[PiperD]

Congrats Jackson, worth the wait huh?

[picus]

Just picked up my car; going to go prep it now. I <3 it!

Pics soon, I am sure.

[sshahnavaz]

Originally Posted by Herc

... Missed it by ~3 days. Damn Maersk. And I live maybe 2km from where it's currently parked. So close!

H

Don't worry buddy you'll have a great new years instead!!

Jackson & PICUS - the car looks stunning!! CONGRATS!! And if I lived in TO I'd be a GTA In Detail customer for sure.

I'm happy as heck knowing my two UNDINE buddies got their cars before Xmas as well...

On a side note, we just had freezing rain on Friday afternoon in Ottawa and the car had no problems and didn't feel any slippage. Although I think the city of Ottawa is pretty prepared and usually puts alot of salt out ahead of time so that probably helped.

PICUS we need pics...

[picus]

Ask, and you shall receive!

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Tint and clear bra go on next week. I'm doing the sidemarker delete, alum pedals and de-badge as soon as I get the painted sidemarker, then that's it till spring!

Herc - the wait will be forgotten soon, trust me. I was manic yesterday, and today it's all bliss.

[PiperD]

Car looks good picus, SG looks understated and hawt! (I'm biased tho )

[Jackson]

VERY NICE!!!

And it looks like you got the Full Monty too

Just watch it for the 1st 2000 - it is very tempting just to let her rip. I've already had a few other drivers wanting to "have a go" - but I'm restraining myself - for a bit a least.

[picus]

Hah, no kidding. On the way back from the dealership with the tape still on it... I've got an M3 riding my ass, so tempting.

[sshahnavaz]

Picus the car looks great.. man the detail job makes such a difference although I think you also have a knack for taking professional pics...

[Herc]

Originally Posted by picus

Just picked up my car; ...

Picus, beautiful car man... congrats! More pics plz when your initial mods are done!!

ANOTHER BEAST!!! This is becoming www.335post.com (no, it doesn't exist)

Well done guys. Jackson, Picus, PiperD, see you on the 401 :rocks:

sshahnavaz, perhaps I'll see you on the 416/417 next summer during my annual golf weekend in your neck of the woods. I have a buddy in Kemptville, and we usually play 2 courses in the Ottawa region (favs: Eagle Creek and Loch March, just in case you're into golf). I drive up on a Friday night and leave Sunday afternoon... next summer the drive will be much sweeter

H

[picus]

Ya, we're going to be able to have some good meets this spring/summer hopefully.

[tirana]

Hubba hubba, a perfect example of a 3 series - Merry Christmas picus!!

[picus]

Thanks folks. I guess we've officially hijacked this thread. I just put a couple hundred k on the car, man it's fun.

I did run into my first minor issue, my passenger side front fender is mis-aligned by about 5mm, it sits a little low. I contemplated loosening the toggle bolt and aligning it myself (which I am sure would fix it), but I will let the dealer take care of it next week. Yes, I am that anal.

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[PiperD]

picus, you didn't get the bumper drilled eh? How accomodating was the dealership?

[picus]

Originally Posted by PiperD

picus, you didn't get the bumper drilled eh? How accomodating was the dealership?

No problem at all, I actually had them leave on all the shipping tape, stickers, etc. They didn't balk at any of my requests.

Update on my retarded fender; I fixed it. I got impatient; loosened two nuts, pushed the fender up and in 3.5mm, tightened, good as new. I think one of the nuts was a little loose from the factory, no worries.

[Herc]

You're tight Picus... the only way I think I can see it in the first photo is by comparing lip to floor in front of each tire. But even then...

And that first pic is the hottest for the e92, with the offset of the car such that visually the front is longer than the side

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[Herc]

Hey this could make for a nice little poll... how long will Picus go unnoticed?

Basically, how long before a cop notices the missing plate, cares enough to pull him over and write him up to plate the car?

IMO, 12/23/06 was day one (day of pickup). So if he were busted today, the number would be day 3.

I'll go with 172 days to the first nab

Anything for the closest guess, Picus? Could be a marketing opportunity for GTA in Detail here

H

(Yeah, it's Christmas and I'm bored. Waitin' for family to show up for dinner!)

[picus]

It could be today, I have to drive 345km on QEW/401.

Right now my best guess is probably sometime in the spring. I can say right now that unless the ticket is more than a couple hundred bucks (I think it's $110), I will probably leave the plate off.

[sshahnavaz]

Any tickets boys? I've narrowly averted a couple of tickets. This thing is a cop magnet, sheesh.

[picus]

Originally Posted by sshahnavaz

Any tickets boys? I've narrowly averted a couple of tickets. This thing is a cop magnet, sheesh.

Funny you ask - I was on one of my 4 (ya, 4 :/) trips down to Niagara Falls this weekend and on the 406 (tiny highway between St. Catharines and Thorold), I *ALMOST* got nailed by a speed trap. Thank my wife for having sharp eyes, she saw the rear of one of the three cruisers behind an overpass and said "slow down!". I wasn't way over, maybe 130km/h, but there was no one else on the road so....

How'd they almost get you?

[Herc]

Glad they didn't nab you Picus. I should've posted about that one before you went down. I know... thanks

I've also seen a trap westbound on the QEW, at the bridge between the 7th Ave exit and the 406 exit to Thorold (same exit you took). One copper is on the bridge with his radar, and there's a few cruisers under that bridge ready to peel out, since there's an on-ramp there. It's been a couple years since I've seen them on that bridge tho, but I always slow down approaching it, just let the incline in the road slow you.

4 trips to Niagara eh? "Honey, um, I left my pen in TO.... I'll be right back."

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[sshahnavaz]

Originally Posted by picus

... How'd they almost get you?

I almost got nailed doing 150 on the 417 in Ottawa. Lucky for me a poor sap in front of me was doing at least 160 or so cause he passed me on the right a few minutes before getting caught...It was a thing of beauty, I saw his break lights and i slammed mine on.. i think he was clocked around 130 or so..

This was really early in the morning of course... the cruiser was one of the new Black Dodge Chargers the Ottawa Police picked up a few months ago...

I need to learn to control my speed or get a detector or something..