to tell me our car will be here in the states on the 16th
How long do you think the car will take to get in my dealers hands (so.cal to no.cal) and how long does dealer prep usually take... He told my wife that we should be driving it by the end of the month.

 

excellent!! congrats!

 

Hey Hell: Mine hit port on 3/3 and they're saying 3/10 or 11

Who's your dealer. PM me if you wish

 

Smothers European in Santa Rosa....
Signal: Thanks bro...

 

Well, was your salesman Tom or Dickie??

I think they take about 3-5 days at the UPC and then ship. Should only take 1 or 2 days to get to me or you depending on how many stops they make. Good luck! I may hire Steve from the Netherlands to install the folding side view mirrors. If he does come to NoCal, I'll let you know.

 

H ona H: That's great news. The wait and anticipation must be killing you! I just hope it does come with Active Headlights. Keep us updated once it arrives and post pics!

 

IT'S HERE!!!!
MY DEPOSIT ON 7/2/03 RESULTED IN A BUILD DATE OF 2/4/04 AND ARRIVAL IN BALTIMORE 3/1/04. DEALER CALLED TODAY
3/5 TO SAY I CAN PICK IT UP ON 3/7/04 FROM MY DEALER OUTSIDE PHILLY. SO TIME FRAME SHOULD BE A HELP TO YOU.
THEY TOLD ME IT HAS 422 APPEARANCE GROUP ON INVOICE, WHICH MEANS ADAPTIVE LIGHTS, YIPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


BRUCE LAZAR
E500 4MATIC
BRILLIANT SILVER/CHARCOAL
APPEARANCE, ENTERTAINMENT AND COMFORT GROUPS
PANO ROOF, WOOD WHEEL

 

CORRECTION
THEY CALLED ME ON SAT 3/6 AND SAID I CAN PICK IT UP 3/8
SO HAPPY, I'M LOSIN TRACK OF DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

sweet. Congrats..I know the wait is a killer!

 

Congratulations and BEST OF LUCK!

 

I think we must have been on the same boat. We were told the boat hit Long Beach 3/4 or VPC, I can't remember, and that we can expect delivery within ten days. We are in Phoenix BTW.

 

John took care of us....
Lionhead, konigstiger and the rest, thanks for your thoughts.... Its finally starting to sink in about getting this ride under my *** and I think I'm starting to get that warm fuzzy feeling all over..... Will keep you all informed.

 

Hi,

whoa, let me get this straight, it took 8 months from deposit to delivery? was there a particular reason it took your car that long?

how long after your deposit did you find out when the build date is?

thanks in advance.

 

Need to clarify...I believe I was actually the longest wait...11/24/02 to 11/24/03 (1 yr) from deposit to car. Primarily due to Navi fiasco, and switching dealers in the middle since as the price dropped on the car, the first dealer would not adjust the deal....in the end got a great deal from MarcusBenz...

 

hi

deposit placed 7/03. dealer stated wait would be long due to allotment already pre-sold to customers waiting for e class 4matics. remember, they were not available on 03's thus creating demand. i was told i could expect an early january delivery, but then got pushed back further and further. i was given build date
in early january. build date was 2/04 in germany and then shipped to austria for 4matic conversion. car was on boat and shipped to usa for early march delivery. have had car for 3 weeks + and just hit 1300 miles. breakin is now complete, no problems except wood wheel installed by dealer didnt match at all!! dealer brought in 5 wheels from around usa and we found a good match.
so far so good, but while car is awesome in fit , finish, hi-tech goodies, engineering, etc,.........i find it a lil boring compared to my old tossable, almost as fast 95 c36 amg i traded in. maybe im just not used to e class vs c class size, but i feel im driving a yacht as compared to old speed boat................could have worse problems, ya know!!! maybe long wait just left experience a lil anticlimatic.................

 

Probably the opposite experience of mine. I was in an S430 and I find my E to be claustrophobic at times. I'm slowly getting used to it.