I Finally Found a Mercedes I Would Buy

rev up your engines okay here's a cute little 2008 mercedes-benz SL k 55 AMG v8 engine although it's really dirty today what kind of shape is it customer wants to know you said it for three years hasn't put any money in it yet is it worth putting more money into it oh it's time to say bye-bye now you gotta consider the original person paid about 64 grand for this think he bought it for about $18,000 three years ago hasn't put any real money into it now he likes the power it's got 355 horsepower it's got a pretty good 7-speed automatic transmission in it being that it's really small it's also really heavy if you put a couple of fat guys in a thing the way it'll be over two tons as you can see it's not that long not as a fast little sports car but because of the weight and the power he gets about 13 miles a gallon in the city 99 highway so it's pretty much a gas hog for tiny little car but the three years he's owned he's very happy with it he hasn't had to put any real money another thing so out comes a serious scan tool plug it in as you can see it's no different than any other car you just find a plug now it's on you can see the lights are glowing well just turn the key on so the idiot lights are on and it's not running pal go to Mercedes automatically search you get all kinds of information but we tell here it's not a fake mg sometimes guys stick badges on but by the serial number this is an actual amg we'll do a system scan and away it goes waiting for the skin I mean it's the typical Mercedes even though it's all waiting someone older there are switches buttons all kinds of controls here here we have the adjustments here it's a convertible but it's metal it's a true two-seater when you look at the dash we can see it says it's got 78,000 miles on it can see on a dead eye on the top 78,000 96 miles no one's cheated on the speedometer on this one like people often will so this is the real mileage 12 years old till he got 78,000 miles that's a good sign scan didn't finally wrong odds going through a health report but see if there's any codes on anything I like many other cars of Mercedes have various steps and various levels of analytics if some clown at an auto parts store plugs a machine in this thing and says oh no it's fine there's no trouble codes that doesn't mean anything that's the tip of the iceberg there's various levels that you need these fancy machines for to really analyze one of these cars see there's red things coming up now they're all green on the other chest but now there's things we're gonna look at okay let's check it out we got a lot of reds three four five six seven eight sixteen 26 36 37 38 4 45 48 50 so it's got 53 codes going on here let's see if any of them are serious we got probably the electronic stability program is typical on these control module not identified can't communication is faulty that the electronic ignition switch has under voltage the roof has voltage problem the overhead control panel can reception the controller area network that's the computer wiring system problem with the mirror automatically dimming patrol unit supplies to lo troll panel fault switch is closed apply voltages to law we're getting a lot so it's obviously some type of electrical short we're not getting enough power short circuits and some of the lighting then there's 10 for the Sam that's the signal acquisition mode then the audio system has five things I see that all the time he's audio gateway they're so complicated or modular is a little problem electronics seat adjust with memory has problems convenience automatic air conditioning fan temperature sensor problem supply voltage is low but all these other ones here they're normal now what is all that say well that says it's a typical Mercedes that's 12 years old it has electronic flaws but the guy is pretty much happy with the way that the thing runs hey Riley this isn't like the g-wagon I checked out last week where stability controls a big thing because it's high this baby's low to the ground it's not something you have to worry about these things flipping over it's not that big of a deal on something like this as it is with a big up near g-wagen that's heavy that could flip over this thing that's not really a problem if you drive normal he used to drive fast he says with the grandkids now he drives normal so I started up you get some of the live data there's so much dead on these things make your head spin test engine at idle speed there's a dad it's all pretty normal nothing weird now we'll check the values at idle speed you finally think sod ball here everything's pretty normal big advantage of these machines the fancy ones like this they're color coded if there is a fault it's gonna be different color it's not gonna be that boom I can see that right away that there was in specs but I can look at them individually too and analyze them with what I know I don't trust the machines all the time now I do notice under the hood when I rev it up you hear low groan when I turn the wheel power steering pumps groaning a little bit just got a typical on these as they aged if it's