balessi75

For you guys expecting delivery any day now....are you seeing your optioned car in your dealer's online inventory?

Vipershade

It seems that they are showing up, but it's not until the car is physically on the lot for the better part of the day.

ScubaKing

Mine is listed in dealer inventory. I am picking up tomorrow.

jaywac

I'm hoping for another update from my salesperson today. Who knows why it's taking so long.

When's your expected arrival then?

jaywac

Nope, I don't think it shows up until it's physically on their lot.

rbrylaw

I could be wrong, but it was my understanding it shows up in the dealers inventory once it's at the VPN ready to be shipped to the dealer.

z28lt1

Just got back from my dealer. They stated they had 4 in stock. I physically saw 2 and test drove one of those. Very pleased with the power and handling, confirms my plans to order one now that I've driven it (or who knows, may buy off the lot).

Sat down to configure one and confirmed that the interior package requires the Premium 2 package. Selecting Black Leather required the interior package (and hence the Premium 2 package). Selecting Black Leather with Red Stitching did not require the interior package, and resulted in a 0 charge. Not sure if the order would go through or not, but it seems like that is an option to keep costs down. We explored because the sticker on one of the lot cars had black leather with red stitching, A D01 $1460 package (without heated seats, and without the Premium 2 package) So we were exploring how to get leather without the radio.

Autopal has been asking about exhaust sound. Pretty quiet in comfort, a little louder in Sport, and lots of exhaust sounds (still somewhat "muted") in Sport +. Definitely a good effort, but I own two high performance V8 cars, and this is nothing like that. Quieter and less mean, but sounds great compared to other similar size motors.

Vipershade

I'm not going to hold my breath (after this fiasco with the first round of builds), we both figured that we should see it in the next two weeks (hopefully that is a conservative estimate, but who really knows ).

Vipershade

Yeah, that was pretty much the rule, but this past three weeks kind of trashed that rule. Hopefully the last three weeks was the anomaly and not the new rule.

iwork4wine

Congrats ... Send some pics. I am picking-up mine tomorrow too and will surely upload some pics.

iwork4wine

That is the one! You are good. Any thought of working for M-B? Maybe when you retire.

*Knowledge*

Order officially placed today with 7% off, yay! Now it's time to play the waiting game.

iwork4wine

It sounds like things are moving along now so hopefully the early builds had the hiccup and you will be smooth sailing.

I definitely wants pics of your vehicle. I would have went with the designo seats but the white handles steered me away but I love the stitching.

*Knowledge*

Looking forward to seeing you guys' delivery so I can live vicariously through you all.

iwork4wine

U Dah Man! 7% is AWESOME.

awz

I think the base audio is adequate for me. On my favorites CD, the music may not be quite as rich sounding, but I can't hear $1600 of difference. The speaker grills still have an attractive "shower head" design, with the black color nicely matching the ash trim:

*Knowledge*

Thanks! I almost got stuck with 5% but you gotta love when dealers compete.

jaywac

That's a great deal, now share your order details!

awz

Compared to my C400, the exhaust note is much more assertive yet not aggressive. Cruising on the highway, the exhaust is not loud enough to be tiresome. But accelerating away from a light, even with moderate throttle, there's a nice rasp. On the overrun, there's smile-inducing popping. In Sport+, I think the trans is rev-matching on the downshifts accompanied by popping from the exhaust. Bear in mind, I'm respecting break-in constraints and haven't broken 4000 rpm. When broken-in, I think the exhaust will be very entertaining.
Net, I'm happy with what I'm hearing so far.

jaywac

I'm hoping that in 'Individual' you can configure Sport+ exhaust with Comfort or Sport dampers and gearchanges. I'm sure I'll want to enjoy the burbles and pops most of the time but don't always need the other full-attack-mode chassis settings.

GrampaJohn

I'm curious about the ride. Is it much firmer than 300 in comfort mode? They did change suspension in front, and I wonder if it just affects handling or if it also makes the ride more firm.

*Knowledge*

Gladly! I'm so excited I wanted to tell the old lady at the grocery store about my build!


So here goes:

PNT - Palladium Silver Metallic
P62 - Designo Platinum White/Black Nappa Leather
Y04 - Silver Seatbelts
P02 - Premium 2 Package
521 - Night Package
320 - Multimedia Package
319 - Lighting Package
389 - Hands Free Access Package
413 - Panorama Sunroof
463 - Heads Up Display
540 - Power Rear Window Sunshade
606 - 19" AMG Multi Spoke Wheels - Black
736 - Natural Grain Black Ash Wood



Man, I'm so stoked!

iwork4wine

That is a sweet build. Very similar to Viper's. He has the performance seats and the silver fiberglass inserts instead of the black ash wood.

Very Nice. Well done. I am sure the misses will like the vehicle

rbrylaw

You should be stoked. That's going to be a great car!

*Knowledge*

I'd love to see pics of that interior when he gets it. AMG seats with Designo, kinda like best of both worlds maybe. She's already in love with the rendering talking about I can drive the Audi.

Thanks, I'm looking forward to pampering it for a long time.