[tomdenise]

First saw it in Moter Trend in 1999. It was in the future section. I showed the pic to my wife and she loved it. Started doing research online and saw that there was one on tour around the country. We went to the show at the Texas State Fair and got to see it in person for the first time, from 6-8 feet away. They had it all roped off. As others have said it was surprisingly small.

In March of 2000, I was talking cars with a friend and mentioned we were gonna go look at one when the dealer finally got one, we were 22nd on the waiting list. She tells me a friend of hers just got a call to come look at one. We called the dealer immediatly and he tells me they just got their second one in, that day, and we could come for a test drive.

We went down there that afternoon. They had already put nearly 100 miles on it in test drives that day and there was a line behind us to drive it, but when we got done, only 1 more test drive took place and that was only becase they had to verify my credit before they could put the sold sign on it. They wouldn't even let people touch it, literally, after we started our paperwork.

For months we got stopped on the streets, restaurants, car washes, gas stations....
Had to clean the windows every night cause there were always hand prints on it when my wife came out of the office. It's too bad that the general publics excitement has passed.
It was a lot of fun back then.

I have only met 1 person with one older than mine.

Now, just gotta keep customizing. [8D] [8D]