Technically speaking, I'm the third owner... but I'm not sure the first one even counts; he brought it back to the dealer compaining that the heated seats didn't work, didn't even want to wait for a repair and traded for a cadillac suv.
2nd owner loved it and made some real nice modifications while racking up 40 thousand miles in the Florida sun. He needed to downsize and so put it up on ebay for me to find. He said he needed to heavily sedate the Slingshot (made even 'more' yellow by constant exposure to the sun) when it was told that its new home would be in the 'great white north' (relatively speaking). I made the committment to purchase it in October '09, but the seller understood that I needed to turn in my lease vehicle before being able to divert the cash for the full purchase.
I took delivery on the Friday of my birthday weekend, 2/26/10, (really just a week ago!?) and drove her to an awesome Fanatic gathering in Kissimmee, then on home to Michigan. I had some really nice hilly switchback sections to throw her into while coming through North Carolina! Anyway, since it's still kinda chilly here, I put her in the warm service bay of my local speed shop to get tuned up and ready for the official spring unveiling to my friends & family. My 9-year-old is in love with it, is the only one who's ridden in it with me, and can't wait for me to get it back. He has a picture of it as his phone backdrop that he shows all his friends. It's really fun to be a 'cool' dad!
