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The twist in the plot about why you were shooting in an open dirt lot was the exact icing that cake required! Love the Merc! A great and appropriate addition to the fleet.
@@redplague2133 I agree, it's more the people, than the car. Reliable doesn't mean only take it to the mechanic when something actually goes wrong like it's a 90s Honda lol. Mercs come with a little more required commitment.
@@BrianOfAteionas But they also provide more - in terms of comfort, driving experience and reliability. If you leave most elements unchecked for 15+ years - what else do people expect as an outcome?))) Used to own an older Benz for 6 years - loved that car, took care of it as much as I could. Loved to make fun of mechanics, who began whining about rusty bolts and etc. without even seeing the car.))) It’s almost a shame I had no use for 2nd vehicle and sold it when I decided to get myself something with more ground clearence. It made a 1000 mile trip to the new owner’s home without a single issue.))
@@redplague2133 Better to let someone enjoy it than let it sit. Hope the new owner appreciates it and takes care of it :) Me? I was the boring guy with the overvalued "reliable" 2005 corolla that was the sole reason a stolen truck spun out and crashed during a police chase LOL. Reliable? Yeah only about as far as a Toyota Tacoma can throw it xD. Don't worry, I'm fine. It was boring and drove like crap. Bought it $4K, drove it for a couple years, and got $5K from insurance. Went out and got a 2003 Acura CL-S for 3,800. Great car as long as the warranty work has been done to the trans and you replace the ATF twice as often as you'd normally think. And it's actually capable and fun. And has side airbags lol
The wrench being the same for the lug nuts as well as the bolt under the hood is brilliant. Is it the same for any other parts of the vehicle, as well?
I wonder if it was an intentional design choice, though. Could've been a coincidence? A quick Google suggests that the Merc uses M14 lug nuts, and maybe M14 was chosen for belt tensioner for other reasons.
@@robzyb pretty sure its a pure coincidence lol, I've seen other cars using the same bolt size but without any room to fit said tool, or generally you got an eccentric to remove first. Plus I doubt Mercedes in the mid 2000s were engineering their car for quick road side maintenance
no, most new american cars have as many different bolt patterns possible so it cant be easily serviceable by the owner., but rather the dealer-ship can. Capitalism i guess.
For her it's a win-win. Robert has to fix the problems until there's none left to fix or he buys her a new one (car, hopefully not problems), _and_ she gets to say I told you so. Wives love to say I told you so.
If Robert had no trouble he’d have no material. If he had no material he’d have no videos. If he had no videos he’d have no views. If he had no views he’d get no RU-vid income. I suspect his wife understands this.
@@michaelfisher9671 You're right, it's a win-win-win! At the moment anyway. Robert said he loves the car, but we'll see if he still loves it after living with it for some time.
@@michaelfisher9671 Are you saying videos about a nice Lexus GS350 that just works don't get any views? :( "Well I drove it for another year and nothing happened, time for an oil change." "I took my GS350 for an uneventful trip where it just ran perfectly."
This is my favorite car channel. The weird weird cars I've never heard of, the hilarious jokes and editing, and the other various hobbies that are pointless, or super not necessary. I love it!
@Jim jibroni Well, its not reliable. But when it works, ITS WONDERFUL. When it's broken, it's a nightmare. Other brands are typically, "good enough" when they work.
Old Japanese cars are generally designed to be worked on by an illiterate 3rd world mechanic with only a hammer, adjustable wrench and screwdriver while sunk into a mud hole. German cars require a lisenced professional engineer, clean room and factory diagnostic mainframe to repair.
TBF 80s bmws are great. I own an e30 (actually on my second e30 after hitting a deer with the first one about 2 years into ownership) and an e24 and both are fantastic cars. Neither have let me down yet.
Up to now, I could service all my German and French cars by myself. Although speaking of 'quirky': I once found a 5 sided 'hex' screw on a Citroën (AX rear brakes) that took me a longer time to realize.. ;-)
Never buy a used Mercedes unless it's from the original owner and he hands you a two inch thick folder of service records and only if it's been dealer serviced. You are begging for problems otherwise.
