The sad reality of owning a cheap Maybach 62 (and why you SHOULD NOT buy one)

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[@noskillrequired8287]

Diana died in a ford scorpio not in a benz. You are good!!!🎉

[@Chrissy212]

@@noskillrequired8287 she died in a hospital in France but she crashed in an s320

[@P-J-W-777]

Looks just like the Mercedes car used in Rush Hour when the girl is kidnapped on her way to school.

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Whats Mike's channel name?

[@Nihil1st1347]

No. Diana sat in a VW Phaeton, when she got her accident.

[@xsleep1]

Wizard: $1000 of Maybach parts in one hand. Hoovie: Let's do a J-turn!!!!!!

[@mikepaul7232]

Thank you for getting the name of the turning maneuver correct. I've never heard it called what Tyler called it

[@skaughtmc6591]

@@mikepaul7232 That just shows your age (although Hoovie’s too young for it as well). The tv show The Rockford Files did a J-turn just about every episode, and it got nicknamed a Rockford turn.

[@mikepaul7232]

@@skaughtmc6591 Hey!! Watch the jokes buddy. Lol. I watched the Rockford files when I was younger I just don’t remember it ever being called that. It was called a J turn when I took a course in the military.

[@robertsturtevant6185]

😂😂

[@kerrylewis2581]

My thought exactly

[@that90sbenz]

Coolest part about the w140 and the Maybach is that the Maybach re-used the front subframe from the w140 since it was just so well-made. Imagine something designed in the 80s being re-used for the early 2000s.

[@danielmiller9012]

in a 400k+ sticker car too xD

[@tyaty]

W140 is a 90's design.

[@pr_7942]

@@tyatyope. It was annonuced in 1991 and launched early 1992. This is all 1980’s design.

[@rivstg13]

@@pr_7942 no that would b be ‘90’s design then

[@emirbenaissa3441]

Thats what chrysler does with rusty E class chassis in newer C300s

[@RogerM88]

Don't allow your daughter to be too comfortable destroying the Maybach interior, or she could end up as a WhistlinDiesel version at a grown age.

[@macbook802]

She's already destroyed double the value of anything Whistlindiesel will ever destroy

[@speedlover7823]

He has 4.35 million subs…

[@moonyshine]

Rich kids with no respect for money that's why

[@phil4986]

Seeing Hoovies 16-year-old daughter throwing coal in a raised One Ton Ford would be funny as Hell.

[@RogerM88]

@@phil4986 more like running over the Jaguar E-Type Series 1 with an Hummer EV.

[@WareWolf801]

That 500 seems so classy. Like a retired veteran. Smart, capable, sorted, with marks of experience here and there. Character that is second to none. What a ride.

[@MrPiske1]

The issue is not buying it. The issue is how brutally expensive it's to fix any issue that you come across.

[@anshumansingh5878]

And he also has a daughter who is on her mark to destroy anything that she feels like...!

[@alexandersb7858]

Of course it is expensive, it is ultra premium and rare car that is not produced anymore.

[@ΟΟύτις]

That's why is so easy to buy it.

[@Mrwinecontreras]

All depends on what’s shop you take it … taking to theses guys shop it’s like taking to a dealership with it’s crazy high prices, I’m starting to think hoovies must own half of that shop lol like for real repair prices on any car at this shop are RIDICULOUS

[@Crotch_Goblin1]

@@anshumansingh5878 She gonna be ultra idi0tic of a chick

[@justbac]

I had a W140 S600 for about a year. The neglect it had over the years unfortunately did it in and I sold it to a guy who wanted the interior which surprisingly was near perfect. Almost every light on the dash was on but it drove really nice while it worked.

[@bracedgod4505]

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@Aaron48219]

Had a 98 S600, loved it and the V-12 in it. Raced a C5 down an empty highway one night. Was blown away at how well it handled at its governed limit considering its weight and size.

[@EyeMWing]

I'd hold onto those bad idlers for the future (or the next owner) - the bearings can be obtained off the shelf (or, worst case, robbed out of the regular Mercedes part) and replaced while retaining the extra-wide humongous outer.

[@jasonpoletta1797]

That's what I was thinking. Usually parts are built around bearing sizes. The bearings could have been replaced for under 20 bucks lol.

[@presstodelete1165]

@@jasonpoletta1797 Shucks, no one changes a bearing any more, send it to landfill and replace the entire assembly FFS.

[@kraignadjkovic5494]

Not only that, you can remove the seal and add grease-sometimes they come with hardly any when new.

