An Idiot's Guide to the Mercedes G500 

Koji Takata it's a cool car, but it's a kardashian mobile so it isn't at the same time

I like the door thunk. Very solid and substantial.. Probably the last Benz to have it due to it's old fashioned design. Ahh, Hoovie mentioned it at 3:00 as well.

Yeah, when you're in one everyone looks at you, the thing I hate the most is the suspension when you have aftermarket wheels on it specially if they're bigger than 22".

same here, sounds like racking an AK. music to my ears... when the vacuum is working

what the fuck do kardashians have to do with it, fucking retards

Quirks and Features 10/10 username

Throw some dollar sign rims on it.

I love gta;)

I had the dubsta also

I stole it

Hahahahaha, made my day :D

next week: i bought the cheapest G 65 AMG from the russian mafia

That would be sweet!!!

I'd rather see that G wagon get a massive diesel engine!

Eh, there's not much of a point to that. A stock M113 V8 makes about 300hp, whereas a stock LS makes anywhere from 350-400hp. You can easily get the M113 to 500hp or higher by slapping on a supercharger from an M113K (aka the Kompressor). Or just straight up throw an M113K in from an E55 to make your own homemade G55.

Yeah can imagine yourself as a gangster

Karl Karsten

@Draggy654 no one cares you ass clown

Light bulb burned out - maltfunction. Agreed, defo this needs to be parked and the Mercedes specialist flown out of Germaniiia.

Offroading is usually not allowed with any rental cars ! And those are new. Old ones forget it.

@@SmOgER10 yesssss that was my problem with my G wagon light bulb

🤔🤔🤔🤔

My 01 C320 had similar issues. I swapped the battery and all the issues except the tele aid malfunction when away lol and haven’t came back (knock on wood). Old Mercedes can be quite weird.

@@elkillerx my c230 Has 225k rn with no Issues lol

Have they generally been reliable vehicles?

@@shanet7511 Some of the most reliable cars in the world, except for the 3-litre V6 Diesel with OM642 engine. A few had crankshaft failures due to wike, stupid EU regulations.

Aries Beats has some good stuff!

Sounds like some '80s synth stuff borrowed from Beverly Hill's Cop! 😂

whats the name of the song?

Hoov- I checked out Aries, did not hear this song on his channel. What is the name or link to this song?

the genre is called synthwave

Well you just hit 70K miles.

@@Spartansrule118 My 2002 has over 122,000 miles and it's doing fine.

And I am knocking on wood as I type this. :D

@@johnmohanmusic i’ll knock on wood for you too

Let your great-grandchildren inherit it one day. A G Klasse is a lasting legacy, and the G500 was the pick of the bunch among petrol engined models. The OM617 and current OM656 are the best Diesel ones. Best means longevity, dependability, endurance, reliability.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏🙏🙏🙏!!

Let me buy it?

errorcode99 69.

I came here looking for this comment lol. He forgot the Doug score. Wait wrong channel

I’ve actually done the math because I am just that worthless of a human being and with this specific vehicle, my assumption is that his Dougscore would be likely somewhere around 25. 😂

You mean the douchescore :)))

OMGWTFLOL dougeescore 5000

ok..

Gesundheit.

Жак Морозов, зачем по-русски то?

гелик

عندك الحق

compactc9 IMHO, the body style is classical, and should never change (utilitarian). Imagine if: Jeep still made the Woody Wagoneer, but improved the interior, & drivetrain. Would You Buy That?

wow how interesting, and what interior do you like more? Talking about more buttons and driving types, or do you feel better when it´s more simple? And it is a problem the lack of cupholders?

no, you just have to be the wife of a mobster or rapper

That's why he wrote in a rapper. *I'm out lol*

Depends if you can import one from Europe prices are lower, don't know by how much, but you can get the basic ones: diesel and 4 cil. Also many European armies were selling them not long ago...

