konigstiger

Jack. You broke my heart. You broke my heart. You’re nothing to me now; not a brother, not a friend. I don’t want to know you, or what you do.

Thought you would enjoy that Godfather II shtick! BTW, I can relate to early retirement. My old man retired at 38 from NYC employment and went on to retire again at 58 from NY/NJ Port Authority employment - and I’m semi retired at fifty! I’m certain you’ll agree; there’s more to life than working.

Anyway, best of luck and enjoy the GL in the very best of health. At this rate you’ll be buying Greg another home.

Nevada Jack

Hi Dan...that first line shook me up until I read the 2nd one...LOL

Thanks for the good wishes!

Yeah...I was an early retiree. We figured quality of life was more important than staying in the race for bigger and greater things. But in the end it all worked out great and we had 18 years together doing things we wanted to do before my partner took her final walk two years ago.

It must be getting close to you getting with Greg and turning in the CLS...I know he has a good S550 deal waiting for you...:-) Hoping to see another note on the windshield when I take delivery of the GL like you sent on the S.

medici78

My brother and his wife have a GL450 and we have an ML320 CDI. The GL is very comfortable and if you can get past the rather plain exterior, it really is a wonderful vehicle. The CDI drivetrain on our ML is wonderful to drive. I imagine the GL320 CDI will be a wonderful road trip car, not to mention you can haul stuff you would never dream of fitting in the S-Class.

cmcjo

Hi Jack,

After reading your description of the GL450 , I had to go try tonight. It really does drive great. Has good power and I dont know if you noticed, but it has a nice growl (similar to the S600) to the exhaust which I like. Also drives quiet. Certainly not as smooth or quiet or luxurious as the S600, but much better than any other SUV I have ever had. Certainly much nicer than the Denali.

Anyway, my new GL500 Black should be ready for pickup on Tuesday!!. It has package 1, rear seat entertainment, parktronic, that really cool electric tailgate and a few others. Its missing the rearview camera though that I really like on the 600. It also does not have distronic.

Thanks!

Can Drive 55

Jack, congrats on your choice. I am looking forward to the photos that you will be posting in the future. We certainly have employment in common. I retired from the army with 20 years and I am currently working for the treasury department. Haven't thought too much about a final retirement yet. I suppose I will get into that in due time.

I agree with you on the choice of wood steering wheel over the butt warmers. Good luck with the new ride.

DesiBaba

great decision, follow ur dreams and everything will fall around it.

davidegai

Virtually all Rs sold here in Switzerland are short based ones: they have a sportier attitude consistent with the European driving style. And they fit in our parking spaces.

And by the way, I am enjoying your posts enormously, Nevada Jack, and your wonderful photos as well.

Happy new year you and to your family!

Nevada Jack

Congratulations on the GL500. They only have the GL450 here or the diesel. I am glad you found the ride as you did...I was impressed also. Certainly not a ABC S Class ride but extremely comfortable and quiet. I ordered everything but the RSE, hitch and heated seats...should be here in April.

Nevada Jack

Thanks. I threw all the time together and took the CSA package. Worked out well...did some fun jobs after retirement like selling yachts and the like. Never regretted the decision to take the earlry monthly check...:-)

Nevada Jack

So true...and thanks.

Nevada Jack

Thank you David...I really was into the R Class but lost interest after a test drive for some reason.

Enjoy that new CL! Should be a fantastic car.

Nevada Jack

Thanks for that input...nice to hear. I am anxious to experience a diesel again and with the improvements in the technology it should be a real pleasure to drive.

kenstudios

Mr Jack, while you still have it could you post more pics of your ride? I enjoy looking at your pics.

Nevada Jack

If the opportunity presents itself for some nice images I will post them on teh sticky W221 pic thread.

Here is a url with some additional images you may or may not have seen.

http://members.***.net/mbcarbuff/index.html

And I shot this one just a day or two ago...:

04S430

I hope you will not have to wait too long for your new MB!
Let's all have a prosperous 2007, enjoyed in good health and peace.

cmcjo

My mistake on the 500 part.. Unless its that new 600HP twin turbo model.. No such thing as far as I know.
It is the GL450 of course and I may get it tommorow. My wife hates me now and wants one. I ended up with the Black/grey and it has P1, Heating package, sunroof, Hitch, camera, Ipod.
Globe In NJ stocks a few of them.

Best of luck with yours and congratulations.

Nevada Jack

Like to see some pics of the combo black with grey...congrats on the GL.

cmcjo

Thursday now I am told I will get it as they are too busy to deliver it.. They must be selling lots of MB's.
I will upload pics then.

Happy New year.

Nevada Jack

Wow...that is one independent dealer. "...too busy to deliver it..."

You should have said you were too busy to take delivery and maybe there is another dealer who will find the time for my $70K...:-)))

Thanks...I'll be looking for the pictures...

firstmbml350

NevadaJack goes out, and MrKhan347 comes in.. this forum will be all fun again...

love2skiutah

I have an S65, which I love.

I also have had a GL450 for 8 months. The seats are incredibly uncomfortable. I don't like driving it at all. There are a lot of things I don't like about the GL, but I would try keeping the S550 and getting some other SUV for traveling around in....

I'm selling my GL450 and getting and ML63 so that I can have those AMG seats. The GL is too big for me anyway.

phonetics

it's just a car... trade it... what's so hard to decide?

Nevada Jack

Thanks for the input but I don't need two cars. As far as the seats go, nothing will beat the S Class seats but my test drive showed the seats to be very comfortable in the GL. Perhaps on longer trips I may find something different...?

AsianML

Does GL have drive dynamic seats?

Nevada Jack

No...the only seat adustments are the 8 way and then also you can get the Multi-contour package that adjusts the seat/lumbar and side bosters which is not the same as the full S Class package. No dynamic action on the side bolsters as you enter a turn, etc.