Waiting-4-550

Heah guys,

Sorry I've been MIA. Been busy setting up my new practice..

The GL550 continues to impress me and others of course..

My schedule A is coming up and I'm thinking of having the MB people add a trailer hitch when I bring it in. Wanna start carrying things off the bumper (ie bikes for excursions)

Anyone ever done this and know how much MB people will want ($$$) to add trailer hitch ... Too bad mine didn't come with it a delivery - it was $510 option then

lkchris

Trailer hitch is a $500 option factory installed.

Retrofitted by a dealer it's about $2K.

Brocktoon

He prolly won't do the electrics, so it could be half that...

Waiting-4-550

2K seems insane to just get around some bikes!!!

lkchris

What was insane was your dealer not ordering it factory fitted.

BeanCounter

Never could understand why hitches are not standard equipment on the GL like they are on the vast majority of American SUV's. I agree with Kent in that if I were a dealer I would not order one without a hitch. The worst thing that could happen is that the buyer doesn't use it............

Waiting-4-550

Guess MB reserves the right to screw us for as much $$$ as possible

lkchris

Get over it.

There's a world of real difference between factory-installed and dealer-installed and that applies to all makes.

When you stop beating your head against a wall, your head will stop hurting. But, then, personal problems are off topic here in any event.

Waiting-4-550

you're such a charmer

Waiting-4-550

Can you guys believe that MB will not install a tralier hitch now.. Dealer told me they are not installing new hitches since they are currently in the middle of a hitch recall.. He referred me to "uhaul" and said they probably could do it.. Can you believe that I was sold a 90K truck by MB (fancy people) and now they can't add a trailer hitch and are suggesting that I get Uhaul to help out.. MB is absurd.

lkchris

It's the dealer--not MB--that's absurd.

U-Haul has no chance of getting the electrics correct.

StevethePilot

Unbe-effing-leivable. U-Haul. Who knows where they'll attach it? I can understand that they might not have one to put on until they have either corrected their stock or changed the manufacturer/assembler, but what about a future sale, guys?

What an idiot.

Waiting-4-550

MB is too spoiled and too big and too stupid to do good business

lkchris

It's the dealer, man--one of your "east coast" neighbors.

You're NOT dealing with Mercedes on this.

Waiting-4-550

All I'm saying is that big business screws up all the time.. They just ain't hungry enough.. You gotta coddle your customers and then get'em for every cent while they're smiling.. Seems like business 101 to me...

Oh well, maybe one day I 'll be big like MB and my company will pass up opportunities left and right since I won't be at the wheel running the operation..: