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Vehicle 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class SL550 Roadster
12-Volt Battery Yes Yes
21-mm Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes No
22-mm Front Stabilizer Bar Yes No
2 Cupholders Total No Yes
2 Front, 2 Cupholders Total Yes No
3.8-Liter, V6, 24-Valve, SOHC, MPFI Engine, Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 260@5750, Torque Of 258@4500, Cast Iron Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads Yes No
3-Function HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
3 Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Include Seat, Exterior Mirrors and Steering Wheel; Passenger Side Include Seat No Yes
3-Position Memory Steering Column No Yes
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes Yes
5.5-Liter, 90-Degree V8, 32-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 382@6000, Torque Of 391@2800, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
60,000-Miles Extended Service Interval For Spark Plugs No Yes
6-Speed Manual Transmission With Overdrive Yes No
7-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive, Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
Active Body Control (ABC) Adaptive Variable Suspension No Yes
Adaptive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Adaptive Low and High Beam Bi-Xenon High Intensity Discharge Headlights With Automatic Leveling and High Beam Auxiliary Halogen Headlights No Yes
Alloy Wheels, 18-In. Yes No
Alloy Wheels, Front 18-In. X 8.5-In. and Rear 18-In. X 9.5-In. No Yes
All-Speed Traction Controlled Via ABS and Engine Management No Yes
AMG Front Air Dam No Yes
Audible Warnings Include Headlights-On and Key-In-Ignition No Yes
Audio Pre-Wiring No Yes
Automatic Climate Control With Sun Sensor No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic Off Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off and Dusk Sensor No Yes
Automatic Load-Leveling No Yes
Automatic Locking Retractors Yes No
Automatic Tilt Away Steering Column No Yes
Battery Saver No Yes
Brake Assist Electronic Brake Assistance No Yes
Brake Drying No Yes
Burl Walnut or Black Ash Genuine Wood Trim Located On Center Floor Console and Doors No Yes
Cargo Area Tiedowns No Yes
Cargo Net No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area Yes No
Chrome Located On Exhaust Pipes No Yes
Cigarette Lighter No Yes
Cloth Seats Yes No
Coinholder Yes Yes
Color-Keyed Door Handles Yes No
Comand (Cockpit Management and Data) System Centralized Control Instrumentation For Phone, Audio, and Navigation No Yes
Compact Spare Tire Yes Yes
Compass Yes No
Concealed Safety Rollbar Yes No
Concealed Safety Roll Bar No Yes
Cornering Lights No Yes
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor Yes Yes
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal No Yes
Cruise Control Yes Yes
Daytime Running Lights Yes No
Delayed Courtesy Lights Yes Yes
Delayed Power Retention Yes Yes
Digital Clock Yes Yes
Door Mounted Front Side Airbags With Head Protection No Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes Yes
Driver Knee Airbag No Yes
Driver Manual Lumbar Support Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 12 Ways Total No Yes
Dual Color-Keyed Folding Power Adjustable Exterior Rearview Mirrors Yes No
Dual Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Dual Final Drive Ratio 3.77; 3.24 Yes No
Dual Folding Power Adjustable Heated Signaling Exterior Rearview Mirrors With 3-Position Driver Memory and Driver Side Electrochromic No Yes
DVD Player No Yes
Easy Entry Seat Yes Yes
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution Yes Yes
Electronic Stability Program (ESP(R)) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction, ABS and Traction Control Measures Steering Wheel Angle/Direction, Yaw Rate, Wheel Speed, and Lateral Acceleration No Yes
Equalizer No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge Yes Yes
First Aid Kit No Yes
Front Air Dam Yes No
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts Yes No
Front and Rear Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Color-Keyed Bumpers Yes No
Front and Rear Crumple Zones Yes Yes
Front Automatic Locking Retractor No Yes
Front Carpeted Floor Mats Yes Yes
Front Dual 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front Dual Heated Bucket Seats With 2 Settings, Adjustable Seat Height, 3-Position Power Memory and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors Yes Yes
Front Dual Map Lights Yes No
Front Dual Power Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats, Driver Side Manually Adjusts 6-Ways Total, Passenger Side Manually Adjusts 4-Ways Total, With Driver Adjustable Seat Height and Integral Headrests Yes No
Front Dual Sunvisors Yes Yes
Front Foglights Yes No
Front Halogen Foglights and 1 Rear Foglight No Yes
Front Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 12 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 295-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 284-mm Ventilated Disc BRAKE4 Yes No
Front Power 330-mm X 28-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 300-mm X 10-mm Solid Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Power Outlet Yes No
Front Power Outlet Integrated With Cigarette Lighter No Yes
Front Pretensioners With Force Limiters Yes Yes
Front SBRP255/40ZR18 and Rear SBRP285/35ZR18, High Performance Tires No Yes
Glass Rear Window On Convertible Yes Yes
Halogen Headlights Yes No
Hard Drive and GPS Navigation Aid With 6.5-In. Screen and Voice Activation No Yes
Hard Drive With 40GB Total No Yes
