I BOUGHT A CHEAP MERCEDES S-CLASS FOR £1,500!

Foreign kids, how are you doing? Well today I

bought

a

cheap

Mercedes S Class for just £1500. I really am a glutton for punishing responses. I can never say no to a

cheap

luxury car, but for £1500 I thought, well, I know. I'm not even going to say it. I was going to say how bad it can be, but I think we know how bad it can be. I love buying heavily depreciated luxury barges, but this is crucial now. I always analyze these experiences with my eyes. wide open, I only know how expensive they can be just because it costs £1500, it still has the running costs of a hundred thousand pound car, that's crucial.

Remember just because I paid money to Toyota iGo doesn't mean it has Toyota Raga running costs are far from it, this is a 2003 Mercedes S Class Limousine, it's the long wheelbase that means it's the w220 model, quite unpopular and unloved. Now, personally, I'm a fan of them, as I mentioned in previous videos, but I know many aren't. The general consensus is that it wasn't as good as the w140 you replaced anyway. I still like them. I still have a soft spot for them. I

bought

this from a YouTube viewer named Eric. He messaged me about a week ago asking me.

If I wanted to buy it, it seems like Eric and I have very similar tastes. He also likes the r129sl. In fact, he doesn't have one like mine. He has three, a 320, a 500 and also a 600 V12, so I think it's fair. Let's say this guy is a real petrolhead and he services the S-Class very well apparently he's having an engine and gearbox service the air conditioning works all that kind of stuff the only negative which is not a surprise, unless you're a reverse class, it's the Body Shop, he sent me pictures. I haven't actually seen this car in person yet and it's pretty rusty in the usual places.

It's a poor show for Mercedes, but this era of Mercedes always rusts around the wheel arches. I'm just thinking about a 70. An £80,000 luxury car is unacceptable, you might be wondering what engine it has now, it's an S320 CDI so it's a turbodiesel, but more importantly I think it's the straight six turbodiesel. which devotees replace laterally with a V6 that wasn't as good, but the old inline six is ​​pretty bulletproof, as I mentioned in previous videos. I'm not a big fan of diesel cars, they're noisy, unreliable, slow, all that kind of stuff, all these kind of cars, you know, a car that's going to go up. and turn the engine down every day of its life, makes sense because this will go seven or eight hundred miles between Phillips, while an S500, for example, will only go about half that.

What's also interesting about this old S-Class is that it's a designer color. It has a designer leather interior and a designer paint finish, if you don't know designers like the Mercedes-Benz custom department, you can literally have any color you want. I know I only paid £1500 for this. I'm not looking forward to Earth, but I'm pretty sure it will be nice. The shipping company I use came to pick it up last night, so I haven't seen it yet. It was left in my car park this morning so I'm really excited to get a good look at it, let's see what £1500 buys you in the S Class world, can we see that?

Well, we are here. It has the nice AMG style wheels, they are very golden, very golden, very big and very golden, this will be the facelift of the w220, right? With the slat style taillights, it needs a good clean, but it looks very good, actually, the front spoiler has been painted at some point, obviously, to correct the slightly discolored corrosion, uh, yeah. I'd say both sides is actually shocking, isn't it? They have been painted once and yet the rust has just come back through the tires. They look good, they break. This looks new. I'm very excited about this, as always.

So let's go through a quick upright car. check to get more information about it, it is very easy to use, all you have to do is go to carvertical.com, enter the vehicle registration, in this case we have Papa X-Ray pass, exchange zero three Oscar alfa bravo old age beige It's really important that you do one of these checks before handing over cash for a used car or motorcycle. It's a very comprehensive checklist that tracks millions of cars across dozens of country databases. If you want to make one of these yourself, I urge you. To do so click the link below in the video description or use the promo code high peak and you will get 10 off each and every vehicle track you make with a quick wash this should clean up pretty good , you know, he's very excited to see how. it is cleaned it is an unusual color that because it looks a little different when the sun hits it just like that the report is ready it has never been stolen it has never been involved in any accident the mileage is fine and there is no understanding Finance so We are clear on all four fronts: the 2003 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a luxurious and powerful vehicle that offers a range of different engine types and other specifications to meet the needs of different drivers.

