I BOUGHT My SLS AMG Black Series for GUMBALL 3000!

I can't believe I'm finally on Gumball 3000 in my SLS AMG Black Series! I originally bought this car to take it on the world's most famous supercar rally and here we are for day 2 of the 2023 edition going from London to Amsterdam.
The 24th annual Gumball 3000 is taking us from Edinburgh to Montenegro, this being my 9th time participating and doing it in the most complicated way possible. Over the course of the six driving days, I'm swapping every night between six different Shmeemobiles with all the transport and logistics having been prepared in advance.
For the start line in Scotland, the car of choice was my Zenvo TSR-S, and now we depart from the capital it's time for the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series. Our day starts with a diversion out of the city before travelling down to the Eurotunnel. It's then onwards to the most unbelievable crowds in Bruges, Belgium before our final destination of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Special thanks to Tony from Turbo Transport and the team at Thornhedge Car Storage for their services of storing the STO and SLS AMG Black Series, and allowing us to swap both cars in the Netherlands. If you require storage for your car in the Netherlands, make sure to reach out to them: www.thornhedge.nl/
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Thanks for watching, Tim
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:57 SLS AMG on the Gumball 3000
01:37 Heading out of London
03:54 Arriving at Channel Tunnel
04:55 Channel Tunnel Crossing
06:35 Fuel Stop in France
06:59 Cruising Through Belgium
09:38 Burning Tires at Bruges Checkpoint
13:35 Police Convoy to Lunch Stop
16:04 Bruges Lunch Checkpoint
16:59 On the Road to Amsterdam
21:43 Cruising Through the Netherlands
23:23 Surprise Stop for a Swap
24:49 Arriving in Amsterdam
26:15 2,500,000 Subscribers
27:37 Arriving at the Hard Rock Hotel
30:31 Final Thoughts
32:19 Wrap up
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[@Shmee150]

For this year's Gumball 3000 European Tour, we've launched our latest design t-shirt and hoodies which you can find right here: cheers.shmee150.com/search?searchterm=Team%20150

[@shawnmcfarland4743]

THANKS Tim for sharing these experiences, congratulations on 2.5 million

[@sjm.photos]

amazing i just caught you and van as you passed ashford i arrived on the bridge and snapped you just plus lots more cars. have a safe trip

[@theranter]

Congrats on the 2.5 million subs! On to the next 2.5 million!

[@HellcatDreaminJosh]

Shmee150 Absolutely Incredible Video I'm so glad you guys had made it to Amsterdam safely and I can't wait to see your Content from day 3 and Congratulations on getting 2.5m Subs you deserve every last one and way more

[@emannackvi1443]

*brought

[@IdolMako]

the person who said "hi shmee, im guys!" is a legend, i still remember the day you opened a video with that and i just pray that you do it again someday, it is so much funnier than it needs to be

[@rontychynski5208]

Shmee goes out of his way to make sure the fans/public are having Fun - great Ambassador for Cars in general and also a Gentleman 👍🇨🇦🍺🍺

[@joshflorence1998]

2.5mill!! Congratulations, Tim and the team! You absolutely deserve it!!

[@KalvinMalli]

Gumball is definitely on the bucket list for me. Looks like a proper good time!

[@danielgreenhalgh4889]

You couldn't afford the stickers never mind a ticket

[@matmul4850]

As long as its not in London 👍

[@niewissen9912]

​@Daniel Greenhalgh how do you know what he can afford. I could. Very easily. Don't be a jealous Darren and make some money for yourself. Not somebody else

[@markusstevensakabiginfinit9523]

I have done a few gumball rallys... Expensive for sure but the experience is out of this world... Just bring a reliable car lol

[@dbrad32]

Would love to see your R32 on gumball. They are missing some of those JDM monsters on the drive!

[@Om-qq3oy]

32 minutes of material for one day. Recorded, edited, uploaded. You are a machine. Take care of yourself man!