not low on fluid yeah these things often grown a little bit if you're an absolute fanatic you replace the pump but I've seen them go years in years and they whine steer fine who cares all that further to data signal from the cams okay everything so far is pretty good for a vehicle of its age so that's going to the hood check that out we roll the window down so we don't get locked out we close the door that's an important thing well we need a Rob that doesn't work hydraulics cost a fortune this cost $0.50 so stick one in your trunk nice and solid now it's full of fluid who cares it runs fine why spend all that money on something that's still work perfectly fine now as we look around other than this bird found there must've been a cat around here somewhere it's in pretty decent shape there's no major leaks or anything front looks pretty clean there's no crack plastic parts and being wrecked and smacked up now the headlights out a little fade on them that's typical you can polish them off if you want but for a 12 year old Mercedes Benz what's that real mileage that's actually low shape that it's in other than those nitpick the electronic crap but they all do as they age it's a pretty decent vehicle actually considering that he's at it for three years and back then he paid less than one quarter of what the original list price was I'd say it's actually a decent car now it's fine you don't get a two-seater at all people around there's no backseat you want a cute little two-seater to toy around with for that kind of money if you don't pile the mileage on can actually be a decent way to fool around with sports putting brakes on it eventually it's gonna need struts on it it rides a little bit sloppy but it's nothing outrageous so let's check the undercarriage pretty ladies got those fancy tires on it gotta say it's a decent car no I'm not a fan of these low-profile tires because they have a tendency riding a little bit rough the handle great but they ride a little rough and they cost a fortune when they finally go up this guy has cheapy Taiwanese one time cuz he didn't wanna buy the super expensive one since he's not dragging anymore he's happy with these it tells me they're not leaking air they don't get flats so they're decent original muffler still in good shape clean rear end decent car yeah speaking of trunk it's inside here whoa that's one heavy trunk we'll have to do that over again oh not the biggest joints in the world but this one's clean you can see all the fancy convertible top stuff that folds in here when you put the top in but it's clean it's never been wrecked either now comes the real fun of driving around see how it rides these are sporty little cars step on the gas again where it goes and sure on this old one as your corner you can feel a little more bumps more than you should I mean it's a relatively small wheelbase to begin with struts are worn if he wants to get to ride like new I'd advise changing all the struts on it but it's totally drivable the way it is so here's a shocker for ya scotty says this really isn't that bad of a deal you did pay a lot less sport so that's got some life left in it and here's some bonus questions and answers dude said Scotty there's currently a 1990 BMW 535i for sale on my street with such tremendous money picked back even in the 1990s well actually it wasn't back in the 1990s but it will be today you're talking about a 13 year old BMW they are and less money pits now back in the day those are actually pretty good cars I had a few customers with and they loved them they were luxurious but they handled well and one guy at 180 and it was still going strong and hadn't had all that much worked on you talk about any car that's thirty years old especially a German car it gets expensive and the parts on those are super super super expensive yeah nineteen nineties for it or something it's gonna have problems too but the parts are gonna be pretty cheap because they mass-produced them there's an endless supply the aftermarket stuff with the BMW especially 535i nothing easy to get parts for I would stay away from that unless you want an endless repair toy that you can play with on the weekend and you know you got time on your hand you want to be working on a new Smith says Scotty I purchased 08 Lexus is350 190K I don't use a cigarette lighter in a car so I wonder if it's good idea swap the USB so I can charge them yes realize that those cigarette lighter things are made for what lighting cigarettes you're better to swap it out to an actual USB port hardwired in because when you plug the ones in they're relatively inefficient someone can get too hot they don't work all that well and the radiofrequency can actually mess with if you have a keyless ignition system get a good one have it hardwired in a quality one and then you won't have problems much better than some rig thing you just plug it in for so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos remember to ring that Bell

Channel: Scotty Kilmer

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Length: 10min 26sec (626 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 03 2020