Ordering 3R / Any advice

[alan_leamy]

Hi All,
Going to order 3R tomorrow and hand over booking deposit. Anyone any advice on the ordering process? Do's, Dont's etc.

Cheers,

Alan

[m12_nathan]

Do

[trustme]

Order 2! (need my address?)

[guysh]

alan_leamy said:

Hi All, Going to order 3R tomorrow and hand over booking deposit. Anyone any advice on the ordering process? Do's, Dont's etc. Cheers, Alan

who are you ordering it through?

[bradders]

Alan,

The only thing I will say is be prepared for a painful wait! Mine seems to be due now mid Aug, and as we get nearer time seems to stand still

But it is worth the wait

Cheers, Mark

[amg merc]

alan_leamy said:

Hi All, Going to order 3R tomorrow and hand over booking deposit. Anyone any advice on the ordering process? Do's, Dont's etc. Cheers, Alan

Alan, basically the only thing that will delay you is not knowing your spec. (colours inside and out, and any options). If you already know this then I'd say that paying your first deposit and the second one together will speed you along!

It took me longer because I wasn't quite sure what I wanted and a trip to the factory (plus lot's of useful hints and tips on this site) helped a lot.

[goodlife]

What colour will you go for?

At the factory the most popular was Titanium. The light/dark blues are also stunning. The Green of the Mole Valley and Billywiz's cars looks good as well.

IMO in the flesh the black is simply fantastic giving a really manacing look to them - but a nightmare to keep clean and probably not best when they've picked up some stone chips.

[alan_leamy]

Gush . . . Ordering through factory . No dealer in Ireland yet.

Amg / Goodlife . . . Your right on the spec. Im thinking dark colour outside (black / blue). The inside Im thinking cream.

[amg merc]

alan_leamy said:

Gush . . . Ordering through factory . No dealer in Ireland yet. Amg / Goodlife . . . Your right on the spec. Im thinking dark colour outside (black / blue). The inside Im thinking cream.

Hmmm not sure about cream with either of those - cream goes with Greens and reds...

Blue - blue/grey, black/grey two-tone?
Black - grey/grey or Black/Red two-tone?

I'm more conservative though - always thinking of the resale value!

[joust]

alan_leamy said:

Gush . . . Ordering through factory . No dealer in Ireland yet. Amg / Goodlife . . . Your right on the spec. Im thinking dark colour outside (black / blue). The inside Im thinking cream.

Hmm - not convinced about the light interior...

But then I'm biased! (look at my profile )

[ek993]

And speaking of interior colour schemes, I changed my order at the weekend to the R after seeing MV's new car on Sat. Those wheels and the new front end really do make a big difference to the look of the car.

So the problem now is, I know I want the car in Titanium, and I am pretty sure that I want the leather in black / light grey - black on the edge of the seats, light grey down the middle / dash / steering wheel. I am not absolutely 100% positive on this choice though. What have other people that have gone for Titanium chosen for interior colour? I don't want to go for, as Charles at MV put it, a 'Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat' look, so thought the black / grey to be a good conservative choice.

To be frank, I didn't really care much for the leather interior (the tan one in the MV R looked awful), however feel it would devalue the car if I went for Alcantara. Ho hum

So what are the common choices people are going for?

Regards
Eric

[goodlife]

ek993

I've gone for Titanium with Black/Grey interior. You can see what is looks like as there are pictures of it at the factory here

[alan_leamy]

Amg . . . Grey is so conservative. At the factory I thought the grey and black was just to tacky.

[amg merc]

alan_leamy said:

Amg . . . Grey is so conservative. At the factory I thought the grey and black was just to tacky.

...just a thought - I've gone for mid blue and mid grey leather myself.

ek993, I thought MV's tan interior on their green 3R demo was the B***ocks - lucky we all have different tastes, eh!

[quo]

ive got for titanium, with complete black interior on my 3r roll on december

[amg merc]

quo said:

ive got for titanium, with complete black interior on my 3r roll on december

quo, what's your build number for a December delivery?

[bobo]

hi guys, just out of interest, if u were to put the first deposit down today for a 3r, when would you b expected to pay the 2nd part of the deposit... this is assuming u know exactly what spec u require today....

obviously i want to pay the 2nd part of the deposit as late as possible seeing as i prob wouldnt see the car till jan 04.

[leighellane]

bobo said:

hi guys, just out of interest, if u were to put the first deposit down today for a 3r, when would you b expected to pay the 2nd part of the deposit... this is assuming u know exactly what spec u require today.... obviously i want to pay the 2nd part of the deposit as late as possible seeing as i prob wouldnt see the car till jan 04.

Depends what dealer you order through, they all seem to vary. I ordered my 3R (no.29)back in March and paid £1500 +VAT deposit but have paid nothing since even though the car is due in a few weeks!

[bobo]

hi leighellane, do u mind telling me who u used???? thanks

[ek993]

I ordered mine through MV about 1 month ago, and they want the 2nd part of the deposit at the end of this month.