[Zoomy29er]

I am trying to be patient as I wait for my new 2013 Salsa El Mariachi 3 to arrive, but it's proving very difficult! It will look like this...can you blame me for having ants in my pants?!

I am currently on a too-small-for-me 2009 Cannondale F5. It's a nice entry-level bike, but it's no El Mariachi! I'm really looking forward to making the switch to a 29er and advancing my riding skills. :thumbsup:

Anyone else waiting on a new bike?

 

[jcd46]

I'm but not quite as fancy! but I know the feeling, according to UPS it arrives today!! Congrats on your bike man enjoy!!

 

[Zoomy29er]

Oh, that is SO exciting! Stalking UPS tracking for delivery of an exciting purchase like that really makes the clock move so slowly! I don't even know when my bike will arrive. My order went in with my LBS's order for their Salsa demo fleet. I don't know the ETA...hopefully within a few weeks. We have some nice trails at a Boy Scout camp near us that just opened for the Fall to riders and hikers, since the kids are all starting school soon. I'm dying to get out there on a proper bike.

 

[Cormac]

Waiting on a Scalpel 3 or Flash Carbon 3, haven't decided yet. But I have over a year to make up my mind!

I get the same kind of feeling whenever I order a part or whatever online. I refuse to pay extra for overnight shipping, so I often have to wait at least a week for my order to arrive.

 

[Jbridge1]

I get excited waiting on brake pads to come in the mail I don't think I could sleep if I was waiting on a new bike.

 

[Zoomy29er]

Ha! Today I tackled some trails that scared me the last time I was on them, in May. I kept wondering how much more awesome will they be on my new bike. The bike I'm on is a size too small for me, so it makes me feel a little top-heavy and too upright. I'm thinking the new ride is gonna zoom!

 

[FriarTuk]

My new bike comes in the mail TODAY. I'm sitting here waiting anxiously for it to arrive. UUUGGGHHH its so nice out too, I just want to take it for its maiden voyage!

Soon. It will be here soon.

 

[Zoomy29er]

My new bike comes in the mail TODAY. I'm sitting here waiting anxiously for it to arrive. UUUGGGHHH its so nice out too, I just want to take it for its maiden voyage!

Soon. It will be here soon.

Oh, I have butterflies in my belly for you! What are you getting?

I still have no ETA for my bike. I wish I had at least a sort of ballpark date so that I'd know just how antsy I should be! :crazy:

 

[FriarTuk]

GT Avalanche X, my first real mountain bike. COME ON FEDEX!!! It's already noon, you're so freaking slooooooowww! haha

 

[Zoomy29er]

Very nice! Hurry, FedEx!!!

 

[chevygonemad]

I was doing the same all week waiting for my new pedals to come in the mail. I was leaping to the window today everytime I heard something remotely close (damn garbage trucks ) I only had to do one thing today, and of course it arrived while I was away, but all was well. Good luck on your package, don't stress too much

 

[Zoomy29er]

Tuk, did your bike come, yet?! I hope you're out riding at this very moment!

I will probably get the call about my bike once UPS delivers it to my LBS...then I will have to make the hour LONG drive to go pick it up...it's going to make me crazy! ut:

 

[Mazda Guy]

I only just ordered mine last night. It's pending shipment now, as it was supposedly assembled today. Ugh, this is going to be a long "Up to 2 weeks.."

Ordered some gear as well, but still want to get some more. So I'm just anxious as heck waiting on everything to come in.

I guess there's a good bit of sales going on right now, and a lot of people in the same boat, counting the minutes and refreshing the heck out of tracking pages, hoping that they'll somehow be able to tell, and ship it faster because of that.

 

[Zoomy29er]

I guess there's a good bit of sales going on right now, and a lot of people in the same boat, counting the minutes and refreshing the heck out of tracking pages, hoping that they'll somehow be able to tell, and ship it faster because of that.

So I'm not the only one who does that...? :blush:

BTW, what do you drive? My username on some other boards is zoom-zoom, as I drive an '06 Mazda 3s hatchback. I LOVED that car for the first 4 years, but it's been pretty troublesome for the past 25k miles. I think we'll be going back to Ford or Honda with our next vehicle, as we've not had long-term luck with any of the Mazdas we've owned (we blamed previous issues on having bought used, but this one we bought new and it's been lemony). Pity, since they are fun as hell to drive.

 

[Mazda Guy]

Nope! Maybe one day it'll work. I think the worst is when it's on the truck, and you just want to intercept it instead of waiting all day.

