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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 01:13 AM
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ML350 arrived early with lighting package

I just got back from the dealer today and my ML350 Blutec arrived earlier than expected and is ready to go with Lighting package.. I will be picking it up on Friday. My Original order was placed back in November, but I was told back then that the lighting package wouldn’t be available until mid to late March.

Diamond White, Anthracite Trim, Premium Package, Sport Package, Driving Assistance Package, Lighting Package.

Has anyone else been informed about their ML arriving early with Lighting Package... Not sure if living in Canada helped speed things up in this regard...
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:30 AM
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Think it's a Canada thing. All that have posted so far live there. Hopefully that means the US stuff is not far behind....
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 04:29 AM
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Yes, i got mine last week with lighting package too. I ordered mine last December.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Vancity
I just got back from the dealer today and my ML350 Blutec arrived earlier than expected and is ready to go with Lighting package.. I will be picking it up on Friday. My Original order was placed back in November, but I was told back then that the lighting package wouldn’t be available until mid to late March.

Diamond White, Anthracite Trim, Premium Package, Sport Package, Driving Assistance Package, Lighting Package.

Has anyone else been informed about their ML arriving early with Lighting Package... Not sure if living in Canada helped speed things up in this regard...
Had you been givin a build date? Was your ML delivered before they told you it was going to be built? If that's true then that would be good news!

EDIT: Oh.. and post pictures! Night shots with the headlights on!!

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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 11:39 AM
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Yes, I ordered last Dec and my build date was Jan 20th. However, it ended up to arrived to my dealer on Feb 17.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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One more set of pictures with Bi-Xenon light turned on and interior.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 01:43 PM
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congrats brother, looks amazing....cant wait for mine, i got the running boards too and those look even better! lol
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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I loved the running boards too. Looks good even with the AMG kit. BTW, this is the mileage 18km on my ML at the time of delivery.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Vancity
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I just got back from the dealer today and my ML350 Blutec arrived earlier than expected and is ready to go with Lighting package..
Originally Posted by Albertho
Yes, I ordered last Dec and my build date was Jan 20th. However, it ended up to arrived to my dealer on Feb 17.
Congrat's to both of you. I still have two months yet, with a build date of the first of April.

Albertho, is yours Flat black or Obsidian?
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:22 PM
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Obsidian black and we have heavy rainfalls couple days ago in Vancouver but the car still looks great. Don't know is because of brand new car's paint or Obsidian black.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 02:34 AM
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Looks good. I don't know why MBZ made this their first car with amber optics? No other MBZ has yellow light apart from the amber side marker. So now there are 2 amber things in the headlights!
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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Looks good. I don't know why MBZ made this their first car with amber optics? No other MBZ has yellow light apart from the amber side marker. So now there are 2 amber things in the headlights!
The new SLK was the first with the amber torch.

Get used to it...
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by lboudreau
Had you been givin a build date? Was your ML delivered before they told you it was going to be built? If that's true then that would be good news!

EDIT: Oh.. and post pictures! Night shots with the headlights on!!
My build date was Feb 7 so it was a quick turnaround time for sure... I can't believe they are charging $890 for the diamond white in Canada now, this won't effect me however.
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Vancity
My build date was Feb 7 so it was a quick turnaround time for sure... I can't believe they are charging $890 for the diamond white in Canada now, this won't effect me however.
Wow... that is a quick turn around! My build is the March 11th.. hopefully I'll have it 3 or 4 weeks later.

They are also charging $250 for the Ash wood now.
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 01:16 PM
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I can't believe they are charging $890 for the diamond white in Canada now, this won't effect me however.
Check out MBUSA's pricing for Diamond White.
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They are also charging $250 for the Ash wood now.
Open pore wood was always extra charge for Canada. Money well spent!
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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how do you guys find out your build date? i ordered mine 2 weeks ago...so i'm wondering how do i get an update?
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 01:50 PM
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Just ask your salesman to notify you once he/she has a build date show up in their system.
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 02:03 PM
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Check out MBUSA's pricing for Diamond White.

Open pore wood was always extra charge for Canada. Money well spent!
Negative... it was a $0 option when I put my order through in October. They have just added that $250 charge within the last few weeks. But I agree... it could be a $500 option and I'd still take it.
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The new SLK was the first with the amber torch.

Get used to it...
Turrrrible
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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My build date was Jan 31 and it was supposed to be here for March 12th according to the dealer.
Last week I got an email saying I could pick up the truck on Saturday! Had to do some mad scrambling at the bank to transfer some funds around to get the draft made up on 2 day notice. Kind of sucked having to rush with the funds and insurance, etc but I was pumped that the truck was here so who cares!

So I picked it up last Saturday with the lighting package and everything as it was supposed to be. Lights are awesome, the amber is growing on me.
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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Looks great and congrats! Wondering why you didn't get the 20" AMG rims that came on mine? Thought all Canadian models were supposed to be getting them. Those rims look like the ones I had on my 2008 and it's hard to clean between the narrow spokes.
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 03:20 PM
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All Canadian modules come with the AMG appearance package but not the 20" wheels. The wheels are part of the sport package. I searched far and wide to find mine with the sort package and without the running boards and found a Tenorite Grey or I believe steel grey in the USA.
I also got the open pore ash wood interior. I'm really happy so far.




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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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Nice! Same rims as I have.
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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the open pore wood is amazing, i wish i knew that was an option when i ordered it.
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