[@wallacegrommet9343]

More grease isn’t better. An over-packed bearing can heat up and leak grease, damaging the seal in the process. Same thing with angle grinder gear cases.

[@damianboj3809]

I don't want to worry you, but a G-sensor a0009056502, used, is literally worth $5. It has been present in all Mercedes since 2001, also in the C-class. In my company, where we dismantle such cars for parts, these sensors are literally thrown in the trash! We had too many of these.

[@markwgoldsmith]

I suspect large limos are expected to J turn if needed: they're often bought by people who want their chauffeurs to get them away from danger asap...

[@DHW256]

It's almost as easy to J-turn a limo as it is a front-wheel-drive car. I know from experience. By accident.

[@griknott]

Probably the first time anyone has ever done a J-turn in a Maybach

[@johnnychimpo7539]

Lol I was thinking the exact same thing

[@Flies2FLL]

I thought it was called a "Rockford".....

[@Gearbhall]

I doubt it is the first time. I am sure the bulletproof versions have done that a lot.

[@AeroGuy07]

It didn't look happy doing it!

[@abdelit0]

def not, its a car for rich people to be driven in. drivers are trained to do this

[@Cardioid2035]

Right away just wanted to say the first 10 seconds of this video fully explains beyond words why I love this car oriented channel over any other on the platform lol

[@geoffs3310]

Wizards face when he says these things are so well built 🤣

[@jameslovitt994]

That deadpan look on his face while day dreaming about his new Yacht in his head, lol.

[@teep8521]

I laughed so hard!!!!

[@martinsvensson6884]

They are extremely well built. But also alot of money.

[@KnightIndustries572]

Yeah I noticed that too! He was think WTF are you joking?

[@martinsvensson6884]

@@KnightIndustries572 No he always looks like that. There is nothing else that would be better built.

[@Trudesimunda]

I've been following hoovie for years. Such a huge fan. I always thought you had some kind of dislike for the W140. You got so close to getting one with the coupes. I didn't expect you to pull up to the car I just got out of an hour ago in my garage. Total 3 in my life. 1999 S320 LWB daily driver 180k miles. Pulled a nail out of the monoblock tire today. When my 1999 S500 grand edition came with a tick I thought the car was done too but it was easily sorted and now has been a great driver as well 124k miles. Seeing this video gave me a new found love for both of my cars. Thanks for your content hoovie. I can attest that 'blackbird' will be extremely faithful.

[@CLCIII]

The silence inside the Maybach is like you are in a sound deadened studio. Awesome car.

[@TransDerwinOverdrive]

My father had the exact same S500 down to the color. Drove that around sometimes after I turned 16. To say it was comfy is an understatement.

[@thegunslinger187]

@Definitely not QD dont be mad his dad was richer than yours

[@ViburaBlanca]

@@thegunslinger187 And I’m richer than his dad and him so what. Its not his money, its his dads, why people bring their parents money into it is lame asf

[@thegunslinger187]

@@ViburaBlanca he never said anything about his dads money , he just said that his dad had owned the same car. you’re the only one who is bragging and me and my men butt 🍇 braggers and rob them blind

[@ViburaBlanca]

@@thegunslinger187 before you’d make it past my long driveway and gates, you’d be shot or curb stomped before you laid a finger on anything I owned. You don’t know how texans operate and it shows

[@thegunslinger187]

@@ViburaBlanca send me your address me and my men will make ur b hole look like silentos and take everything you own

[@100SteveB]

One thing I have learned on a lot of cars is that a lot of the time it is much cheaper to rebuild idler pulleys. So many of them contain standard size bearings, so if you have a suitable tool or press, you can very often simply press the old bearing out, and press a new one in. But don't cheap out on the bearing that you buy - stay away from cheap chinese bearings from ebay for example. Buy a good quality bearing and it will still be so much cheaper than replacing the whole idler pulley with a OEM quality part. This is especially so when it comes to the more exotic cars.

[@TIMMEH19991]

I agree. No car manufacturer makes they own bearings, they buy them in, and even on expensive cars they are often poor quality. Put good quality bearings in and you'll never have to touch them again.

[@NackDSP]

Misumi bearings are great.

[@ducatipaso1386]

Germans often spec odd size bearings in OEM parts. Took a oem Nippon Denso alternator to a rewind shop was told it's a non-standard bearing on one end. Stealership didn't have overhaul kits, just remanufactured units and wanted the old one as a core.

