W211 AMG Discuss the W211 AMG's such as the E55 and the E63

Shoutout to Pacific Coast Benz of Costa Mesa

Old Oct 31, 2018 | 01:40 PM
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Shoutout to Pacific Coast Benz of Costa Mesa

Used Tom and his shop to perform a PPI on my E55 a few weeks ago before flying out to pick it up. Detailed the problem points, and when I leveraged it against the dealer they took the car back to Tom to do valve cover gaskets. Everything went smoothly and it was affordable at $200.

Unfortunately when I picked the car up I found substantial grooving in the front rotors although the pads were fine. I was already out in CA and for the price of brakes I wasn’t going to kill the deal. Tom had no obligation to help me out but I called and told him what was up and he was happy to refund me half of my PPI cost. I know they don’t drive the car very much and it was hard to catch unless you made a few subsequent stops on the highway and heated the rotors up.

Great overall experience and definitely recommend them to anyone. Time to make my very first FCPEuro purchase on rotors/pads!

Car is in seriously good condition otherwise and I am super excited to be a part of the club.
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Post some pics of your new ride!
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Old Oct 31, 2018 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by tlambert
Post some pics of your new ride!
Don’t have many but here are a couple!

Last edited by Jake528; Oct 31, 2018 at 02:16 PM. Reason: Add pics
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Old Nov 1, 2018 | 02:54 PM
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Don’t have many but here are a couple!
Very nice!
Year? Mileage? Price?
Looks clean and stock. Makes me want another one... In Silver this time!
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Old Nov 1, 2018 | 03:56 PM
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​​​​​Thanks! Really incredibly clean, I couldn’t believe it.

2005, 68k miles for just under $20k. Doesn’t seem to have Nav or phone options and also doesn’t have a pano or dynamic seats. What I really wanted though - keyless go - it does have, so I’m pretty happy! Now to keep it as clean as I can. Going to focus on cooling mods first (Texas summer and boost don’t mix) and then look at power adders in the future.
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