Cost to Buy, Ship, and Fix a Mercedes ML63 AMG from Copart

Welcome! In today's installment of the ML63 AMG series I discuss how much it cost to buy, ship, and rebuild the car. Hopefully sharing this info helps anyone who is interested in doing a rebuild project like this. There's lots I left out for the sake of saving time, so if you have questions please let me know and I'll answer them as best I can!
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[@lashfixllc.4940]

SWEET. You got a car that you fell in love with and now you have ZERO car payments. That's a win-win!!!

[@itsRyanFoley]

Great video nate, the car looks beautiful and it took some guts to take on such a big project but it came out so well. Really happy for you man

[@monumentauto]

Thanks man! I was definitely something new for me so I'm glad it turned out ok in the end

[@aaangel30]

Fantastic project and great job on the video! 😊

[@monumentauto]

Thank you!!

[@Engleburt]

Great Video! Thanks for making it.

[@monumentauto]

Thanks!

[@jimthompson7035]

Great video, your 1st auction car will teach you a lot. I know this video is 2 years old, but you saved around 500 by not painting the front bumper and doing the repairs yourself probably saved another 4k. I have bought 4 cars at Copart and would only recommend buying and fixing if you plan on driving them and not doing a quick flip, you will not get your money back plus people shy away from salvage titles.

[@monumentauto]

Thanks for the comment! Sounds about right. And I’m still driving it so I think it was worth it overall. Good experience at least.

[@tennaj1367]

Good work !,. sharp truck

[@centerbuilder7677]

You don’t need to count the maintenance costs. Like struts oil brakes etc. pretty much any old car you buy will have maintenance costs. Some even need new tries and that’s like $1000. Excellent video.

[@monumentauto]

Suppose that’s true! Thanks for the comment!

[@centerbuilder7677]

@@monumentauto you did well.

[@philipsgarage]

Great video! I picked up my 08 ML63 back in June, I've been really enjoying the car and its probably the best car I've ever owned for the $. It still came out less for most of the market on these, I found a extremely good deal when I got mine with only 75k miles. I would highly recommend checking the sam area for water leaks it can wreck havoc on these cars. I posted 2 videos on my channel at the time with the issues I dealt with after getting my ML63 and the leaks. You might also consider replacing the air suspension relay since these are known to go bad and can cause your air pump to run too long and burn out, theres a replacement hella relay you can buy.

[@monumentauto]

Thanks! And that’s awesome sounds like you got a good one. Thanks for the tips I’ll check out your vids and look into the relay...my compressor does seem to run excessively

[@Qharisma]

I enjoyed this ... Currently rebuilding a 2010 Lexus GS 350 I bought at copart originally to sell ... but after all the time and effort I think I'm going to keep it ... Just waiting on a drivers side headlight ... maybe I'll youtube my experience as well ... Great content.

[@monumentauto]

Nice! Yeah once you put enough much work into a car it’s hard to let it go, as long as you like driving it too!

[@RossEnzo]

That’s a sweet car!

[@thegreatpowerfuldave2469]

Terrific, Nate! I would be curious to know exactly how many hours you ultimately spent on the restoration.

[@monumentauto]

Thanks Dave! I actually didn’t keep track of total hours, but to give you an idea, I worked on it almost every day after classes and on weekends for about a month

[@patrickwrafter]

Nate: Your restored MB ML63 AMG looks gorgeous! A true labor of love that my son Liam (also a fellow car repair enthusiast) would appreciate. While

[@monumentauto]

Thanks Patrick I appreciate it!

[@wirus6969]

Great video and info. You did not mention any inspections prop to registration, was it because of a clean title ? Thanks

[@monumentauto]

Thanks! and yes, came with a clean title from copart despite being declared a total loss vehicle by insurance…

[@MrWolfSnack]

@@monumentauto Certain states, vehicles are exempt from salvage brands due to their age, so the car can be totalled by insurance and be in a scrapyard, but the title shows no problems at all.

[@kristianprenga7664]

I’m sorry to tell you that I like the way You went and buy it but not worth it for that amount ,they not worth more I don’t know the milage on that car but I have the same one last year of that model which is 2011 ,I love it they are very rare ,and I keep it really nice in Michigan I haven’t seen any 2011 yet , But yes 2007-2008- and only one 2009

[@zedovski]

Great vid! What was the milage when you bought it? Any issues with head bolts or cam adjusters during the car's life?

