Starlight,
When I bought this new Pfaff, the dealer was eyeing my Pfaff 2034 as a trade in and was surprised when I told him it was worth the value of the trade in to me to keep as my 2nd sewing machine and I'm really glad that I kept it. When my chapter did the quilted sweatshirts, I didn't want to do it on my light weight baby lock as it doesn't have a walking foot (which is affordable enough but why buy it when I had 2 good Pfaff's with walking feet built in.) Since I'd just purchased the new 4.0, I had my husband take my 2034 for our 4 weeks of sewing classes to do my sweatshirt and I'm so glad I did that. The baby lock Maria is a great little machine for piecing and regular sewing but I want the walking foot for quilting but I may go ahead and put out the $20 for the walking foot for the Maria as it's light weight enough for me to take by myself. I'm sorry your Viking is in the shop for so long but I can understand why. It does take time to get parts from the machines that aren't made in the country. I was stunned to learn that my Pfaff is now made by Viking/Huskvarna in Sweden. My 2034 was not and there are definite differences in the machines. I'm amazed at the Viking needing repairs as they normally are very sturdy and don't need much attention. Good luck. Hope you get it back pretty soon.