Hey, I’m over 70 but not getting old, outdated or slowing down!

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Count me in that group. That said, at my last class reunion there were some old people in attendance.😉

Thanks Greg, Joe and many others. I joined the Forum undecided on my next purchase and having only superficial knowledge about Mercedes. This Forum has been very helpful to me and the quality of the information....is as good as it gets.

Does anyone know if there is a way to distinguish the early demo cars from cars produced later on? With the earlier reports of demo cars having issues, don't want to get one of those.

I know some brands such as Porsche distinguish these types of cars by an option code.

In our case maybee there's a vin range we should avoid?

this is helpful for us looking to get something off the lot when normal inventory starts coming in

I love the SQ5 and don’t really have anything negative to say. We chose it over the GLC and X3 performance models, but the refreshed GLC tech might have changed our decision had it been available then. All 3 have some advantages. My wife wanted a Lexus RX at first. When we took that off the shopping list we spent a year looking and driving them all repeatedly. We might have selected the Jag F Pace except for the poor build quality and funky tech.
The Audi has many of the characteristics of the Porsche Macan in a more functional package at a lower price. The Audi Tech is robust, flawless, fast and with good screen resolution (dual Tegra3) I found it easy to use but my wife might not agree. Audi has now moved to native Android replacing their old system but I don’t know if that has happened yet in the SQ5. One thing I like about Audi is they don’t lock the system. I bought an $80 OBD device that allows a lot of customization. I turned off the seat belt warning, double chirp on locking and also activated traffic signs and Lane Keep Assist that weren’t available on my early build.
They are both good choices so it might get down to what looks good to your friend and how he likes driving them.

I actually got addicted to this Post ever since I thought about buying the new GLE. This post has so much information that I literally gave the Sales guy a training class about all the features and options. Hopefully I will order mine soon and post some pictures. But Kudos to Greg and all the members for their valuable inputs.

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