[@diegohorton869]

I’m sure he had a lot of help.

[@C0ACHMAYNE]

He has a team of 5 ppl

[@jamie123b]

Driving his multi million quid fleet of super cars on a rally as his day job.. I’m sure he's okay bro don’t worry too much

[@siddharthl_12]

Tremendous amount of effort into this Gumball!! Amazing how you handle all this pressure as well big props to you!🎉

[@Shmee150]

Thank you so much!

[@Becausefamilycar]

I can’t believe how much the logistics of this must just blow the mind. Epic effort

[@birelboy1]

It was really cool to see you passing by at the dutch border. Was standing with the race car in that little group at 22:05. The red blob in the video is my pride and joy. 45 degrees in the car that day, so pretty sweaty hahaha. Hopefully you had a great time in the Netherlands. Hopefully seeing you again in the future maybe at Apex on the ring. Will drive specially to Apex with the race car if I know upfront.

[@Jezza12]

Is your car the red Subaru?

[@birelboy1]

@@Jezza12 yes that red subaru is mine.

[@Jezza12]

@@birelboy1 Nice, you have a very clean looking Subaru, is it a WRX or WRX STi

[@birelboy1]

@@Jezza12 thank you very much. It is an imported impreza gl coupe from the US with the drivetrain of a impreza gc8 2.0 turbo. And than it was made a racecar for the streets with a rollcage, 22b widebody, ect.

[@sten6077]

Refreshed my KZbin page for this. And it worked. This gonna be a nice relaxing half hour seeing you guys driving into my hometown Amsterdam 👌

[@Shmee150]

Enjoy!

[@tafadzwandingindi1370]

18:19 "Hi Shmee, I'm guys"... got me a lil' emotional🥺

[@autogespot_southafrica]

Shmee deserves a lot more than 2.5 million subs. The majority of British KZbinrs do not get the credit they deserve! The like of STG and SOL are going so unnoticed! A massive congrats on 2.5 mil subs Shmee🇿🇦🇿🇦. Heres to the next 500K to get to 3 mil🎉

[@jeanlafrance8746]

The be fair SOL has been lacking in quality content compared to STG

[@Zdub811]

If you guys sported more than fish and chips and “football” you’d get more respect 🤣

[@Dreetje_NL]

The problem i had with all these channels was the same content over and over... I bought my dreamcar ... My friend bought ... 10things l love about my vw golf.. 10 things i hate about owning a vw... I sold my vw...

[@Fernweh1965]

​@@Dreetje_NLYou're correct and it's what happens when subscribers demand daily content. STG produces quality content at just the right frequency imo

[@b.rad1707]

​@Dreetje_NL you forgot "new exhaust for my [insert car name here]" 😂

[@EastCoastINC]

Is that...Shmee... doing doughnuts?! My boy! I'm so glad to see you having so much fun and embracing the craziness lol I know prim and proper is more your style but man you're killing this series 🤙🏼

[@KonstaNykanen]

It's so cool to see how you take the time interact with the fans during the rally! Love the videos! Great work Tim👍🏻, enjoy the rest of Gumball🎉

[@arandomperson410]

8:34

[@dn252]

The Chiron ‘donuts’ were interesting. I was the one posing at 28:54 Great stuff Tim!!

[@justinflick6802]

Congrats Tim! Hope you’re having an amazing time!

[@Shmee150]

I do! It is epic...

[@fedoremelianenko2404]

it was a long wait , but so happy to see u guys in Bruges ! hope many more Gumballs may pass through Belgium , Safe travels to all gumballers !!! at 18.51 im caught on the vlog woohoo!

[@saraprva4172]

Brugge is beautiful city to visit - glad you got to see Shmee! can't wait to see them on the seafront at Split

[@wideshadyy]

Shmee always bringing the hype every time he steps out of the car!

[@leonardschell3839]

I have to say that you Sir are a legend..your coverage of the rally is top notch..thank you!!!