If you can find a single-owner well-maintained model, Mercedes *can* be a very reliable manufacturer. Unfortunately, all cars have their own issues. At least with Mercedes, they usually come with cleverly engineered solutions. Just don't ask me how to get the brake rotors off. I never managed to get that figured out before some asshole pulled out in front of me and totalled my car. It did do an admirable job braking, since I was trying to replace the pads and get the rotors turned well in advance of them actually requiring replacement, but it's still infuriating, since I rather liked that car and quite dislike car shopping in a hurry.
My '97 Range Rover had near constant issues (the standard Rover owner greeting is "what's broken?") but one of the best was the night the water pump seized, which tore the fan belt, which took out the alternator, radiator fan, PS pump and tweaked the front engine cover enough to cause an oil leak. Oh and the time the rear driveshaft fell out on the highway. That was actually the cheapest issue we ever had with that car.
The joys of owning a Range Rover. In the mid 90's a buddy of mine was the service manager at our local MB/Land Rover/Jaguar dealer. He said the new LR's being transported to the dealership were in such bad condition from the factory that they were routinely refused. As you would imagine this caused no end of problems for the dealership. The cars that actually managed to find a buyer were maintenance nightmares from the start, even after a through going over by the dealership service department. Complaints to LR management fell on deaf ears.
@@olik136 Are you ok? The W124 and 190E are some of the most reliable cars ever produced. They were both from the 80's. Mercedes went wrong after the mid 90's.
Every car enthusiast goes through a phase where they buy a big Merc with a V8 (or V12 for the rich kids), realise what a huge and expensive mistake they've made, sell it, and then miss it dearly for the rest of their lives. This is what happened to me and my CL500. I still miss that car dearly. The worst and the best car I've ever had.
I miss my W211 and still dream about it, even though it cost me so much and broke down so many times my partner was afraid of talking about it while in it, in case the car would sentiently break down just to spite her
Being a Mercedes guy myself, and having almost the same car (well, mine is a 2004, it is blue not silver, and has the V6 not the V8, and mine is not 4-Matic) there is a LOT to like about these cars. The transmission issues you had are very common, and easy/cheap to DIY repair. These cars were made during the Diamler/Chrysler era, and share many parts with some Chrysler cars. I believe you will come to like the car even more as the weeks, months, and years go by. Also, do yourself a favor and get an ICarsoft MB II scanner. They are specifically made for Mercedes-Benz (Smart and Sprinter as well), and is very helpful when diagnosing problems with this car.
I own a w203 with the m122 V6. I love that car. I'm really not afraid that the car will break down with some catastrophic engine failure. It's all been little things here and there.
I have an 06! A few quick things: Never have the key in the ignition when it is lifted off the ground. If you start the car or even turn it on accessory power when it is off the ground without using the Mercedes STAR system to put it into service mode, the airmatic will overpressurize and you will likely lose an airbag or line. Ask me how I know haha. If they haven't been replaced yet, you should look at the condition of the engine and transmission mounts as well as the flex disks. If you have any front end driveline vibrations, you might be looking at replacing the axles. I also have the staggered AMG wheels on mine, and I run Achilles ATR Sport 2 in 245/40/R18 and 275/35/R18 front/rear. Your's has the hood star delete but if you would like to have a hood star, I have a spare that I could send you.
oh no someone going to rear end me he floors it that only works if you see that someone coming if your not watching behind you when they come up behind you then that's no good
You should have taken the Trabbi instead. None of those faults would have occured in a Trabant... because it doesn't have anything like that level of technology.
Have you ever been in a Trabi? I have. Not that I drove it because I can't get my knees below the dashboard, even with the seats all the way back. It's the kind of car governments make when they _really_ hate the people.