[@TIMMEH19991]

@@ducatipaso1386 A perfect example to why you should never ever buy a german car. They spend more money trying to fuck you over than they do making the car have even a modicum of reliability.

[@whisper263]

There was like 5 sentences and 3-4 minutes of Maybach, rest of the video was about everything else.

[@niceguyjoe]

90s cars are that sweet spot of drivable, modern, well built and easy to maintain.

[@SonnyGTA]

*no 90’s cars were shown in this video.

[@HansBelphegor]

Yeah cause they were all tuned down

[@zacharymurdock6721]

That reverse entry j-turn (Rockford) in the Maybach really impressed this “old” mechanic! 😂 Nice one Hoovie!

[@80085u]

Why is it called a Rockford turn?

[@zacharymurdock6721]

@@80085u The J-turn is also called a "moonshiner's turn" (from the evasive driving tactics used by bootleggers), a "reverse 180", a reverse flick, a "Rockford Turn", a "Rockford Spin", or simply a "Rockford" popularized by the 1970s TV show The Rockford Files. Copied from Google (Wikipedia)

[@80085u]

@@zacharymurdock6721cool! Thank you

[@jonathanmorrisey5771]

Its also taught in Secret Service driving school.

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@80085u your parents never made you watch their “fun” movies huh?

[@CreamAle]

The Bach rocked more than the titanic going through 30 foot waves during that jturn. That bumper almost hit the ground.

[@brotherb5747]

Titanic encountered no waves of significance on its maiden voyage. All survivors and witnesses attested to the N Atlantic being eerily calm during the entire voyage. Submitted with all due respect.

[@CreamAle]

@@brotherb5747oh brother, *please* tell me the definition of "simile", ”hyperbole” and hyperbolical jokes.

[@edwardlees4585]

I think evasive driving might be better with your seatbelt attached.

[@kenmoffat617]

Then we would be interfering with natural selection.

[@gititgiitit5450]

why did princess Diana cross the road? She wasn't wearing a seat belt.

[@drivewaymarvels311]

Also better in a manual transmission.

[@calambres6614]

When have you seen Jason in the transporter releases seat belt when he gets out and starts blasting after evasive maneuvers?? It's spy stuff is my guess 😆

[@mattr8128]

lies

[@SaketBakshi]

You should post a video comparing sizes of cars in your collection. It would be hilarious to see the Maybach make the Bentley look small.

[@lawrencemelanson7041]

That J turn was the greatest thing I ever saw done in a car that expensive. Kudos to you, sir.

[@garagebeers1]

I’ve always wanted a 140 s class. I remember being in the showroom with my dad when they came out. He was getting his 190 serviced and when the salesman turned the key on “my shirona” was blasting. He used it as a chance to show off the sound insulation

[@AutomotiveAvocation]

Can’t believe you almost jumped the 458 off the hill! And can’t believe there isn’t another angle of Tavarish’s flight! Lol 😂 Thanks for taking one for the team again Tyler!

[@sqmotorsports9230]

Nothing in the world like an old S class. Had an 87 300SDL and a 99 S320LWB and loved them both. Truly they don't make them like they used to.

[@seanjohn83]

I love how the videos starts off in the first 10 seconds and Tyler is doing stunt driving with NO seatbelt. Living on the edge, my guy! LOL

[@lukasg4807]

Well unless he flips the car somehow idk why he'd need it

[@jonathanlawrence1401]

Closed course. Lol

[@jst_TV]

@@jonathanlawrence1401 With trained professionals 🤣

[@42luke93]

@@lukasg4807 I agree, he was probably very excited and had a spontaneous moment to do a J turn that day.

[@HypocriticYT]

Time for a new house because that garage just isn’t cutting it anymore 😮

[@billzkustomz]

He has a whole airplane hangar 😂

[@stevemonkey6666]

Hoovie must spend vast amounts of time juggling cars in his garage and driveway

[@bcob8989]

My grandpa has a 2007 s550 that I grew up riding in and I never realized how nice it actually was until I got into cars it was always just another backseat to me😂 however me and my sister did love to play with the rear sunshade button and we could mess with each others windows from our own side😂 and we would press the cig lighter button and it heated up😂 good times man

[@jjlegend3922]

Tyler thanks for not cheating again in Car Trek, lmao. Always waiting to hear the iconic "Tyler WEENS"

[@starkyslp16]

The only non cheater. Thanks Tyler!

[@Shillmehowtolive]

My god I want that s500!!!! It was definitely the pinnacle of luxury back then. I prefer the old school look and interior.

