internet_mafia

That can't be dark blue. Look at the mirrors.

vraa

OHH i didn't notice that!

maybe the wax on this car is awesome so people think its dark blue but once they notice the mirrors.....

digital

W210

W210

It's the lighting..

W210

This one looks positively black!

W210

Under white lighting it's clearly dark blue.

vraa

omg.. whats that white stuff? snow? no it can't be..

internet_mafia

The two pics that you posted are not of the same car. The first pic shows a dark car with stone interior. The second car shows grey interior. The second pic is blue of course, but the first is black.

internet_mafia

Stone interior

internet_mafia

Grey interior

W210

Honestly internet-mafia, they are the SAME car under very different lighting.

Both are stone with dark blue.

The very white and cold fluoresce lighting in the garage together with the flash makes the stone creamy color look almost grey; the one with the model was taken at sunset with very warm yellow lighting.

Here's another interior indoor shot of the stone interior but looks almost grey.

W210

internet_mafia

another outdoor shot of the very same car, under a cloudy sky. The stone interior shows up better than indoor without the cold white flash.

internet_mafia

I see what you are talking about. Is that your car? BTW unless the owner did so to take the picture, I wouldn't recommend parking my car over two spaces in an empty parking lot. That's just asking to be keyed up or better yet, spray painted

Question: How is that Burl Walnut was ordered with Stone interior? The last time I checked, it was not possible?

internet_mafia

Did the camera change the wood color also?

vraa

heres my interior

W210

Yes, it's my car and it's not a US model. In Canada, you can order stone with walnut. If I were to go for the grey or charcoal, I would order bird's eye maple which is also a possible combination in Canada. I'm never a fan of chestnut. Note the taupe carpet is actually custom made to match with the taupe dash. The original stone carpet is too light being impossible to maintain and I didn't care for the black all weather clashing with the stone interior.

I will be trading it in for the W211 E55 once the DVD navigation is out, so you are definitely right, I dare not risk it being keyed and so the car was temporarily parked like that for the photo session in the parking lot.

It's a fair world, the more you enjoy and treasure your car, the more you worry about it. Oh well.

W210

In this picture, the walnut looks almost chestnut due to the close distance of the powerful flash. You can tell from the temperature dial it's in C not F.

Yes, lighting can be totally deceiving.

blueSL

W210, I agree with you about the mats. They are hopeless at disguising dirt. The pile is too fine and the dirt just sits on the surface for all to see. I guess if all you ever do is drive from covered garage to covered garage, there's no problem but out here in the real world of a northern hemisphere winter climate, it's wet and muddy some/most of the time.

I've tried Berry Red and Charcoal mats in my car, both poor, it's down to the pile in the mat. I seem to spend my life vacuuming the footwells.

The much coarser pile of the mats in my SL600 seems to soak up the dirt in the matting and give a rather better appearance. A quick vacuum and jet-wash and then hang up to dry overnight in the utility room is all they need.

W210

Thanks for sharing I didn't know the charcoal carpet is also a pain to keep clean. With the stone, I simply gave up.

The custom made mats are cheaper than stock and coarser as well. What I did was I took off the plastic taps (with the securing holes) from the original mats and put them onto the custom ones so they look totally stock and don't slide around.

As far as what MB offers, I did see a set of dark grey all seasons mats on a friend's new SL I'm not sure how it looks with the berry though.

One trick I mastered lately, before I remove the key from the ignition, I leave it at the first position (radio on position), then I hit memory 1. Memory one is what I have programmed giving me maximum leg room for getting in and out of the car. After the seat has moved back, I take off the key. Next time I get in and start the car, everything goes back automatically to the previous position without me having to touch the memory buttons.

I find the above solution giving me far more leg room when existing than the factory easy entry/exit feature. With the stone interior, I just have to try the best to eliminate those nasty scuff marks!

Wolfman

You can always order different wood & leather combinations with Mercedes as long as the colors are offered. It will cost you $1000 customiztion fee (absolute rip-off ). In the CL, we had the Java with burlwood combo as I didn't like the chestnut. See the pic...

Wolfman

internet_mafia

Thanks for the info. I always thought that the $1000 only applied to the "special order" combinations that the brochures referred to (i.e., orion blue and teal leather). I never really was that crazy over stone leather. I am going to order a black SL with Java leather with Burl Walnut wood.

vraa

all the losers post their cars.. wait.. i posted second didn't i? DOH!

btw: anuj.. when does ur white sl come in? we gotta have a photoshoot of both our cars!

PediGas

W210,
How did you install your V1 in the SL?

W210

I simply got a guy to hardwire it with a cord tugged behind the visor.

I clip on the V1 main unit on the sun visor (see pic) whenever I use it. I have the concealed display unit in the ash tray compartment as shown on the other picture.