55fanatic

Hey would anyone want to meet in the Boston, MA area? It looks like there are a descent amount of members around here.

Kar don

yea we had a meet a few months ago, nice lookin ML. I think I have seen it on columbus ave. a few times near Northeastern U.

55fanatic

HAHA yup thats mine, I go to NU. That pic of the BMW in your signature is atop the garage I believe? You a student too? You wont be seeing it for a while im on coop now. You know of any good body shops around the area? I wanna have some of my trim painted and I have some nicks in my hood that need to get filled, hopefully I dont need to get the whole thing painted but thats what Im thinking

Kar don

lol yea thats on columbus garage. I am currently back in classes now. Personally I really like Foreign Motors West body shop, talk to Nick and tell him Ali sent you. He is very professional and they do excellent paint work. They will probably recommend a respray for your hood, I would like to do that to my BMW.

GDawgC220

Haha, I've seen your ML around the area and in the parking garage too Small world, eh?

I just finished my first co-op session.

We should definitely do a meet sometime

55fanatic

Hey what can I say, my truck gets more attention than I do, lol. I know Im new to this forum stuff but if anyone wants to meet up some time thats cool. Get a bunch of us together, we can meet at NU seeing as how so many of us are around that area.

CopperDesigno

A meet sounds good, I may not have my SLK but I can have the rental the insurance is providing.

The SLK is back at a body shop getting all the work the first body shop did done over again becuase they did a terrible job.

GDawgC220

doh, that sucks. Was most of it a crap job or just some areas?

should definitely bring the SLK...how long is it going to take before getting it back?

55fanatic

ok so we got 4 possible people interested in a meet or a GTG, cmon lets get some business drummin up here....

Im pretty sure im gonna go to the Tri State meet in NYC on the 29th if anyone is interested. I have a buddy in Long Island Im gonna go stay with and then head to the meet sat morning!!!

CopperDesigno

The shop tells me 3 weeks IF they don't find anything really wrong with it when they have it apart. Essentially the original body reused parts they claimed as new to the insurance company, they did a lot of hack type stuff that this new body shop picked out very quickly and showed me. Large chips in the serpetine pulleys, paint overspray, no labels in the engine bay, a bent bolt to get a part to fit, missing bolts, loose hoses, a a ton of other bits. I had 3 mechanics under my hood trying to get my attention as to what each found wrong. They were going to take my car off the road, they thought some items to be unsafe. I had the owner and the manager for Re-works from progressive insurance looking at the car. I complained to progressive becuase I had squeeks behind the seats that I wanted fixed. Never expected to have the car torn back down and rebuilt. The original body shop is paying for it all becuase he charged Progressive for a ton of new parts that were never put on the car and they are paying for the upgraded rental, I was not about to drive a Hyundia.

55fanatic

what was the old rental and whats the new upgraded rental?

CopperDesigno

at first they weren't giving me a rental, I told them that the first body shop was a "preferred" shop and that I want a rental. So he said basic transportation, I reminded him of the preferred part again and the stuff I paid out of pocket because the first shop took too long to schedule appointments (I am getting reimbursed for these as well). I was upgraded to a Nissan altima 2.5S. Not a bad car, the interior was designed for tall people, all the cubbies and storage is out of my reach.

55fanatic

cmon u mean an SLK isnt designed for tall people? haha... I had to do a state inspection on one last summer and im only 6 feet... I had a hard time getting in that damn thing... really high door sills compared to the floor if I remember?

prof.griff

To all interested:

Saturday April 2nd. organizing a meet to start at IHOP next Jimmy's Steer House in saugus Mass. Rt1. northbound. Located about 5 miles before Flagship Motors (M. Benz Dealership)

Meeting time is 10am. early enough for breakfast as we wait for all to show.

Leaving time 12 noon. Heading to New England Dragway for a day of racing and fun.

Jlee, where are you?

55fanatic

Anyone wanna make an event of Hot Import Nights? Im thinking of Entering the ML if I still have it then and looking for some MBworld support, we can all meet before hand and what not or maybe we all just enter our cars in together so we have a pack of MBs

55fanatic

PS- I believe it is April 30th

prof.griff

Sounds good to me.

55fanatic

Prof. Griff... what school do you teach at in the boston area?

prof.griff

I don't teach anymore but when I did, I helped a group of entrepeneurs make and manage money. It was a very profitable business but became alittle stressful after awhile.

It wasn't at a school, It was out of my home.

55fanatic

wierd how the jobs that make you the most money, are the most stressfull. What part of Mass are you in or around?

prof.griff

I live about 15 mins. from Boston, in Malden. Down the street from Boston Dyno.

55fanatic

there is a dyno in boston? Do you have prices from them? Do they do tuning? My supra has an Apexi SAFC that I would like tuned to squeeze out ever last drop of power I have in my baby... Other wise I think I might go down to turbo trix in Jersey to do it later on in the summer...

prof.griff

Boston Dyno
163 Eastern Ave
Malden, MA
781-324-3530

ACS Racing
74 Industrial Way
Hanover,MA
781-982-9434

Here are the #'s for the 2 places that have Dyno's. I used them both and prefer ACS, however they might be alittle more expensive.

ML 430R1

hey whats up proff griff...how things going for ur e-class..?...my truck is in the shop, becuz a few weeks ago a guy ran a red light at a major intersection and hit my whole rear passanger side ( mainly the back tire ) dead on...i was a lil buzzed coming from the club at 3 am...but the best part is that the guy took off..and made me chase him for 6 blocks, running 4 red lights.....whew..but i caught him...and now i have a 300m 2005 rental...its nice too..but when my truck gets out..i am doing a few more things to it...have a few parts at the house that i ordered, and cant wait to put them on....especially my 22" rims....

when it gets out the shop..we should meet up...

prof.griff

No Doubt. I hope you have it time for the Benz meet on April 2. It should be alot of fun plus you get to see my car perform at the track. So you better make it or else. JK

See if Tommy wants to come.