TAKA-1 is here

[takahashi]

After a long wait the car has eventually arrived. Look at the black grill I asked the dealer to install for me. It looks so nice with the white background. The wheel is clean for now but already gathering brake dust after a 30km drive today.



You can see Leah my dealer lady in the background, on the phone selling cars!~


I also received a delivery gift. I asked if there were any freebies. So there it is. It is low quality fabric but there is an alloy wheel like wheelie wheel… and a BMW badge.


Then we set the kids seats. The younger one has a new harness in my car. They quickly went asleep as the car is quiet.


Finally I took some pictures of the portable sat nav, which is just a re-batched Garmin Nuvi. It is rather nice coz it is a word recognition model, so it was about $700 2 years ago when we got our old Garmin. It now prob not worth much. It is bluetooth able too, but the car has voice recognition phone system and it works well. I even dial home by calling the number using voice only.



More photos in good location soon.

[BBK]

Congrats Taka! Looks very nice!

[bmw233]

Well done, Taka (what took you so long? ;-)
Almost identical car to mine, except I think you have auto.
Enjoy mate, and get yourself the brake dust repellant, it works well.

[oldman]

Congratulations Taka... I'm sure, like us that you will realise the wait was worth it. Great colour scheme.

[~sarah~]

Love it Taka!! Cant wait to see it in person. Your kids are so cute. hehe

bmw233 where do i get this brake dust repellant that you speak of? lol

[oldman]

It's "ArmorAll Wheel Protectant" available from Supercheap auto stores and probably Repco as well.

[Zuzu]

Congrats Taka.. Have the same booster seat in the vert for my grandson..Goodsize child booster, sits in snug in the 1er rear.

[Breville]

Congrats mate, it's seems like you've been waiting an age!

[takahashi]

Originally Posted by ~sarah~

Love it Taka!! Cant wait to see it in person. Your kids are so cute. hehe

bmw233 where do i get this brake dust repellant that you speak of? lol

Oldman said right, but I think they are "much of a muchless"... I think I still have half a bottle left in the garage. Off to carwash later today or weekend.

[OOOSQ]

So.... there was a 4523452 page thread before and the car hadn't arrived? Interesting.

[sparoz]

Congrats!!! Not long to go for me now.. less than 1 month!!!

['fatboy']

congrats taka - car looks great. Looks like they just 'hand out' those cabin bags down there at BMW melbourne. I got the same one!

[MickyD]

I won one of the MINI ones at a club meeting, it's awesome, really nice quality too

[~sarah~]

Awww, I didnt get a delivery gift.

[oldman]

How much did you pay for the black kidney grills?

[takahashi]

Originally Posted by oldman

How much did you pay for the black kidney grills?

$105 USD, plus shipment about $75 (but I ordered something else with it, some wheel protecter thing - I can only find them in the US). Turners Motorsports.

[RadiuM]

cool, enjoy it!

[Yep 135]

Congrads and awsom
But you will have to go back to the dealer and get some warrenty work done, it seems you have some gremlins in the back seat!!

[Sprey]

Congratulations! Wasn't it worth the wait! Thanks also for sharing the pics...

[andrew@southernBM]

Looks great Taka, congrats

[AussieRacer]

Congrats Taka!. The car looks and is well worth the wait. Enjoy

[bmw233]

Originally Posted by takahashi

Oldman said right, but I think they are "much of a muchless"... I think I still have half a bottle left in the garage. Off to carwash later today or weekend.

Actually, Oldman was spot-on quoting ArmorAll. I have compared the efficacy of this against the American brand from Autobarn, ie. one side done with Armorall, the other with the US type, and Armorall really did do the job. I might as well not have even applied the overseas stuff, as it hardly made any difference (heaps of brake dust accumulated straight away).