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Jul 1, 2011 | 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by KJC55

Glad you found a granite grey. I searched for 3 months to find mine. Granite grey with black interior. Sometimes in the right light it looks almost a bluish color. Love it.

I saw that bluish color effect in one of their pics, AMAZING. But the one I found is with grey interior :/ Wish it was black..

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Originally Posted by vdubpower

gyno are u going for the PA one or the Texas one....i think those were to the 2 i found also

i did drive a ferrari californa today....ehhh...its nice...

PA is way too far away, Texas isn't that bad of a drive.

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Originally Posted by 91RS

I don't think you want the one in Texas, that's spr's old car that was bought back by Mercedes.

TELL US THE STORY

Anything bad with it? Because it's tempting to buy that one..

Found a '05 C66 with a lottta miles.
105k But they're only asking $12,900

But that many miles is still sketchy to me.
I want under at least 80k miles

Jul 1, 2011 | 11:10 PM

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...I#ht_500wt_948

White with 40000 miles in so cal...great price! Bought mine already or would really look hard at this.

Jul 1, 2011 | 11:14 PM

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i drive them all, fast and hard

bump for the story about texas

and is there any difference in 2005 and 6 cars

Jul 2, 2011 | 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by whw7

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...I#ht_500wt_948

White with 40000 miles in so cal...great price! Bought mine already or would really look hard at this.

Yikes 4 owners?

Also note no Command.

Jul 2, 2011 | 02:45 AM

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i drive them all, fast and hard

i emailed seller, will try to see it this week

Jul 2, 2011 | 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark.D

Yikes 4 owners?

Also note no Command.

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Originally Posted by vdubpower

i emailed seller, will try to see it this week

Which one?

Jul 2, 2011 | 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gynecologist MD

TELL US THE STORY

Anything bad with it? Because it's tempting to buy that one..

Something with the transmission I think. I'd search spr's old posts.

Jul 3, 2011 | 01:19 AM

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i emailed seller, will try to see it this week

Yeah, stay away from the granite gray in Texas. It's SPR's lemon car.

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Jul 3, 2011 | 01:56 AM

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i drive them all, fast and hard

i guess teh PA one is yours bro

do u do obs too or just gyno

Jul 3, 2011 | 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by vdubpower

i guess teh PA one is yours bro

do u do obs too or just gyno

PA is wayyyy to far away... I mean, Idk..

And no, I'm not even a Gynecologist.

Just a 16 year old with a "unique" name, lmao

Jul 3, 2011 | 06:22 PM

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i drive them all, fast and hard

dreams and aspirations .....

PA is closer than me, and that one looks nice...blacked out lettering and wheels...

Jul 3, 2011 | 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by vdubpower

dreams and aspirations .....

PA is closer than me, and that one looks nice...blacked out lettering and wheels...

PM me the link, I can't find it.

I'm curious how it looks and the price to compare to the other i've found.

Jul 4, 2011 | 02:49 AM

#38

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Originally Posted by 91RS

Good luck finding a granite gray C55, they made less than 2000 of these cars for the US market and 90% of them are black and silver. I didn't really want black, but I can't stand silver so I ended up with a black one. Next most popular color would be white (which I'm not a fan of), then Mars Red (which I would have liked). I really wanted Pewter, but I've only seen one for sale since I bought my car and it had accident damage.

EDIT: If you want one, better get out to PA and prepare to lay down some cash. I've never seen a C55 in that color, too bad about the ash interior because that color does look bad ***.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

here from page 1

Jul 4, 2011 | 03:42 AM

#39

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Originally Posted by vdubpower

dreams and aspirations .....

PA is closer than me, and that one looks nice...blacked out lettering and wheels...

Funny,i just got back from a week in pennsylvania a few hours ago. the weather sucks there. And yes, there is a difference between the 05-06

Jul 4, 2011 | 10:30 AM

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here from page 1

So sexy, but way out of my budget.

Jul 4, 2011 | 12:52 PM

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i drive them all, fast and hard

so whats the 05 06 differences

Jul 4, 2011 | 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by vdubpower

so whats the 05 06 differences

A real difference is the 05 ecu has a problem to shorten the life of the secondary air pump. The 06 models have this problem solved. I went to the dealer and had it updated for free

Jul 4, 2011 | 02:00 PM

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the solenoids are a night and day difference

Jul 4, 2011 | 04:04 PM

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The 06s come with the blue tops? I want to do them, but I can't find any information about how the valve body comes out and if there are any seals, gaskets, check ***** (don't know if Mercedes transmissions even use them) to watch out for so I'm just nervious about trying to do it with no information.

Jul 4, 2011 | 04:46 PM

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What do you mean by blue tops?

Jul 9, 2011 | 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MBfinatic

A real difference is the 05 ecu has a problem to shorten the life of the secondary air pump. The 06 models have this problem solved. I went to the dealer and had it updated for free

Thank you for that info. I wasn't aware of that.

I've seen the Granite Grey C55 at MB of West Chester in person. It's an awesome color but I don't like the dark wheels and blacked out lettering. Not a fan of the ash interior either.

I'm currently looking at 2 other C55's in my area.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...r_id=294231576

and this one

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...r_id=302884656

The Mars Red is an oddball. An 05 with 2241 miles!!??

Jul 9, 2011 | 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LH1

I would be a bit leary of an 05 wit that low milage. Unless you have a full service record and proof that she has been a "garage queen" this whole time.

Jul 9, 2011 | 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by LH1

go with the white one IMO. that's on the expensive side though, i wouldn't pay more than 23k for it. i bought mine with that many miles with the CPO in october of 09' for 25,500.