Unregistered User You need to be a rapper in the mafia

My therapist drives one

It’s G55 AMG but ok call it a G500

Matthew Potter beaver creek Colorado. They sell tshirts on that store. Epic

Vail!!

What’s is like ? Are running costs massive ?

rompn4x yep, living in Glendale these things will always make me think of Armenians/Persians

rompn4x Even if it’s salvage you probably still can’t afford it

imko oozzz I know who will buy it........

Emela Pelas 😂😂😂😂😂

Emela Pelas I would sell mine to hoovie,if he would like to have another problem box

Sounds like an abusive relationship.

Matthew Sharpe maybe he's into that

How much on annual maintenance cost?

Santa here I come!

Me too! 💪🏽🤞🏻

Tanmay Kulkarni ok

hoovies name is tyler lol?

I bet you have! :P

I swear it gives you more range

Apparently it is because the head has big amounts of water, which multiplies the waves' effectiveness. That's what they said on Top Gear. lol

Jew touch my kids

The mafia can own any car they want..therefore what’s good for them is probably good for anyone. You got the Cart before the horse my man.

micro christ tell hoovie that look at his Bentley.

Colm Farrel Russian mob and Italian mafia not the same , my bad lol

micro christ I swear his car was owned by the Russian mob? You have confused me or are you saying what's good for the Italian mafia is good enough for us all? And that the Russian mob are cheapskates. 😂

The P4 is built on the military W461 chasis that several conuntries still have contracts with Steyr to produce. It's a platform based on the 80's gwagen. The W463 chasis has been in production since the 90's and is what all the current ones being sold under mercedes to consumers are based on. The drivetrains and interior components are completlety different. Either way the commerical gwagens are still hand built in Austria.

He was shooting into the bright background to capture the view, so the foreground image that he wanted to capture was dark because the camera's iris was smaller, to compensate. He needed a fill light if he wanted to capture the truck and the background scenery. He's on a budget man, plus, he's not a videographer. Do you want your money back?

Liberator530 thanks

you can only import cars that are over 25 years old to the US if that exact model was not sold there, i.e. no G400. ;) Too bad, because a diesel G is where it's at!

Ouch. For real? But how is it possible, so many people, import cars from a Japanese auction? or sometimes import from European ground from a German or a Scandinavian country? Even younger cars then this model. Also i'm talking about second hand models. And indeed diesel G is amazing.. but.. we have a system to pay tax per month for owning a vehicle and using the roads.. And this category is extremely expensive. Like.. almost 250 USD per month.. To just own this vehicle not even to insure and drive yet. So that's why here in the Netherlands everyone that bought one, is very rich. But to sell it again.. Sucks. But i thought well maybe there is a market in the US for it ;)

Many people who import newer cars from a Japanese auction are using them for parts, especially engine swaps. These cars are not street legal in the US if they were not also sold in the US. However, once a car is over 25 years old, you can import pretty much whatever you want. But you can't go to Germany and buy an S350d and export it to the US market, because even though the S-class is sold in the US, the 350d is not. It is all about emissions, safety standards and a car having all of the certification in the US market. Cars over 25 years old are exempt from these requirements.

Ah i see. I just read the rules. Thank you for sharing this to me! And indeed it's (almost) impossible to import a car in to the usa. Unless the car specs are up to the FMVSS regulations. But if i'm not mistaken this car is actually already FMVSS worthy. Because the safety and emission regulations in the EU (Netherlands for example) is even more strict then in the usa. Maybe not a diesel car though. No idea. But i could off course be mistaken. But i see there is a big chance this could not work. :( To bad.

hey good luck finding an insurer in the USA if you want to buy one of these EU spec or JDM spec cars on the road after you've gotten it on US soil. Not impossible, but no DD .

KIYOOU because that's not the hoodies garage way.

KIYOOU He could buy a good camcorder for like $400

I makes it look like the video was made in 2005 as well.

so

NO!

Now you destroyed any last doubt in him...

Felix O. It is for sure

W150 was the most beautiful Mercedes ever, if you disagree I will arrange a train ride for you.

