Since we have a terrific new forum dedicated to our 2-door babies, I thought I’d start a new “waiting room” thread.

I’ll start it off....

Now that I have my rage and rants out of my system ;-) here’s what I’m really looking forward to when my E450 Cabroilet finally leaves Baltimore and delivers:

Super soft Nappa Leather seats with massage. If my wife wants to locate me now, she just goes to my office and finds me on my computer. After my car comes, I’ll be inside getting a massage and watching the colors, music and fragrance lull my stress away.... CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY :-)

CarPlay (finally... my wife’s GMC YUKON DENALI has it and has made me jealous.

An an actual engine.... Currently own an Escape Titanium and while not, by any means, a piece of junk, 0-60 mph in about 4 minutes gets real old :-)

Air Body.... I struggled with adding this feature. Ultimately I decided to get it because I want the rag top, a decent engine but also a really comfy ride. If I wanted a super sporty ride, I’d have bought the E53 AMG.

Soft close doors.... maybe my kids will stop slamming the doors now that they know they’ll close by themselves. Although there’ll likely be a 10-foot “NO KIDS” DMZ around my car... guarded by sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads!

The 3D/Top-down parking camera.... I fly all the time for work and a few weeks ago I rented a car that had this feature. I didn’t know I needed something so much until I used it for the first time! I was amazed how much it helped parking in tight spaces and seeing how much space you have in front of you. Have had parking radar on my current car for 6 years but it just beeps at you.

Wireless charging..., although would have used it a lot more if the car had wireless CarPlay. Guess a cable will have to do.

Oh, yes... I did buy a convertible, after all..... Openess, wind, fresh air, sun and Solarcaine :-)

That sounds great! My in-laws live in rural Virginia at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. We visit them often... I might have to steal part of your idea!

Kind of no-so-patiently waiting to see how long my E450 Cab takes to get from the VPC to the dealer, now that the E’s have been released for sale

it looks like December. By then again, the e450’s were supposed to be October, but ended up being September....

I ordered my coupe end of June and I was told yesterday that it would be mid-November. Also told that if I wanted the Performance Exhaust that it would be delayed. Honestly I don’t think he ordered it in June as he said he did and he’s scrambling but told me he contacted the VPC yesterday to see if I could change to Nappa with Red Stitching from straight Black Nappa, who knows?

Does anyone have a photo of code 851. Black Nappa with Red Stitching for this model? I saw one that had red arm rests which I don’t want.

sorry I had posted these to another thread!

She arrived last Friday.....

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Brought her home on Saturday.....

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thank you.

I bekive its part part of the night package. The shift paddles are also matte black

you have a 2018 or 2019?

interesting... Maybe it is a US thing. I really like the black accents on the wheel

Today, I ordered a 2019 E53 Coupe. The build date is in November. Now the waiting begins. I wasn’t able to get the head up display and there is no word on when it might be available. I have it in my C400 that I’m trading, but I rarely used it. I’m still disappointed though. Oh well, I saved $990.

2019 AMG E53 Coupe
Iridum Silver Metallic
AMG Black Nappa Leather
Lighting Package
Parking Assistance Package
Heated AMG Nappa Leather Performance Steering Wheel
Driver Assistance Package
Heated and Ventilated Seats
Black Ash Wood Trim and Center Console
19” Twin 5 Spoke Wheels (RTE) with Black Accents and All Season Tires
Soft Close Doors
AMG Track Pace Application

I really like the Iridum Silver color, same as my C400. I really wanted the 20 inch multi spoke wheels with black accents, but didn’t want to deal with summer tires. There is no all season alternative in the correct size, at least not run flats. I originally had summer tires on the C400 and had to change them when the weather got cold. It wasn’t worth the hassle for me.

I ordered similar in June and hope for November. Got everything except parking assist and HUD. I have HUD on my BMW and after a few weeks I didn’t even notice it. And if you have polarized sunglasses on you can’t see it, and I live in Florida. That being said I would have ordered it if available.

I drove an E450 Cabriolet to get a feel for the size of the coupe. It had the parking assist and surround view camera. I have the 2015 parking assist package, no 360 camera, in my C400. It has come a long way since then. It is so much better at correctly finding a space and maneuvering into it. It can park head in or reverse into perpendicular spaces. The display that shows a picture of what it’s going to do is very accurate and helpful. With this version, the driver doesn’t have to sift from D to R when necessary, the system does it for you. It’s completely hands off. It can also pull out of perpendicular spaces, either forward or in reverse. The older system could only pull out of parallel space. My wife was always afraid of the C400s system.She can’t wait to use this one.