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Old 03-03-2006, 03:50 PM
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Well the big day has arrived...the new toy is being detailed at the dealer as I type this.....take delivery later this afternoon....and it is POURING-DOWN water....those of us here in So. Calif. probably can't remember the last rain we had...Hee Hee..MY detail guy says it is good-luck...guess I could wait until tomorrow to pick it up....GADS!!!!!that could be a tough decision later today....I know, it won't melt driving it home...guess I know what my Friday Night will be spent doing..HEE....Hee...Dane
Old 03-03-2006, 03:57 PM
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Supposed to be a clearing this afternnon. Maybe you can sneak down get it and get it home. Otherwise just pick it up in the AM. May as well start off clean.
Old 03-03-2006, 04:13 PM
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Clearing now. Just wait for the roads to dry.
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Dane K
Forecast is for a very sunny day tommorrow....You've waited this long, don't pick it up in the rain & sure it won't melt, but I get immense pleasure from a clean car...Congrats, Enjoy & don't forget to post pics
Old 03-03-2006, 05:31 PM
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Well.....I'm starting to get a little ant-zee...it's 1:30 local time,and the water is still coming down...I did want to take it to the monthly PCA breakfast in the morning...trying to be patient...Come-On SUN
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Sun bursting through as I type!

Roads should be dry in no time if there's no more scattered sprinkles.
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clearing now. BTW you're beating me by a day.. Dealer says mine's on the truck on the road to him and will be available tomorrow early afternoon!!! Darn...I guess I don't have to make that tough decision myself. Congrats and post pics!

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Old 03-03-2006, 06:51 PM
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Wow, rain. My heart's breaking for all of you. How do you cope?
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Just started again here in Santa Monica.
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Originally Posted by E55AMG
Wow, rain. My heart's breaking for all of you. How do you cope?
Hey.. this is so cal. Someone spits on the sidewalk and there is a three hour traffic jam. Rain means everyone try to flip your car on the highway while traveling 4.6 miles per hour. I've seen folks do things with cars in the rain out here that my stuntman friends have been trying to accomplish for years without success. Rain in So. Cal. is a traumatic event...calling for "storm watch" news flashes every 3 minutes from deep inside the bowels of the emergency broadcasting center of the network...and that's just when rain is predicted! They interrupt Oprah to announce the rainfall totals in 100ths of an inch.

So...cut us some slack here
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Please send some our way. We are at day 133 (or there about) with absolutely no rain. They say we are in the worst drought in a century or perhaps in all time........we are probably one the few places in the world that 'prays' for rain (then when we don't see the sun for 2 days we start complaining.......ya we are weather snobs).
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HEEE..HEEE..I sneaked into the dealership and foiled the weather-man...Got the new toy home and tucked away for the night...didn't mess-up the great detail job,by Moe at glistening perfection.Now if this weather pattern will move on to Arizona tonight,we'll all be happy campers tomorrow..gota get that 1st thousand on the odometer...
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Congrats. I am hoping it is clear tomorrow as I want to wash mine!
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Great to see you got it home. I am up in Tahoe with snow snow snow. I am sure you will driving in sunshine soon. But how about sneeking into the garage and snapping a pic??
Old 03-04-2006, 01:19 AM
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It' s only water!! It is German made..I am originally from Amsterdam, the Netherlands and it rain there about 300 days a year....also drove my P there everyday into Germany at least once a week....lots and lots of rain..makes it more intimate in the P....
Just kidding, can't imagine how it must feel...the first rain drops on a brandnew one! I still hate it when mine gets wet! But am never able to resist taking her out!! Rain or shine...
Goodluck with you new P's I love the new "old" front....


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