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  1. WE0H

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    At least today flew by. Now a few more days like this and soon we'll be posting cool pics of our BP's :p

    Are you gonna get those reindeer horns for your side windows? I seen a lot of cars sporting them around Louisville the past couple years :eek:

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    Hey WE08 my dealer checked in today and said car has ETA at the lot of around the 23rd to the 25th. So may wanna check with your dealer and see if they have any updates. I'm excited now!!! :D
     
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    Wow that is awesome news. Yes I will be emailing my sales lady now.
    Thank you :p

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    My sales lady can't believe the car would come in so early. Now I see she is busy so maybe she is looking it up :p

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    Yeah kinda what I thought but that is the ETA they are showing. But you know how that goes. It can change anytime and still may.
     
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    Maybe the train will break down in town here so I'll have to email you pics of your car :p An interesting bit of trivia is the very same tracks our cars will run on just east of here had a bridge collapse last summer :eek: Lots of train cars rolled into a swamp :eek:

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    Let's hope our cars don't end up in the swamp!!! Did you ever here back from your sales person?
     
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    Just that she was surprised I knew anything about the possible delivery time. I showed her a pic of the port. She was busy. That train bridge is all new now so no worries of it crashing down :) Cant wait to get my car...

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    iPhone :)
     
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    As of yesterday my car was still shown as being In Port :( Going freakin nuts waiting :pout:

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    Well that sucks. I need to call my dealer and see if they are still saying around the 23rd. I just hope it's not to long. :D
     
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    Hear YA there. Well technically your car is still In Port also :eek: Maybe my dealer is not as sharp as yours in knowing who to contact to find out the whereabouts of vehicles. Next week my wife will be out of town for meetings and she has to be here to sign the paperwork for my car as I am retired and living off her income :p If she ain't here and my car arrives, I can't get it until she is back home :( Oh well, it'll be here eventually. She did say this morning what are you gonna do if say the truck hauling it from the train yard crashes. I said oh don't say that hunny :eek:

    Mike
     
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    I know at the end of last week when he told me the 23rd he said car was showing Freight status and that is the last step. I guess they will get here eventually!! :p
     
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    I bet your car was one of the first to come off the ship and mine was in the back :( First in first out, your's gets out first, mine last or later anyhow...

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    Either way I think we are both in the home stretch which will probably be the longest. :eek:
     
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    No doubt. Seems the more I sit around thinking, the more I think about when is it gonna arrive.
    Have you collected any parts yet for yours? I got a short antenna and a ScanGuage II to install. I doubt the antenna will have reception worth a damn, but I listen to Pandora so no need for a FM radio :p Just wanted to get rid of the dorkie rubber duck antenna on the roof. I figured on trying the short antenna as I have read the Shark fin has issues with staying down on the roof. It needs better adhesive tape under it.

    Mike
     
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    I did order a sunshade from the store here. I also ordered the Beat Sonic shark fin antenna. I saw it on OCKevins PPP and love it. I hope it stays down. :eek: My tint guy is gonna install it so hopefully it will be ok. What is the short antenna you ordered? Do you have a link? May try it if the shark fin doesn't work out.
     
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    Oh and how do you get your Fuelly info to show like you have it below your signature?
     
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    Antenna is a universal Chrysler 3 inch/76 mm JDM BLACK SHORT UNIVERSAL SCREW TYPE ANTENNA CARBON FIBER | eBay

    I looked at Prius antennas which were identical but priced much higher. Go figure :rolleyes:

    The sunshade is a very good thing being as far south as you. The sun is nowhere as intense up here in the Arctic zone :p I also have to get setup for tinting. Minnesota says 50% is the limit but I am going with 40%. I had a RX-7 in the early '90's that measured around 32% by the officer standing outside writing the fix it ticket :mad: That seemed a bit dark so 40% should pass by the cops without issues.

    Mike
     
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