If the C30 is too small for the trip, I doubt the diminutive Trabant would have been the ideal car for the journey. Not to mention, it would have taken significantly longer, even with the Mercedes' breakdown taken into account.
engine goes BRRRRR...for many, many hours because the car can't go past 60mph even on a straight road. Trust me, you'd hate yourself if you did something like that :P
Honestly, idk how hard you try, but you're funny as shit. You are EXACTLY the type of humor that destroys me at every turn. Also I have no clue how you manage it, but you always have a car I've never heard of before
I can totally understand him. I got a '99 E430 8 cylinder e Matic and I already had a 2CV and a DS21. The Merc is mainly for hauling stuff, it can pull heavy loads, is all wheel drive (it's snowy here from time to time) and very smooth on the Autobahn. So it's totally different from the other cars but a great supplement. And it's also a little weird as it has hydraulics on the rear axle like the DS :-)
If only you could have found a "Griswold special" type like a Ford/Mercury or GM station wagon with the fake wood grain. That would have fit the "Aging Wheels" theme more. Great video as always, Robert!
Oh it's probably just the rusty butt disease that affected early 2000s Mercedes. They messed up something with drainage or galvanic process or both i don't know and didn't figure it out, until years later, every single car turned into a sieve back there. Peugeot owners were laughing at these rust buckets by 2010.
Who gives a shit, paint and body mean nothing. As long a the car is reliable is all that matters. The car could be painted like a rainbow, or just 5 different colors of primer.
@@mikeworkman3593 Mercedes are horribly unreliable from about 1995 to 2007. I can’t for the life of me figure out why but they were almost as bad as American cars from that era. 🤔
Having owned the same car, be prepared to deal with the air suspension (Arnott was who I used), brake pad wear sensors, shuddering tcase clutches (a teardown/clean/fresh oil was the ultimate fix, though I bought a spare and converted to RWD, never used it), never ending various brake system warnings to "visit workshop" only to find no actual faults, as well as other quirks like the alarm randomly going crazy or finding the interior lights magically turned on in the middle of the night. It was a love/hate car. My wife DD’d it and once the brake system decided to fail in traffic (because the SBC pedal count had been exceeded), I took it off the road and got rid of it. I wish you better luck with yours. Thanks for sharing!
Guess it doesn't matter now since you got rid of it but SBC is warrantied 25 years on these cars as of about 3 or 4 years ago. You can take it to the dealer and they'll replace the entire SBC system under that warranty, no cost to you. You can also be reimbursed if you have receipts having the SBC pump replaced before the warranty was extended.
That's not the check engine light, it's the Mercedes logo. Understandable mistake, both symbols mean you're about to spend thousands of Euros in parts and labor.
You can see the respray issues in the video - the doors don't match. But hey, that's the least of your issues. You bought an MB, out of warranty. I expect a flood of good content to follow. Good times!
Ruin him? You're underestimating him. He's getting some nice sponsorships here, and you get videos out of this sort of thing. Besides it's not like he'll send it off to a mechanic, and he has frugal and perhaps ever so slightly unprofessional ways of getting things done. Perfect opportunity to acquire new fresh skills in shaping metal and welding as well, after he finds the chicken wire and bondo holding it together. The mismatch in paint condition all over the place suggests that he lucked out on getting a rust plague sample here..
he now owns properly one of the worst E-class series ever produced. The car w211 was developed and manufactured in the ChrsyslerDaimler-Ara which was notorious for quality cuts on top the model was prerelased half a year early due to spy pictures of the prototyp and the resulting sales drop of the w210. For the w211 series several recalls were necessary. The Facelift should be better but the pre-facelift car - I would avoid especially because Daimler parts are not cheap. Luckly after Daimler droped Chrysler the quality improved again.
I really love this channel. The editing is always top notch, and the casual "I'm stuck here, may as well film a segment for the video I've been working on" mindset is phenomenal. Most folks I know would be far too upset (at the car, at the clip, at themselves for not putting the clip in right the first time - you name it) to be have that mentality.