Let's find out more about the engine. last time the mileage was 129,350 and it's been pretty consistent, that's strange, it was off road or out of the country between 2017 and 2022, no words, that's strange, maybe it was just sitting in the garage or in someone's entry fee, road tax. it weighs 340 pounds a year it's a 2003 S320 3.2 diesel automatic it had a good license plate five GPM they always make this type of car it has a kind of fancy crest the owner changed the owner changed well right at the last show2 and then on December 22, The only element of the warning was the rear brake being so hot, but not excessively, it's not that bad, is it the previous one, 1300 miles earlier?

There were some issues there, but they seem to have been resolved, which is a good sign, so let's go. take a look around, okay then the sun will come out, you have to get very close to the door handle before it opens back to the S Class. We have two keys, one original and one copy. Feast your eyes, so let's talk about Ross and then it always works. Always hurry up with this wheel arch, it's not that bad, I mean it's bubbling. I've seen worse things and down here too. The wheels look good, although the brake discs are a little corroded, there is a slight lip, but it's not too bad, the wheels seem to have been reconditioned recently, I think they will clean up well in terms of tires, we have a mark, there's a Nexon about six thousand, that's pretty decent, slight dent there but I wouldn't worry too much, some reason they always get cracked and mangled, but it's okay down here, we've got more corrosion that's definitely been painted over, we have a next set on the front again with about six thousand and those brake discs look new that's good news and that's crap it wants a good cleaning but I'm pretty impressed I need a set of key plates on my IP I have those plates there I have another Nexon and again it is at approximately six or seven thousand and new discs that is good on this side the wheel arch is not so bad, which is good news.

You can see that it has been painted, although it doesn't quite fit flush with the door. What do you want for £1500 here? It is not too bad. He's just starting to go to the usual places. Hmm. It's a shame because it's probably not worth repairing, that's the problem and it will be a very difficult color to match. It was like a pearlescent color and we have a matching Nexon, that's the result and the tires. They're all decent moving around the back, in fact, it's the facelifted model with I knew what I meant, but I couldn't really describe it, it has four horizontal lines on the lights, which is a facelifted model.

I think the face of the 03 model is like this or in O3 I should say it has the rear blind. I can't wait to see how many of the features still work. A small dent there that would come out. I think that, although it is quite deep, it is in decent order and the hood sits a little proud. What do you think everything is quiet and refined in this era of the S-Class? You can barely hear the central locking. We have this brown designer leather interior. I think I'm right in saying this. I think this was called something. like Amaretto or something, the actual color of this brown leather is quite a pretty color.

To be honest, I wouldn't have chosen this kind of champagne color. I would have chosen a darker color, but the interior is very nice and long. wheelbase to see the legroom you have this really is what the S Class is all about chauffeur driven luxury and we have wooden grab handles here we have a vanity mirror oh yeah I think that's the main type of complaints really with the W2 w220. I can't express my words. Everything feels a bit cheap and flimsy. I mean, look, that's not good enough. Is it to require this value? So we have We have a rear blind, we have a folding rear head and we want to clean it up a little bit, but do we have cup holders here somewhere?

I think they are cup holders, aren't they okay? There we go, very shallow and broken cup holders. It's funny every time I read the comments on these videos. Everyone accused me of being very clumsy and I'm not normally that, but I just try to do it with one hand while carrying keys and all kinds of things. I'm usually a little softer than this oh yeah this is nice, Alcantara headliner and we've got ashtray, window switches, heated seats, power reclining seats, look at that in the back, what a way to drive with lots of leather , even here, nice soft leather too and I think I guess it's massage, a massage function, I'm not sure, we actually have these nice tread plates here, very nice, that are damaged, actually the panel that covers the seat belt, we have seats with massage.

