Finally, you won’t have to see me writing about DDEs anymore
…because I actually adopted an orphan!
Yes, most people who know me know that I dislike children. So then, naturally I should turn my nose up if someone offered me an orphan to take care of. Well, not this time! Yesterday at 2pm, I got a call from Winston Salem saying that an orphan came in that met my criteria. It was yellow and black Passion Coupe (now discontinued) and had the comfort package. Well, I had to make a decision on the spot, and I slapped down $250 over the phone to hold the car until I could make payment arrangements. Well, I took off of work early, headed on over to the bank and got my loan (forcing them to work about 45 minutes past closing time). Got the loan, drove up to Winston Salem and picked up the new addition to the family! I have to say, it drives better than I remember and didn’t have any problems driving 85mph down the highway to get back. I’m in love. That’s all there is to it.
Now, I have to come up with a name for my baby. Anyone have good ideas?
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Another update on my smart car
Yup, that’s right, another month closer to my mini-mobile. I still need to come up with a good name for it. If anyone has thoughts, feel free to express them in the comments.
Anyway, I passed up my chance twice at having a smart car sooner. There was an orphan at the Charlotte dealership on Friday, but it was missing the comfort package that I like. Then Monday of this week, I got a call from Winston Salem stating they had one, but it was the blue one which I can’t stand at all.
So, on with the waiting!
1 commentYet another update to the delivery of my smart car!
Yup, just checked this morning, and it moved up one more month. Since the estimated date of actually receiving the car is 30 days after the first date, I could be looking at June of next year.
Hopefully no one is tired of hearing about it yet…
…but I have another update on my smart car order.
I told everyone I would keep them updated, but while I was on vacation last week, I got an update on my smart stating it would arrive between Aug. 09 and Oct. 09. Since I forgot my login info (yeah, I know, I should remember it) while I was on vacation, I couldn’t update. I thought I would check again today and saw that it got bumped up one more month yet again! And since I hear that most people are receiving theirs at the beginning of the range, that means I’m about one year out!
No commentsAlready got my first bump up in delivery…
…for the smart car of my dreams!
Yup, just a short post to let the faithful followers of my smart car dream see how the delivery date is changing constantly.
No commentsWoohoo, finally an update on my smart car delivery ETA…
…too bad it’s further out than the dealerships quoted 12 to 14 month range!
So, everyday at lunch, I take a quick break, hold my breath and click on the link to check the updated delivery date for my ordered smart car with their DDE (Delivery Date Estimator). Normally it takes 30-90 days from plopping down the reservation deposit to get a response, so, since it has only been about 42 days, I wasn’t really hoping for much, but I got notice (as seen above) that my delivery date is estimated between October 2009 and December 2009. That is more in the 17 to 19 month range, but that’s fine…more time to save up money. I might try to convince the wife to make this either my birthday present (October) or Christmas present.
Or, I could just go over to Japan and buy one from a vending machine. It’s almost the color I want (yellow with black stripe), but beggars can’t be choosers! Just kidding! This has fooled a few people, but it is actually a vending machine for literature about the smart car. Hmmm, maybe if they placed fewer cars in vending machines mine would get here quicker…what do you think?
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Anyway, here’s to me in a smart car a year and a half from now…hopefully I won’t be dead!
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