[@theblower069]

Congratulations on this milestone 2.5 million wow massive respect to you. you in your videos bring so much fun and pleasure in them everyone who watches your channel thoroughly enjoys them Long may it continue. Well done you deserve it.

[@chrisgardill]

Another great video and cool perspective of the Rally. Congratulations on the milestone of 2.5M subscribers, and thanks as always for the effort of you and your team to bring the content you do.

[@AMG_Enthusiast]

Great video again! I live in Belgium but not in Brugge and i had school thet day, but it is amazing to hear jou talk about how beautiful Belgium is! Thanks for making my day once again with such an amazing vid!

[@lyonking5250]

Congratulations on 2.5mil Tim! I’m not sure how you don’t have more, you definitely deserve more there’s no other channel quite like this one 🔥🤙🏼

[@spandel100]

Thank you for the really great coverage Tim,Puppi and Brad.Its this with my breakfast every morning.🤜🤛

[@michaelkhalil8296]

Yes!!! Been waiting for this video since i saw the short earlier! Bring on Day 2 and the monster!. The stickers looks awesome on the SLS with the silver wheels! Hope you had a Safe drive after the crazy arrival in London!

[@theoriginalbreadcrumb]

So far this has been the best GB3K shmee vlog i've ever seen, well done, Tim and everybody who helped organize this. I had forgotten how insane the SLS sounds like and am excited for the STO leg as well.

[@apoorvbajpai4763]

Amazing video as always! congrats on hitting 2.5 million! one request though... We would love to see a little bit of how rest of the members of team 150 are enjoying as well. Not a lot of times does this happen that the whole team is travelling together, we would love to see them on the videos too

[@Shmee150]

We've got a full movie with more behind the scenes coming afterwards!

[@apoorvbajpai4763]

@@Shmee150 that's awesome!

[@christophertudball]

Awesome video Shmee.....what a road trip you guys are having and thank you for the awesome content you're bringing to us at home. It's like we're part of the journey which is awesome!!

[@jaycee2203]

Awesome to see all your cars on Gumball! Just curious why Puppy never says anything in your videos? Would be good to hear her candid views of gumball along with yours.

[@b-entrix4087]

Thank you for stopping by in bruges! Those donuts where on another level.. was nice to see you in person! Enjoy the rest of the journey!

[@rickbullock4331]

Congratulations are in order first off for your membership numbers. The fans are amazing too. I was impressed with the inside of the Hard Rock garage in Amsterdam with the brick floor design and the ceiling was in a very dark material that I thought looked quite nice. Safe travels.👍👍🇨🇦

[@poppomatic]

Hi Tim, it's nice to see you hit 2.5 mil subscribers. I have watched about 80-90% of your videos and I think I started to subscribe around when you had between 5,000-10,000 subscribers. It was the crash video in London + the earlier car spotting videos that got me hooked up. So it's been some years but I have to admit you have come far from the earlier days of the channel and now you're an icon of the Supercar community. Cheers from Finland!

[@cediB01]

What I always loved the most about this channel is the attention to detail. Matching the intro of every Video to the color of the main Car in it is absolutely genius! Keep it up shmee!

[@brintonday]

Cheers to you Shmee than you for all of the amazing content. Here's to another 2.5 million!!

[@grahamcoffer1720]

Not sure Ive ever met anyone with as much energy,organisation skills and business acumen as this man

[@Shmee150]

Thanks for the kind words

[@kennydeclerck4897]

Was great seeing you in Bruges, you single-handedly made the whole atmosphere! Thx! Cheers

[@IDv8I]

Great leg Tim, so cool seeing 2 of your cars traveling in Gumball together at the same time too, even if it was for a short while, so cool. Thanks for the vlogs.

