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.

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…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!

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…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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