[@bozodog428]

The mobile office reminds me of my Aunties 67 Imperial with the "Mobile Director" option, which had a table and a front passenger seat that could be turned to face backwards. Auntie Lee and I played cards while my Uncle Tommy drove the Imperial.

[@hippotek1]

Maybe you should rebuild those old pulleys? The bearings will be standard parts, just the extra wide body is a custom part.

[@RogerM88]

Wonder when some company figures out how to LS swap many exotic luxury models, coming from Mercedes-Benz, Bentley or BMW, while maintaining the comfort features inside operational. It would finally allow them to be maintain at reasonable cost. Or just buy a Lexus instead.

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[@user-427.commodore]

LS 427 # the world of cars

[@boknow5506]

Well they do it to Porsche like 914 944 LS swap but to me it's the name I don't think it's luxury in fact the most luxurious car I've owned was a Lincoln town car the one with the headlights that cover and it had blue velvet interior seats and roomy but big like six foot hood and four foot trunk it had a 400 big block but I've had other ones with 351 Cleveland

[@BA-gn3qb]

Seat belt is highly recommended for Rockford Turns.😳

[@vandy0419]

Love the Mercedes! Can't wait for the Christmas special. Always wonderful the things you do for people on there and for the entertainment you bring us in each and every video.

[@clardrives9301]

YES. So glad to finally see a W140 on the channel, last of the mercs with that bankvault like quality.

[@jjlegend3922]

That is so cool Mike's channel is finally monetized!

[@HypocriticYT]

Spinning the Maybach is the point where you know Tyler has too much $$$$😮

[@procatprocat9647]

The J turn made him more money

[@gertraba9806]

That May. Was a weeçk and he blew 50k. On it

[@andrewfalenski6583]

Regardless of who made the idler pulleys, the bearings are world standardized. I have pressed apart idler pulleys, replaced the bearing and reassembled the pulleys.

[@jeremyTallen1]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@hadtopicausername]

I'm sure the front suspension really appreciated that :)

[@phil4986]

The day the Car Wizard retires Hoovie will close his channel. Dudes really blessed to have a mechanic he can trust to work on his cars. As well as his other car work contractors too. A really great crew of professionals around him

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[@alexmercer8042]

The big quality dip started with the W140 facelift actually. Also they overdid everything after they found out what BMW have done with the E32. There is a 15 minute video with the chief BMW engineer Wolfgang Reitzle which touches on the W140 development and how they scrapped 2.5 years of development to start over. Hence the postponing of W140 from 1989 to 1991

[@savagegtalks5912]

your girl better sell a lot of lemonade next summer to pay back daddy for that volume button 😂😂

[@fixins]

For an electric truck towing channel, it's a great video.

[@justinsettle8294]

The silver SL peeking in the background of the hangar makes me miss my 96 SL500. Honestly one of the funnest cars I ever owned aside from my old Jag XF Supercharged.

[@renes3360]

I have a 1997 W140 black with beautiful 18 inch monoblock rims and 40,000 miles on it. It's really so beautiful and timeless.

[@calebhackney4850]

The w140 chassis is a perfect example of true over engineered Mercedes I love my 1992 500sel and daily it with no issues

[@sarahconner9433]

Im jealous.. That 500 will always be badass! The BMW 800 with v12 also

[@maduroholdings]

I remember a mechanic in my neighborhood put a Chevy 350 motor and drive train into a Jaguar. I always thought that was an amazing idea.

[@dustinbrown7246]

That was a popular swap. Everything but that ford engine was decent on jaguars

[@mor4y]

Ah but then you miss out on the old 3-speed jag auto box, and that thing is special It does 70mph in 1st, and also in reverse! 😬😆

[@stevengreco5897]

Hoovie and the Car Wizard and Magic Mike are the best!

[@craigcampbell1843]

I always look forward to the Christmas episode every year.

[@senanfoutchedjev2401]

I can not believe Wizzard's face when Hoovie mentioned reliability for a while. Too funny, not to mentioned the car play with this long and enormous Maybach 62. Thanks.

[@alicestack5495]

Wow what a Rockford turn!!! Jim would be so proud Hoovie!!! 👏 He did it in a gold camaro and you did it in a Maybach 62. Im impressed!!!

[@emeyer6963]

Firebird

[@dr.mantistoboggan4746]

Rockford turn in a Maybach = Permanently subscribed.