I've got a 2004 Rx8 myself, I've only had it since March of 2011, and I've only ran into one problem with it, which was small, and covered under warranty. But between it, and my other, a 1990 Rx7, I spend enough time with them to keep them in good order. The Rx8 hasn't needed anything beyond that, and maintenance however, and I'm by no means easy on the car. Then again, it was designed for that. I've had quite a few Mazda's, and the only time I've ever truly had problems was with a 1994, and being in college, ended up putting 50k mi on it in 3 months, and then had no money to get parts from all the wear it took. They are a blast to drive though, I've never gotten rid of any of mine by choice. It's all been moving, or other circumstances.

Once I get 10 posts, I'll probably post a pic up in the Mazda thread. I love my babies, haha.

Trying to find money for all of them gets hard though. Thus the free shipping I got for my bike, and thus the long wait.

 

[Zoomy29er]

I love the RX-8s...really nice looking cars, though not totally practical with our MI Winters. As it is we discovered that the "all season performance" tires that the 3 takes are NOT good in snow, so we bought a set of 16" steel rims mounted with snow tires for Winter...the only thing that stops my car, now, is bottoming-out, but then it kinda pushes the snow along.

My car was great until the CEL started 2 years ago. Turns out it was a leak in the evap system. We replaced the gas cap, which had been recalled, but that wasn't the problem. Now there are multiple leaks in the system, but nothing worth replacing. I just live with a permanent CEL and the car runs a bit rough at idle.

The A/C is terrible. Also at about the 4 year mark we discovered that longer drives when it's hot and humid cause the system to freeze up. It's not particularly efficient to begin with, but then we have to shut it off and let things thaw before it will run, again (this is a pretty well-known problem, but nothing Mazda is willing to actually recall). The A/C works really well when it's <80...you know, when a person could live without A/C.

We've also had continuous brake issues. In part because a local shop FUBARd the set we had done for $550 in April. Another $750 just got dumped into the car a couple of weeks ago to fix that mess at the nearest Mazda dealership.

My previous car was a '97 Ford Escort that we drove for 11 years and it was literally never in the shop for anything other than normal wear-and-tear things. Hubby had an '89 Civic Si that was similar...just so cheap to maintain and operate. We had that car for something like 15 years. We miss those cars. My 3 doesn't even get great mileage for such a small vehicle. On a good day we might get 30mpg. DH has a Rav4 V-6 that gets nearly the same mpg as my little 3...kinda crazy.

 

[FriarTuk]

The bike came around 3:30! They made me wait awhile, but I think it was worth it. Assembled it and took it on a short ~7 mile ride. Very sweet ride, worth the wait!!

 

[Zoomy29er]

The bike came around 3:30! They made me wait awhile, but I think it was worth it. Assembled it and took it on a short ~7 mile ride. Very sweet ride, worth the wait!!

Yay!!! Now we need pics! :thumbsup:

 

[Mazda Guy]

Yeah, I've been in love with mine since I got it. I have driven it in light snow, with quite possibly some of the worst tires for the matter that you could imagine, but it ended up being a fun night.

As far as the A/C, there's a couple things I'd check. Primarily, it could be a clogged cabin air filter, they'll do that, just like if your house's a/c unit freezes, it's typically the air filter for that. Restricted air flow would do that. Other than that, it could be that the condenser's clogged up and would have to be cleaned out, but that's something I'd leave to someone else just to be on the safe side. Heck, there's a ton of other if's, and's, or but's I could throw out there, but the most common is just that filter. Give it a quick google search and it'll help you out on replacing it.

The Evap system, well, yeah, that's something to leave for a professional as well. Unfortunately, parts for cars, newer especially are expensive, and labor isn't cheap either, for it's varying reasons also. Shop insurance, employee pay, general cost of running the shop, yatta yatta..

But that's so off topic, it's not even funny. Then again, I guess this is your topic after all.

We do need pics though! So how was the ride, other than sweet?

 

[Zoomy29er]

Yep, I have no qualms about dragging my own threads WAY off-topic...it helps distract me from not yet having my bike!

Interesting about the filter possibility. It's certainly worth looking into. I believe the evap issue was pretty much deemed to be more trouble than it was worth to fix. Just annoying to have so many little issues develop when my car was <5 years old. Thankfully the engine and transmission are A-OK. *knock on wood* Not much to go wrong with the transmission, since it's a manual (have never replaced a clutch in my life, woot!). I won't even own an automatic after replacing a transmission on my very first car. Spent $3200 on the car, then another $2500 or so <6 months later. In hindsight I should have just spent $6k on a stick in the first place!