My experience with Mercedez in general has been similar to your experience with the wagon. My best experience? the only Mercedez that I actually attempted to purchase (other examples, were owned by others and I just happened to be driving when they started literally falling apart.) A 1967 sedan ... owned by a company I worked for, and occasionally got to drive using it as a service / delivery car, by various tech's. The owner decided to sell it, offered it to me at a stunning price, and spent $2k to replace brakes, fix cooling system, have valves adjusted, new tires, etc. The day I was to purchase, (already having stopped at the bank to get the cash) I got a ride from a friend, to pick the car up. I got to my bosses home, and found the car not there ... a tech had borrowed it, to pick up a client at the airport. Well ... to make a long story even longer ... leaving the airport, a semi truck slammed on the brakes ahead of him, he hit the brake pedal, the pedal went to the floor with no stoppage ... and the Mercedez attempted to squeeze under the truck. The car stopped as the grill wrapped around the rear end, as the angle iron frame work of the truck, slide across the hood, to within an inch of the windshield. The insurance and settlement from the repair shop which had just replaced the brakes ... got the owner a lot more than the $600 he was selling me the car for ... so I dodged a bullet, ended up adding a little money and almost bought a Jaguar XKE ... (another incredible story) and ended up with a Datsun B510.
You didn't buy the Jag? What's the matter with you? I always wanted the Jag XKE, but financial means were never there. Did you regret not getting it for the rest of your life?lol
Well at least the long hood served as a safety feature. But all three brake systems not working... That was certainly a serious workshop problem. The car has separate front and rear brake cylinder compartments/tubing and a foot operated parking brake, too.
2:05 "...This is a 2005 Mercedes..." You might as well have stopped right there. I've seen enough of Tyler Hoover's videos to know where this is going! 😆😆😆
Buying a used car typically means you also get overdue maintenance the previous owner neglected as they were “getting rid of it” So you tend to get the effects of that early on like belts, fluid leaks and replacement, and tires. A reputable dealer would’ve caught most things like that on inspection, but raise the price accordingly.
When my parents bought a used MB B150 used with 70k km the thing was like brand new. The past owner literally done every maintenance on time and has like a 5cm thick maintenance binder.
Mismatched tires- is this legal in the US? In Germany they need to match at least per axis. And mismatched sizes on a 4-wheeler also is not a really good idea :-)
I read more than half the comments (before getting bored) waiting for the outraged Mercedes faithful to totally nail you for using the "wrong" coolant. Pleasantly surprised no one went off the deep end with that.
If it shredded it’s belt, I’d recommend to check the water pump - the pump axle slides outwards quite a bit when reaching the end if it’s service. (Had this happen to me on my 190E W201) And check for rust underneath, especially around rear subframe. W210 bodies are well known for rust issues. Mercs are very pleasant to drive, but mostly poorly taken care of (due to high reliability). Repairs might get costly, but whatever you repair in them won’t trouble you for next 5 years minimum.
Here is my prediction given it is an older mercedes wagon. This car is going to have so many hilarious issues in the first year it is going to blow your channel up to a million subscribers.
I want to see what the actual repair is. (Been watching too many South Main Auto videos and discovering that the various codes may or may not be the actual problem just a symptom, e. g., many codes to one ground issue in some Jeeps.)
My 2012 Toyota Highlander Hybrid just made the intercontinental trip from Anchorage Alaska to Savannah Georgia without a hiccup, other than some bad gas in Canada. I must have got lucky or Toyotas are just that good. I feel like you were asking for trouble when you got an old European Wagon.
When you're pointing out the flaws in the paint you might want to add on the fact that on the driver's side the front of the car is a different color than the back of the car :-)
This is apparently normal for a mercedes manufactured between... apparently between 92 and early 2004, not even worth mentioning. Not that they came out of factory like that no, but... things happened. They usually had seeds of rust straight from the factory directly under the paint, and seeds bloom eventually, so Mercedes would have to throw in a few fresh panels and doors over the years, and the state of paint fading would naturally no longer match.
