Why Did Mercedes Want My V12 S600 Back?! - Servicing The W220 🔧

‪@MercedesBenz‬ heard about the barn find W220 S600L that I bought from ‪@AutoalexCars‬ and offered to get it to their Classic Center to fully recomission it. The car needed a full service, as well as a lengthy inspection. But that's not all we did in Stuttgart... many other fun adventures were had with MB while the car was worked on!
More information on MB Classic Center here:
www.mercedes-benz.com/en/vehi...

[@notpoliticallycorrect1303]

When I were a lad,about 14-15 my dads pal turned up to a wedding party we were hosting,in a brand new W126 in that same gold colour. A little later my dad asked him to move it further round into the yard to make space for other guests cars,he just threw the keys at me and said "there you go lad,take it up the garden if you like",so eagerly I jumped in it,blown away by it all,carefully nudging round to the back of the house to where the garages are, with no intentions of 'taking it up the garden'. At which point he came bowling round the back of the house got me to 'budge over' then proceeded to tear around one of our fields like a maniac,he then stopped and expected me do the same,it was the best day ever at that point. My overiding memory of that car was how it brushed off bumps,holes and undulations like no other car ever,those for me were the pinnacle of Mercedes cars in terms of overall finish/polish and durability.I've spent all my life in the motor trade and never made any money repairing Mercs of that era,they just didn't need much more than regular servicing.With the newer stuff it just isn't so,I see plenty of them now.

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Great story!

[@ChrisSaddlerSam]

I'm so glad for u... what a great experience!!! No envy though, for that MB Classic Centre bill! :)))

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

It was a priceless experience

[@Paris__]

Well said!

[@OfficialiGamer]

My Dad had a 1994 SL600 when I was a kid. Absolutely loved that car. We kept the hard top on most of the time mainly because it was a hassle.

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I love the 90s SL. We have three!

[@OfficialiGamer]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYT agreed! Absolutely gorgeous!

[@Thanos.m]

Great video! What amazing experience MB classic went above and beyond here!

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Couldn't agree more!

[@krus180]

Can't believe you skipped all the pre war mercs at the shop, those are even more special with more handbuilt/coachbuilt bodies and possibly obscure engines like the inline 8 😢

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I’ll be honest I don’t know too much about those ones

[@krus180]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYT giving them a spotlight or asking about them at the place wouldn't be such a hassle, i'm sure they would've loved to tell you more. Regardless, dope video bro. (7:22 is a Mercedes 540K with a 5.4 supercharged inline 8, practically a late 30s supercar, designed by the same guy who designed the 300SL) and (9:08 that's a 320 n or W142)

[@nicholasdavis657]

Nice video. Loved my trip to the Mercedes museum a few years back. Great place to visit. Glad the car is getting back to full health.

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

It’s an amazing place!

[@nicholasdavis657]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYT Yes I loved Stuttgart. Porsche and Mercedes museums in one town!

[@MrFedeSanMiguel]

Love the vid!!! Congrats guys. Amazing work

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulmacklin4201]

Brilliant video. Well done. And how lucky are you two!

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Thank you 🙏

[@iankuah8606]

Great video! Even as an insider I enjoyed watching this. Your enthusiasm is palpable!

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@williamskagen9901]

Awesome!

[@zm321]

What an amazing experience! An amazing outcome for the S600 too, I saw the car at the NEC in November and honestly thought it would be too far gone to viably restore; well done!!

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Thank you! More to come

[@BagofRust]

Simply the best, Mercedes Engineering Everyone needs a Vito W638 in there lifes 👍🤣🙌

[@crofty565]

This is a really cool channel mate. Enjoying the content so far keep it up 👍

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Thank you, very kind

[@b4tm4nrubin33]

How does a KZbinr with less than 5k subs get to drive a £2m merc??? Well done matey

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

To be fair I have half a million IG followers 😄

[@mikevanblommestein5726]

The sound of the gull wing engine is heavenly

[@tonychavez2083]

Video gold, great content! I wish I could drop off my old 124 500E there for a proper go through.

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

It’s an amazing place to visit!

[@paulmcgee1867]

Great video bravo to you all 🎉

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@eddiefara]

what a experience! I need a car serviced there

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Send them a message!

