Filed under: Cars — at 10:12 pm by jim

I’ll be waking up in six hours, at 4:00am… that’s definitely not my usual wake-up time.

So why am I rising so early tomorrow?  I need to get some minor work done on the BMW before this weekend’s evening autocross event.  The shop that I use, Wolfgang’s Duluth Auto Repair, is about 30 miles away from where I live… so it’s difficult to find someone who will drive me back to Midtown from that far away.

Fortunately, one of my coworkers lives right down the block from the repair shop… in fact, she’s the one that recommended the shop to me.  So I asked her if she wouldn’t mind picking me up on her way into work.  She said OK, but she likes to arrive at work around 6:30am, which means that she leaves from up there around 5:30am.  And for me to be there by 5:30am, I need to leave my place by 4:45am… which means I need to wake up at 4:00am.

We’ll see how well this works.  I have two alarms set, so waking up won’t be a problem… the problem will be staying awake.  The solution will be lots of coffee.

Update: It’s 6:30am, and I’m at work.  So far, I’ve had my early-morning cup of coffee.  Maybe in a couple of hours, I’ll have my late-morning cup of coffee.

Update #2: I called Wolfgang’s at 4:30pm to check on the status of my car.  They said they were waiting for the parts (two wheel speed sensors) to arrive, and they weren’t sure whether they’d get them by the end of the work day.  I told them I’d just come pick up the car on Thursday then… so for the next couple of days, I’ll be driving La Corolla.