 The
day finally arrived Saturday. I picked up the new car.
It is a bit overwelming. This car is much more stunning that
it looks in pictures. It looks and handles amazingly.
Picking up the car was pretty uneventful, just the typical paperwork and
then a run through of the features. I thought I had it all
figured out....boy was I wrong. This bad boy had 800 pages
of owners manual which you really need to read because it is very
complicated.There were a number of surprises for me. First the
red leather is stunning. Much better than in pictures.
I was expecting to look good, but It looks great. The second
surprise is that the car is so configurable. This is my first
German car in 9 years and wasn't expecting so much luxury and
flexibility. Everything about the car can be customized to your
needs. How long the lights stay on, how the easy entry
feature works, and much more.
I had a chance to take a few pictures while driving around on
Saturday, but not as many as I would have liked. I promise I
will take more soon.
There are few problems though. First, my driveway is too
steep for the front of the car. I can very carefully get it
into the garage but just barely. So today, I had it
torn out and rebuilt, once it is complete, I will have no problems with
the drive. 2) The check engine light came on at 80
miles. Probably nothing, but I have to take it in late this
week to get it checked out...oh well, I guess this is just part of
owning a new high tech piece of machinery. It's not much
different from the rest of my gadgets. |