[@LushmanGB]

Fantastic 👍👍👍👍

[@thatmatty231guy]

This is awesome mate! I'm a KZbinr too and have a 221 S600 - I am excited to one day go to the Museum / classic centre etc etc - but being in New Zealand i'll be flying a long way to get there lol. Love your 220

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Thank you! I’m going to check out your channel now 🙏

[@thatmatty231guy]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYT sorry mines definitely unrefined and rough cut :)

[@parkecorepersonaltrainingp2601]

Just found your channel and it’s amazing I have a cl500 and loved this vid

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Thank you!

[@derin111]

Great video and what an amazing experience! I must admit, I was actually sweating with fear when you were driving the 300SL and kept taking your eyes off the road and talking to us in the camera! 😅

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Thank you, don’t worry we were going very slowly at that point!

[@derin111]

​@@HorsepowerHuntersYT😂😂

[@1961kickboxer]

That 126 is a beauty

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Indeed it is!

[@Paris__]

Stirling Moss said "Mercedes Benz were the most 'British' of foreign marque's"! Mercedes jokingly once said the SL stood for Stirling.....after one of their favourite sons! Own any SL from any era, and the spirit of Moss is part of the machine!

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I have more than one R129, and I love them

[@fuffoon]

I look at these cars through glass. I won't risk getting my skin dust on them. I learned to drive on a bepoke 1962 220SE. The car had history.

[@DavidBrown-bs7gg]

I had contacted Taylor about buying the S600 and decided against it, I'm so glad you bought it, you're doing the great car justice

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Hold our yerr hand 🤪 Thank you 💪

[@tarrenolckers7178]

The car is so well kept underneath

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Indeed it is!

[@t.l.robinson2162]

I love the W220. I have a 2006 S55. I would not trade it for a brand new Mercedes.

[@jamiecharles7442]

What a great video! Which was the best version of the S Class that you drove over your time spent in Germany? The W126, C140 or the W220?

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

To be honest I like my 220 the most! If the 126 had been a 560, or if the 140 was an early car then I’d prefer those

[@AutaSupercar]

nice video 📹 📹

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Thank you so much 😀

[@JW1_1]

Just a few things: 1. That black 190E in the shop, was it a Cosworth? 2. Moral of the story is if you're going to buy a Merc buy one with a big engine, because evidently for a barn find it didn't have as many problems as Alex said in previous videos. Also it passed an MOT with stale fuel and for Mercedes to want it back that must be something! 3. I want a Merc LOL

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

The 190E is a lovely 2.0 owned by @shareenqueen that she has daily driven for 11 years. I have been very lucky with my S600 experience so far. If all else fails I’ve still got a V12! I’ve got something daft like 7 Mercedes, so I can only agree with you about wanting a Mercedes!

[@martynrollinson]

Stand still!!! Forwards backwards...forwards backwards....

[@grifa4967]

Great stuff, looks like this car is a bit of gem! One thing though, how did you get through customs with that GB sticker on it, they are no longer legal, you must now display a UK sticker and remove or cover up any GB ones, you got lucky there!

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

It’s the first time I’ve bothered to put a sticker on at all. I just had it laying around and the main motivation was the cover the slight marks in the paint where the badge used to be. Normally I don’t have a sticker and no one has ever looked twice

[@grifa4967]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYT fair enough, just be careful of jobs worth customs people!

[@AnnatarTheMaia]

Keep the dreams and give me a Mercedes turbodiesel station wagon with a manual transmission any day of the week.

[@bernardwarr4187]

Could you kindly ask you Buddy’s at the classic centre to give my w124 500E a once over?

[@rickypatel5591]

Man like Tom ! About time you get your lady hands dirty 😂🙌🏽

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

😂

[@darrylredmill4376]

Go on then, what was the bill ?

[@hEXordo]

awesome vid but its missing audio in portions

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I think a couple of clips are only playing through the left audio channel. Not sure why!

[@_Kela]

I’ve got the same vehicle, best place to get used/new parts from?

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Used parts from reputable sellers on eBay, or new parts from your Mercedes dealer. Mercedes are opening an e-commerce soon so it will be much easier to check the price and order from them

[@jonboy9912]

I have a 1999 R129 SL320 and just took the hard top off for Summer. The convertible roof came up and the roll bar did likewise, but now the roll bar will not retract so the roof will not fold down. I have had the car on 5 computers at different garages and none of them will read the car's computer. I am desperate and have tried to reset the roll bar but nothing works - can you help?

