2010 base RT 29 months and 29,000+ miles and no issues that would keep me from getting on it and riding it across the country tomorrow.
The DPS was replaced on a recall but I never had a problem with the original. The throttle body was replaced under warranty but it never kept me from going anywhere I wanted to go and I understand that the throttle body problem was caused originally by faulty software rather than being an actual faulty part. I've had several limp modes but they were always so easy to clear that I never considered them to be a problem.
Maybe I'm a little different from some but I don't consider anything that doesn't strand me on the road to be more than a minor annoyance. Now, a BMW that won't start on a 32 degree morning after spending the night in an inadequate sleeping bag in an isolated roadside park near the Big Bend in Texas - that's a problem. Thankfully, it was the highest point in twenty miles and the BMW bump started after rolling about a quarter mile down hill. Having an alternator rotor go open on the same BMW in Luckenbach, Texas - that's a problem. Thankfully, that problem was fixable, too - in fact, it was fixable three times before I got home. Having another BMW drop a cylinder in a pouring rain while stuck behind a logging truck trying to get to Eureka Springs, Arkansas with the shoulders of the road far too muddy to pull over and stop - that would have been a problem except that I knew what was causing it and I just prayed that the other spark plug cap wouldn't get wet, too, until I could stop and dry them out.
Spyders are not perfect, there have been some problems but, to me, minor problems are a part of riding. While I'd just as soon not have any problems, sometimes they add to the adventure. For sure, they give us something to talk about over that beer when we're done riding for the day. Certainly, it's no fun to have to be towed home and, thankfully, my Spyder has never had to be towed and I don't expect it to be.
How confident am I in my RT? I don't own a cell phone.
Cotton
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Yes, it's true but I'm sure it's very rare and my dealer and BRP have given me a loaner while it is getting replaced. One of the reasons I bought a spyder is my brother has run the rotax engines it seems like forever and no problems. Is a proven platform, I think God was just messin with me.....
