So they just dropped off my 06 GG MR - 5 days early, might I add. Quoted 10 days from L.A. to Portland, delivered in 5. Gotta like that. Many thanks to Mark @ South Coast Mitsubishi for making this happen, all done from 1000 miles away.

But now the fun begins. Off to DMV for temp registration crap then out onto the wet, nasty roads of Portland, OR.

-Bis

 

nice congrats and enjoy, oh and nice lookin bike too

 

Congrats! Mine goes on the truck tomorrow....I hope my delivery goes as well as your seemed to go!

 

Thx.

The RC51 quite a machine- it falls into the category that most 1000+ cc superbikes do, that being "stupid fast". Unfortunately, I don't ride it as much as I'd like since it seems more and more people pay less and less attention to the little 2-wheelers these days. Unlike the MR, which I'm going to be driving the nuts off of.

-Bis

 

I am in Portland too. Hopefully I will be doing the same in the next few months. What was the total amount you paid after the cost of the car (shipping, taxes, etc...). Thanks!

 

If you don't mind my asking, what shipping company are you using? I went through Dependable Auto Shippers on recommendation from Mark @ South Coast Mitsu. On both legs of the trip (one from the Bay Area to Los Angeles for my trade in, one from L.A. to Portland for the MR delivery), they were ahead of schedule. Both vehicles were dropped off on a Saturday and by Wednesday for trade-in and Thursday for the MR, they were at their respective destination terminals. And I was quoted 9 days for the trade in, 10 days for the MR. So I'm pretty pleased with their service.

-Bis

 

Please explain the trade-in... You had your car shipped for a trade-in to Mark, then he shipped your MR back? I think I am missing something...

 

I used DAS as well.

The fact that Mark could deliver the car to their terminal was a big help.

I dealt with Bernie at DAS (nice guy) and even though I'm on the "slow boat" (14-16 days) he thought it would take 10-12 days based on their schedule.

I'm cautiously optimistic

 

Congrats! Enjoy your new baby!

 

Congrat I hope to get an 05 soon. Cant wait to join the club

 

Purchase price from Mark @ South Coast was $32,799. Shipping from Costa Mesa (where SC Mitsu is) to Portland was $1345 for door-to-door (pick up at dealer, drop off at house). No tax or other fees. Just need to pay the $121 for registration and it's good to go. They picked up my MR at the dealership last Saturday, and it arrived at the terminal in Troutdale last night. It was delivered at about 14:00 this afternoon.

-Bis

 

Sure thing. I recently moved from the Bay Area, CA to Portland, OR. My trade in (a WRX... surprised? ) was still down in the Bay Area. So I had DAS ship the WRX to Mark in L.A., terminal to terminal instead of door to door (I had a friend drop off the WRX at the terminal in San Leandro) which cost $748 with expedited service (7 days instead of 9). Had I known how quickly it would get there, I'd have saved the cash on the expedited shipping, but hey, hind sight, 20/20, that kinda thing.

Once Mark received the WRX and approved it for trade-in, he FedEx'd (actually DHL's, but that's a technicality) the paperwork up to me, complete with pre-paid return shipping. I signed everything, included title, extra keys etc for the WRX, and DHL'd it back to him. Then we arranged shipping for the MR from the dealership to Portland. I was quoted 10 days for the shipping time to get the MR up here, but it arrived in 5. Needless to say, I'm quite pleased.

-Bis

 

DAS really came through for me, so hopefully you'll have the same experience I did. I dealt with Bernie as well - he was quite pleasant and easy to work with, so that helped. Where is the car being shipped to? 14-16 days sounds like crossing a national border or an ocean to me. If it's just across the country, I'd be surprised if you didn't see the car in a week or so.

Use your tracking number on the DAS website and you can see where your car is at any given moment. It's pretty damned accurate as far as I can tell. Then you'll have a better idea of when the car will arrive.

I wish you the best of luck though. Hopefully your delivery will work out as well as mine did.

-Bis

 

Thanks.

Hey, wait a minute. My baby isn't new! She'll be 1 on April 12th!!

-Bis

 

Are you looking into an MR?

Thus far, I'm very pleased with the car. I only had a chance to put about 15 miles on it, so I'm still learning the car and doing the break-in thing. Gonna try and rack up a few hundred miles this weekend - might make a run to Seattle or something just to get past the first 600.