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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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Hi all!

About two weeks away from delivery of my 2014 GL550 in lunar blue with designo black interior and really getting excited!

Just wanted to check in as I've been a lurker for a bit!
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 09:08 PM
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Longest two weeks of your life? haha , hope everything goes to plan, I am looking into replacing my wife's x5 for a GL350 bluetec at some point, let us know how you like the GL550 ones you get it. did you trade in a GL450? what made you go to GL550?
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 11:24 PM
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MY07 GL450; on order-MY14 GL550&E550
We love our 450. It's got 110k miles and as a first gen x164 it's been amazing, but the build and features of the 166 are vastly improved. We are going to trade it and our dealer has given us a great price!

Chose the 550 because we wanted options that made a 450 build only a couple grand less than a 550 with the same equipment! Probably got a bit carried away but hey, we know what we love about it and what we wished we had in our old one!
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 03:27 AM
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Hello! That's a great color combo you chose. Post pics as soon as you take delivery of your new GL. Congrats!

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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 06:53 AM
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Outstanding! Hope you enjoy it.... This will be a long two weeks!

I'm two weeks into my GL550 (2011) w/ only 7k miles. LOVING IT! Its a real head turner and the power is amazing (passes everything BUT a gas station)...

Awesome to hear you had a great experience w/ 07' too! I'm confident I made a good decision.

Post pictures when you get the beauty in your driveway :-)

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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by babyhauler
We love our 450. It's got 110k miles and as a first gen x164 it's been amazing, but the build and features of the 166 are vastly improved. We are going to trade it and our dealer has given us a great price!

Chose the 550 because we wanted options that made a 450 build only a couple grand less than a 550 with the same equipment! Probably got a bit carried away but hey, we know what we love about it and what we wished we had in our old one!


Good to hear you got a decent price on trade in, congrats!
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 12:04 PM
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Congratulations! I actually have a GL63 AMG on order delivery is in about 1 month and half or so. I currently have a 2008 GL550 which will be going once the GL63 comes in.
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 04:38 AM
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We will definitely post pictures of our new ride!

Test drove a GL63 and thought it was amazing...and that I'd probably get to know jonny law on a first name basis if we got that AMG beast!. Enjoy that speed machine!

So far nothing but great things to say about our dealership experience, hopefully it stays that way!
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