[@harrybhalbag9924]

Oh this wonderful/horrible piece of luxury engineering!! I had the pleasure/pain of piloting this gem for 2 years while working as a "House Driver" at a hotel in an affluent neighborhood. Actually, we had a 2008 62 and then had a 2009 62S, neither of which had the center partition that Hoovies example has which gave the driver and front passenger some more leg room and "reclinability". The 62S was a supped-up variant the bumped power to 600hp/730tq, 20" wheels and this example had the carbon fiber package that actually looked far better than the burl wood. This marvel came from the "glory" days of Daimler being merged with Chrysler where the Mercedes product was noticeably affected in a quite negative way but Chrysler made out by adapting the E-Series platform of the time into the underpinnings for the new at the time Charger/Challenger/300, and lets not forget the Crossfire that was basically a rebadged SLK. This was also Merc's answer to missing out on the Rolls and Bentley split and acquisitions by BMW and VW. I guess they felt left out of the party and brought back to life the brand name that they acquired decades earlier, Maybach, and props to Hoovie for pronouncing it correctly as My-bach!! When this vehicle was in proper operating condition it was very impressive. The thrust was commendable considering the 6300+ lbs weight and the brakes worked well, thankfully! In fact, this is the only car that I have seen that has 2, yes 2, calipers to clamp down on each front rotor! I have seen many supercars with a separate "parking brake" caliper on the rear but never 2 active front pincers! Everything was crazy comfortable and the amenities were gorgeous and the ceiling in the rear was just awesome! Sporting a huge piece of polarized glass that can be clear or opaque and a hidden shade that when closed at night provided a really pretty glow for the rear seats. And there are the excellent recline and leg-rested rear seats, power curtains, power door closer, champagne fridge, pewter flutes as well as a few gauges such as speed for rear occupants. Unfortunately, at least the way this car was being utilized for the roll I was using it for (all city driving within a 3 mile radius of the hotel. Stop-go, in-out, turn on-turn off, turn turn turn, brake brake brake, all day every day) it was far from up to the task. It would burn through tires in about 5k miles as well as brake pads just as fast. Tires were $750 each at the local dealership and a brake job for all 6 calipers cost a kidney. When we received the 62 in 2008, the brakes would not stop squealing and it took many trips and to the dealership to finally correct. The air suspension was another Achilles heel being directly carried over from the S-Class, but not upgraded for the extra weight, one corner would fail about every other month. Numerous things would fail inside the car from the rear seat recline to various switches/etc (had that wonderful rear ceiling glass fall onto a guest one evening...). The 62S needed a tranny rebuild after 6k miles. A few days after getting it back and while I was driving down the boulevard at 45ish, I heard something come off of the car. I pulled over and looked for what it could have been but no luck since it was night. Later, I took a look underneath to see 2 clean studs that once held a cross brace at the output of the tranny. Took it to the dealership to see if they could find what they maybe did not torque correctly and they said all was fine, I disagreed and told them to look closer and maybe use the 62 that they had on their showroom floor for reference. Yup, it was missing a cross brace... What else was not torqued correctly??? Luckily, nothing else came off the car. One of the most annoying design aspects of this vehicle are the doors, especially for a driver/chauffeur. For one, the rear doors are as long as a Fiat 500 and worse yet, the rocker panel is incorporated into the door where the door goes all the way to the bottom of the car. Put these 2 things together and couple it with curbs and a street that is anything but perfectly flat and you will be provided with a challenge in getting passengers in and out of the car. The rear door would only clear the lowest of curbs and if it did, once someone is loaded into the back, now the rear corner of the door is pinned to the sidewalk requiring a good push up on the door frame in order to for you to close the door without scaping the bottom of the door or worst case, the passenger yanks on the door and pops off the door trim which was the lower 3rd of the door and held on with crappy plastic clips... If you happen too load up a robust couple at the hotel and took them to the local steakhouse, you had to be very strategic when pulling up to the restaurant, being far enough from the curb to open the door and not hanging tooo far into traffic in order to get the rear driver passenger out since you cannot slide due to the rear center console, all while begging the rear passenger to NOT open the door, but they always would and bang the door into the curb. And if you happen to be thinking, why not raise the air suspension, well all of this is with the air suspension in the raised position... As I mentioned, wonderful vehicle when working properly but is was rare that there was not something wrong or going wrong. I logged many miles in other similar vehicles doing that job (RR Phantom, Ghost, Bentley Spur, Mulsanne) but the best, and my favorite overall had to be the Ghost, at least for that application.

