Well, after a while at Marcos Auto Body, I picked my car up 2 Mondays ago. For those who never heard the story, my car was spun into a curb (not by me) and needed a bit of work (almost all suspension, the body damage was very very minimal).

I was obviously stressed, so I posted a thread asking for help. A ton of people responded with advice (I am still appreciative to all of you), but the guy who really got the ball rolling was phrider, who PM'd me the telephone number of the person who refered me to Marcos Auto Body.

I am sure all of you are pissed to see a crashed Coupe (how do you think I felt) but it turns out, after having the car on a lift and in pieces, that it was in a previous accident. Carfax was clean, the place I bought it from claimed the car was perfect... oh well, life goes on. I payed a pretty hefty sum of money to have everything else fixed that the previous owner did a royal job of completely ruining, out of pocket. I feel the car deserved a whole lot better than what the jerk who owned it before me did to it...

All of the Guys at Marcos Auto Body in San Gabriel were the nicest, coolest guys to deal with. The owner, Marcos, was a down to earth, straightforward guy who does what he does very well. Richard, who took care of me from start to finish, was awesome, too. He sent me pictures and updates of my car, via e mail, weekly. He was constantly making an effort to stay in touch, and was nothing but a huge help to me. Honestly, everyone that worked there was really, really cool... no doubt about it. Aside from getting my car fixed, I made a lot of friends through this entire ordeal. If anyone has a problem with their car, I would really recommend these guys...

There is a silver lining to everything; in this case, it was discovering my Coupe needed some extra TLC, meeting a ton of cool people, and discovering bimmerfest.com, which I am now addicted to. I am getting a ton of new pictures of my car developed from a ride down PCH last week, so stay tuned for the final product of all the work on my car.