what a beautiful breathtaking car..

This is a lovely car. I've enjoyed many years throwing the golf clubs in the trunk and heading to the golf course with this fine car.

@RetroCarReviews

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Es el coupé más bonito del planeta. ¡Fantástico!

This car was a gasp moment when appeared. Light years ahead of anything else on the road, like the R129 SL 10 years before it.

If only the ABC system was more reliable

@ic1815

2 жыл бұрын

It is… you just have to know what you’re doing. Pretty simple system. Pump lines accumulators struts…

@damilolaakanni

Жыл бұрын

For something Mercedes called ABC, you'd expect it to be simple and reliable.

@leviathan5207

Жыл бұрын

@@ic1815 Multi stage solid fuel booster rockets too are pretty simple if you know what you are doing then....

@ic1815

Жыл бұрын

@@leviathan5207 ok

@bruettingmarcus

Жыл бұрын

If Mercedes - in it‘s infinite wisdom - would have made the ABC Service from the beginning a part of the regular maintainence schedule... Remember: Lifetime fluids in automatic transmissions were a brilliant idea of this era, too 🤣🤣🤣

Nice

I love the 2000s vibe.

140 ft stopping distance was HORRIBLE.

@patrickmichael3384

8 ай бұрын

The longest brake distance I’ve seen on Motorweek was the 1998 Dodge Ram Quad Cab at 150 or so feet. The scariest brake test I’ve seen was from a 1997 Chevy S-10 pickup whose brakes failed and caused the truck to take out the cones.

Interesting to note that you hardly see these vehicles on the road as they became money pits from beginning to end. The story of most german vehicles.

@hhy2k

Жыл бұрын

You have no idea, sorry

@marissalapaglia6389

4 ай бұрын

I have a 2002 CL500

Good old ABC

Yeah a decade after and we have conversion kits for the abc

@ic1815

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, for poor people who don’t want to spend the money to maintain their ABC, and probably shouldn’t have bought the car to begin with.

@nikobellic7586

Жыл бұрын

@@ic1815 even so that technology is over 20yrs old. Today modern cars don't have ABC. May as well replace it.

@hhy2k

Жыл бұрын

@@nikobellic7586 wrong. New Mercedes coupes has ABC.... all of them had it for the past 20 years. ABC can't be replicated with shocks and springs, that's the whole point of the system. You can have a soft suspention with close to sports car handling in a two tons vehicle.

@nikobellic7586

Жыл бұрын

@@hhy2k ok u got me.

So abc is just for increasing brake distance?

@joserasak

2 жыл бұрын

ABC is hidraulic suspension and should not increase braking distance, maybe it help to reduce.

@henryovalles1163

2 жыл бұрын

Abc = 123 thousands in repairs

@joserasak

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryovalles1163 for sure, o had one problem on rear suspension and spent more than 4K 😡

@klowenstein483

2 жыл бұрын

140ft is terrible but that was a prototype.

@ic1815

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryovalles1163 not even close. This suspension can be maintained for hundreds if you know what you’re doing.

140 ft from 60 to 0 is not that great.

@stratfordbaby

Жыл бұрын

It's actually HORRIBLE.

Sounds fantastic but now after 20 years these things are now full of rust; many have faults too many to list due to poor maintenance, stupidly expensive parts (if available). Mercedes quality was atrocious . Goodbye CL500.

Not good Sensors are costly and micro computer travel sensor very expensive maintenance Stay away

Nice

Nice