Your relationship with your wife is so good man. The fact she supports these endeavours is so cool, really seems like shes an unseen sidekick to this channel!!!
literally happened to me this morning... on my '88 VW Bus... worst thing about the clutch pedal not working is that you can't get the car to a shop easily
I'm absolutely useless with cars and mechanics and stuff, but this channel is awesome. I only came across it from being subscribed to Technology Connections.
While I let the ads play, for that sweet revenue, I gotta take the time to say that buying a V8 Merc wagon is the least Robert Dunn thing you've ever dunn. 😂
Just FYI if your belt shredded like that, you MAY wanna check your rotating shit. My Volvo v70 ate 2 belts because the AC compressor was seizing. It's not always obvious that shit is seizing, sometimes it's just a chewy spot and that sudden loading with acceleration would shred it. "we don't consider this car unreliable" i guess when you've owned trabants and wheegos you can't consider any car unreliable. That aforementioned corolla all trac would probably have never had a video beyond introduction. If dictionaries had pictures the word reliable would have a corolla next to it.
I used to work for a dealership delivering Mercedes, BMW and Land Rover parts. This video filled me with a a dark sense of foreboding and I wish you the best of luck with that.
You don't expect the Mercedes to not reveal quite a few extra flaws, do you? I do think the Volvo will actually be the workhorse for the time being while this one is being put back into shape.
I love the idea of these cars, but the maintenance costs on a car like this and of this vintage scares the crap out of me. I suspect that the only to afford something like this is to do what you’re doing: monetize the issues. It’s brilliant, really.
These aren't too bad, but the best bet in terms of reliability and simplicity with this vintage of Mercedes wagon would be an E320 non-4Matic with the non-adjustable airmatic suspension as it gets rid of the relatively expensive bits. E350 non-4Matic would be a bit nicer but the engines can have some issues (read into them if interested, they can still be very good, reliable cars). They did have RWD E500 wagons so that does get rid of the relatively expensive 4Matic parts but I think they all had the adjustable airmatic and seem to be somewhat rare. Even cheaper would be a non-4Matic w203 C-Class wagon (C240 or C320) as they have standard suspension rather than airmatic, are better on gas, and have the simpler 722.6 5-speed auto versus the 7-speed 722.9.
When you are buying a second hand car and all 4 tires are different or some Chinese brand do not buy it. This tells you the last owner did not maintain the car properly and many more problems will pop up.
Sure, if you are looking for a reliable used car. But if you want V8 power for cheap and have a tolerance for catastrophic failure like Robert does, who cares!
The C Class from 07-on is nearly trouble-free. I'm sure you can find a bad one, or just a worn-out one, but overall they are much better than anything from the 15 years prior.
I always heard the best way to clip a bird so it can't fly is to only clip ONE wing. Am I crazy? Did I make that up in my head? The reasoning I had always heard (or made up in my head) is that a bird can compensate more easily from two clipped wings than one.
Another person here suggested that the bird can injure itself as it may keep trying to fly with both wings clipped. With one wing intact the bird will take off but will be forced to glide in a bit of a semicircle until it lands back home, and will learn that flying is dumb and pointless, won't even try any longer then. I have no clue, i'm not a bird person.
If the belt is squeaking at all please replace the tensioner before it shreds the belt again. I only know this because this happened to me on the way to school a few months ago.
Congrats on the new vehicle. Sounds like a really fun and spurious engine. I've even heard those Benzes can be pretty damn reliable if you maintain them properly, which I guess is true of almost any car, but proper maintenance is probably not a term most Benz owners are familiar with, given how much crap those cars get. I guess you'll show us :) Happy holidays!
