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Old 06-05-2008, 11:26 AM
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Pic of my new 08 Designo 63

I picked up the car a month ago. Thanks to everyone that contributed to the forum. You guys save me a lots of time to go through the manual (but I spent a lots of time to read this forum).

Anyway, everythings work as I expected. And the ride are fantastic. So far, no complaint. Here are few comments on some new features:

1. Blind-spot assist is wonderful. when you put up the trun signal and if there is a car at the blind spot, it will give you a warning beep. Sometimes the beep sound it is a bit annoying when I already know there is a car at my blind spot, but it is how it will save me when I did not check my blind spot. it save me at least one time.

2. Park guidance is fun to use. I can do my parallal parking better without using it. But it does give me a hint on when to "unwind" the steering wheel.

3. Night Vision is useless. It is fun to look at it, but useless.

4. I thought the "mouse" or "i-Drive" or whatever you call will be hard to use due to the defferent level of menu and sub-menu. Things are well organize and catagorize in menu and sub-menu. (maybe I have the same sense of logic as them)

5. The last but no least, I love the colour of the Designo Graphite and the Designo Armagnac. I only see the Designo Graphite once on a SL500 and I never see the Designo Armagnac and the maple wood trim in a real car before I place the order. Fortunately, the result of the combination is beyond my expectation (positive side). The "defination" of the Designo Graphite is green-ish grey. In different lighting, I can see green, grey, dark gery (close to black), blue, purple-ish blue (on a bright day with blue sky and no cloud). I really can't discribe the color. But I like it very much.

The only drawback is the ordering process of the Designo product. For some reason, the sales and the dealer does not have enough info to sell the Designo product. I had some discussion about the seat patten and door panel back in last fall. Some people satisfy with the "unexpected" outcome and some don't. But I just don't like "superise".

Alright, here are some pic of my car. Enjoy!
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Old 06-05-2008, 11:37 AM
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congrats to the car and the stable. how about some pics of that interior with the exterior...if you know what I mean!
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Need clarification...

MBS63: Please explain to all on this forum that your's is not a USA market car, otherwise it will lead to frustrating inquiries at MBUSA dealers that can't deliver to us such a beautiful interior. And while you are at it, could you provide us with more photos of this outstanding Armagnac interior of your car in Canada? The combination has to be absolutely stunning. Still don't understand why MBUSA took away this Armagnac choice from us in our US market, but that is still my understanding unless something has changed in the past month. Z356

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The title should be "pic of my new Canadian 08 Designo S63"

Do you guys feel the heat of cross broder shopping. That's how we always feel.

Anyway, here are some more pic. I am waiting for a super sunny day to take more photo. And I will post them later.
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I feel it...

More than heat, something akin to envy. Congratulations. Just spectacular. Z356.
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Gorgeous color combo,didn't know you could order a Graphite with Armagnac in US,thought only grey interior was available?
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I think that is the most beautiful W221 I've ever seen. I'm like you though, the night vision is worthless; never use it and never will. Too difficult to look at the screen and straight ahead at the same time and be practically useful. MB needs to ditch this feature.

Congrats on the new car. It is by far the prettiest I've ever seen.
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can we get that combo in the usa? i haven't looked at buying a new one; hence, i don't know if we here can even get/ order that layout? i know i couldn't last year when i bought my 'lowly' 550. damn! that ,,, is ,,, HOT!!

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for $120K+, S550s should come with that interior standard, not cheapa$$ plastic galore city..
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Very nice!

So, where are you located? No, I don't mean your exact address.....uummm..... country will do for now (as there seems to be some confusion about whether this is a US/European car).

A few things I want to comment on:

1) Noticed the Centigrade reading on your night vision screen - so, I guess you are in Europe somewhere.

2) Oh wait a minute - I noticed your license plates are American style, so I guess you are in America somewhere.

3) Didn't know that the AMG cars didn't come with a wood key pad cover and wood around the center console.

4) The leather looks fantastic! Didn't think I'd like beige on grey (because that interior typically goes well with black/white exteriors), but.....it really looks flush!

5) I just HAVE to ask - uumm.... you own about 8-9 cars! Do you have a large family or you just simply like to have 8-9 cars?
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There is no doubt about his car : It is an American spec car! EU cars never come with the amber signal lights on the side.

I lived 30y in EU land and used to work for DC.

I can't get enough of the interior. Stunning.
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Oh, Canada....

Gents: Please read what the OP responded to me several days ago and is listed in the thread: "The title should be 'pic of my new Canadian 08 Designo S63' Do you guys feel the heat of cross border shopping". This is a Canadian spec car and, to my knowledge/as of this date, the S can NOT be ordered with Armagnac leather interior for the US Market. Period. This gentleman had a very interesting discussion on this board several months ago about the whole Designo ordering process in Canada for the S63. Some of us participated in that thread at the time. This is the result of his special order. So, are we all on the same country page now? Canada and not the USA. It would be my hope that MBUSA changes its mind on Armagnac. I don't see Sand leather having made such a big impression as part of the new 'Espresso' package, which this year replaced Armagnac leather in the line up for this US market. Z356.
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Mind if I ask for the options list and if you got anything off MSRP? I know S550s are going for 10%+ off but no idea what S63s are going for.
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I got everything except performance package

Permium pkg
Permium Rear Seat pkg
Distronic Plus
Panoramic Sunroof
Night View Assist
Rear View Camera
Designo Graphite
Designo Armagnac
Designo Maple Wood Trim

Keep in mind that this is a Canadian car, Pkg may be different from the U.S. I got a little over 5% off MSRP., and it is a custom built order. I think you can get a better deal if you can find a right one on the lot.

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