﻿{"id":1061,"date":"2010-09-12T21:28:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T03:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2010-12-27T07:37:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T14:37:40","slug":"worth-the-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/2010\/09\/worth-the-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth the Wait!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1062\" title=\"Front 3\/4\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Front 3\/4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My apologies for the lack of updates. My new coupe arrived safe and sound on Thursday at 1 PM. I&#8217;ve been driving it about every free moment since including a 4:30-6:30 AM drive through local canyons the following morning. After my previous shipping update, the driver was much better about consistently updating us and even called when he was a mile out to give me a play by play as he got closer and honked as he drove through our subdivision. It arrived from its several thousand mile journey in good shape but dirty. After a very quick wash, my wife and I took it up to a local canyon to try it out. We both had a blast. I think it&#8217;s even better than I ever imagined it could be. I&#8217;m very glad I held out for just the right one. I can&#8217;t stop staring at it and look for excuses to sneak out to the garage. It was definitely worth the wait!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1061 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05558.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05558-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"My First Glimpse\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05558-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05558-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05558.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1080'>\n\t\t\t\tMy First Glimpse\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05559.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05559-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coming Up the Street\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05559-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05559-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05559.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1081'>\n\t\t\t\tComing Up the Street\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05560.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05560-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"On the Truck\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05560-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05560-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05560.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1082'>\n\t\t\t\tOn the Truck\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05561.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05561-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Still on the Truck\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05561-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05561-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05561.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1083'>\n\t\t\t\tStill on the Truck\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05563.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05563-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Almost Ready to Drive Off\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05563-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05563-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05563.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1084'>\n\t\t\t\tAlmost Ready to Drive Off\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05564.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05564-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Truck Driver Joy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05564-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05564-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05564.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1085'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Truck Driver Joy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05566.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05566-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"In My Driveway!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05566-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05566-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05566.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1086'>\n\t\t\t\tIn My Driveway!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05567.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05567-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"First Quick Wash\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05567-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05567-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05567.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1087'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst Quick Wash\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05569.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05569-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Looking Better Already\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05569-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05569-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05569.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' 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id='gallery-1-1089'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Son Doing His Part\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05580.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05580-250x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"My Wife&#039;s First Canyon Drive\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05580-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05580-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DSC05580.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1090'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Wife&#8217;s First Canyon Drive\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side-250x166.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"All Clean\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/front-side.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1062'>\n\t\t\t\tAll Clean\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/rlm-2010-09-09-020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/rlm-2010-09-09-020-250x166.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BMW M Coupe - Steel Gray over Imola Red\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/rlm-2010-09-09-020-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/rlm-2010-09-09-020-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/rlm-2010-09-09-020.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1565'>\n\t\t\t\tCelebrating the New Family Car\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new coupe arrived safe and sound on Thursday at 1 PM. I&#8217;ve been driving it about every free moment since including a 4:30-6:30 AM drive through local canyons the following morning. I think it&#8217;s even better than I ever imagined it could be. I&#8217;m very glad I held out for just the right one. I can&#8217;t stop staring at it and look for excuses to sneak out to the garage. It was definitely worth the wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mine","tag-shipping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1098,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}