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Where are you based?

[@modmod392]

Did they drain the torque converter?

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Yes they did 👍

[@perryelyod4870]

14:28 The late Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau drove a silver 300SL Roadster. His son, the current Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau now owns it.

[@mikeisaacs2314]

Don’t know why they didn’t make the C class convertible it was beautiful

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Just two in the world!

[@iankuah8606]

As so many unique parts would have had to be tooled and produced it came too late in the W201 model cycle to be a business case. With every model a certain numbers of cars have to be sold to justify the investment in tooling, marketing, stocking spare parts etc. over its life cycle, and by law supported for 10 years afterwards.

[@fitzkarl2883]

i had the same car same colour, does this have the 5.8 v12

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Nice. It does have the 5.8 V12 yes 🙏

[@CL500MBZ]

How much did the service cost?

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Cost depends on the car - feel free to contact MB Classic Center directly - www.mercedes-benz.com/en/vehicles/mercedes-benz-classic/classiccenter/ 🙌

[@dannyjayke8695]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYThe asked you how much it cost you! Not if it’s cost dependent, just tell him what it cost you and you alone, why be like that and not give him the answer he wanted, people like you are the worst why would gate keep what you got charged you weirdo.

[@dannyjayke8695]

Notice how he didn’t give you a straight answer

[@beastoftherivernile]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYT will be helpful if you are willing to let us know if you paid for the servicing (and if so, how much) or whether MB classic gave it to you for free.

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I did work for them in exchange for the service. Nothing is for free

[@paulmcgee1867]

UK sticker needed 😅

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I’ve never used one and never had a problem driving to Europe probably 4x per year

[@Maybe1Someday]

Is this the Auto Alex car?

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Correct 💜

[@andrewallen9993]

I buy the genuine Mercedes parts for the brakes on my Mercedes's brakes from Jaguar as they are much cheaper there.

[@bernardwarr4187]

Genuine, or Genuine Mercedes!?

[@andrewallen9993]

@@bernardwarr4187 Genuine Jaguar Dunlop brakes and parts as supplied new from the Mercedes factory in a new Mercedes or dealer. Or Dunlop or jaguar supplier for less money. I own a 1972 Jaguar XJ6 and a 1964 Mercedes w110 200d.

[@nikolajovicic174]

Why no one is waring the rubber gloves in the official MB service?

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Better for the planet I suppose 😆

[@MrAndRob]

who cares?

[@nikolajovicic174]

@@MrAndRob official mb sevice doing a job around a 3 million eur car with a greasy fingers .. you may not care behind the keyboard, but if you left your car there you would think twice .. or who knows, maybe you wouldn't .. they live of a people like you who don't care

[@vornamenachname5589]

given the poor build quality of the 220 series they should offer this service to all owners of one of them for free

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I disagree to be honest. I’ve been overwhelming impressed with the quality of the ride, smoothness of the engine, and feel of the interior, specially when I compare it to my 2005 R171 SLK

[@c.a.mcneil7599]

Make 3 cars 4 will want them not me number 5

[@Herman6507]

And when going to show the Geländewagen young man, you just ignorantly hopped bij a 270 or 500 K ?! Oooohhh..

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

I don’t know enough about them to have anything interesting to say, sorry!

[@LawrenceTimme]

How did this random guy get this kind of service. What is Mercedes classic playing at. 😂😂😂

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Who are you?

[@johnpark-jones4285]

Why did you just walk past the real classics?

[@fredgien]

What an ugly GB sticker!

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Put it on ironically to be honest

[@ianbrender9524]

@Autoalex missed an opportunity with this car. Would probably have turned it into another road trip video of how Taylor ripped off another person selling a car though.

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

He rightly pointed out to me that he’s already done a series with a silver W220 S600

[@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr]

My w221 s600 has been the worst car i have ever had. Dont do it folks.

[@HorsepowerHuntersYT]

Should have got a W220 then 😉💜

[@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr]

@@HorsepowerHuntersYT my neighbor had one. His worse car ever🤣

[@damon1957ful]

They only cost that stuiped money because soom fool will pat it, its only a lump of metal and plastic , would not give £100 for any old car