New S550 Coupe came in today

"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech) 10/07/2014 at 22:39 • Filed to: S-coupe

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First one I've seen in person. Potato pictures don't do it justice. I'm ready to sacrifice my salary for the next few years for this car.

Also it was a good day. PDI'd two CLA45's, worked on an SLS, and CL65. Not including some more plebeian stuff.

More pictures in reply because kinja.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:40

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CB > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:43

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That dashboard looks rather silly.

Big Bubba Ray > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:43

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Shit, I hate red interiors, but I'll admit that looks killer.

Vicente Esteve > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:44

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This is making fight with the go to car id buy new if I had all the money in the world.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:44

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Wow, that chrome/polished/whatever splitter kills it for me. The rest is really nice looking though.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:46

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Man, Honda went all out on the new Accord Coupe

All Motor Is Best Motor > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:47

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That's a pretty strange looking rear end. A big departure from Mercedes' other recent past offerings.

GeorgeyBoy > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:49

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How are the CLAs holding up? More than usual warranty repairs?

I Do It For Miatas, NC Owner > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:50

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What does PDI mean?

Oontzoontzoontz > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:54

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That interior...

 V8 Rustler > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:56

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It's the 80s all over again.

Image flip resulted in a RHD American Malaise.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 22:59

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No, I don't feel super poor right now...

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 23:03

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When I read S550 I thought Mustang. I'm not let down though.

Beautiful car, how much is this one going for?

QCGoose > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/07/2014 at 23:03

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For real. That chrome chin spoiler/splitter looks horrendously cheesy, like some kid went straight to PepBoys and grabbed the first shiny thing he saw in the ricer aisle.

Seriously Mercedes, WTF were you thinking?

JGrabowMSt > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 23:13

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Actually, since you're deep into Mercedes mechanics, I have a question for you.

I'm a little rusty, because I forget the finer details, but one of my friend's girlfriends has a Mercedes, like a C320 4matic if I'm remembering this correctly. The last time we were talking about it, they mentioned that it is absolutely horrible in snow, and will simply spin one rear wheel on a slick surface.

Would that likely be a transfer case issue? I've never seen the car, because they're always in one of his cars (insane truck or a really nice corvette), but I figured I'd toss the question out in case you had any thoughts. It's been like that as long as she remembers owning it as well.

Totally unrelated, that S550 is my bosses dream car right now.

Gated Manual >  V8 Rustler 10/07/2014 at 23:22

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that's wild. left hand column shifter and gas pedal.

 V8 Rustler > Gated Manual 10/07/2014 at 23:25

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It's a manual transmission for lefties with a column mounted-shifter.

EL_ULY > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 23:30

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lol we got 3 yesterday. They look good!

treesmakewater > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/07/2014 at 23:57

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So when is it getting delivered to me?

Tapas > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/08/2014 at 00:14

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Agreed!

Manuél Ferrari > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/08/2014 at 00:29

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I know this would be very un-Mercedes like but imagine if you could order this car with a manual. And not just any manual but a super classy looking one to match the super classy looking interior.

Something about a big and classy coupe with a manual seems so right...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > CB 10/08/2014 at 00:44

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It seems to be very much love our hate. I personally love it.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/08/2014 at 00:46

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I kind of agree. But you can get them in black too. Or probably carbon fiber if you want.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > JGrabowMSt 10/08/2014 at 00:56

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That's really strange. 4matic it's usually amazing in snow, mine included, even with shit tires. I've never heard of this complaint, but it sounds like the traction control/esp may not be functioning.

On the other hand, binding clutches in the transfer case could cause it to send more power to the rear. And they do have open diffs. If this is the case it would also shudder a bit when making tight turns. This is easily fixed with a fluid change and some figure eight maneuvers. There is an updated fluid for those transfer cases. In some instances the clutches need to be replaced.

Other possibilities are the driver doing something goofy, or really terrible and/or mismatched tires. Mismatched size tires also. A scan of all of modules for faults and a check of live data would probably yield some sort of issue.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST 10/08/2014 at 00:57

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No sticker. It's a demo only for now. My guess is 150k range. But I don't pay any attention to the money stuff.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > All Motor Is Best Motor 10/08/2014 at 00:58

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It's a crappy picture. Iwould have made a terrible photographer. It looks amazing person.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > GeorgeyBoy 10/08/2014 at 01:00

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Pretty good actually. Honestly we get more CLA repairs from body shops after wrecks than anything else. Other than that it's mostly rattles and software updates.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > EL_ULY 10/08/2014 at 01:01

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Bah! You got the 205 a day before I did also!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > I Do It For Miatas, NC Owner 10/08/2014 at 01:03

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Pre Delivery inspection. Basically we just check all new cars out before putting them up for sale. Make sure everything works, no faults present, no rattles or other missed quality control issues.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/08/2014 at 01:17

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A near 150K demo car. Crazy. You must get a lot of car for all of that money though.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST 10/08/2014 at 01:33

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Yeah but prices will go up from there. Especially in AMG guise.

Frank Grimes > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/08/2014 at 01:38

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Can I have a job? I have a craftsmen mechanics set of tools that has most of the tools and a lincoln mig welder.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Frank Grimes 10/08/2014 at 02:03

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lol Our shop does need a welder.

EL_ULY > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/08/2014 at 02:04

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at least you dudes still have the S coupe. Ours got sent off to casinos in Louisiana first thing in the morning after PDI. Couldn't snap any pics or take one on a test drive.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > EL_ULY 10/08/2014 at 02:09

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wut! I would be grumpy. We're all trying to convince the GM to let each employee use this car for a day kind of like they did with the DASH program a while back.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/08/2014 at 09:02

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Either option would probably look great, but the one above really takes away from the rest of an otherwise beautiful car, in my opinion.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/08/2014 at 10:17

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Oddly enough I didn't even notice it you pointed it out.