Personally I would not compromise auto vs manual just because I did not want to wait. Compared to the amount of cash being invested and the time you will have the car it is worth slogging it out to get what you want.

yeah the short throw is very nice. i enjoy it as well in my 03. my 03 doesnt have the smoothness of the 05 sifting into 1st and 2nd though.

I love bouncing back and forth. Looks like my girl is giving the car head. LOL

Looks like I'll be picking up my 05 6spd, pewter, Xenon, Sunroof, black leather inserts, entertainment pkg.................I'm not sure how they found this car for me, but they did.
I really didn't want the sunroof, but I would've definitely had to order a car in order to get one built in the color I wanted with a manual.

I'm excited!

Scott

ok guys.. i got the car!! Silver C230wz Ash interior, 6 cd changer and sunroof..

look out for the pictures to be posted soon!

I'm dam happy

-Danny

Well yea, in the east coast. It would cost me 1k to have them deliver it here.

nice! congrats both of you! personally i would have ordered the car, but still congrats!

Citron,
What style XM radio do you have? Where did you mount it?

I have the panasonic in my GTI with the perfect mounting location (looks factory) just wondering how you have yours set up.

Scott

mine looks just like this install. this is the thread i got the idea from. though i have COMAND and the XM is hardwired to the aux input of my COMAND. but mounted in the ashtray just like this one.

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...t=83383&page=3

thx Citron

congrats Danny !

look forward to seeing you at the OCTOBER SoCal MB meet !

Right on. It is well worth the 11 week wait to get it built just the way you want! It beats instant gratification, hands-down, every time.

unless you find exactly what you're looking for just like I did.. :-D

thats about as long as i waited for mine! and definately worth the wait!

But scottisha already indicated that is not the case for him.

ah yes.. guess i just lucked out.

BTW, for everyones info.. Mercedes of Laguna Niguel has an 04 320wz SS 6spd which they are willing to work a deal on!

10 down, 2 to go for me... I should be getting it at some point btwn the 8th-15th

I sold my WRX to get a 6MT C230K also......two totally different cars....can't go wrong with either

I have always admired the power of the WRX STI very much but I don't care much for its look. Now, if someone could put the engine of the WRX STI into the engine bay of the 2005 C-class sport sedan, that would be one hell of a car

The C-class sport sedans don't have the power of the WRX STI but they look so sleek.

guys,

I got a pretty stupid question to ask:

on the 6-speeds, how do you guys put on the parking brake ?

(1) do you turn off the engine while in 1st gear and then put on the parking brake

or

(2) do you shift into neutral and put on the parking brake and then turn off the engine.

I'm used to the hand parking brake (in bmw) and this left leg parking brake is confusing me

right now I am doing the (1)

thanks a lot.

I used to do (1) for a long time, switched to (2) after I saw one accident caused by (1). Yes, left leg parking brake is weird!

Yea, it is really weird..

I just drove to vegas in my new 05 SS and it was such a nice and smooth drive.

You could never get thaty smooth in the WRX. completely different cars. Although my rex had much more power. The power on the 05 is very livable