I just recently purchased the R500, black,from Portland, Oregon and the car is waiting for me to get picked up. I was reading through some complaints through this forum, and there is a vibration issue in this car? I was going to replace the factory rims with a non-factory 20in or 21in wheels, but will the low profile tires make the vibrations worse? When I test drove it, I thought it was very smooth, but this is my first MB to own so compared to other MB's, maybe the quality and the smoothness is not up to par? (my previous car was a Impreza WRX '03)

I am looking forward to drive this car for a long time, and I hope that some of the quality issues that were mentioned in this forum won't be a problem. Also, I am looking forward to get to know some of you in the MB community to share information and tips.

Has anyone put rims on these cars yet? If you have, do you mind posting a pic? I will post a pic of mine after I pick it up on tues 12/20.

The price tag was $63,000 with several options (DVD nav, harman kardon speakers, steering wheel, heated seats, parktronic) and I got the $10,000 off since the car is a 2006 model. The final price was $53,000, $25,000 down and the rest is financed for 60months.

Now I'm ready to carry some caskets!

 

carry some gaskets too.

welcome to the forum.