[@Tom-fs8vh]

thanks for the comment, really cool perspective

[@sankarnath]

Thanks for the comment! Very informative and felt like reading a novel

[@mickobrien3156]

My former boss had the 1999 V12 S600 version... with that double-paned glass. Everyone thought (I did, too) it was bulletproof glass. And he was Italian, and it was NYC, and he was rumored to be mafia... so.... HA!

[@gordogato1379]

Only Hoovie would drift a Maybach

[@johnnychimpo7539]

Wasn’t a drift but it was cool

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[@longjohn77]

*Only an idiot would drift a maybach.FIFY

[@200mphBrian]

The Rockford turn also known as the J turn is definitely not drifting

[@placeyplacey]

In the U.K. we called it a Front Wheel Throw.

[@KT_One]

That S500 is my favorite car of all time.

[@patrickbrady8736]

So glad Car Trek is back with hill jumps 😏

[@procatprocat9647]

Love that Merc. I reckon the late 90s was the high point in cars. Fuel injection, airbags, maybe abs, obd2. Very little to go wrong. issues are old school and most can be fixed at home. I want 90s car. Screw this new shit!

[@trueseeker262]

Trying looking up 5th gear on youtube about the old E Class mercs and their reliability,

[@miztatone918]

I think that was one of the best generation it was definitely the last good reliable generation of Mercedes. I have a 2000 Mercedes W202 C230 Kompressor and I love it. I really want to get an S class of the same generation. Between 98 and 2000 is the best years of that generation because before that they used the horrible biodegradable wiring in the wiring harness. And it would disintegrate over time . But I absolutely love my C 230 Kompressor and I plan on adding a S class like hoovies in the future.

[@Toarcade]

Love your salesmanship here... "Just listen to the door closing... *Blrrr*... This one is a little rattley, but generally,..." 🤣

[@anthonyslazas6413]

Do you ever pick up a car without dropping one off?

[@Tempsho]

This guarantees that he will never need an Uber to take him home haha. It's brilliant.

[@anthonyslazas6413]

@@Tempsho the Uber would be a lot cheaper!!!

[@azzanal-sinani3413]

The w140 is one of my dream cars but it is hard to find one clean

[@dukie1616]

It’s called a Rockford slide and practicing it in the Maybach will probably come back to bite Hoovie with some sort of repairs. Aww but we and the Wizard love it!

[@200mphBrian]

I've never heard anybody call it a Rockford slide it was always a Rockford turn from the Rockford files and I grew up in California close to Hollywood. I mean the technical term is a j- turn

[@dukie1616]

@@200mphBrian hmm, maybe you’re right. But for now I’m sticking with the rockford slide, if only for one reason. When I was 11 used to watch it with my older brother, he’s no longer with us, and he always called it the Rockford slide. I actually don’t remember hearing in the shows what they called it. Either way good memories. Loved the show and loved my brother.

[@200mphBrian]

@@dukie1616 sounds like a good reason to call the Rockford slide I say we changed it officially! I'm sorry your brother's not here

[@dukie1616]

@@200mphBrian Thank you good Sir, much appreciated.

[@bstancel12]

I love my 99 S500. Only 112k miles. Black on black in mint condition, except for one small quirk. Sometimes when turning the volume knob on the radio it will get extremely loud fast. It is the Beck stock radio that came with it. That is literally the only issue with it. No leaks, runs like a top. My mechanic where I get it serviced says it is the prime example of how well a quality older car should look, run and be maintained. The cabin is so quiet and well insulated that driving it up and down the mountains, your ears will not even pop. If you get a well maintained one then they are absolutely spectacular vehicles. I drive this and my 100 series Lexus LC (LX470) more than anything else.

[@that90sbenz]

Becker rebuilds those. It's the potentiometer in the radio that the knob connects to. I had the same issue and it scared me once when I couldn't turn it down. The volume just kept going up XD. Best car in the world though

[@bstancel12]

@@that90sbenz thank you for letting me know that! I am going to see about getting mine rebuilt now that I know. I love having everything all stock in that vehicle.

[@that90sbenz]

@@bstancel12 Best of luck. I agree, I think stock for these is the way to go!

[@adamlechmichalak2720]

Those pullies in EU could be sourced from MB truck in my opinion, but the part number can be swiched:-)

[@notimetoexpIain]

I was wondering the same thing, those definitely look like bus/truck sized pulleys

[@christophervieira7977]

…and when you finish your video with a w140 s500. The Maybach is cool, the w140 legendary. So awesome thanks

[@oGPoLa]

It's never good when Wizard walks up holdin a Pair.

