Thought I'd share, in case you needed another reason to love having a Slingshot..or were on the fence about getting one.
This weekend we had a garage sale and I had parked the Sling out front to attract people to the sale, big sale sign, the works. A guy showed up and was asking me questions about the Sling, and we were joking that we were going to start giving our garage sale customers a ride for $5.00. The guy kinda flipped out and said he'd pay $5 easy to get a ride for his 11 yr old son, who loves riding with Dad on their motorcycle and the kid had seen the Slingshot at a car show and wigged out over it. I said there was NO WAY I was charging a kid for a ride, but if he came back with his son I would love to take him out for a spin. (And it meant I got out of garage sale duty!)
About an hour later, Dad comes back with kid..who has his own helmet, and a big silly grin on his face. Dad takes our photo and just for fun (which I NEVER do) I peel out and we fly down the street. I can hear my passenger giggle hysterically. I explain we're going to drive slow down our main street, and to make sure when people wave, his job is to wave back. We immediately have people waving at us, including a set of bikers who were pointing and taking our picture. The kid asks me if I know them, I said no, they just want to tell you they like your ride! We got to talking and he tells me they are new to our town cause their house burned down in the big fire here a few months ago. This kid tells me they lost everything, but it's okay cause all his family is safe, they like their new place, and he likes his new school and they replaced his bike with a new one, so he's happy. I was amazed he was so mature about his life situation. We drove out to the freeway, people still giving us thumbs up and taking our photo - he's having a ball waving like a parade participant and we broke a few speed laws for a minute or two. We chatted about the new school, and the best place in town for pizza and then I returned him to his dad, who was also grinning from ear to ear when we 'landed". Kid was happy, thanked me profusely, and I was thrilled to be able to do something for them. The Slingshot has been the best/Silliest thing i've ever had and I'm just really enjoying the encounters I have because of it. Thought I'd share...