10K SUBS, 1 million views! 🎉 Mercedes Q&A! ANSWERING ALL YOUR QUESTIONS! SPR History & more! 

Thank you everyone for your support with the channel I really appreciate it and really mean it. Hope you like the Q&A if so leave a comment and we may do more! All the best everyone.

Congrats! Keep it up

We don't care about the big boys we prefer honest content and great advice. Keep it up

Love your channel and your professionalism in the workshop. I’m not a Mercedes owner (BMW in Australia) but I am surprised by the cost of genuine Mercedes parts

Great to see proper people doing a proper job.

Great Job, cheers from Canada, Love your channel, am a Mercedes owner for the last 50 years there are no car like it, I have owned several models SL500, SD300 E190, E300 ML320 ML350 GLK500, GL320 etc etc. I have to thank my SD300 for being alive today plunged on the side of a mountain broke my spine scalped my head broken several ribs cut my art broke my stern, etc, and am alive and going today, 24 years later. today I drive an 2010 ML350. to me they are safe cars.

You are what I call a proper garage, I use a Mercedes specialist on the south coast, excellent service by Mercedes trained staff, I hate going to main dealership where you talk to a woman on reception who has no idea about what I’m talking about, but please sir sit on the leather sofa have a coffee and I’ll get a mechanic 🥱😡keep up the good work, enjoy what you are doing, thanks for taking the time.👍

I only know Sam as a customer, but for quite a few years now. If anyone’s wondering, he really is the honest mechanic he appears to be. Buying / maintaining cars caused me SO much stress before I started taking my cars to SPR. Every MOT had me riddled with anxiety, because so many mechanics act like stairlift salesmen and have the shirt off your back. I’ve had SPR services and MOTs on old cars and Sam’s said *nothing* else has needed doing at all. I sound like a wuss but I can genuinely say Sam has improved my mental health at least one week a year. I’ve even asked them to do stuff I thought it needed eg top up air con, and he’s not done it if it didn’t really need it. He once rebuilt an indicator mirror at his own suggestion, instead of making me buy a £190 new one. I’ve had a couple of massive bills too of course (that car put the shite in ‘S Class’), but that’s fine if that’s what needs doing. Good things sell themselves and SPR doesn’t need any kudos from me as they had a waiting list before this RU-vid. But credit where it’s due anyway. He has virtuoso skills AND a clear conscience, so I can actually enjoy my cars instead of stressing over rip offs or breakdowns. Plus everything’s professional; you’re not dealing with some grumpy back street know it all with a page 3 girl from the Sunday Sport stuck to the wall and who never answers the ☎️ ! Shout out to Paula in charge of the admin too as one of her is more on top of it than 5 Mercedes admin staff combined. I must say he’s got a nerve asking if an A class is a real Mercedes. I remember when his courtesy car was a 2 seater SMART car! It was like driving a Dyson Hoover so if that’s a courtesy car, an A class is a Mercedes!

I rarely watch ' live' RU-vid events, but I have to admit to watching you from start to finish! I had to smile at the reference to your dry sense of humour! ( actually spot on)! I don't own a Merc, but I might just think about it if I lived close to your business. However, it's a bit of a hike from the depths of Hertfordshire! Even so.....😂😂😂

Open and honest.....Salute You Sir

Real mechanics working on real cars in a real garage - a real treat. I'd love to see a video of the history of SPR!

It is so refreshing to watch a RU-vid channel where the person actually knows what he is talking about. Most experience mechanics don't have time (or inclination) to impart their valuable knowledge and experience to a RU-vid audience. Maybe you become the Northern Car Wizard with 1m + subs....Mike.

Keep on doing what you're doing. The type of realistic car care content you provide is what your viewers have been yearning for & appreciate.

If I lived closer, I would definitely use your garage, just so thorough with everything

We love you, never stop.

Good on you. It’s a quality channel 👍

Really good video. I found your comments about cars that have 'defeated you' very interesting. I admire your honesty. Keep the videos coming.

Great video, thank you for answering my question. I realised afterwards that I should have included M177 and M133.

Down to earth no BS videos brilliant guys keep them Coming!

I have a clk 2.7 cdi 5 cylinder superb love , just passed 200 k kilometers. I don’t think I’ll ever sell this car has power and economy . Don’t know if I’ve seen one on your channel or I’ve missed it ! Keep vids coming 👍👍

“I am a Nightmare”. lol! Thanks for the content and stepping out of your comfort zone!

You are so honest about the work you do and the reality is you want to make sure every job is done right so the kind of garage you can go to and know you will be looked after. Hard on the outside daft as a brush inside is what I think personally.