[@GrandeChanchoman]

If your life could be a bucket list, what a story it would tell. Your passion for cars, your depth of knowledge, and commitment to everything you've done to make history on this "Gumball 3000 Rally" is amazing in itself. Looking forward to more fantastic videos to come. 😉👍

[@rodivank4904]

Tim, first of all congratulations for the 2.5 million I have followed you since you started and after seeing how the people receive you and the charisma you have I see the second point coming in a few years Tim for Prime Minister, the passion for cars and the politics can work, you already have followers and they continue to increase. Greetings from La Jolla California.

[@stunna1x]

I think Shmee is just a very decent human being..watching the videos is just so enjoyable. Thank u. Turbo transport Tony is great n hopefully should have a poster in the Shmeeseum.

[@remie4494]

That thumbnail is sick!! I'm glad , very glad you kept that STO! That's a badass car, but it looks so mega with the SLS. I'm glad you're having an awesome time and congratulations 🎊 on 2.5 mil.. safe travels!!

[@ClusterBombed01]

It’s so lovely to see you achieve your dreams Tim. You’re such an inclusive person & your passion is infectious ❤

[@PeteGee420]

Love that SHMOO is riding in some of the cars! So cool!

[@mikeritchie492]

Congratulations on 2.5 subscribers that amazing your the hardest working guy in this space tour drive is inspiring love the channel Tim and the misses behind the scenes.

[@swalling22]

Congrats on 2.5million!!! You deserve even more than that, thanks for all of the hard work Tim ✊✊

[@Dr_Leanz]

Bruges WAS INSANE!!! Hope you guys come back for an other Gumball 3000 tour

[@salto1994]

Wow that's nuts. I didn't expect there would be so many people in bruges, especially on a Monday in the afternoon

[@330dfam]

Great coverage tim thanks 👍😎

[@kevinDG7]

Big congratulations on the 2.5 millions subscribers. And was good convoy yesterday with shmoo next me and the sls on the right. Hope see you soon someday Shmee150

[@tobismo6647]

19:10 best view of the journey so far

[@_salimdabo_]

Love the content man also congrats on reaching 2.5m followers.. Drive safe 😊😊

[@vinofalltrades]

Keep up the good work shmee I love your content!!

[@Shmee150]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Justriding]

Loving the uploads mate!!! ❤❤

[@Inderdaad]

Just managed to see you while I was leaving amsterdam! Insane day and lovely seeing both the sto and sls. Thanks Tim!

[@shaunmater6149]

I cannot believe I just witnessed Schmee doing donuts. Last thing I expected, EPIC!

[@jamesdagg1308]

Amazing adventure and still going strong can't wait to see the next part of this astonishing journey

[@ilosssssshx]

Loving the Gumball content Shmee, looking forward to a logistic break down of transporting the cars etc

[@pachichaar1]

Great job with the video , as always !!! enjoy the STO tomorrow !!!!!

[@jerowns]

Nooh you cut off the footage just before you passed me in Amsterdam.😢 loved the sounds your crew was making man!!

[@snowsn1per]

So cool you are going thru the Swiss Alps. Switzerland is my home country. Sadly wont be able to come see the Gumball but i am so glad you are filming everything. The Lambo is perfect for the Alps. Enjoy it!

[@Ward1992]

Really enjoyed your car yesterday in Amsterdam Tim! (Thanks for the schmee150 sticker!)

[@michaelstaunton1632]

It’s just unbelievable the huge crowds that came out to see ye all just amazing 👏👏👏

[@jjjones4469]

I think people just want u to succeed you come across so well as just a genuine decent human being man !!!! So many many congratulations on your amazing achievement 2.5 million here’s to 3.5 million

[@enslave6668]

Glad to have seen you again at bruges ! I think nobody expected that much people for gumball in bruges , mind blown anyway🎉 we all came for the cars , and to meet all you guys ffcourse ! Again this car community delivered❤both ways❤

[@joshflorence1998]

This is so much fun! I can feel the Gumball energy~!

