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Sorry, only one picture right now. Less than a week old, and it was already in need of a bath!So am I indeed the fist '05 two-toner here?Loving the car so far, but found a two PITA things about it:* As others have mentioned, not enough heat to your feet.* The climate controls are awkwardly placed--I have to reach around the stick shift when I'm in 3rd or 5th gear

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I didn't even think they made 2 tone 2005s. Weird!

Cool! I think you are the 1st 2-tone '05 here, at least that has come forward and said so. Congrats!

Wow The '05 looks really nice in 2 tone! Nice ride.

See they do exsist! LOL

Looks Good! Did you end up getting that center console on Ebay?

Great pic! Love the 2-tone. Regarding the 'heat to the feet' question... First, it takes about 5 minutes or 5 miles for my car to warm enough to really heat the interior. Since a lot of my trips are on the order of 2 miles, the car NEVER warms a lot in that distance.Try closing some or all of the dash vents and put the climate control dial on 'feet & dash', rather than 'dash only'. 'Feet & dash' seems to help circulate warm air more effectively throughout the entire cabin.I've noticed that a LOT of heat (though not much air) comes through the dash vents when climate control is set to 'feet only' but the dash vents are left open. MOST of the air & heat comes out of the dash vents when set to 'feet & dash' and all the dash vents are open.Hope this helps you enjoy your great new ride!

Wow...I have to say the 2-tone looks a lot better than the monotone '05.

Quote, originally posted by Kari »Wow...I have to say the 2-tone looks a lot better than the monotone '05.whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!?

my wife sure misses our old two tone, wish i could get her a new salsa two tone, then i'd get the the fusion full time! home equity loan sounds good to me!

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »Looks Good! Did you end up getting that center console on Ebay?No, I dopily forgot to check it before the auction ended, and was outbid by a buck. I'll continue to monitor eBay for one.

Bummer! Check your local junk yards as well. The one on Ebay was $30 +$30 for shipping. You may be able to get one at a better price locally.

Congrat

Quote, originally posted by PhillyVibeGT »whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!? Shocking, I know! LOL For some reason, the grille doesn't look as big, and it loses the "minivan" look, probably because I haven't seen a minivan with plastic cladding. Or maybe I'm just partial to my 2-tone! (Ordered it that way because I liked the look better.) I still like the 03-04 better, but the 2-tone '05 isn't bad.

Sweet! I like it! I've always like the look of the 2-tones of all years better than monotone, personally. Unless it's Fusion. Just MHO.With that said, I'm glad that they finally have them out there for 2005. I'll echo that the front end looks much better in 2-tone. I didn't have a problem with the new design at all, but always suspected that it would look better not being monotone. I have yet to see a non-monotone 2005 so far around here though...Enjoy the car - and it's a great feeling having something different, I imagine!

Looks a lot like my 04 model.