No, I ordered a tip. After driving manual-transmission cars for the last 14 years in a row, I'm ready for a change. But I'll still have those paddle shifters ... for when the spirit moves me!

 

I believe that the word you were looking for was "Timeless" or perhaps "Classic".

By the way I do like the Denim Blue color of your B6.

 

My dealership called me today to let me know my car arrived. Unfortunately, I won't be able to pick it up until Saturday. I went to see it, though, and it looked good ... even in the pouring rain. The Deep Sea Blue looked dark -- almost black -- but I'm sure it will look different in the sunlight.

Meanwhile, my car insurance agency (which knows nothing about my car purchase) decided to mail all its clients a letter, stating that it was changing insurance carriers. Since I don't want to do business with the carrier they're switching to, I have to make a mad dash to find another agency that deals with the insurance carrier I currently have. The new agency says it would be beneficial to me to have my auto and homeowner's policies with the same company (big discount), so I have to deal with that too. Well, my current agency is going to be very unhappy to hear that they are losing my business.

Anyway, with a sunny weekend forecast, I'm really hoping I get my new car. I will post pictures, eventually.

 

I would love to see some good pics of deep sea blue. There's not many out there and like you said, they almost look black. Congrats on the new car.

 

Thanks. I will try to this weekend ... or early next week.

 

My salesman called me today and said he had some bad news. He said they were doing an inspection of my car and found a "nick" in the front passenger-side fender. He said it might require getting the whole fender repainted to fix it. Well, my heart sank because I knew this could only mean another delay.

Since my dealership is only 5 minutes from my job, I went to look at the car. Well, it turns out the “nick” is nowhere near as bad as I thought it was. It’s a minor abrasion, about a half inch long, on the upper crease of the fender. Immediately below it is a slight indentation, about the size of the head of a pin.

My salesman said it was up to me to decide how I wanted it repaired. Since it was so minor, I told him that as long as it is completely undetectable, they could spot touch it up if they liked.

Fortunately, my dealership maintains a very highly regarded body shop -- they work on Lamborghinis and aluminum-bodied A8s -- so I feel confident they will do a good job.

The only other problem is that due to the repair needed, and registry/license plate issues, I won’t get my car now until Monday or Tuesday. And my g/f and I already had this great drive planned for this weekend. Oh, well, what can you do?

By the way, I got to see the car in the bright sunshine for the first time, and man, is it dark! I know it’s called Deep Sea Blue, but that must be some dam# deep sea! Unless you look at the car at the right angle, it looks like it's black. Not bad, but I was expecting something a little lighter.

Hopefully, I’ll have some good news to report on Monday.

 

That sucks, couldn't you technically take delivery and then schedule the repair next week while at work? That way you could at least enjoy the car this weekend. Doesn't sound like the dent bothers you and it won't really have an impact on the driving??

Just a thought.

 

I hate the wait too. Mine will be delivered at the end of July 2009 with new LED Tailights. I actually booked the 2009 model in March, but my dealer called and asked if I want LED taillights and Updated MMI, I opted in, but this moved the delivery date by a month. I think this worth the wait. But its still wait, and I hate waiting

 

I had a fender replaced already, only took the shop 2 (one to paint, one to install) days so I would go this route and wait if it was me.

 

But it's too late now. But I think there was also another issue that was delaying things. My car insurance agent let me know just a couple of days ago that they were switching insurance companies (to one I didn't like), so I had to quickly shop around for a new agent and get a new policy in time for me to take delivery of my new car. Well, there was some snag with the paperwork or something, so I couldn't get the car today anyway.

But I am fairly confident I will have by Tuesday of next week at the latest.

Hmmm, (cough, cough), I think I feel a sick day from work coming on!