onelightmind

ouch... 50k plus huh

Awesome car though. and the dealer has great service (IF you live here in Dallas)


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Originally Posted by benz_addict
Hey man congrats on the car! I'm in the market for an S600, but S65 prices seem pretty fair now too for the W220. I love the massive torque on the 65 but it looked like you had your 600 nicely modded. How does your 65 feel vs your 600 modded? Faster or around the same? I know the suspension is a bit firmer but these cars even with 19's ride extremely smooth. Also how are the stock IAT's? My friend's 65 always runs around 170-190 degrees and turbos always giving up making the exhaust "pop".


That miss fire is a *****...? I just replaced 2 coil packs and when I run 160mph+ and drive hard for an hr or so I may get a high speed miss fire or rough start up after a hard drive. Let me know what you discover man. Could be heat soaked ignition computer...possibly cats...or random gremlin. When I track mine down I will post it up. Sometimes thrown a Check Engine light and goes away soon. Codes come back as missfires... any ideas?? O2? anyone?



CONGRATS MAN!! and at 25...*******. Me<---31

Smoked many many slick "sports cars" in the big body 65 so far. Speedriven for ECU/TCU and all other upgrades. Trust me he will save you $$$

RNSL65

It's properbly the ignition powersupply that causes this problem. It's the box located between the two cyllinder banks on top of the engine. These are often the cause to missfire codes not the ignition modules. The SDS tester can't differentiate between the powersupply and ignition module. I've had the similar symtoms with missfire on multible cylinders when getting hot. After cooling down engine was running fine for 1/2 hour!

Oxygen

I'm not sure, SDS clearly indicated cylinders 7-12 misfiring so you would think it would be that coil pack. I think if it was the power supply it would show up with random misfires.

Regardless, I'm picking the car up from the dealer in a few hours.

I actually have a spare voltage converter at home.

AZBENZ-CTSV

Look around if in the market for a w220 s65 you'll find some great cars in the 44-45k range with low miles. Get a WARRANTY!!!!

V12Godspeed

Trust me, it will be your coil pack. if it would have been the Ignition Box it would be on all banks or random.

Busa196

There were seven 2006 S65's on ebay a few days ago.....not ONE of them had a warranty and you can't warranty them if the factory one is already expired. Mine has the CPO warranty for another year and/or 20k miles, and it can be extended through EZ care, and its for sale......for 36k. I'd much rather buy a 65 with 80k miles (mine) that has a CPO warranty than a 25k mile 65, with no warranty, and 6-8k more.

The majority of people who haven't owned an AMG car, especially a 65, don't get it........you can't afford to own the car without a warranty, period. If you could, you wouldn't be shopping for a 36k car. Pretty simple.

Oxygen

Well I got the car back from the dealer (which shall remain unnamed...) on Tuesday evening after they replaced the driver's side coil pack. Everything was running great.

This next part is unreal...

Today I was working on lowering the car and discovered these two MAJOR issues:

The PCV disconnected from the driver's side airbox:



The ****ing fuel rail feed line crushed and stretched to it's limits under the driver's side intercooler:



How could they do this?

Oxygen

So like what if the fuel supply hose sprung a leak at the joint from all the pressure on it and started filling up the engine bay with gasoline? The turbocharger is right under it too that would have been really nice.

V12Godspeed

Fuel just has to touch those manifold to ignite, those things are so hot its unreal. Glad you found the problems. You cant trust these dealers these days. I only trust one guy and you know his name already.

Oxygen

RaceHorse

Nice little photo shoot as always. You make good use out of that run way. So the big question: When are you making the arrangements for the "Long Island Mile" out there??? I'm ready to sign up!!!

V12Godspeed

Damn Chris!!! Banging pics as always Bro. As soon as the EV12 is done you have to take me there for a little photoshoot.

Is that an Airstrip? Looks just like one!

benz_addict

Oxygen, those pictures are amazing! And that is absolutely ridiculous on the quality of their "repairs" at the dealership. It's a good thing you were looking at the right spot. I always double check when my car comes back from the dealer as well.

ShangoAshe

god damnit you and your nice photography skills... haha i wish we had a nice road like that to do a couple runs from time to time haha

chawkins2001

Loved your S600 but the S65 AMG definitely takes the cake. Nice buy brother!!!

xlr8tin

Wow, you always make me jealous. Congrats nonetheless.

You really aren't helping my craving for a 65 though...

I gotta know though...which is better/faster, 600 or 65? which do you like better?

RaceHorse

You move fast! Is that the new fuel line already installed after the dealer stretched it under the intercooler only a few days ago? Obviously nothing to put off. Again great pics to show off the car. Also is that your Kleeman LSD going in the s65 or just a picture? That is certainly something on my "want list".

kostas86

congrats and enjoy your new ride!

Viet_Amg408

is your car silver?

Oxygen

Trust me, it's been a dream of mine to organize a meet there for about 3 years now, last year I was waiting for the town to respond and they never did. I will ask again next week.

Hey brother, as soon as your car is done we are certainly going there not only for a photoshoot but for some high-speed testing.

It's actually a little more than an airstrip... it's a 2,900+ acre area that used to be owned by the US Navy and then by Northrop Grumman before they vacated the area in 1998.

The building on the lower left is where the final assembly for F-14 fighters was done.

I never go on the actual runway because it's 200ft wide and it's tough to orient yourself. I use the taxiway which is about 75ft wide and 7,000ft long (~1.32 miles)

I usually go on Sundays before sunrise and this gives me about 5 hours worth of time to be there without being bother or running into people in Hondas and motorcycles.



Thank you! Much appreciated!

I get this question a lot and it's tough to say. I sold my S600 back in November and was S-Classless for about 5 months so the S65 felt AMAZING after driving my A4 2.0T all this time.

What I can tell you is that the throttle definitely feels more aggressive and you just can't match the sound of the 6.0L V12 coupled to the AMG exhaust.

Also the Drive Dynamic seats in the S65 blow the ones in the S600 away.

As far as speed goes, all I can tell you is that it's ****ing fast. It honestly scares the **** out of me still every time I floor it.

Yes they actually replaced the complete line and apologized (big whoop ) the new line has some kind of yellow/blue markings on it.

Nope, it's yellow... like this guy ->

Oxygen

Started on the CF interior late today... took a while to do these three pieces...

maw1124

OX, well done on your purchase. I was about to ask you about the ownership experience vs. the non-AMG. But it seems like this discussion has started already. I too love w220's and am a 1/2 step off grabbing a 65 to go with the 55. Good thing you know how to use a dealer, and how to do ish yourself.

Be well. Wassup Fellas.

maw

V12Godspeed

Man you waste not time!! Coming out real nice.

xlr8tin

All I needed to know

I've been tossing the idea of there the CL600 or 65 for a while now. I'll see once the time comes to pull the trigger.

bzliteyear

If you decide to get new ones/20" wheels, let me know if you'd like to sell existing wheels...thx.
P.S. Btw, I'm usually not a fan of carbon fiber, but on your car it looks AWESOME.
PL