I'd pay 1000 dollars just to have it in my garage. Hifi audio system, nice chairs, and AC? Bargain

@AI-Records24

5 ай бұрын

True that, make a nice sofa that if you cut it up, then make coffee tables and stuff out of the other parts. Then use the front seats for sim rigs and sell those too.

@user-sf7kl9uh7k

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, just take out the gearbox and sell that for $2000, and have a nice place to hang out with friends.

@wrth

5 ай бұрын

I would love to put Mercedes chairs in my desk, work from home has never been more lux. Turn the rear seats into a sofa. That sound system good enough to give an amazing surround sound setup. I'm sure it's possible to rig the massaging for the seats too. Can sell other parts of the car steering wheel, screen, etc make back more than $1000

@marquisethomas5611

5 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea but the second something that pops up that i can't afford to fix im going to cry

Cameron has been a huge asset to fix Ed's broken cars over the last few years. So cool to see him finding deals like this.

@user-sf7kl9uh7k

5 ай бұрын

Seems a nice guy

I havent seen rabbit’s car stories in a while.. been viewing vinwiki’s car stories since 2017 loving every videos you made Ed..

@jus__gra

5 ай бұрын

Probably because the rabbit x putsch drama, neither of them have really “came back” since then.

@andrewbruitcher2703

5 ай бұрын

@@jus__grawhat happened?

@user-lh8sr1kf6y

24 күн бұрын

Rabbids got his own KZread channel the podcasts

@user-lh8sr1kf6y

24 күн бұрын

I watch him every day

I remember the days when people bought Mercedes and BMW because they outlasted other brands. The value proposition was you could keep them 20 yrs and 300,000 miles. Now everything is a commodity. Pity.

@bleachstain9785

5 ай бұрын

I’ve got a 20yr old W211 chassis E500 (Naturally aspirated 5.0L V8, non-AWD) with 168k on it. I redid all the control arms, tie rods, ball joints, engine and transmission mounts, alternator, batteries, tires, brakes, cooling flush, power steering lines, power steering pump, and valve cover gaskets after I got it. Still need to replace all the air struts but they all hold air and work still (Bilstein B4/AMG E55 Airmatic setup, and yes I’m keeping it working with Arnott E55 replacements). Paid $1,700 for the car that came with a set of rims worth about $300-500 a piece, put about $2k in parts and my own labor and I’ve got one of those very Mercedes you mentioned that was engineered to last 300k miles+ They don’t make them like they used to.

Typical modern Mercedes reliability...SIGH

@daveh2612

5 ай бұрын

All the german cars are like this now.

Always glad to see Cameron on! Have a great day everyone

@DCMotorWerks

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I have a friend who specializes in fixing high end Mercs, Audis, etc. You can get any of these cars after the warranties and service agreements are up for pennies on the dollar. The only thing worse than the service labor costs are the parts. What’s not expensive is hard to find and expensive! He’s tried to sell me several of these beautiful cars of the years. If they only had Toyota running gear they’d be perfect.

@SigiCoria-cd9vg

5 ай бұрын

Where can we find em any sites you may know of?

@Heyitsallgoodman

5 ай бұрын

Ls460!

@filthysoap96

5 ай бұрын

What’s your friends contact or website?

@Bill_N_ATX

5 ай бұрын

@@filthysoap96 Sorry no website and I’ll have to see if he’s got an email etc. He has a home shop near Austin and mostly gets work from people who take their cars into the dealership when they break down. After they break out the defibrillator, often the dealership will pass on his information as someone who can work on high end German Machines. He’s my age, in his early 60s, and has worked in several of the dealerships and was factory trained but doesn’t want to work 40 hours a week anymore. The good news is that most of these folks that own these kinds of cars own several cars, so they don’t mind if it takes weeks to get things fixed. And nowadays, getting parts can take weeks anyway, so you best not be in a hurry.

I have an 2014 e550 and this makes me nervous. Could not remove the block and bore the cylinders out and resleeve the block fix the existing engine??

I'll never be wealthy enough to buy an S-Class, but if I ever do, I'll have to have MORE than enough to afford all the regular maintenance. Some say if you take super good care of it, it will last forever. But it'll be all that $$$ spent for that regular maintenance. Either way, Mercedes is getting all your money. If you're rich, I guess it doesn't matter.

@bwofficial1776

5 ай бұрын

There's nothing more expensive than a cheap German luxury car. The S-Class is the prime example of a car to only own/lease while it's in warranty.

@Ash-wu5vz

5 ай бұрын

@@bwofficial1776not as bad as range rovers. You could buy and S class and have it work well if you know what you’re doing

Long live the W222. Can't believe it's almost 11 years old.

