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Its done! Just got back from Honda Direct Line in Ohio with our new '04 Candy Red ABS and tucked her away in the garage for the night. Its been a nightmare getting our totalled '03 replaced.
I want to take a moment to recap the story so that the end has more meaning. For those who remember, we crashed our '03 in August and the insurance company totalled the bike. We ordered an '04 Candy Red ABS in November from the same dealer that our last two Wings came from. To keep it short, we had three confirmed delivery dates that all came and went without the new wing showing up. The first date was Nov 22. At the end of January the dealership calls and says they can't get an '04 Candy Red ABS until June 2004 -- there are none to be had anywhere!
That didn't sit right with me so I called Hal who said that according to the computer, there were two dealers in Maryland with Candy Red on the floor. Hal looked deeper into his computer and found he too had one sitting in the Chicago warehouse. Bought it on the spot! Cancelled the order with the other dealer. And to put the story to rest... the new Wing arrived at its new home today.
Of course, it has already cost me a bunch in accessories which are due to arrive this coming week.
My thanks to Hal for taking the time to help and for looking deeper into the computer to find what we were looking for. Enjoyed visiting Jon at the Ohio dealership.
Life is back to normal!!
I want to take a moment to recap the story so that the end has more meaning. For those who remember, we crashed our '03 in August and the insurance company totalled the bike. We ordered an '04 Candy Red ABS in November from the same dealer that our last two Wings came from. To keep it short, we had three confirmed delivery dates that all came and went without the new wing showing up. The first date was Nov 22. At the end of January the dealership calls and says they can't get an '04 Candy Red ABS until June 2004 -- there are none to be had anywhere!
That didn't sit right with me so I called Hal who said that according to the computer, there were two dealers in Maryland with Candy Red on the floor. Hal looked deeper into his computer and found he too had one sitting in the Chicago warehouse. Bought it on the spot! Cancelled the order with the other dealer. And to put the story to rest... the new Wing arrived at its new home today.
Of course, it has already cost me a bunch in accessories which are due to arrive this coming week.
My thanks to Hal for taking the time to help and for looking deeper into the computer to find what we were looking for. Enjoyed visiting Jon at the Ohio dealership.
Life is back to normal!!