Hey guys, how's everyone? What a shame it seems this board has been dying a slow death lately!

 

What are you talking about jbspeed is always posting

 

Personal favorite

 

LOL! I meant non vendor for sale posts

 

Chris, we're good. Very good in fact. This board has always been unlike the others, and that's been the major plus. People here don't talk for the sake of talking. If you have questions, they have answers. "Otherwise, have a nice day" sort of thing. They are SClass owners after all. I for one like it that way. I've always found the folks here super helpful, respectful and more than anything, mature. There's plenty of the other stuff elsewhere.

Add to that, that the problems with these cars are relatively few, and the remedies well known and documented, there's just not much to talk about. When you were making decisions and sorting your car out, you got all the help you needed and then some. Other than that, "have a nice day."

Enjoy the car.

maw

 

I'm not talking so much about small talk, but we go days without seeing a new post sometimes. When I was buying my car this board was way more lively. It's a shame more people aren't talking about what they've been doing to their cars lately, or that new wax they found works great etc..

 

I think it is getting quieter these days.

I'm afraid I'm just too busy fixing things all the time.

Nick

 

True. I think guys have moved on to other cars, and there weren't tons of these around to begin with. I, for one, spend more time "restoring" my 500E, just because this one is more or less set. What I love about this board is not the daily convo, but the "wiki" nature of it all (thanks to Nick, ShangoAsh, JNash and others). They've more or less documented everything, seems to me.

Happy to be here, though, because what I learn from the E5E crowd is helpful for this car, and vice versa (common-ish cars, common-ish ownership crowd). So from that, I've learned (and people may disagree):

(1) a software tune here makes sense;
(2) exhaust mods don't make much sense -- AMG has already captured that gain. Maybe an XPipe gets better sound, but headers are likely to be more headache than they're worth and they may reduce value in the long term;
(3) cooling mods make sense here, to keep the supercharger happy and engaged;
(4) I'm 50/50 on extra power with these cars. I don't think they need it, and I'm concerned about risking the everyday driveable reliability MB AMG has already built in, which may reduce value in the long term;
(5) I'm really interested in a TCU tune on these cars that will materially enhance shift speed, revmatching downshifts, etc. (like the TTFS tune in the E46M3 space), but I'm not convinced anyone has produced it yet;
(6) I'm 50/50 on whether a Wavetrack diff is worth the money, over and above what AMG has already done;
(7) I'm really happy with the benefit (from Nick) from different tire sizes; and
(8) Changing all fluids more regularly in these cars is the key to the kingdom.

So having done cooling mods, changed the tire sizing, and attended to the fluids, all I'm thinking about is an XPipe, a good ECU and TCU tune. Those look like "rest easy" mods that will create value, not reduce it.

Thoughts?

maw

 

Lots of new posts today

 

They are all vendors though.. I know we will never be as alive as the 211 AMG guys.. but hopefully it will pick up a little! I admit I've started posting more in their forum now because of the better response.