Sounds like you have a great dealer. Can't wait to hear how you like your new machine. A sit down machine would be my choice, too, if I ever decide to "rip the bandage off". I do FMQ on my sewing machine and even though it has a pretty fair throat space, I usually reach a point in the quilting where I think I just have to get a different type of machine. Once I'm done, I kind of forget about it again.