manufactured and are one off vehicles to garner more deposits while Robbie takes the deposits and funds other projects.

The customers can't take the cars home and don't own these cars. Lastly this is 10 cars out of a supposed 18000 cars.

This is basically the biggest deep fake in offroad.

And you people have fallen for it.

Truth or not, I would at least begin that post with “Allegedly.” It’s not difficult to hide behind a screen name these days and find yourself in a litigious mess because you phrased your post wrong.

 

[zhandfull]

The customers can't take the cars home and don't own these cars. Lastly this is 10 cars out of a supposed 18000 cars.

This is basically the biggest deep fake in offroad.

And you people have fallen for it.

The customers completed paperwork on the Speed cars and cant take them home?

 

[Raffit78]

Here’s a first hands on review from a owner from the weekend

 

[Singleton]

You hit the nail on the head. However I still think everyone is having the wool pulled over their eyes.

It is still believed by some these cars are not mass manufactured and are one off vehicles to garner more deposits while Robbie takes the deposits and funds other projects.

The customers can't take the cars home and don't own these cars. Lastly this is 10 cars out of a supposed 18000 cars.

This is basically the biggest deep fake in offroad.

And you people have fallen for it.

I don‘t see that occurring.
The units are being built, very slowly. If the next batch of deliveries don’t occur as stated, then folks really need to question WTF is going on. Delays are expected, but the transmission issue at KOH should have been identified during pre-production testing IMO (unless something changed between those pre-prod cars and these production units).

plus RG has a huge ego, I don’t see him ruining his name and cheating folks out of money.

 

[MonkeyButt70]

Here’s a first hands on review from a owner from the weekend

Honest review. I’m sure RG will request the first 15min be edited out. But good to hear a customers first reaction.

 

[rivermobster]

Here’s a first hands on review from a owner from the weekend

Ho Lee Chit...

Someone is gonna get their ass beat and their car taken away from them!

Oh wait...

He didn't get his car.

Man oh man. I'm gonna guess the guys with the cars that broke are gonna be even more bummed than this guy.

 

[outboard_256]

Here’s a first hands on review from a owner from the weekend

Wow, an honest review. But if I was him I would have posted this after I had it in my garage. It would suck to get eliminated now for being honest.

 

[WildHorses24]

They could still be listed under the manufacturer Insurance carrier… plus in ca you have a typical 30 days after purchase

you could potentially drive a brand new car off a lot and get into an accident on the way home….

so a grace period / time line is not uncommon

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Your google search has nothing to do with being covered... it's a grace period CA gives you before they suspend your registration for "No proof of insurance". Most major insurance providers in CA only give you 14 days or less and you must have a similar vehicle insured to what you purchased. Ex.. already have a "UTV" insured and the newly acquired UTV has 14 days of coverage after purchase.

 

[DLC]

Your google search has nothing to do with being covered... it's a grace period CA gives you before they suspend your registration for "No proof of insurance". Most major insurance providers in CA only give you 14 days or less and you must have a similar vehicle insured to what you purchased. Ex.. already have a "UTV" insured and the newly acquired UTV has 14 days of coverage after purchase.

We don’t even know if money has exchanged hands yet….

Speed may still own the cars

 

[702sandman]

Bad ass video! After watching this you’ll understand why the shock mount broke, lol.

I made a cameo at the end of the video. I’m standing in front of the car looking at the shock. The mount was not broken it was a bent shaft from driving on it after there was an internal issue.

 

[zhandfull]

Here’s a first hands on review from a owner from the weekend

Sounds like the customers pay for or finance their cars and can’t take them home. Would it be fair to call this the Beta testing phase of Speed car ownership?

Review seemed honest. Maybe he should have started with the things he liked about the Speed car.

This has to be the toughest part for Gordon. Putting it out there! Never going to make everyone happy.

Got to be a lot of financial pressure at this point. Make it or break it time for Speed cars.

 

[Singleton]

Your google search has nothing to do with being covered... it's a grace period CA gives you before they suspend your registration for "No proof of insurance". Most major insurance providers in CA only give you 14 days or less and you must have a similar vehicle insured to what you purchased. Ex.. already have a "UTV" insured and the newly acquired UTV has 14 days of coverage after purchase.

Let’s not forget, no CA registered required cars were in this first release. They skipped those who are CA residents and required the car to be registered in CA due to the lack of CARB approval when the assignments went out

 

[pixrthis]

Question to the masses, including LOF. If you were building a car from scratch, would you build it as a belt car? With all the trophy truck inspired features on the car it seems strange to make it a belt car especially with the horsepower. Flame away

 

[77charger]

You’ll never have a perfect car there will always be an issue that pops up. IMO it will still be a while before one actually takes home a car. These are excuses to buy more time if you haven’t seen it by now.

Like I’ve said in other post he’s the best salesman.