Soooo what I learned from this video is buy older toyotas and save money 💰 😅

The cast iron was from About 03/2015 (production date)

The photos don't match up with the story. Weird edit choice.

@YYZ-SRQ

5 ай бұрын

agree makes no sense to insert random phots that have nothing to do with the story

Sweet guy, nice find. Is this a bit like the BMW Nikasil issue?

@ssnerd583

5 ай бұрын

YEP....and the Porsche fiasco of the same flavor.....oh yeah and the same as the Chevy Vega thing of the 1970's

Ed you guys need to get the rabbit on PKA

I had the same problem plus others misfiring on cylinder 8 on my 2015 S550 I got rid of it at Carmax for 12K and run away

@FloridaCadillacrich308

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

I have feeling that Cameron and I are going to be best friends on the fact that I have GL450

From memory, the original cylinder coating was called Silitec and the updated coating is called Nanoslide. I have never heard these use cast iron and I highly doubt it.

While the M278 is a good sounding engine is certainly has its scary flaws.

Hahaha my lotus made a VINwiki video!

I probably would have parted it out, maybe there is more money in it that way then fixing it

Private Pyle still lookong pretty young these days.

Curious to know. How did the engine develop that issue? Or did I miss that part? Is it one of those fatal flaws things?

@DCMotorWerks

5 ай бұрын

One of those things!

@B0xlife1

5 ай бұрын

They tried to use spray in piston sleeves instead of cast iron and that's what caused the issues if you heard what he said in 2016 they ended up using cast iron completely instead of messing around with the spray in silicon piston sleeve

I’m kicking myself now !!!!

Is rebuilding/overhauling the engine not a viable option???

@BigGuy10Points

5 ай бұрын

At this point no. Most of the rotating assembly is trash. Metal shavings probably mixed with the oil which probably scored the crank and cams. The parts and labor costs to replace everything would far exceed just buying a good working engine.

@milosilic23

5 ай бұрын

I haven’t looked at the video yet but im gonna guess no. at the Merc dealer it would be expensive because it has to be up to standard. Same with the insurance company. But when you or i buy the car and have a local dude who knows his stuff do the work and dont care about the “mercedes standard” its much cheaper and would make sense to try and fix

@chadvarnell1889

5 ай бұрын

@@BigGuy10Points IF.... thr parts were available, I think it could be overhauled for less that the $15k they mentioned. It would be a completely fresh engine. Hopefully it would fare better than the "Mercedes Quality" sub 100k miles....

@BigGuy10Points

5 ай бұрын

@@chadvarnell1889 Not a chance for $15k. Maybe $15k in parts but then the labor to build it. The block alone from Mercedes is probably 5-8k. Pistons rods cams, cam caps, gaskets, may as well replace accessories while the engine is apart, gaskets. It’s not feasible

@chadvarnell1889

5 ай бұрын

@@BigGuy10Points The block looked salvageable, may need sleeves at worse. Without a teardown, it is all speculation.

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong because I’m not from America so this guy has a garage/dealership had a good deal with the guy he was buying it from originally so that when it was going to get a new engine in it he could straight up flip it for cash but instead the owner couldn’t deal with the hassle so sold it to the garage/dealership for his £28000 total but the garage technically paid £1000 total for the car then brought a salvaged engine and put it in with the new engine mounts and all the other service he said it needed for however much he paid for that I don’t know if this guy does the work on the cars himself but given he’s a garage/dealership registered business he might have gotten a below RRP for the engine mount and other components and fixed it himself or with his employees and has sold it before he’s even fixed it for a £27000 so I guess he saved a lot of money doing all the hassle work and got the original owner a quick sell and sold it for a good quick sell price himself I’m guessing if he would have brought it off the owner originally he would have made maybe $1000-$2000 but instead he made a lot more and is possibly the best way the deal could have went for all 3 party’s the original owner/seller himself the garage/dealership and the customer and this car is always going to be well looked after as it still goes back to the garage that has now sold it to the second owner if this is in a climate that is nice and hot/dry I can see this S class body and chassis reached a good 200,000-250,000 miles again please correct me if any of this is wrong

Is this problem only found on 2014-2016 models ? How about 2012-2013 models with Twin Turbo engines ?

@jlnade1851

Ай бұрын

Same engine, Same problem.

You may have another chance with that car when the piston slap starts.

A long explanation how it took 3 months and a lot of hassle to pay $28,500 for a Mercedes .

Whereee

Kool story

So tht shit had no light on but needed a new engine the whole time ? Wtf

How legal is this exactly?

@DCMotorWerks

5 ай бұрын

Completely. The VSC approved the failure, the funds were used to fix the vehicle. Then it got sold.

