S550 Launch Edition
02-22-2006, 12:18 AM
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Night View almost gave me a accident. For a moment I try to get use to the LCD monitor, but I forgot its in Black and White. U really cant tell when the car infront is breaking... Is just to nice toy to show Ur friends... Dont U agree? If any LE owner here.
02-22-2006, 11:45 AM
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S550, 575M, X5
Night Vision Camera
Rear side sun-shade
Bluetooth Module installed - works fine with the Treo 700w
Sirius Radio
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02-22-2006, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by madolfsson
Night Vision Camera
Rear side sun-shade
Bluetooth Module installed - works fine with the Treo 700w
Sirius Radio
I am hoping my order is close to being finalized for a mid-May delivery...should know later today....:-)
02-22-2006, 12:20 PM
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Is that the Laurel wood in silk/matte finish?
02-22-2006, 07:24 PM
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Congrats and nice car. Your Sirius antenna looks a lot better than the one I saw at a local dealership. It had a big fin sticking up. It looked pretty stupid.
02-22-2006, 07:57 PM
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BEAUTIFUL car! And great news about the BT module working with your non-approved phone. I have a Samsung i730 that I'm hoping will work equally well.
My order is in for my Blackblack S550-- has a build date of last "decade" in March, and sould be at the dealership by mid-May at the latest.
Every friggin' day I think about this car! This is Hell!!
My order is in for my Blackblack S550-- has a build date of last "decade" in March, and sould be at the dealership by mid-May at the latest.
Every friggin' day I think about this car! This is Hell!!
02-22-2006, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by JAdmiral
BEAUTIFUL car! And great news about the BT module working with your non-approved phone. I have a Samsung i730 that I'm hoping will work equally well.
My order is in for my Blackblack S550-- has a build date of last "decade" in March, and sould be at the dealership by mid-May at the latest.
Every friggin' day I think about this car! This is Hell!!
My order is in for my Blackblack S550-- has a build date of last "decade" in March, and sould be at the dealership by mid-May at the latest.
Every friggin' day I think about this car! This is Hell!!
02-22-2006, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Nevada Jack
I will just place the order and forget about it until I get the call it is here...LOL
02-24-2006, 11:32 AM
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Options and Upgrades to LE
Since this is my first foray into the luxury car market, I am chomping at the bit, in anticipation of driving my LE off the lot. I think the only upgrades I will make is obviously the IPOD Integration, either the Bluetooth or phone integration, tint out the rear windows and possibly the front (after enough people have seen me in it) and those Carlson rims. Tell me what you all think and what options or upgrades you will do to your LE.
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02-24-2006, 12:05 PM
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Wow this thing is good looking. I just like every other Benz fan took a deep gasp when we first saw those wheel arches. Mercedes may have made a brilliant decision to go with this styling cue. People were always putting bigger wheels on the S-Class anyway so Mercedes decided to spice up the sheetmetal to make larger wheels look better intergrated. The wheel arches already fit the optional AMG package perfectly. Did Mercedes knowingly make a brilliant styling decision here?
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02-24-2006, 02:47 PM
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I like the white one. I wonder it it had to be pulled out of a ditch or something because of the tow hook in the front bumper.
02-27-2006, 04:19 PM
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Massaging Seats
Anyone test out the massaging seats in the new S Class. I would like to get an idea of how it feels. I'm guessing the massage feature is not as good as one of those massage chairs. Can anyone please let me know if the massaging seats are worth it?
02-27-2006, 04:35 PM
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I don't know personally - hopefully someone on here will chime-in with their comments.
I do know that several reviewers whom I have read thought that it was a fantastic feature -- even if it does apparently have a timer function on it and so reportedly has to be engaged repeatedly (5 minutes or something like that)....
I do know that several reviewers whom I have read thought that it was a fantastic feature -- even if it does apparently have a timer function on it and so reportedly has to be engaged repeatedly (5 minutes or something like that)....
02-27-2006, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by akburton
Anyone test out the massaging seats in the new S Class. I would like to get an idea of how it feels. I'm guessing the massage feature is not as good as one of those massage chairs. Can anyone please let me know if the massaging seats are worth it?
02-28-2006, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by lkirchner
I have the massage seats in my SL55 and my wife's E55 and they are wonderful. The other option that you should not pass up are the drive dynamic seats. The E has them but unfortunately the SL does not.
02-28-2006, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by madolfsson
Hello,
I signed the contract for an S550 Launch Edition last week, sight unseen (I did test drive the black/black demo car quite heavily).
It should arrive to the dealership later this week (arrived to the VPC this weekend), but I am really anxious to see what the color combination will look like. Does any one any photos of an LE car? I have searched the web (including ebay) but no luck so far.
The exterior is designo Graphite and the interior Sahara Beige. Unfortunately neither option is available on the MB Built-a-car website... I did find similar sounding colors on the German site. If anyone has some pics please post them.
I signed the contract for an S550 Launch Edition last week, sight unseen (I did test drive the black/black demo car quite heavily).
It should arrive to the dealership later this week (arrived to the VPC this weekend), but I am really anxious to see what the color combination will look like. Does any one any photos of an LE car? I have searched the web (including ebay) but no luck so far.
The exterior is designo Graphite and the interior Sahara Beige. Unfortunately neither option is available on the MB Built-a-car website... I did find similar sounding colors on the German site. If anyone has some pics please post them.
02-28-2006, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by akburton
Since this is my first foray into the luxury car market, I am chomping at the bit, in anticipation of driving my LE off the lot. I think the only upgrades I will make is obviously the IPOD Integration, either the Bluetooth or phone integration, tint out the rear windows and possibly the front (after enough people have seen me in it) and those Carlson rims. Tell me what you all think and what options or upgrades you will do to your LE.
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hopefully it wont give you any problems. the most problems about the S classes also happen with the R class.. and thats the tire pressure message. if it comes up, just keep driving it. if it goes away then comes up later, take it to a service center, you could have a nail or screw in it. that happened to my moms R.
02-28-2006, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by akburton
Sweet!! Thanks for the update. How often do you use the massage feature?
