It is in the parking lot at the Autoport, it arrived Thursday evening I think.
I stopped by the side of the road, gaped at it through the chain-link fence and took some pictures of it.
Of course no one works on weekends in the Autoport office. I even had trouble getting through on Friday afternoon, I was starting to think they were all out drinking on a Friday afternoon but eventually got through to the receptionist who said "yes it arrived, but we are waiting to hear from the 'rail' people. They will contact you when they are ready."
Now it's Sunday, it's raining and it's just sitting there.
Has been sitting there, in plain view, for 3 days now. Of course I keep driving back there, it's about 10 minutes away from my house.
They moved it by one lane. All the Porsches which were next to it are gone, they processed those.
Now there are Audis all over the place, the Ro-Ro ship must have offloaded a bunch of them. They are loading them on the train.
I feel like a kid whose ball fell on the other side of a chain-link fence, staring at it, with no way to retrieve it.
Is it a crime to go steal your own vehicle???
But I don't have the original copy of the registration papers from BC yet, should get them tomorrow or Tuesday. Once I have those I can get license plates.
I already have auto insurance purchased for it.
I booked an appointment for the rustproofing for Friday.
The van is amazing though. Details I noticed, some probably seem silly to people who have a Delica already:
-- From what I could tell it's about 4" higher off the ground than the car which was parked behind it (a Honda Civic maybe? Looked like Prelude to me but they haven't sold those in years; now "Civic" has so many models under that name it doesn't mean anything anymore).
-- the bottom of the van is above the centre of the tires. Like a pickup truck. Must be a real suspension system, unlike what most cars have.
-- the paint is so shiny that you can see the sky reflected in it.
-- it is tall! I am starting to wonder if I will be taller than I am, I suspect it is. I compared with the height of those Porsches, it was almost as tall as two Porsches stacked on top of each other (only use I can see for a Porsche, really).
The more I think about it the less I understand why Mitsubishi discontinued these SpaceGear models (did they introduce new diesel regulations in Japan at some point?), and why they aren't selling them in North America where there are thousands and thousands of campers and outdoor enthusiasts. Is it because the car manufacturers are all copying each other and just pushing "SUVs" and "crossovers" (whatever that means)? I just don't get it.
I keep thinking of things to do with the van, I have a list but I suspect it will change once I've driven it and gotten used to it -- some things I am considering now probably aren't really needed or relevant, but maybe there are other things I may add to the list.
Oh I posted pictures of the van on the 'net, within two days someone from Vancouver contacted me, offering to buy it.
Anyway, should be soon now, I hope to have it by tomorrow or Tuesday.
Oh and my wife will be happy too, she was getting tired of having to get rides from colleagues to return home from work.
If I raise my arm as high as I can, I am sure it doesn't match the height of the roof. LOL