True Confession: my wife made me do it!
01-30-2005, 11:14 AM
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True Confession: my wife made me do it!
I was one of those guys who got excited about the CLS when I first saw the spy shots. Finally Mercedes was going to build something sexy to compete with Jaguar, but of course with superior engineering. I first saw the car in person in May of last year and my impressions were not good- the restricted visibility of the design bothered me, but I still placed an order for a CLS55 because I appreciated the overall look of the car. Over time, I even grew tired of this.
I drove the car for the first time last October in Sindelfingen and again was not impressed- pretty much an E Class with less room and visibility. The more I saw the car, the more I tired of the swoopy lines. I started seeing too much Lexus in the design and less German practicality.
When the launch edition arrived at my dealer last week, I still was one of the first to go see it and I concluded that this was not the car for me. I cancelled my order for a CLS55 (which has already been built and will arrive in 30 days in Everest Green). On Friday, I stopped by my dealer to drop something off, my wife wandered in with me and checked out the launch edition CLS 500 on the showfloor. A half hour later, I noticed she was still sitting in this car, so I went over and asked her what was up. She told me she loved this car and wanted to buy it. We took a test drive and she literally drove the car six blocks and pulled over and announced that I was buying her this car.
I have to eat all the negative things I may have said here on this forum- about the look of the car, the reduced visibility and the matte finished wood- because the launch edition CLS 500 is in my garage.
I drove the car for the first time last October in Sindelfingen and again was not impressed- pretty much an E Class with less room and visibility. The more I saw the car, the more I tired of the swoopy lines. I started seeing too much Lexus in the design and less German practicality.
When the launch edition arrived at my dealer last week, I still was one of the first to go see it and I concluded that this was not the car for me. I cancelled my order for a CLS55 (which has already been built and will arrive in 30 days in Everest Green). On Friday, I stopped by my dealer to drop something off, my wife wandered in with me and checked out the launch edition CLS 500 on the showfloor. A half hour later, I noticed she was still sitting in this car, so I went over and asked her what was up. She told me she loved this car and wanted to buy it. We took a test drive and she literally drove the car six blocks and pulled over and announced that I was buying her this car.
I have to eat all the negative things I may have said here on this forum- about the look of the car, the reduced visibility and the matte finished wood- because the launch edition CLS 500 is in my garage.
02-01-2005, 02:25 PM
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I am adding navigation and satellite radio and picking it up tomorrow. Do you have any other options besides the lauch package or are they all the same?