@@jakekiedaisch2279 I think 360 cameras are pretty impressive. I knew a student who interned at a company developing them. The student was majoring in nuclear physics at Cambridge University, helped develop an operating system in their spare time, and took time out of that to develop an SBC, including Verilog for the FPGA in the SoC. Wouldn't have taken a simple job, I don't think. :) So when I see a 360 camera shot, however cheesy it is, I go "wow!" XD
That squarespace advert was SOOOOOOO Blue Peter. Americans will need to google. Older Brits will remember John Noakes, Peter Purvis, Valerie Singleton, and... that elephant.... Also.... HAMMERWAGON!!! I just bought a W210 chassis at the start of December and absolutely love it. Your car needs a name!
where are you from then? In Germany used cars (and new cars) are mostly a lot more expensive than in the US and the running costs including gas is way more... so most cars also come with a small engine to begin with
I'm from the UK. $7,000 for an old, expensive to service car with poor bodywork and engine issues would be a rip off. I also recall being amazed at what Robert had to pay for that very high mileage (by UK standards) C30, although I can't remember the exact figure now
@@robhardie6687 Not really, this is actually cheap here too. I'm also from the UK, where the cheapest E500 wagon on Autotrader at the moment is a 2004 model with 105,000 miles on the clock, and up for £5,995... Which is more than $8,000 US. Next cheapest is a 2005 with 140,000 miles, up for £6,450... Near enough $9,000 US. I appreciate that the "quite old, but not that cheap to buy and quite expensive to run" market is somewhat niche but you can't compare a V8 uber-machine with some Ford/Skoda/VW/Peugeot-type car. I've actually owned a 2004 E500 for domestic duties since it was a couple of years old, it's now done over 110,000 miles, the bulk of that in my ownership. Some years I spend almost nothing on it, just do an oil and filters service myself. Other years something needs to be fixed, I have to take it to a specialist and it's generally a £2k or £3k bill for something big and a couple of "while it's on the ramp" jobs... this is on top of the things like petrol and tyres that you can't get away from whatever you buy. Overall, it would be a lot cheaper for me to get a brand new Ford Focus or similar, and nothing new under £100k ticks all the boxes the E500 does. But... no matter of taste is always going to be the same for everyone. Why do some people spend a lot of money on good wine when they could drink cheap white cider? Why eat fillet steak when you can have a doner kebab? Those other cars aren't going to make me smile, I'm not going to be able to drive to the south of France and still feel fresh when I arrive, I'm not going to be able to cruise at 150mph on the autobahn with excursions to over 170mph, and... this is important... they aren't going to make fruity V8 noises when I give it some stick.
"Road trips hauling myself, my wife, a child, 3 dogs, and all of our stuff." I thought you had two kids? What happened to the other child Robert!? TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW!!! (Unless I'm an idiot. In which case feel free ignore me.)
I can tell you EXCACTLY what wrong with your Mercedes .... it's a Mercedes. That's it, sell it before it breaks you. I've owned 4 of them from the 1970's to the 1990's and I'll never own another one, it doesn't pass a garage without it costing you $300-$3000 even if you work on them yourself. Do yourself and your family a favor and go buy a Lexus even a old one is better than a new Mercedes.
It's better to clip ONE wing. Not both. When both are clipped, the bird just flaps harder and still catches air. But; with only one wing clipped, the bird can still gain some air, but has no navigation, so he gives up trying to fly. He keeps going in the wrong direction. It works. Thanks for the content. Keep up the good work. BS'D
4:30 i work in a shop with 2 other dudes.... and for our size, we keep about 400 tires on hand deliveries 3 times a week.... and we just have some ODD BALL sizes from mis-orders / customer didnt show up kinda shocking what we have (like a tire for a C5 vette) . but ya.... most shops have a CRAP ton of 225-60R16s....275-50/55/60 R20s...... and various 17s and 18s . im glad they told you about the tire size issue as well that also could have been causing / caused some trans issues and wear . . . . and ya, i hate telling people their 4 day old tire has a hole in the side wall and cant be patched you can go home and do it...... but no way im putting my name on that
Your buying prowess is up there with Ian from HubNut when it comes to buying blind/cheap cars! 🤣 Apart from the paint not matching front and back of the b-post in that side shot, it looks like a good bargain though. Are you allowed to tint all of the windows in your state? Here in the U.K. we’re not allowed to tint the windscreen and some of the front side windows (for view out front and of your side mirrors in the dark I think). I’ve just got myself an E46 325Ci which has had its back box replaced with a straight pipe. I need to find the cheapest way to turn the volume and boom back down to more civilised levels asap! It is sort of 11/10 volume wise and I’m too old for that sh….stuff! 8/10 when I floor it once in a while maybe, but not at 70mph (ok 80mph!) on the A1M for four hours on my way home after Christmas!!! I’ve been meaning to post just how much I look forward to you posting new videos Fella. I totally get your mixed feeling towards You Tube (allowing yourself to be open to all kinds of feedback, and the pressure to post regularly etc.), so don’t want to say anything along the likes of “keep them coming” or “keep them regular”, but do want to let you know just how much I enjoy them and how much it make my day when there is a new episode to watch. Thanks for making my day every so often. HDx.
