Joined the club! GLE450
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Joined the club! GLE450
Looking forward to many years of happy memories!
Drive about 500 miles back home, rained the whole way so not many photos
stopped for Pho and the Vietnamese coffee works wonders in keeping me awake haha.2026 GLE450, Obsidian Black + Macchiato w/ AIRMATIC + Exclusive + DAP + a few other goodies
The drive back was overall great, I tried to manually shift once in a while and vary the engine RPM below 4k for the break-in.
The MBTex was a bit stiffer than I remembered from test drives (albeit the test drive vehicle was used), does it get softer over time?
Acoustic package was great, sound system is awesome (after tweaking the personal audio setting thingy).
Transmission could be smoother at lower gears but I will hold judgement until after break-in period.
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2025 GLE450
Looking forward to many years of happy memories!
Drive about 500 miles back home, rained the whole way so not many photos
stopped for Pho and the Vietnamese coffee works wonders in keeping me awake haha.2026 GLE450, Obsidian Black + Macchiato w/ AIRMATIC + Exclusive + DAP + a few other goodies
The drive back was overall great, I tried to manually shift once in a while and vary the engine RPM below 4k for the break-in.
The MBTex was a bit stiffer than I remembered from test drives (albeit the test drive vehicle was used), does it get softer over time?
Acoustic package was great, sound system is awesome (after tweaking the personal audio setting thingy).
Transmission could be smoother at lower gears but I will hold judgement until after break-in period.
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@ cZ-727 we need interior pics, too. And based on the grey skies, rainy damp weather and building architecture, I am guessing you're in the PNW?
And based on the grey skies, rainy damp weather and building architecture, I am guessing you're in the PNW?
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I picked up in PA and drove to NC, rained the whole way lol..
For reasons I don't recall I didn't take any interior pictures at pick-up SMH.. but it's Macchiato beige + walnut grain wood.
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