This is such a good channel. Please keep going. From your neck of the woods and now in the 🇮🇲. Here you’d make a fortune!

Really enjoyed that, pleeeease do a vid devoted to history, background, how did you get reputation, presumably its not just Matt who rates you!

Great channel .... Sam and his crew are the cream of the crop when it comes to ultimate mechanics!! I wouldnt have our Mercedes looked after by anyone else ... keep up the good work both off and on RU-vid 👏😜 ps thanks for the answer Sam 👍

Don't try to compete with the 'Big boys' this channel is so much better !

Great work with the Q&A session and thank you for making the time to do it. You’re authentic and it really comes across on the camera. I’m kicking myself for forgetting to ask a question, but will save it for the next one at 50k 😉

Bloody hell I think this is the first time I've seen you smile.

Hi. I found your channel recently and really enjoy your content. It was nice to hear your story and how you got to where you are now. I also create content and really appreciate your knowledge shared in the videos as it helps me when I get a MB to work on. I liked the idea shown in one of your videos to have a folder with all seals, gasket and other parts and part numbers when working on common faults. We all have our ways and can learn from eachother. Keep up the good work🙌🏻

One million sub soon mate!! Keep up the good work.

I've so enjoyed watching your vids. Good honest and informative content. Cheers

Excellent viewing. You and your lads are doing a great job. Keep it going.👍

Well Done Sir. 👍🏾

Well done Sam, pity you’re not near Lytham, you would have another customer😉

Top Video Sam ! Nice to hear a bit more of SPR's History. Thank you for the support over the years 🙏👍

Cracking video and channel ....

Big shout out to SPR Autos. Love watching your videos. I am a big Mercedes fan and love watching your videos. My family all have Mercedes best car made. I have just purchased a 2005 CLK 55 and was well pleased when one came up on the channel. Contemplating booking it in with yourselves for a transmission service and diff service and I live in Devon!! That’s how good your honesty and skill come across. Please keep up the good work.

One of my cars is right now in your garage 😂 thanks for looking after them. They must just look like pieces of metal, but to me they are part of the family

Love the authentic backdrop

I didn't realise you were doing the answering question thing, if you see this, what is the worst merc you would avoid. Keep up the good work Sam.

Nice one! Would love to see an episode on the history of the business. Keep up the good work and content!!!

Good answer you never stop Learning

Thank you for your videos its a real pleasure to meet such an excellent and honest mechanic, good luck for the future

I love the fact that this channel is 'no frills' just great Mercedes content ... I find your humour and out look is a little Karl Pilkington style which I really like ... for example ... VIEWER: "What are your thoughts on off roading a ML164 ... what parts would you expect to break?" SPR: "Suppose it depends on what boulder you smack into ... dunn it?" 🤣 Keep up the great work ... 👍

Great vid, great viewing in the workshop, would like to see the SPR history, shame you don't do Volvo's but what the hell

Keep up the amazing work. You will get there eventually & most of us absolutely love your channel for the proper content.

Enjoyed this. Would love to see the SPR business history vid.

I just watched you video. Close supervision is a must. Why: Because it's your name and reputation, that is on every job. I own an SLK AMG (Porsche Killer) love the car and do most of my own work. My English is not proper, because I'm a crazy American living in Germany, where I can drive the car. 😜😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Over and out. When's the next one?

The slk gearbox was mind blowing. I love your channel your dry sense of humour brilliant. The lads learning is really good to see . Thanks .

Congratulations. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Nice one! Congratulations, I hope it keeps going and you start to see the monetization kick in. This is the kind of channel a lot of poeple want.

Love watching your videos, keep it going. Always loved mercedes but can't afford one.😢😅

Another great watch Sam its really interesting to hear opinions on things and great background 👌👍

Just bought a 2002 W211 E500, and found your channel. Love the car and the channel. Fantastic work

You guys are amazing keep going, real professionals

Enjoyed your honesty Sam.

Keep up the amazing work. Waiting on the 20k mark.

Brilliant stuff,I’m probably twice your age and never owned a Merc, I just love the content and repair videos,link from Highpeak 😂😂❤

Well done SPR

Hi Sam, really good insight into SPR. Great video as always, really enjoyed it.

Great channel with great content and a typical workshop tech humour :) been in the trade 35 years and would have loved to set up my own workshop but never had the bottle.

Congrats on the subscriber count so far. Wishing you all the very best for more growth on the channel.

