Gl550
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I'm starting to dig this color. Would like to see it live though, so hopefully, will spot one on the road before ordering.
Oknish, how did you get that Graphite color you like on the web-site? I saw your post with BYO, but pardon my ignorance... the only thing I know about the acronym BYO is "Bring Your Own"... and in my case it's usually beer.
Oknish, how did you get that Graphite color you like on the web-site? I saw your post with BYO, but pardon my ignorance... the only thing I know about the acronym BYO is "Bring Your Own"... and in my case it's usually beer.
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In the "Build Your Own" page the Designo Graphite is available to select on some models shown on the crappy little pictures. Hard to telll anything from that.
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Originally Posted by jpeardm
In the "Build Your Own" page the Designo Graphite is available to select on some models shown on the crappy little pictures. Hard to telll anything from that.
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BYO is "Bring Your Own"... and in my case it's usually beer.
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Car and Driver.com has some good photos of the GL550 in Verde Brook. It's a pretty good representation of the color. Click on "photo gallery" to the right of the photo.
http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshow...enz-gl550.html
http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshow...enz-gl550.html
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It totally depends on the time of day/light quality/etc. Sometimes it looks very olive...sometimes more brown. IMHO, i think it's a really pretty color...and very unique, not any other cars out there the same color really.
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Verde is weird to me. I saw one when I was shopping and it looked really light green under fluorscent lights on dealer's floor. Now when I see them on road they look any where between dark Olive drab to shiny speckled dark green
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Although, I must admit, drab would have to be better than "shiny, speckled".
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Believe it or not, when I heard "drab" mentioned more than once, I began to start not liking the color. It was a mental thing...
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I swear this GL550 is taking forever to arrive in USA. It seems retarded, I kinda hope that the ride would be better then the GL450 and hopefully they make everything on the GL550 better then the 450 seems it's more expensive.
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Considering it's an '08 model, it doesn't bother me that the build dates don't start until August. However, I sure wish MBUSA would nail down the specs and option packages, along with pricing. With a deposit down on the first one allocated to Westminster MB, I'm anxious to see what it'll have, as well as, what it's going to cost me.
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Originally Posted by Stumblefoot
it doesn't bother me that the build dates don't start until August.
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It will be exactly like the 450, only a bigger engine. IMO, the ride in the GL is excellent for an SUV - try a Navi/Expi/Lade and you'll see what I mean.
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It will be interesting to see what MBUSA screws up on the GL550 package. I understand the bean counters have already deleted the Multi-Contour seat option in '08...a big mistake!
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Oknish... when I placed my deposit back in April was told by Westminster MB that their 550's were scheduled for production during the first 1/3rd of the month of August and to expect delivery in September. I'll see if anything has changed when I call them for an update next week. As you can tell after putting a deposit down 7 weeks ago, I'm gettin' rather anxious for more details.
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Gl I hope you are getting bad info.............I mean, the top of the line 550 WILL NOT have distronic available
following all this logic......if you want the off-road pack. you MUST order the 450 but then you can't have the premium seats.........if you want multicontor seats you MUST order the 550 but then you can't have distronic or the off-road
I'm sure glad I got my 07 450 with all of that minus the distronic.........in otherwords, exactly what I wanted. Come on MB........!
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It seems odd to me that the 550 won't have the off-road package. I can't imagine upgrading to the 550 and not being able to take into the back woods. Also, why in the world would MB not put the Distronic on the 550? That truly seems bizarre.
Looking forward to seeing your complete 550 information.
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Where, oh where, has little Peej gone? Oh where, oh where could he be? He promised a full spec list and options too, but today we wonder where he could be.
Peej... where's the details?
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Just an FYI - all the information I have spouted so far, came from Netstar with me looking at it with my own eyes. When a GL 550 is selected, only colors, interrior colors and a few options (see image in my previous post in this thread) show up. There are no packages (P1, P2, etc.) visible.
There is a new P2 package available with 450 and details can be seen in Netstar.
There is a new P2 package available with 450 and details can be seen in Netstar.
Last edited by oknish; Jun 17, 2007 at 08:10 PM.