Harman/Kardon(R) AM/FM Radio With LOGIC7(R) Digital Surround Sound and 8 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer; MP3 Player; DVD Audio Player; Sirius(R) Satellite Radio (Includes 6 Month Subscription) No Yes
Heated Headlight Washers No Yes
Heated Washer System No Yes
HVAC Rest Mode With 30 Minutes Activation No Yes
Illuminated Entry No Yes
Illuminated Entry Includes Ignition Key Surround Yes No
Illuminated Glovebox Yes No
Independent 4-Link Front Suspension With Coil and Hydraulic Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent 5-Arm Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil and Hydraulic Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers Yes No
Inflatable Spare Tire Kit No Yes
Interior Pollen, Dust and Active Charcoal Air Filter No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes Yes
L A T C H Yes No
Latching Power Trunk Lid No Yes
Leather Interior Trim Located On Center Floor Console, Doors, Instrument Panel, Shift Knob, and Steering Wheel No Yes
Leather Located On Shift Knob Yes No
Leather Seats No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Lockable Glovebox No Yes
Locking Fuel Filler Door No Yes
Maintenance Interval Indicator For Oil Level No Yes
Manual Air Conditioning Yes No
Metallic Paint (If Selected) Yes Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Panic Alarm and Trunk Yes No
Nano-Particle Paint No Yes
Night Security Illumination Programmable Perimeter Lighting No Yes
Oil Cooler No Yes
Oil Pressure Gauge No Yes
Panic Alarm Yes Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Yes No
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Weight No Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
PCMCIA Multi-Media and Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Polished Exhaust Pipe Yes No
Power Decklid Lock/Unlock Via Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Power Door Locks Yes No
Power Hard Convertible Top No Yes
Power Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering Yes No
Power Soft Convertible Top Yes No
Power Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Power Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Power Vehicle Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power Window Lockout/Override Yes No
Power Windows With Driver Side One-Touch Down Yes No
Power Windows With Front Dual One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down No Yes
Predictive Brake Priming Brake Optimization System No Yes
Pre-Programmed Equalizer Yes No
Programmable Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Programmable Power Door Locks Operated Via Remote With Automatic Locking No Yes
Radio Antenna Yes Yes
Rain Sensing Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers With Windshield Wiper De-Icer No Yes
Reading Lights No Yes
Rear Bucket Seats Yes No
Rear Locking Storage No Yes
Rear Spoiler Yes No
Rear Window Defroster Yes Yes
Remote Fuel Door Release Yes No
Remote Fuel Door Release Located On Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Remote Trunk Release Located Inside Vehicle and On Multi-Function Remote Yes No
Remote Trunk Release Located On Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Rockford Fosgate(R) AM/FM Radio With 650-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume and 9 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer; MP3 Player; Sirius(R) Satellite Radio (Includes 6-Months Service) Yes No
Rollover Sensor No Yes
SBRP235/45R18 All-Season Tires Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags Yes No
Selective Unlocking Yes Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams Yes Yes
SmartKey Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Convertible Top, Door Lock/Unlock, Exterior Lights, Fuel Door, Panic Alarm, Trunk and Windows No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Phone and Instrumentation Display No Yes
Subwoofer Yes Yes
Tachometer Yes Yes
Tele Aid Telematics Includes Automatic Collision Notification, Emergency Response, Direct Connection To Roadside Assistance, Automatic Alarm Security System Notification, Stolen Vehicle Tracking, Remote Door Unlocking; 12 Months Included At No Charge With Subscription No Yes
Tele Aid Vehicle Location System No Yes
Tele Aid Vehicle Theft Tracking No Yes
Telephone Antenna No Yes
Temperature Controlled Storage Cools Glovebox No Yes
Temperature Controlled Storage Heats Glovebox No Yes
Tilt Steering Column Yes No
Tinted Glass Yes Yes
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes Yes
Titanium Gray Grille No Yes
Tonneau Cover Yes No
Touch Shift Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Traction Control Yes No
Trip Computer With Average Fuel Consumption, Miles To Empty, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption, and Stop Watch No Yes
Trunk Anti-Trap Device Yes Yes
Trunk Light Yes Yes
Underseat Storage No Yes
Valet Lockout No Yes
Variable Intensity Brake Lights No Yes
Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Lockout Yes Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm and Engine Immobilizer Yes Yes
Voice Control Voice Activated Controls For Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices and Navigation No Yes
Warning Lights Include Door Ajar, Low Fuel, Oil Low, Low Coolant, and Low Washer Fluid No Yes
Warning Lights Include Low Fuel and Oil Pressure Yes No
Wind Deflector For Convertibles No Yes
Windshield Wiper Activated Headlights No Yes
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth(R) Enabled Devices No Yes






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