Just wanted to let everyone who monitors this thread know that I am now a "Mr. MB Motors / Enrique" believer. I have only been in LA for less than two years, and since I am walking distance to Mercedes of Beverly Hills, I thought I would try them first. I figured that if they did good work, I would be willing to accept their high prices as a trade-off for the convenience. Unfortunately, the convenient location was about the only positive thing about my few experiences there, so I decided it was time for a new shop.

After reading all of your posts on this thread is was almost a no-brainer that I should bring my 1994 S500 Coupe to Enrique. I hardly need to recap everything that everyone has already said here, but I will say that all of it is true. He is honest, very reasonably priced, and I needed nothing except the confidence of this forum and my meeting Enrique for just a few minutes to know that I could completely trust his opinions and the quality of his work.

One quick example: After Enrique replaced the rear suspension pressure reservoirs and rear lower outer control arm bushings to fix some ride problems and creaking noises that were plaguing me, there was still a very slight squeaking noise that he attributed to the rear shocks. He explained that it was hardly worth the cost of replacing them (which would be upwards of about $2K - each shock is about $900 ea.), and instead lubricated them as best as possible at no charge to me. He was convinced that after the lubricant worked itself into the shocks this would greatly reduce, if not completely eliminate, this squeak. However, he insisted that I call him next week after driving the car for a few days to let him know if it is gone. I have little doubt that most other shops would have never attempted this solution and simply insisted that I needed new shocks.

So thanks again to everyone for turning me on to Mr. MB Motors. There is no doubt in my mind that Enrique is worth the trip to Tarzana, and I am now a customer for life.

On a side note, I told Enrique about the high praise he receives on this board and that this was the reason I chose to come to his shop. I found it funny that although he knows about "us" here, he doesn't use the Internet and has never actually read all of these posts. Nonetheless he was very grateful that people are so enthusiastically writing about him (and I'm glad to now be one of those people!).

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1994 S500 coupe
2005 ML500
2007 E350
(en route) 2005 CL500