[@redkos]

Doing a Rockford Turn in a Firebird Esprit is impressive....doing a Rockford Turn in a Maybach 62 is unbelievable. Well done, Tyler. Jim would give you a thumbs up.

[@RandyGBH]

Hoovie the only one who follows the car trek rules. What’s the point of putting rules out and just having one or two of the guys not following it.

[@richardmckaughan9701]

I have been calling that a move a Rockford for decades. Great to hear someone I don't know use the same term.

[@jamesredman1263]

Ya hadta be a Rockford fan

[@FeatherleszBiped]

Take that ol mercedes to ammo NYC for a full detail and paint correction, I'm sure everyone here and on their channel will enjoy the content

[@joelpethick3406]

That S500 is the one! Cruising around in one of those must be the absolute dream

[@marvindebot3264]

There's a 1995 S500 coupe for sale in Australia right now for AU$39k with only 61,000km on it. That's like 26Kus and 37k miles. Black on black and very tempting . . .

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

J turns. That's what we call the Rockford turn. Been doing them since I was 17-18. Not for a while now though. You can get good at them. Used to park into spaces on the other side of the road using handbrake turns. I could park correctly, evenly. Low grip tyres are easier than high grip for this.

[@donaldramone6517]

That giant J turn was amazing- the suspension is way too expensive to pull a stunt like that

[@brysonmcha]

Hoovie, Garage doors moove in the wind, id put a cloth on the garage door where its close bc it definitely could hit it with the right gust

[@MKRN98]

Oh W140! It's my dream to own one of these with half wooden half leather steering wheel especially! My dad used to have one when I was little, gorgeous blue paint and black interior. It had really low mileage at the time, 10 years old and around 50k miles. It was in Poland though, it's much easier to find S500 in Europe than in US. I've looked for one here and I only found one in New Jersey that was worth buying, $9000 at the time. It was 4 years ago? I regret not buying it, oh I do! Not so high mileage and condition was mint!

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[@mamoon3737]

Hey Hoovie, long time subscriber. Just wanted to remind you to wear a seatbelt if you're going to attempt sudden turns like that in the Maybach. I would hate for something ot happen to you! Your family and subscribers need you!

[@fishingwithkar4871]

Thanks for plugging Mike's KZbin there when you were talking to him about the Jag. I had no idea he had a KZbin channel so I looked them up after you were talking to him and subscribed.

[@andrewherrera2736]

Man it sure moves and knows how to dance, im surprised you spun out in the new Season of Car Trek on a Ferrari thats less heavier and less hard to controll on a turn

[@gotham61]

Biggest service headache on the W140 is the AC evaporator which can go bad, and is a 14 hour dashboard out job to replace.

[@Chrissy212]

So lucky he can enjoy and preserve fix drive these amazing vehicles i would give anything to own and drive a Maybach everyday i miss my 2000 s500 i hope one day i can own a Mercedes again

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[@billkarmetsky4003]

I don't know why but I am utterly fascinated with this car and this particular model. It's exciting beyond belief! Every aspect of this car from the purchase price to all the details and options, the seats and how they adjust into a virtual real bed, the partitions, intercom system, two difference A/C units -- damn! I've never seen anything like it! Driving the daughter to school in this thing -- total comfort and style. All it needs is a back compartment man servant to cook to order, serve, clean up, a laundry facility, toilet, shower, clothes rack ... haha! No, this car as is is off the hook.

[@dimitrikanatas2871]

Not bad considering in Australia just to replace the SBC pump is about $4000 as we do not have extended warranty here in Australia

[@wessellyrics3380]

Fun video idea: hire out a runway or smth, bring all your cars there and dragrace them one vs one. Then you will have a ranking on what your fastest cars are and how they hold up against each other!

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[@justinpaone2227]

The police weren't showing very closely and usually I just replaced them as well however at $250 each why not just put new bearings in both could have possibly been fixed for 50 bucks plus labor total on the expensive side bearings are cheap and usually easy to change.

[@rogersmith7396]

Yeah, its a Wizzard thing. Hes been outed many times before. The bearings are standard replacements. I used to get high quality (non chinese) alternator bearings for 5 bucks. Put them in myself without a press.

