Great pics Tim. You truly had me scared when I saw the truck (and I had to wait a minute wondering because I ignored your warning and viewed over a dialup). Thanks for sharing. I hope your baby gets delivered sooner than expected!

 

TWO WEEKS? Are they going by way of Anchorage, Alaska?

 

That's what I was thinking. The drive itself should take no more then 28 hours from Ill to the SanFran area with a trailer. Last year for the Grand-Am Cup race at Leguna Seca me and my friend trailered out an encloused trailer with 2 Acura ITRs in his beat to death 89 Ford Desiel and it took us 29 hours from Cincy.

 

Thanks guys.

DAS "allows" two weeks to deliver the car. The timing depends of the cross country availability of enclosed carriers. It could and should be here sooner.

The cool thing is I can track the progress on www.dasautoshippers.com by entering my tracking number (638416). Check the "Status" box in the lower right hand corner.

Another interesting note: they allow a maximum of 10 miles on the odometer for changing trucks. It left Galesburg with 26 miles.
I'll be checking that out when she arrives....

 

Nice Tim! the pics are great. Enjoy!! Im still waiting.....startin to get a little edge on though....

 

Even after one's Z is delivered, one still has to wait. The 4000 rpm break-in is going to be a battle. In our six mile test drive, we found it very easy and unrewarding to reach 3900 RPM.

 

Way to go Tim....your Z is awesome....lookin real sharp...thanks again for the brochure mate....


cheers

 

tin I got a question; how r u gonna register it in CA ???

are you gonna pay the difference in taxes when you go to the dmv???

thanks

 

Gavkiwi - thanks and no prob on the brochure!

Game Over - I paid no Illinois sales tax. I have 20 days to register it here after it arrives in CA. On the Illinois title I received, it says - "50 state emissions vehicle, can be sold and registered in any state." That was my biggest concern. The credit union cut a separate check to the DMV (at 9.25% of the purchase price!)

PK - you hit the nail on the head except, I already have a truck! Every homeowner needs a pick-up! But mine's a Nissan.

SIDE NOTE: My brother-in-law pictured above was very interested in purchasing a Z after our test drive. He is 6'5" but felt comfortable during his drive. He is also considering a Z06 and an M3 roadster. He found a Black Track (all options but Nav) with a November delivery coming to Peoria that is available. I'll keep you posted on his decision.

 

Getting On It - I did.

 

Pointfivezero.

Your truck picture didn't fool me. I saw you climb up a tree to get an overhead shot of the Silverstone at the Fremont Z Fest. You are one dedicated Z-aholic.

 

LOL pooh....well, I have to admit, I am a z-aholic now. Know where I can find a zz group meeting to discuss my addiction?

 

Why the hell would they even need 10 miles to change trucks, what do they do park the trucks 10 miles apart or something?? 10 miles is enough for a little joy ride with the wheels smoking.

 

How many miles does a dounut take? I would guess that with 10 miles to burn they could do at least 20 dounuts

I can see the point about trucks and SUVs, but the real reason is that very little R&D is needed for a stupid SUV so more money can go back into the profit.

I think ford and GM are only in buisness because of the trucks. If they ever go out of style what the heck is ford going to sell?

I have a SUV because I need to get through the occasional snow storm, but given the choice I would rather have something like the allroad that is really a car 95% of the time but can become a SUV when needed. But it is kind of pricey and also quite heavy.

 

pointfivezero,

I hope you don't mind, but I split the whole lowlife/truck issue off into a separate thread in the off topic forum. It's titled "Trucks vs. sports cars".

Tim

 

....I appreciate and support the move.

Thanks Tim.

 

I still want to know what type of CANNON that is.

 

I have a feeling his handle holds the clue you're looking for.