+Felix O. - I bet you think wooden shoes are a styling tour de force too.

OMGWTFLOL I bet u still think people still use omg

a TUMA

Hoovie, get to ze choppa, dooo eeet.

It’s NOT a TUMA!

Anon1993 posty?

31Dimitar you stole my comment lol

AutoAgitator what’s pretend?

You are Hoovie's lost Dutch cousin?

John Williams is de nieuwe Martin Gaus

ayoub s #TeamNederland

Niffo

G-Class. The SUV for posers. There, fixed it for you.

OMGWTFLOL yup. Poser off-roader

Norwegian Vlogs An I ain't second.

Bogmire777 lmfao so true

What's it like to live with? Thinking strongly about getting my wife one to daily in. She has a 2014 GLK with much more modern features.

@@kbcarroll You should definitely have your wife drive one a bit before buying one for her. My wife is not at all a wimpy barbie girl type - but she does not like driving the Geländewagen (even though she is German!). She thinks its steering is too heavy and the gas pedal too hard to push (they are both noticeably heavier than the steering and gas pedal in her Mazda CX-5). I think most Mercedes have a fairly firm gas pedal feel, so if your wife doesn't have issues with the gas pedal in her GLK she probably won't with a G Wagon either. But these are TRUCKS. The steering ratio is a lot wider than typical cars or SUVs. One has to crank the wheel when pulling into a parking spot or making a tight right turn on smaller streets. Personally I LOVE driving the G Wagon. If you snap the steering wheel quickly you will get a lot of instant body roll but when taking curves on the road or going around a cloverleaf it corners nearly flat (due to heavy duty springs). It is a very solid vehicle to drive. I just recently took it on a nearly 1,400 mile round trip to visit family just before Christmas and it proved to be a superb long distance vehicle. I chose it over my BMW 535i XDrive due to the more upright seating position (I recently had surgery and sitting upright is more comfortable for me).

@John Mohan Music thanks for the advice! When we first married 15 years ago I bought her a 1994 E320 that she absolutely loved, but eventually grew tired of the lack of amenities. For the last 2 years she drove around in a brand new 2020 Ram 150p that she loved but couldn't get used to bow big it was when parking or in traffic. She got the GLK as a much smaller, more nimble alternative. I wonder if a w463 would be a great in between truck that gives her the easier drive compared to the Ram but a far more capable and manly alternative to her GLK. Or I'm crazy and she'll hate it?

@@kbcarroll She'll know one way or the other after a good test drive. Coincidence: I have a 1995 (W124) E320, too. It's actually my fathers. I keep it for him as he is living outside the country right now. It's a GREAT car. And really amazing when one considers it is approaching 30 years old. Quick edit: Just be aware of the RIDICULOUS prices for many of the parts on these vehicles whether you buy them new or used. A lot of parts are common to other Mercedes models and in those cases they can be "reasonable" (for Mercedes anyway). But the one-off pieces that only fit a G Wagon are CRAZY expensive. Example: The overhead light / sunroof switch console on my G Wagon has one mounting tab cracked off. I went to buy a used one on eBay. The ALMOST identical one from a similar year C class can be had used for around $40 on eBay. But the G Wagon specific one (physically identical but with slightly different wiring) sells for around $300 to $400 used. Crazy. This is not a vehicle to buy and run if you don't do much of your own mechanical work (unless you have a lot more money than I do at your disposal). I did buy a C Class overhead light console and I am going to attempt to switch out its wiring with that from my G500. I figure it's worth a $40 gamble...

@@johnmohanmusic hah, agree on the w124. We kept it in the garage for many years with the hopes of restoring it (we put well over 220k miles on it) but I just lost interest and sold it recently. I already had 2 cars. And yes, I do almost all my own work. That's how I can afford to drive around in an E55 wagon and a C43 AMG with 320k miles on it. I want an older G because it has the m113 and the 722.6 which are very reliable and cheap to work on.

Why did u sell it