 

[Racer56]

Question to the masses, including LOF. If you were building a car from scratch, would you build it as a belt car? With all the trophy truck inspired features on the car it seems strange to make it a belt car especially with the horsepower. Flame away

An offroad car that is capable of producing 300+ HP needs a means of shock absorption in the drivetrain for any chance of having a reliable car without having to prep it all of the time. CVT's are the best option for UTV's. Trophy trucks and class 1's have torque converters to absorb the shock but they rob a lot of HP and take a lot of cooling to perform properly.

 

[Racey]

An offroad car that is capable of producing 300+ HP needs a means of shock absorption in the drivetrain for any chance of having a reliable car without having to prep it all of the time. CVT's are the best option for UTV's. Trophy trucks and class 1's have torque converters to absorb the shock but they rob a lot of HP and take a lot of cooling to perform properly.

Bingo, people hating on the belt don't really understand why it's a necessary evil on vehicles this size.

Almost every case i've ever seen of belt problems is from the driver not stopping to drop into low gear and torching the belt lugging the car in high without sufficient ground speed.

 

[Eliminator21vdrive]

You hit the nail on the head. However I still think everyone is having the wool pulled over their eyes.

It is still believed by some these cars are not mass manufactured and are one off vehicles to garner more deposits while Robbie takes the deposits and funds other projects.

The customers can't take the cars home and don't own these cars. Lastly this is 10 cars out of a supposed 18000 cars.

This is basically the biggest deep fake in offroad.

And you people have fallen for it.

At what point will you ever believe that his intentions are to build a quality product and market it?

It is clowns like you that have nothing better to do than bash on someone for trying and succeeding in something!

What amazing feat of an Idea to manufacturing have you done or have been a part of?

 

[702sandman]

I’m super surprised that I’ve seen so many of these cars during testing and at KOH and even these new customer cars running without a belt cover. I think that’s going to destroy the clutches pretty quick if they keep doing that. It leads me to believe they have some heat They haven’t been able to get around.

 

[Bpracing1127]

I’m super surprised that I’ve seen so many of these cars during testing and at KOH and even these new customer cars running without a belt cover. I think that’s going to destroy the clutches pretty quick if they keep doing that. It leads me to believe they have some heat They haven’t been able to get around.

I only saw 1 customer car without. We’re there more?

 

[Fishd00d]

Sounds like a parking brake will be added to the cars or something as it was hard to park them on a hill without them rolling. There is no Park in the transmission....

 

[riverroyal]

Sounds like a parking brake will be added to the cars or something as it was hard to park them on a hill without them rolling. There is no Park in the transmission....

Really?

 

[Fishd00d]

Really?

Ya they stopped on a hill and peoples cars were rolling it sounds like.

 

[dirtslinger2]

I only saw 1 customer car without. We’re there more?

The car seen without the belt cover was not a customers car, it was one of their early test cars, number 8

 

[RVR SWPR]

At what point will you ever believe that his intentions are to build a quality product and market it?

It is clowns like you that have nothing better to do than bash on someone for trying and succeeding in something!

What amazing feat of an Idea to manufacturing have you done or have been a part of?

Check out the “Clowns” RDP join date. The “Clown” has no clue RD intentions and goals for RDP in the world of performance. RDP means nothing to the “Clown”. Why being tolerated and turned into a shit show is a mystery.

 

[dirtslinger2]

Sounds like a parking brake will be added to the cars or something as it was hard to park them on a hill without them rolling. There is no Park in the transmission....

I hadn't seen any posts about that, where did you hear this?

 

[Fishd00d]

I hadn't seen any posts about that, where did you hear this?

From people on the ride.

 

[Taboma]

Do any of the manufacturers offer parking brakes anymore, or only a transmission park position ?
The last UTV I can recall we had with an actual parking brake was our older 06 700XP Polaris Ranger. I've missed that feature in every of the various models we've had since.
Park is better than having nothing, but I'm still wary of using it on much of an incline for fear of it getting bound up.

 

[BingerFang]

Ho Lee Chit...

Someone is gonna get their ass beat and their car taken away from them!

Oh wait...

He didn't get his car.

Man oh man. I'm gonna guess the guys with the cars that broke are gonna be even more bummed than this guy.

The truth has been know to hurt feelings from time to time.

 

[Ladsm]

I said it before. CEL and electronics are going to plague the first batches of cars. That video called out alot of issues from steering feedback to brakes to CEL every time they slowed down. The Speed Service dept will have its hands full for awhile.

 

[Bpracing1127]

Also do you think they fix these issues before they roll out more cars or continuing roll them out?

 

[stonehenge]

So wait a minute,

Now you have to have created something from scratch, a product or company, etc., to post here?

And you have to have a deposit to have an objective opinion on here?

Plus you can threaten to be done with this thread on almost all of your replies but continue to post daily?




Wow, when these finally do get delivered and we can take them home, that's when the fun starts.