[@justinpaone2227]

@@rogersmith7396 I mean sometimes he's right like with a CV axle. To pay him to clean up the joint and replace the boot cost more than just buying a whole new unit. Unless the CV axles are pretty expensive. But yeah it seems like most mechanics now just bolt on new parts I mean if I could replace the regulator in an alternator for 1/10 the price that makes sense or the bearings in an alternator for 1/10 the price of a new one that makes sense. But when you're paying a shop $110 an hour or more yeah sometimes it's cheaper to replace the whole thing. But with these two pulleys absolutely not they should have just did the bearings there was nothing wrong with the pulleys themselves. Bearings take minutes to change out.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@justinpaone2227 Yeah I always buy half shafts for CV joints. Its possible to repair the joint but as I recall they are press fit which I can't handle. I always press new bearings in wheel hubs although the last time I was overcharged to have someone press them in. Plus a shop will use any old part they can get (Chinese) and I always get German or American bearings. Some voltage regulators can be had for small bucks and just push in on the back of an alternator. I get the heat conductive paste to put on the regulator. Anyone can do it.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@justinpaone2227 Virtually all mechanics will over charge by 100% for the part even though all they did was call the store to have it delivered to them. Its fraud.

[@Will_14_years_ago]

My dream car and my dream car!!! Uuuggghhhhh. I currently own an 1994 s420 black on black that ive had trouble getting a title for(still havent) and has so much wrong with it that i could never afford to fix it. Started by changing the lifter oilers from the same issue you had. Well that is after i completely rewired all of the harness under the hood from mice yuck!! I know .but the car was in such good shape as far as the interior and paint. I originally got it through a trade, the guy i got it from gave me an offer to fix his 56 cadillac to a running and driving car which was in fairly decent shape. After finding out it needed a transmission rebuild ,a stereo amplifier ,a new abs module/computer, new vaccum pump for the soft close doors, new subframe bushings, hvac repair, a ground issue to the cluster i still havent found. Needless to say as much as a nightmare it was ive learned alot about these cars. It wasnt the guys fault he bought it to flip and it sat at a shop where they could never figure out how to even start it and i thought to mzself oh no biggie ill have it straight in a weekend, i had fixed several other mercedes in the past this way and aquired them cheap. One day i plan on getting the later w140 with the bigger m119 and driving it for ever. I refuse to let the one i have go to the junkyard though its way too nice. I get attached to this junk after i spend so many hours with them. I couldnt do the same with a cheap econo car jist not the same. Anyway love the cars hoovie, keep it up!!

[@Midg-td3ty]

The Maybach 62 was truly underappreciated. I would rather be driven in this than in a Rolls Royce. I want to be able to completely lie down in the back. The space truly first class.

[@lezivanerrol3697]

Tyler, You forgot to mention the 2 major flaws of the W140 chassis. Pre ‘96 models suffered from the bio degradable wiring harness problem. Steer clear of the those early models. Elephant in the room : HVAC problems. The in dash units were manufactured with dissimilar metals. This caused corrosion and leakages of both the coolant fluid and freon gas. Correction required a 20 hour disassembly and reassembly of the whole dash board area. Plus the cost of the new HVAC evaporator box. Resulting cost is in the thousands by professionals. Asa a bonus - Self closing door mechanisms also are were a worry but pumps and valve assemblies can be rebuilt. Otherwise W140’s are a wonderful car.

[@donaldclary846]

I had a 1997 S320, black with black interior. I LOVED that car. The only problem it ever had was needing the wiring rebuilt in the driver's side mirror, due to Mercedes using BIODEGRADABLE wiring.

[@fotorabia]

My mechanic friend in New Zealand was given a 1995 S500 coupe by a client due to this issue..the guy had paid over $250000NZ new...its still ran perfectly.

[@genekelly8467]

That insulation they used on the wires was also very tasty to mice and squirrels-they would eat it and cause short circuits

[@TIMMEH19991]

I have done that on quite a few Mercs in my time! Always fail in the same place too.

[@Shawncombat]

After seeing your bills, I think I got robbed an McDonald Motors. I paid $1700 to have them heat shrink a new ground connection on the engine and run a single rear brake line. On my 1995 v10 ram

[@Madarauchihaaa]

The future Maybach owner watching Hoovie doing the J turn: 👁️👄👁️

[@gearrunner]

My stepdad had the same exact S500 but I’m gold. I think he traded it when it had around 230k miles on it. To my knowledge he never had any issues with it.

[@jamesdean2805]

I only tend to like a video if it makes me smile or laugh and you sir were able to do that in the first 20 seconds of the video doing that 180 in that mayback Bravo LOL

[@joet1717]

I would love that 97 S500 for my dad. I was adopted from Russia, and he has always joked that he chose me over a Mercedes. He would find it hilarious and enjoy the vehicle for what it is. Thanks again Hoovie for all the entertainment you bring