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C55 Spotting tonight, Downtown Chicago

Old Mar 9, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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C55 Spotting tonight, Downtown Chicago

I was driving down Dearborn in downtown Chicago tonight and saw a tight C55, pewter in color. I tried to give a wave but my girl was telling me to pay attention to the road, being it was raining.

Car looks good man!!!

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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 01:25 AM
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 07:37 AM
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Wasn't me, car is still in the shop.
Funny, my business partner calls me yesterday evening and says that he spotted spotless pewter C55 in Lincolnshire.

Joe, I bet you can't wait till first week of the April?
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by eugeneC55
Wasn't me, car is still in the shop.
Funny, my business partner calls me yesterday evening and says that he spotted spotless pewter C55 in Lincolnshire.

Joe, I bet you can't wait till first week of the April?
Ah sorry I forgot that your car got a little scratched up. Out of curiosity, what kind of rental did the insurance give you?
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by jgsx
Ah sorry I forgot that your car got a little scratched up. Out of curiosity, what kind of rental did the insurance give you?
Spanking brand new Pontic G6 baby!
Actually, I was surprised with the power of this little thing untill I noticed that avarege MPG was 21.8. I mean what's the point of having compact car if you getting almost same milage as a V8.

P.S. I did stay at a Holliday Inn the night before they gave me rental and I did requested AMG car......the look on the face of HERTZ salesperson when he asked me 'what is AMG? - priceless!
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 02:33 PM
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Well, nice to know there are other's out there.

Bet you can not wait to get your ride out the shop. I know how that is.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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I think I've seen that car before... Thought that might have been me you saw...but I was still up North at that time.

I was in Lincolnshire watching 300.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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There's always a pewter C55 and a silver C32 in the 900 N Michican parking lot.
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Pewter is by far the best color for the C55
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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Pewter is by far the best color for the C55
I concur. Pewter is the hottest color on the C55. I had no idea till I saw it.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by atl 2 chi
I concur. Pewter is the hottest color on the C55. I had no idea till I saw it.
+1. Pewter is beautiful. It make the car look so elegant. It's also a nice change from all the silver Benzs.
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