ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
I have now purchased my third Spyder in three years. I own a 2008 5-spd, a 2009 SE for my spouse, and just bit the bullet on a new RT-S which is waiting for pickup at the dealer. (Need some more ice to melt here in AK before I can ride it). Put 20K miles on the 2008 and wife put 10K on hers the first year. I think thats pretty fair for a 65 year old rookie rider. Looking forward to another year riding, and cant wait to get on the RT-S. Anyone else out there that has all three years of spyders? The 2008 has been perfect mechanicaly and has performed flawless. 2009 Spyder computer crashed at 1.5K miles--but was replaced and we have had no problems since. We drove all the paved roads in Alaska last summer and had a great time doing it. Overall, I am very enthusiastic about the vehicle. We "Corbinized" and otherwise decked out the 08, and the 09 to the tune of 3.5K extra in accessories, so we have over 20K into each one of them. My big complaint is resale value on the Spyder. Dealer only wants to give me 13K on a trade towards the RT-S. Based on what Im reading in other posts--I guess this is pretty good. The bad part is that accessories seem to be worth little to nothing. My 2010 RT-S is probably going to remain pretty much stock. The up side is that it has basically all the stuff I want on it.