If you can see, this is really nice. because this is a facelifted model you get a slightly different infotainment screen, the early cars had a much smaller screen here with a cassette player, put the log book in there, some spare button bits I think , or an earlier one, this one replaced that shelter. At some point some Muffy pens, this is great, this car spot is there for your Nokia 6110, more storage there and it all feels a bit cheap, actually that sort of thing has a receipt from wix or whatever calls the ad. works yes I think it's cooled too cup holder strange something is making some noises here like it's trying to activate something I have Bosch wipers we have more than half a tank of diesel inside 28 degrees Classic FM look at that my rear blind works oh yeah what's up with the headdress? oh look at that, I was about to say only one works oh wait a minute, it's like whacking a mole, no, here we go, it will appear again.

I do not do it. I understand very well what is happening there I would say they work, let's not be negative, let's say they work BBC Radio Three What's wrong with this panel? Never been smoked buddy, nice little eyelash tray. I wonder what that is. It's like something you'd see in It Looks Tall, That's Not It on cold winter mornings just to speed it up a bit more. It will be a diesel engine, but I doubt it will be for that, I have no idea, although I suppose it will be a five. speed Auto too Not sure look under the hood look at this big straight six oh we also have arches so we have mirror controls mirrors powerful heated and ventilated seats this was a car that wasn't today 20 years ago what big lump, that's the bulletproof Mercedes-Benz straight-six engine, they just replaced it.

I think I think the reason was emissions. They could reduce emissions. I guess on the V6, so the struts are all good, there's not too much corrosion under here, it's not as clean, but it's not that bad, it's all electronic. I know you don't, I know you'll say everything is electronic. I thought it was a dipstick, including how to check the oil level. I thought it couldn't be done. wait till you see how this cleans up, oh look at that popped up carefully, right, we have a lot of spare parts, we have a power steering tube, an oil tube, an oil line, okay, genuine Mercedes, too we have a steering wheel that is in a slightly better condition than the current one the current one is a little worn on the top, that is better, I will change it, that is the result, yes, we also have mats, more mats and that is Ah, that It's the panel, so that's the driver's seat. the belt cover is all broken, that's useful, we have what's that red Right there, we have a pulley of some description.

I'm not even going to try to pronounce that. I'll leave him alone. What about the CD changer? Do we have any CDs? Mine on my SL55 is currently stuck. I need to fix it. I'm breaking everything today. Well, that's it. Pretty complete, right? Apart from its triangle, we are missing the triangle and theinterior lights. Should be on eBay later. queer. Springs in the trunk. strange. I always thought it was a pretty cool feature, this little handle that comes out when uh, when you open the trunk, Jesus, and then it pops back up, uh, eventually, there we go, look they made me be alive, so what should we turn on? ?

Out comes this big bulging steering wheel. It's a great year we have. cruise control I don't know what that is, it's radar Cruise maybe, oh yeah, it's not even lumpy, it's smooth as silk, we don't have soft clothes, although unfortunately we get these combination massage seats, son, should we turn on the seats ventilated? Lower this. Will the air conditioning work? I would say right away that this was way ahead of its time, you know, this board is always like this, what else can I show you? So we have a broken door there for the first aid kit, sunroof.

I dare to try, huh yet? working, everything is very well finished. I think the first thing I'm going to do is go take this to the car wash, leave it for a valid mini and see what it's like under all this dirt because I think it'll clean up really well. a warning light on the water fluid level, check the level, okay, how do I press, there's still some washer fluid in there, oh, that makes the glow, right? Okay, here we go, so we have a range of 292 miles, 291 after reboot, 1400 miles, this has been achieved. 47 miles per gallon, that's incredible. 47 MPG from a luxury limo like this, they are very complicated, although we have this complicated suspension setup, you can raise the ride, you are asking for problems, we should really drive it, so look. how it works how do I turn off my parking sensors because the income, let's see how they fit well, first drive of the old S-Class, nothing like driving an S-Class, you sit in these really wide seats, I sat on a sofa with steering. massively over assisted so it's very light, my air conditioning is good, it's a really good car list, what am I going to do with this?