[@monumentauto]

Mileage was ~122k and I don’t know if it ever had the head bolts replaced or not. No known issues w the cam adjusters either as far as I know. Runs well now, so who knows.

[@zedovski]

@@monumentauto Cool currently deciding between this and a W166 ML63 .. hard to choose

[@monumentauto]

I can’t say I know a lot about the w166, but if you have the money I might go for that just for improved gas mileage and newer technology with slightly more power. Driving around in traffic I sometimes only get 13-14mpg and it’s killing my wallet haha

[@G.Kolaksazov]

AMG best, congr! ;)

[@nicksargeant5728]

Carbon Fibre Hood...not seen one of them before. I'd like to know where it came from?

[@monumentauto]

It’s just a vinyl wrap - and it was already on the car when I bought it so unfortunately that’s all I can tell ya, sorry

[@veg776543]

How many labor hours you put in? I suppose you consider free. Any paint job done?

[@monumentauto]

Great question - I have no idea how much time is in it at this point. Not that many actually at the time of this video, I saved lots of time buying a used bumper that was already painted. No paint work done, just a small touch up on the front right fender and fender flare

[@klevisaliaj3154]

Should i buy a ML63 AMG w164 ? i have ml320 and i still thinking should i buy that

[@monumentauto]

It mean it’s definitely a fun car, but you have to have the budget for it. Everything Mercedes is more expensive than a non luxury brand, and everything AMG is more expensive than regular Mercedes. If you can sustain the maintenance costs then I’d say go for it! But in no way is this a cost effective vehicle haha. But I still love the ML63 :)

[@JG-rt7mr]

Is there a way I can reach you I have the same vehicle and have some questions

[@monumentauto]

There should be an email listed under the “about” section of my channel. You may have to be signed in and click to show the email. If that doesn’t work let me know.

[@Lonnie91a]

Yikes I haven’t seen the video yet but hopefully there’s no air suspension damage or known head bolt failures. Expensive to repair.

[@monumentauto]

Yeah definitely a gamble. Check out my other vids to see how the car turned out!

[@jkatvcr]

what tires are they?

[@monumentauto]

I bought the car with Hakkapeliitta winter tires, 275/55/20 I think, then I got Perelli scorpion all season tires (295/40/20). In my most recent vid I have Michelin LTX Premier all seasons (275/40/21)

[@RossEnzo]

The thing is those ML63s go for 15-20 in good condition.

[@monumentauto]

That’s encouraging to hear, I hope it retains at least some value

[@ddemier]

Would you buy from Copart again knowing what you know now. AMG parts are expensive even used huh. Daymn.

[@monumentauto]

Yeah I’d buy from copart again - I’d just try to calculate all the fees and costs better now that I have more experience with it!

[@MrWolfSnack]

@@monumentauto I bought a F350 dually off Copart, 1980s era. I won it for $150. Absolutely nobody wanted it. It was an old farm truck with low miles. I liked it because it had a 5th wheel hitch installed. It was listed as a no start and it had rotten tires. The no start was a mouse house in the battery and they nibbled on the wires, so just $5 in wiring, cleaning of all fuel lines and fluids, bought some spare tires from my junkyard for less than $100 just to test the truck out around the block until I was sure before spending $ on new wheels, then bought new wheels. I spent less than a grand or so all in. The less you pay on copart the better off you are. Travel trailers can also be gotten for a pittance as well, fixed, and flipped pretty easily. I also like buying work vans that are chock full of equipment just to get the tools and not caring about the vehicle. I spend weeks sorting out all the goodies in them, sell what I dont want, keep what I do want, sell the van itself as well, and make profit all over the place. Bought an old Comcast van for $500 that had triple what I paid for the van in cable spools and lineman tools left in the back, that kept me happy for awhile selling all that stuff on eBay.

[@catalin3934]

Do u want to sell it?

[@monumentauto]

Are you interested? I would sell for the right price but you’ve seen how much money I’ve put into in already haha

[@svenlt]

60 Hz is not good

[@monumentauto]

60 Hz? Sorry not sure what you mean

[@Jbruno91]

PLEASE SELL THIS I WILL BUY IT FROM YOU RIGHT NOW