I think people don’t know, neglecting your car has always consequence , t I have seen s class of this generation with 400k miles and still drives like new . I only deal with Mercedes so I know exactly how they are really!!!!

@stepanbalakirev8422

5 ай бұрын

what year? He said they fixed that particular issue by 2016

An absolute snooze fest. Literally could not get to then end of the video.

Used engine 5K at most

This is piss poor from Mercedes, shocking that he would struggle to find a workable engine.

German engineering… at its finest cost of fortune and doesn’t go 100,000 miles

@rick20.20

5 ай бұрын

My ML55 AMG 01 at 230k miles they run treat it right 🤙🤙

Isn’t this textbook insurance fraud??

Why would anyone buy a Mercedes. Full engine failure at 100k?

@mercedesbenzisbest

5 ай бұрын

That's a rare fluke. Most benz don't really have engine issues compared to other luxury brands

@mtnvalley9298

5 ай бұрын

LOL@@mercedesbenzisbest

@atxbasstard8708

5 ай бұрын

@@mercedesbenzisbestbut most that year did 😂make it make sense

@SeamHead33

5 ай бұрын

Classic Mercedes had excellent engines and transmissions

@BelviGER

5 ай бұрын

Easy, sell it to some idiot after a 3 year 30k miles lease

not sure why the random photos(R8, Lambo SV, TVR, 20 yr old E and S class, as well as the CL, GLE, GL, Noble and RR) through out the video that have absolutely nothing to do with the story. Poor production values and editing

Your story definitely confirms that the owner was an idiot, even now I pay 15000 for that car and rebuild the engine for 3k

@jfwfreo

5 ай бұрын

In what universe are you going to replace the block on an engine like that for $3k? (because you sure as hell aren't going to be repairing that kind of damage)

Remind me not to take my car to your place

First

@tripplethreat7276

5 ай бұрын

Loser

@edwardfletcher7790

5 ай бұрын

Grow up kid, this isnt a participation award sport....SIGH

@AI-Records24

5 ай бұрын

Why do people do this genuinely I’m not insulting you mate but what do you get out of that? Is your life that bad?

@einhundertfunfzig4919

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@AI-Records24does it have efect on you? No so why you care?

@AI-Records24

5 ай бұрын

@@einhundertfunfzig4919 like I said, there’s no judgement from me I just hope he is ok.. It seems like a cry for attention, so I wanted them to understand that if things are bad, they will get better, that’s all.

Isnt this considered fraud?..

@djbucky16

5 ай бұрын

How so?

@DCMotorWerks

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate your concern but no. The VSC inspected and approved the failure of the engine. We just happened to buy the vehicle afterward which ended in the net $1000 out of pocket to buy the car. Interesting fact actually with a VSC and especially a contract maxing claim, the VSC has no interest in the repair of the vehicle. Trust us, you think with a business to uphold that we would want to do that? Perhaps some thought would be warranted before making assumptions.

This story makes no sense...

Ummmm… might want to take this video down. Sounds like he just admitted to billing a third party warranty company for services they didn’t actually do. Typically to get paid on those contracts you need to submit a completed work order with a customer signature. I hate insurance/warranty companies as much as the next guy, but this smacks of outright fraud. It’s the last thing I’d be admitting to and promoting

@daveh2612

5 ай бұрын

If you paid attention, he DID use the warranty money to repair the car.

This guys stories are great… but he needs Ed to narrate his stories. His voice is nails on a very effeminate chalkboard.

@joshuagibson2520

5 ай бұрын

I was wondering if he had a husband or wife, but I think you may have answered that for me.

Dumb to fix a known problem. For less than 10k you can swap a 5.3 ls and transmission in. You would be dumb to put the original POS back in. Hell for a daily driver you could put in bore out steel sleeves and new pistions.That would never fail as quick, if ever again. Rich fools spend stupid money to keep it original, when at 1/2 or less you can make it better.. I Hear Merc or BMW and all I think is over priced junk

@jguillot72

5 ай бұрын

And this way of thinking is why you'll always be driving a clapped out 97 Chevy talking about how you're gonna drop a crate 6.6 in it and living large in a double-wide trailer.

@pkuudsk9927

5 ай бұрын

@@jguillot72 LOL no I drive a 1987 Jeep yj 4.2 6 for the last 22 years and a 2007 %.7 Cherokee for the last 7 as well. I am a Mechanic I hate working on my own junk that why I drive these they just run forever. Steel sleeve it or scrap it, just throwing money down the drain otherwiseI keep cars forever so why have the same problem 2x? we all know it will do the same thing again.