Well, I don't want to keep it, I just want to go on a big road trip with it, 47 miles per gallon. It won't even cost that much, right? It felt pretty solid over the small speed hurdle. Power delivery is quite smooth. It's not missing, lumpy or rough. They really pull like a train. Still feels pretty good so far. My brakes are good. well, the parking sensors are not, I don't know how they turn off, shut up, someone knows, can someone help me, oh, here we go, it's the button that says P off, to the right, a little acceleration, there it goes , well, this, can you imagine driving? this left the showroom in 2003 after you expected it in gold over brown exactly how you liked it and the buttons are not all sticky normally in this area of ​​Mercedes these buttons here on the steering wheel and well everything else you press The top layer wears off so you end up with very sticky buttons but I'm happy to say my buttons are not sticky but they pull in a straight line when I snap them, they don't pull left or right so we're all good , How do we do it?

I run it in manual mode with red light, it's probably best if I don't discard the older wire in the front, okay? Well, what am I going to do with this? I think I'll give it a mot service in Anyway, do a general check up, probably have my mechanic see how Rusty is underneath, usually the chassis on these is fine, usually it's just the body panels, you can Ask them to give it a good wax oil underneath, anyway, just to protect it. What else do I believe? While we finish up the mechanics, I'll let you take a look at the trunk and see how many of those parts you can fit.

Put the new steering wheel. Put the new trim. And wherever those tubes go, I have no idea. I'm sure there's going to be a little bit more information than me, so do it and what should we do. Hmm, the painting is probably not worth doing, but what do I do? What do I do if I do the painting? Yes I spent. four or 500 pounds worth of paint, so I guess 500 pounds from my mechanic 500 pounds worth of paint will owe me two and a half thousand, probably worth between three and a half to four thousand, I guess then, isn't that a close up for an S? -Kind of like that, but it's done 131,000 miles, it's not exactly tall, is that right?

I'm just looking forward to taking a long road trip in this, let me know below in the comments where you'd like me to take this. I could drive it down. to the crazy parrot I really don't like the Paris Rouge Berlin I could go to Stuttgart I couldn't wait for the Mercedes-Benz factory that's an interesting idea I could do some kind of fuel challenge oh look at the old XJ yeah we could do some kind of fuel challenge see how far we can go on a full tank actually that's an idea you could fill up the tank here in my garage get my passport a toothbrush and see where a full tank takes us there's an idea , leave me this, I will do it.

I have some news for you later, greetings everyone and we're back in the old Mercedes S-Class. This has been a pretty smooth ride, which is unusual. I just picked this up at the local car wash and the guys there are originally from Iraq. and they said that before they left Iraq they remember seeing Saddam Hussein's son driving a car like this in this exact color combination. It's what I bought here and then it was completely by accident. I must add that it is the dictator's car. Who would have thought of it anyway after us? Last spoke I took it to my mechanics for a Mot check.

I also asked them to put the parts left in the trunk by the previous owner. I knew what some of them looked like on the new steering wheel, but I really didn't. I know what the rest of them were, they look like pipes, oil pipes, the next day I got a call from a mechanic saying no, you know that gold S-Class you left, yeah, it's mine, obviously, who else would have it? all? Well, it has quite a bad oil leak in the gearbox. They said new pipes in the back wouldn't cure it. There is a leak in the sump.

Obviously someone checked the gearbox at some point and then they threaded the bolts when they put them back in the sump, so there it was. It wasn't making a good connection so I was advised to take it to my automatic gearbox place so when I picked it up I took it there and crossed my fingers anyway. Another day later, my gearbox guy called me to tell me that it was okay, everything was done, my previous gearbox. The guy had to drain the fluid, remove the old crankcase, put in some new bolts, put it in properly and then refill the fluid anyway, now it's all fixed, that was the first problem solved so I picked it up from there and took it back to my mechanic. to finish the service and mot and surprisingly and I say surprisingly because it is a 20 year old car surprisingly passed its mot without elements of advisor good thing they gave it a minor service and a pre-mot inspection and the only thing they could find that the problem was the horn, they tried it once and it worked but it sounded very weak, it sounded like it was on its last legs, then when they tried it again nothing, it completely died so now they replaced it and it works.

