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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Hello from sunny British columbia,as you can guess,this is my first post on MB World.
I am a bit of a car nut,i am on my 28th car in 8 years,but the wife has now said enough is enough,so i guess i will be keeping this one for a while.
My recent car history is 2xclk 430 cabs,1 x sl500,1 xMl 63(great truck) 1 range rover full fat, 1 range rover sport, 1 996 tt porsche(not as good as the 993 tt ) Ml 55,loved that truck,1x esclade plus others that i will not bore you with.
I have just traded my 07 Ml 63 for a 2005 sl55,i love this car,just added 19 inch AMG oem wheels,wow they look the business,also clear side markers and a boot spoiler.
As you may be able to tell,i am a brit living in Canada,so please excuse the lingo.
I wanted a sl65 but the price in Canada is nuts,also there is no warranty if imported from the US.I here they are quite costly to maintain also.
I had my heart set on a Aston DB9 Coupe but i could not get a decient price for my Ml63 in the Us,but now i have the sl55 i think i made a good choice.
The car has 16 k on it,only do about 5k a year so a used car makes a lot more sense than blowing thousands in depriciation.
I will try to post photo,s but i am not very computer savy,if need be can i send them to a moderator to post.
Happy motoring bc brit
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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i cannot seem to suss out how to post photo,s
will keep trying but don,t hold your breath lol
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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congrats I also love this car ..... best car i purchased in a long time
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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Thanks pal,
hey,do you know how to post photo,s,i have tried but no luck

cheers
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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Hey katz,
if you need a lid spoiler i got one of e bay for $275,the quality is awsome and they come painted body colour,the match is perfect,i have some photo,s showing the spoiler if you can post em

happy motoring bc brit
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Thanks pal,
hey,do you know how to post photo,s,i have tried but no luck

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If you use the "Insert Image" button the photos have to be hosted on another website, e.g. Flickr or Photobucket.

To post a picture without having it hosted elsewhere use the "Manage Attachments" button.

HTH
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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[QUOTE=bc brit;3074495]Hey katz,
if you need a lid spoiler i got one of e bay for $275,the quality is awsome and they come painted body colour,the match is perfect,i have some photo,s showing the spoiler if you can post em

go here ...

www.photobucket.com

upload all the pix on that site and there will be 4 links under all ur pix . choose the bottom one and copy and paste the link to this site and u will be good for ever

yes i want a spoiler and a lowering module for my baby

give me the link for the spoiler. thanks buddy
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Hi Kats,
thanks for the info,i will give it a try.
the link on e-bay well there co name is directcartoys,they have one at the moment on there item no 370089526832.
I went into my benz dealer yesterday to have my new wheels put on and they loved the spoiler.
The quality is awsome,as soon as i can post the photo,s you will see what it looks like,if i have a problem posting them i can always e-mail you all the photo,s for you to see what you think of the spoiler,just let me know

cheers pal bc brit
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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by the way kats,of course they do your colour,the black is shown but i have the silver colour no 744 i think this is the same as your sl


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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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ya 744 is brilliant silver which i have the same ..... ya email me ur pix if u have trouble and i will post them on here if u want .
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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Hi Kats,
ok i will e-mail you the photo,s although i can e-mail you through mb world i don,t think you can send photo,s,i will email you my e-mail address,e-mai lme back and i will forawd them on

thanks pal regards bc brit
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 02:02 AM
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Great looking car. It looks just like mine. You will have to drive down to AZ this winter so that we can lower it.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 03:34 AM
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nice.... ur car looks clean . just lower it and it will look mean. that spoiler looks really good . I need one badly .

next summer i have to lower my car and get that spoiler and im done .
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