Well done, will continue to like and share where I can. Keep up the good work 🎉

I'd love to see a video on the M271, e.g., whether it is sufficient to check for rattles or whether there is a time / miles limit for the timing chain. I'd also love to hear you comment on gearbox flushes and radiator flushes. I have a CLK 200 Kompressor and although it hasn't got the sexiest engine, it still is a ton of fun to drive and I would like to take good care of it, including doing preventative maintenance.

Perfect way to run a small business. When it’s your name on the door it’s your reputation and your boys are learning all the time. Your customers expect you to do the job they bring in. If you’re supervising everything everyone’s happy. Keep up the content.

Thanks for the shoutout mate, you fully deserve the success coming your way, great content and knowledge on every video 🤝🏼👍🏼

Hi Sam, one of the best videos I've ever seen. Straightforward advice without all the (a.s.a.d.) all singing all dancing high fives and fist pumping rubbish on many other channels. Keep it up and I wish you all the best with growing your channel and business.

Quality 👍

Congratulations on your success and keep it coming!!

Great channel - I take my car to you for servicing/repairs and know you do a good job

yeah was here from matt too. as a merc fan seeing the reality with a mecanics is a great addition.. if you want ideas a mercedes kind of the car care nut channel about toyota and lexus view from mecanics is always better than street words. 😅

Cngrats lads on a fantastic channel. Keep that great content coming.👍

This has quickly become one of my favourite channels, keep going, really interesting content and I love the dead pan humour too 🚙😄

Just sat here after midnight watching your video ,,and you read out my question from 2 weeks ago 😂 nice one 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼👌🏼👊🏼👊🏼 ,,,had to watch it twice and then realised 😂

Congratulations Sam and team 👏 Your honesty and great work is just exemplary to what garages should be doing. Since owning my W212, I have been with SPR and going on 5 years now. Same with my dad's Merc. We've been coming here for all our services . Great job guys . Keep it up!👍👍

I found your RU-vid video being very honest and professional, keep up the good work you and your team are doing.

Hope you feel better soon and you’ve taken some time off to get yourself right.

Memories of my first visits when Steve was there! I don’t suppose that you will remember but when I first brought my car in Steve told someone to drive me to the station. Every time I came in after that I stood at the counter waiting for a ride to the station until someone (you?) had to tell me “We don’t actually do that!”. By the way, was that Steve stood at the counter with you? I have shrunk since those days but not that much! My best wishes to everyone.

Excellent content well done

My mate John put you onto me , he owns Mcleods of Brigg merc specialist , both of you are one of the best merc specialist out there , would be awesome to have a calibration with him.

Great Q+A like your honesty no it wasn't boring at all

Good video always nice to get a bit of back story and learn more about you as an individual

Congrats on the subscribers, I find the videos informative, entertaining and you give a really relaxed presentation which is refreshing after watching some of these other 'hectic' presentation style videos. Best advise I got, is just to treat the camera as if you are talking to a mate :)

Good Q&A. Enjoying your channel even tho I'm not into Mercs. What channels, if any, do you watch, and are there any you learn from? ... possibly one for your next Q&A - personally, I like Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics - can sometimes be long-winded but there is little that defeats him. He hates German cars tho! 🙂...keep up the good work and hope you get some profit from the channel!

I'm a little late to this vid. Sam, there's a CLK Black Series for sale here in Australia. Only 33k kms, for a lazy $350k Aussie. It's even right hand drive. If you'd like to buy it, I'd even be gracious enough to drive it overland to you to save you on transport costs!! That's the sort of bloke I am.

All informative and entertaining videos keep up the good work. cheers

Really enjoy your honest style, keep up the great work!

It’s 1am in Spain I am doom scrolling on RU-vid because I had a nap today. Great channel. Always been a bmw man own an M4 but have a soft spot for mercs. The black edition is on my list too. Great looking car.

Could we get some OM651 content , like the common faults. It's quite a popular engine , i'm sure it wouldn't be only me who would appreciate it. ❤

Awesome!!

Being an SLK280 owner, I really enjoy your videos and find them really informative. All the best to you going forward.

Brilliant and fabulously informative. Keep up the great work. Awe the best from Fife.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Top stuff mate please keep on with this

Enjoy your videos… well done👍🏻

Fantastic channel and great Q & A!

Keep up with the good work ❤ all the video all the best 😊

You’re crushing it bro! Keep it up 👌🏻

Great video Sam, well done. Got a mixture of “dead pan” here with a smattering of Mr Smiley 👍😂😂

Really enjoying your channel. I’m a bit of a Merc fanboy and have had plenty over the years including a W124 300E which was 22 years old when I bought it, a W204, a couple of W212s and now a W205 220d which I’ve had from new, for 4 years and plan to keep for as long as possible. Nice to know that there is good support for these cars outside of the MB dealer network.