[@garrycroft4215]

Tim you need to buy the Van, it’s playing a worthy part of the Shmee channel. It deserves a Shmee 150 plate. 💖

[@yez_20]

SLS BS is just lovely to look and to hear to roaring down the highway. Absolute symphony.

[@jamesrapp9778]

Fantastic drive just chilled out 😎👌

[@K4D93]

Always love " Hi Shmee , I'm guys"

[@WYNNミK7]

Shmee150 Congratulations on achieving 2,500,000 Subscriptions well deserved and loving gumball!

[@jamesrapp9778]

Cheers for the video guys 😎👌

[@andyshore1263]

Great to see you respecting the road rules and laws as usual despite being surrounded by others pushing it.

[@brdelvecchio84]

Boot lickers

[@y-rokenjnr6157]

European road laws in general are a lot stricter than other places. Especially the US. He's not joking you really could lose your car or your licence. So it's not really worth it at all

[@c.s3800]

Amazing shmee!! Enjoy😊

[@avmelidor]

Congratulations. Well deserved Tim. I like that your enthusiasm has remained

[@anthonywiseman174]

Congratulations on 2.5, million love all the super Cars . They just look sound amazing.

[@mickfletcher1289]

This is amazing. The crowds are insane. What a time you’re having.

[@klaushuxley3342]

I was in Bruges in 2018, and it's one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to! Also, I really like your AMG cars, Tim. You have a lot of cars that wouldn't be my first choice, but the AMG collection is on point. The SLS is stunning, though I'd have red...! Ha.

[@Jefe86]

Someday I hope to be able to do Gumball. Today I live vicariously through you driving one of my absolute dream cars.

[@siraic]

Great to see the STO in Amsterdam yesterday, the color is absolutely stunning in person.

[@Shmee150]

Yes indeed!

[@hardhoofdful]

29:37 that guy got denied hard 😂

[@hazzamozza1343]

I was up at 4am in the uk, I was on the bridge by the channel tunnel exit, I was in the white top on the left hand side waving at you!!! I love you Tim!

[@ThatOneDudeNick]

The white wheels and accents on the STO looks so good with the Gumball livery.

[@JeremyHixon]

I 100% agree with that feeling of seeing your own car being driven. It gives you a perspective and appreciation that you don't normally get from behind the wheel.

[@supericeman1]

This is awesome look at all the wholesome car enthusiasts!

[@alex210191]

Congrats on the 2.5 million subscribers Tim!

[@Sven_15.09]

Bruges was crazy!!! Welcome to Belguim, Shmee!!!

[@Mr_Zepe]

The Zenvo and SLS were amazing but I just can't wait for the STO journey.

[@MFMHarro105]

Keep up the great work on Gumball, also congratulations on 2.5 million subscribers you have earnt it

[@Jeff-yz1wx]

loved the doug demuro cosplay at the first pit stop

[@the_mcmartin]

I love how each time the locomotive pilot waves when you get onto the French soil after the channel crossing. Small gestures. 😄

[@CarSpotterQVS]

Amazing video, spotted myself like 5 times😂 in The green shirt 19:15

[@readrepairs]

Great content. brilliant. Looks like event needs many more marshalls.

[@t.wx0]

12:25 😂😂

[@MiniOne82]

Awesome video, crowed was much more mature. Roads looked stunning.

[@enricocurcio1610]

The logistics to make this happen, Shmee absolutely LEGEND, congrats for the 2.5M and let's head on to the 3M soon

[@anamorano2949]

Best Gumball 3000 videos by a mile. On top as usual

[@SebVictor]

Hi 👋 Shmee150 it’s guys! 😂🤣 I love ❤️ all the updates, the adventures! With Shmee150 it’s always a great adventure

[@rynosraceroom66]

Dude ! Your a rockstar .#DaleYeah 🤘🏼🏁

[@reynaldosantiago7272]

Great job..guys..nice..work...

[@vimisco75O]

Really cool!!👏