I thought those people doing the Duke of Edinburgh thought I was just honking at them. I went to pick it up there and asked them if they would exchange the steering wheel for the one they gave me in my boots and they told me. They said no because when they checked one was not in better condition this one is fine it actually has a little wear on the top but that one isn't new either so they thought it was a waste of time and I agree with they. I also asked them to replace this molding here on the side of the seat belt because it was broken.

When they tried to do it they realized it was the wrong part, it just didn't fit so I had to call my upholstery shop. boy, he went out and tried to make a decent one with the two parts he had and he's done a really excellent job, you'd never know someone had been there, then I took it from there and took it back to work. and I went out and bought some new registration plates. I know I've always preached this, but it's such an easy job to do and it transforms you instantly. I then took it to the local car wash for a quick mini vote.

It was not that bad. so I thought I'd save £70 and not make a full deal. I'll just do a midi and it cleaned up really well. The AMG wheels in particular look great, they really make the car stand out, they really take your eyes off the poor thing. painting, speaking of which, I haven't done it simply because I wouldn't know where to start or stop, there's so much, oh, look at the hill. 911 1987, not sure simply because I wouldn't know where to start or stop, there is a lot of rust. on this car everywhere and I think in this particular case with a 20 year old Diesel class I would be throwing a good bit of money down the drain, so I think I could leave it as is for now, it's not the worst.

I've seen it before, what do you think? I just think with a car like this you have to draw the line somewhere and I don't want to spend a thousand quid on paint unnecessarily and I still think it looks pretty good. stylish, not a full shed, speaking of which, I've got it booked for Shed Fest next month, if you haven't heard of it, it's an Alex motoring event held at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon and I'm pretty much looking forward to it, so I have this car reserved there and I also want to take it on a road trip somewhere.

I haven't decided where yet, but there are plenty of options, so let me know in the comments section below where you are. I'd like to see me take this now before I finish the video. I just want to talk to you about my costs, so let me park somewhere scenic and I'll explain exactly what I've spent here. Then we will do wonderful things. The sensors work fine, so, something else to mention, if you remember, when I first bought the car, it didn't have a pack of books with it, so I contacted the previous owner and he managed to track it down as well.

With the engine off, he didn't manage to find it and appear in the post? I didn't believe what I saw here, but here is the service book. It has a full Mercedes-Benz history, so it was done in 2004 2006. 7 8 10 11 all by Mercedes-Benz still Mercedes 12 14 15 17. and then nothing until 22. so it did well, it had a history Full service by Mercedes up to 125 in 17. so I guess it's been off road. or someone passed away or something anyway, it all helps add to the story, doesn't it in my cost? So I spent £70 then on the v5b upholstery upholstery, I don't need to see I have a clean mot with no advice items, the automatic gearbox repair cost me £150 so they found out there was a leak in the bowl from the sump due to three bolts that had been removed, so I repaired the threads and adjusted the fluid level.

The job was done 150. My mechanics bill was a 10 pound oil filter. oil £60 requires a lot of oil minus a horn £28 labor was £112 and mot test fee was £40 bringing my total to £292 and that's all I've spent. Oh, no, actually, that's not quite right. got £15 for some number plates and £15 for a mini ticket let me add this up and then I paid £1500 for the car plus £292 on my mechanic £150 for a gearbox service £70 for the upholstery trimmer £15 for plates £15 per Mini ticket, oh there was a delivery too, I can't remember how much it cost, it was 180. I think it was 180.

So my total is £2200 for all this mistake long wheelbase designer leather Mercedes-Benz, thanks once again for watching, make sure to like the video if you enjoyed it, make sure to subscribe if you haven't already, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, leave the link below and yes, maybe I'll see you on Shed first, regards, guys.