Waiting for the New Leica M

Climbing The Curve San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. March, 2013
Sony NEX-7 with Leica 28-35-50mm Tri-Elmar @ 50mm and @ ISO 200
The Wait
Have you ever factory-ordered a new car, and waited and waited for it to be made and then delivered? It's almost spring, new car fever is a tough one, and I'm going through it right now. (A 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee – if you must know). But waiting for a new camera to appear, especially a new Leica M, is equally as frustrating for me, especially as I have been a life-long Leica user.
So – here we are. It's early March and the new Leica M, (M-240 to its friends), has just started to become available to dealers. But I don't have one. Not even a review sample.
This isn't Leica's fault. I have been a Leica user, tester, reviewer and collector since I was knee-high to a Summicron. But because I have been in Mexico all this past winter, and pre-production Leica M240 test samples and Mexico's less-than-cooperative customs service don't quite ...