To be honest all the issues you had were due to maintance neglect and as you said yourself couldve happen to any car. Also its the wrong coolant, its supposed to be Mercedes blue. When it comes to german cars dont mess with aftermarket stuff, itll never end well.
3:15: You answered you own question. The dipstick was missing. It blew out of/burnt off through the dipstick tube. The oil cap on my beater car vibrated off one time and it puked and smoked off a whole quart through the valve cover. That's a cool car, but the Benz learning curve is too steep for me. I prefer to stick to pre-2006 BMWs.
Love the ending. "Hopefully the rest of my ownership experience is less eventful than it has been so far. Although, I doubt it, because the check engine light just came on." Truly an AW video at its finest! Keep up the good work!
The one thing this video has taught me is that cars are stupidly expensive in The US, over here a 2005 auto Merc with transmission problems is a £1000 car MAX and that's not to mention the straight pipe which would decrease the resale value even more.
America is such an amusing place! "well...gotta fix the car OR I can just buy another one"...Here in Brasil people save for years to buy a car :D Wish my dream comes true so I can be there and finish my masters ;
You had more problems with that car, within one week, then I've had in total for 24 years of owning aging Toyotas. 1 x water pump, and 1 x speedo cable = 24 years. But what an awesome car to get, given that you can work on it yourself so readily.
Check under the front passenger footwell carpet for the missing fluid. These had a tendency to via capillary action ... fill their transmission controllers with fluid. . Protip. FCP Euro is your friend.
I got lil Sisters 06 Charger Hemi RT to replace my 95 Neon coupe that finally died last summer. It too is the fastest car I have ever owned. It also is very thirsty and averages about 12 mpg in town even driving it really nice. I love the pig and it sounds awesome when you get on it and it sets you back in the seat. I have figured out how to completely turn off the traction control so I can have it try to kill me, great fun. I would bet you going to have the same fuel economy issues but I also totally understand the thrill of driving it and the wonderful noise it makes. Luckily I only drive about 10 minutes to work and we have moms old PT Cruiser that gets good mpg and is low miles she willed to us. Enjoy it and fix the Volvo so you don't have to feed it every day 😉
The Mercedes engine systems chief engineer now watching your video: "Uuuh, yeah, I *totally* designed the tensioner bolt with the same dimensions as the wheel bolts for quick roadside maintenance. It was absolutely not a coincidence, promise!"
Is it just a camera perception issue causing the front and back half to look totally different shades of silver/grey? Looks most obvious while you were parked up awaiting the coolant fairy- 5:55
It's not actually bad luck if the original decision was horrible. It's more like a cascading failure. But nobody does failure as well as you do bucko! Which is why we love you.
a while back friend had bought a bmw 7 from 2006 and the first thing he had to do was to refill the air condition gas about a week into owning the car. apart from that I didn't hear him complain. of course, there's the fact that the car's first owners were an elderly couple. he was actually a bit regretful after selling it and buying a tesla due to the loss of comfort. I guess you've couple more random problems within the next month and then you're golden. keep it clean and engine correctly lubricated and those things run for years.
6:41 "This hood release is beautiful" .... until the lever snaps ... as it did on my 300D back when I had it. My genius dad replaced it with part of a folded over coat hanger.
