mrbelk

My long ED re-delivery wait will come to an end at 1pm EDT today! Of course, it's raining and gross out, but I won't let that spoil my fun!

I'll post some pictures after I get it.

-MrB

Rudy

Yippee! That's great news!!

Man, I'm betting the wait after ED is the worst -- you wait for ED to happen, get a taste of things during ED, then you have to wait again after having the taste.

At least my six month wait between order and delivery was just that -- a wait. Once I got the car, I couldn't imagine having to part with it again to wait some more!

Doctor Diesel

Congratulations......can't wait to see your photos, shame you're not here as its past 3pm already

mrbelk

You got that right. The wait for re-delivery is pure torture. At least waiting for the trip had a definite "D-day" so to speak. The wait for redelivery is so much more difficult because you don't know what "D-day" is until it's there.

"I'm as happy as a little girl!"

-MrB

kscarrol

My guess is we won't be hearing from MrBelk for the rest of the afternoon...

mrbelk

You guessed wrong. I have to support the deployment of a project to a client-server, so I'm back in the office. It was a nice long drive back from the dealership, though.

I am reminded how AWESOME the car is. Silver Grey is a beautiful color in bright sunshine, and the Style 124 wheels with the monster tires really fill out the wheel-wells.

Of course, it rained right as the guy was coming back from filling it up, so the car got sprayed with dusty road mist on the way back, so it's a little dirty, but it's a good excuse to give it a good washing.

My only complaint is the same one as before; the damn clutch delay valve. Clutch engagement and take-up is way too soft, so I'm going to have a local Dinan mechanic remove and/or replace it with a free-er one.

The wait was torture, but now that it's over, it's just water under the bridge. Absence does truly make the heart grow fonder.

I wonder if I will be such a head-case when we do ED on my wifes X3 next spring? I hope so. The day I'm not excited about getting a new bimmer is the day that I will leave the marque.

-MrB

Flowerfred

So how about those pics then?

mrbelk

The delivery happened so fast, and since it was raining, I didn't bring my camera. If it's nice tomorrow, or when I get home, I'll take some shots. It's already a little dirty from the nice dirty mist from the drive back to the office.

If you're hankering to see some pics of the car in a more "natural" setting, just go to www.thebelkfamily.net/travel and look at the pics from my ED trip. There are some real good shots of the car in its natural habitat: Southern Bavaria.

-MrB

Flowerfred

Off topic, but why does your website want to install a cookie on my pc?

mrbelk

No telling. I wrote it myself, and don't do anything with cookies. It's possible that IIS does it automatically, but I'm not doing anything with them.

-MrB