Just ordered an ML500
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Just ordered an ML500
I currently have a 2004 E500 that was coming off lease, and due to some agressive pricing, I have placed an order for a 2006 ML500. I should get it in a week or so, they have to bring it down from another dealer.
Optioned it as follows: Obsidian Black/Macadamia, Comfort, Lighting, Entertainment, Sunroof packages, Parktronic, Nav, Sirius, and I will have the dealer install the MHI.
I really wanted Parktronic, since I am so used to it now, and that made it hard to find one optioned that way. Just as of a few days ago I had found an ML500 fully loaded through Netstar from another dealer (everything except for the Sports or Appearance packages), but it turned out to be sold. So it was either this one or a Capri Blue/Ash with the Sports package and no Parktronic.
I can't wait. After spending considerable time in the W163, I never throught that the ML could be so good. But after driving the W164 as a loaner car, I loved it.
Optioned it as follows: Obsidian Black/Macadamia, Comfort, Lighting, Entertainment, Sunroof packages, Parktronic, Nav, Sirius, and I will have the dealer install the MHI.
I really wanted Parktronic, since I am so used to it now, and that made it hard to find one optioned that way. Just as of a few days ago I had found an ML500 fully loaded through Netstar from another dealer (everything except for the Sports or Appearance packages), but it turned out to be sold. So it was either this one or a Capri Blue/Ash with the Sports package and no Parktronic.
I can't wait. After spending considerable time in the W163, I never throught that the ML could be so good. But after driving the W164 as a loaner car, I loved it.
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Originally Posted by alewifebp
...Just as of a few days ago I had found an ML500 fully loaded through Netstar from another dealer (everything except for the Sports or Appearance packages), but it turned out to be sold...
What's "Netstar" and can anyone get access or do you have to be a dealer?
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Netstar: MBUSA dealer application software/database which lets them see what cars are on the ground, in delivery, ordered, and what slots are available but have not yet had an order placed on them(maybe?) by region of the USA and nationwide....
It is also the software application which a dealer uses to place an order into the system for a customer.
As I understand it....
It is also the software application which a dealer uses to place an order into the system for a customer.
As I understand it....
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ClayJ is correct. Netstart is just the name for their inventory tracking system. Since this dealer I go to is known for being very stingy with options, if you want anything else, you usually have to try to find it at another dealer and have the dealer do a trade. I wish I had access to Netstar from home!
ClayJ: No air suspension. The one I originally tried to get did have it, though. No biggy for me. I'm certainly never going to go offroading, where that 3" height rise could come in handy.
ClayJ: No air suspension. The one I originally tried to get did have it, though. No biggy for me. I'm certainly never going to go offroading, where that 3" height rise could come in handy.
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It is going to ride just fine without the air suspension; and I would be fairly sure to guess that it will ride alot better than the W163. 
I am ordering my ML63 with the air suspension.
And I am glad that they made it standard on the GL.
Can't wait to hear about how pleased you are with yours when it comes....
I am ordering my ML63 with the air suspension.
And I am glad that they made it standard on the GL.
Can't wait to hear about how pleased you are with yours when it comes....
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