Awesome pics Tunes of an Awesome looking car !!.Okay, it has been a month and I still have not posted any decent photos for the lads who are still waiting.......till nowEnjoy.......
I hope to see many more photos in the coming months!
Congratulations to all those getting and expecting to receive in these next few weeks. Would love to hear your experiences with dealer (ie any gifts) with car, etc. I'm hoping my car will be on a boat this time next week. I have to say my dealer hasn't really kept me informed at all throughout the process. It has been mostly forums, probably the dealer is so used to delays and the time taken from order to delivery. If all goes well with mine I'm pretty lucky compared to other stories he's told me. Especially about a shipment of cars that arrived and then they were found to not meet ADR's so whole shipment had to go back to US where they were apparently manufactured for MB"I'm in a similar boat"..... HAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
I think he was in the same boat.
Congrats man, I shouldn't be too far behind you either. My ETA is 23/09/2013 to be driving it. Also happens to be my birthday. Manufacture date is tomorrowWell, Baby Benz is on the move
On the "MORNING CLAIRE"
A little more real now
ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 24/07/2013 24/07/2013
LE HAVRE FRANCE 25/07/2013 25/07/2013
SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM 26/07/2013 26/07/2013
PORT ELIZABETH SOUTH AFRICA 13/08/2013 13/08/2013
DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA 15/08/2013 15/08/2013
REUNION ISLE STDENIS REUNION 19/08/2013 20/08/2013
FREMANTLE AUSTRALIA 29/08/2013 30/08/2013
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 03/09/2013
. At least from the stage when it's on the boat you can track it without talking to your dealer
Thanks JoyjasCongrats man, I shouldn't be too far behind you either. My ETA is 23/09/2013 to be driving it. Also happens to be my birthday. Manufacture date is tomorrow
Sure sounds good.
Yeah it's fun tracking it. Don't be too worried when it falls off the radar as is heads down the West African Coast. It should reappear as it gets to South Africa and you'll probably lose it just after it leaves Durban. In my case it popped up again at Reunion, Isle of St Denis and is now off the radar and I expect will pop up again as it approaches Fremantle on Sunday.Just downloaded "ship finder" from the App Store, looks pretty good, got the paid version so you can search the ships name.
$5.49..... Not to bad, a tad expensive but you only live once aye
I bought something similar to Track Flights a while ago, "Flightradar24 Pro", works brilliantly well too. A bit scary what stuff you can get these days
This is my first Mercedes but one of several that we have had in our family over the years. It's hard to say whether I will by another. I'm a bit of a whore when it comes to marques, as the game constantly changes. For now the A250 is best in its class from my criteria perspective. When I come to replace it I will decide on the next one based on what is around then. I doubt I will go much bigger as I just don't have the need for a big car.
That is a difficult question to answer. I'm getting my car in September, but I guess brand loyalty will require me seeing that I get a good run with the car. I am planning on buying another prestige car in the next 2.5-3 years for my wife something along BMW X1 or MB GLA lines but I guess I will leave that decision until I've seen if I have problems and how MB are to deal with and how I feel about the whole experience when that time comes. To be honest I'm personally hoping buying a good brand like MB I can drive the car for 10-15 years before changing. This is the time I've got out of Toyota without any major repair bills. I know that front and rear brakes are a major expense on MB and won't be too concerned if they last a reasonable time. But for me I will still have to wait and see
Well done Mate, I got my Vin the Day after the Production Date, took another 6 days before anything shew up on the Tracker tho.
