Reports of my death are greatly exagerated

[bfnnrgn]

However my SL65 is still somewhat broken. It's been 2 months to the day now. I've been told every week for the last month that it will be fixed 'next week.' I was told Wed I'd have it before the weekend. I give up. :(

If I ever do get this heap of parts back it won't stay stock. I'm deciding between a simple ECU tune and VRPs 825HP package for the 65 series. Decisions, decisions...

[RaceMX-M3]

Robert,

Welcome to the forum. Look forward to seeing you and your AMG back at the meets soon.

Scott

[TiptronicSoldier]

However my SL65 is still somewhat broken. It's been 2 months to the day now. I've been told every week for the last month that it will be fixed 'next week.' I was told Wed I'd have it before the weekend. I give up. :(

If I ever do get this heap of parts back it won't stay stock. I'm deciding between a simple ECU tune and VRPs 825HP package for the 65 series. Decisions, decisions...

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Twin turbo V12 may get wicked with a tune:thumbsup2:

[Qship5]

However my SL65 is still somewhat broken. It's been 2 months to the day now. I've been told every week for the last month that it will be fixed 'next week.' I was told Wed I'd have it before the weekend. I give up. :(

If I ever do get this heap of parts back it won't stay stock. I'm deciding between a simple ECU tune and VRPs 825HP package for the 65 series. Decisions, decisions...

825 package all the way!!!!! :thumbsup2: It's only money.

[Fubar]

825hp whoa baby... you might be faster than Scott then. It that crank or wheel?

[bfnnrgn]

825hp whoa baby... you might be faster than Scott then. It that crank or wheel?

It's crank HP.

However it was revealed yesterday that the dyno was done on a car running 100 octane with a custom exhaust setup that's not part of the kit. The exhaust probably isn't worth too much. I inquired about the 100 octane and the vendor says it was still running a 91 octane tune so the extra octane wouldn't have any effect. I don't exactly buy that and asked for HP numbers on 93 octane and they couldn't provide any. So I'll be holding off until I get some real dyno numbers on pump gas without extra mods. In the meantine I'll stick with a regular ECU tune. 680HP is still pretty good.

[AlexSmith]

Where are you getting it serviced at?

-Alex

[bfnnrgn]

Ewing Autohaus

[AlexSmith]

Wow, that is FAR too long for a service on the car. Maybe you should try Park Place, I have a friend that works there, might be able to help you out.

-Alex

[Raven]

I had a few bad experiences at Park Place in Bedford, and would not go back.
I had much better experiences at Ewing in Plano.

[Mike CLK Black]

There are horror stories for every dealer, some just seem to have more than others.
I've used Ewing and Park Place and I've been lucky so far.

[Raven]

Some documented problems I had with Park Place:
http://www.mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c55-amg-w203/67356-letter-mb.html

[AlexSmith]

I ahven't worked at Park Place in a few years. I worked at the one in Dallas and from a service standpoint everything seemed fair. Schnitzer even made some appearances there to make sure the red carpet was rolled out for him at any given moment.

-Alex