went to the griot's site and now they are showing that the wash mitt mop
thingie is in stock. which means, i might be able to wash my cars
with it this coming weekend.

 

did you talk to griots about your order? sometimes they will
show the next arrival date cause the previous batch had already
been committed. your bucket could maybe be in the previous lot
and on its way to you. might be worth checking... (?)

 

I did check and received a rather kurt e-mail that it is "on back-order, just like the website said, and it should ship by August 1st."

 

oh... that sucks. no need to be rude when we're excited about
that cool looking bucket, huh?

 

Really. But, they said some NAMer named ken something wouldn't leave them alone...

 

dang, now they know me by name...

 

ML- griot's page states below regarding the 3" RO... probably means yours might over heat easily?

"Dear Valued Customer,
The Griot's Garage Professional 3" Electric Orbital is no longer available. We are currently working on a better, faster, and more powerful 3" Orbital and it should be available for purchase in late Fall 2007. Please check back with us or watch your mailbox for availability of this new car care tool."

 

Yeah they had sent me an email a while back that some were overheating and burning out, and that some were leaking oil...which would explain why they were overheating.

Between that and Richard's story (sorry Richard ), I've been very hesitant to try it out. It's just hogging up space in my cabinet; I should probably just send it back to them and get my $80 back!

 

^^ yah, i second that idea about sending it back for a full refund! well, if you're not going to try it.

looks like they'll have a cool one this Fall(?).

 

hey, my washmitt mop thingie is here. i haven't opened the box
yet cause my logistics guy still has it at his area.

tomorrow that area will also have my legacy's trunk organizer (2nd set).

along with a fresh set of wheels from tirerack.

 

what washmitt mop thingy? I put that in the search at Griot's and nothing came up.

 

i just realized this mop thingie comes with 2 mitts!

it's a nice unit... considering it can telescope, i can use the handle
for painting too. very cool. (or to poke the wife from accross
the room so she can get me a cup of coffee).

LynnEL- just back track a page or two on this thread and you'll see the link.

 

I didn't find it.

 

Wash Mop Stick thingy :P

Ken, Keep me updated how you like it. New wheels? for which? I like the idea of poking the wife to get you coffee...now i just need to get a wife...haha

 

This reminds me of a Foxworthy comment: Getting married for sex (or coffee) is like buying a 747 for the peanuts.

Thanks for the link.

 

well it wouldnt be jsut for coffee or sex...i would save on insurance too.

 

Well, okay then.

 

will do. that mop head and mop mitt is much smaller than i thought,
which is a good thing. on that griot's picture it plays a trick on ya
cause that mop is upclose while richard is far behind.

yep, new wheels for the legacy. (top pict). these are priced
buy one, get 3 free! well, compared to my SSR GT3's with tires.

my wife's kinda lopsided (well, lopsided forward) right now and very slow.

 

LOL

 

That is good. I actually did look at that and passed, thinking the head looked way too big.

 

i already tossed it in my car, but it was only about 2inches bigger than a
business sized envelope.

 

"toss." Yeah, right. You probably wrapped them in three layers of protection material and carried it out to the car like it was a new-born panda.

 

why panda? Im not chinese. i would rather wrap some charburgers and
cheeze fries.

it came in a plastic bag so I just put it back in there and
"placed it" in my car.

 

My driving lights came today (the new, unbroken ones)...still waiting on like 5 other packages, including Griots. Although Griots comes by UPS, this box came DHL.

Anyway, I emailed my guy at Griot's (a non mean guy!) and he sent me a printable PDF to return with my 3-inch orbital, as well as a pre-paid UPS label.

 

coool~ it's exciting to be waiting for parts to come in.
well, im officially broke for the time being so will not be buying much
for the remainder of the month. i got a Rover cooper RC car kit coming
from towerhobbies this week too hopefully tomorrow. hehehe.

huh, i didnt know they had a pre-paid UPS label. i usually just send
them the freight cost via email and they credit me for it.