All the Reasons to Stay Away from the Mercedes SL500 -

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• MN

  @Mnj76ln8 · 2 years ago

  Craig: the type of car guy that knows nothing about cars but knows everything about frosted tips 😂😂😂😂

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• WI

  @wigwam622 · 2 years ago

  I couldn't work for that guy for five minutes.

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• AL

  @Alabastard · 2 years ago

  As someone with a v12 version of this car and a mercedes mech this was incredibly painful to watch

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• JM

  @jmorris023 · 2 years ago

  Craig says stay away from the MBs, but then goes out and buys any Audi, regardless of how shitty.

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• ST

  @Stephen03S600 · 2 years ago

  You do not have to put the key in the ignition on a "keyless go" car with the button on top of the shifter.  All that is required is the key fob be present put your foot on the brake and then press the button on top of the shifter.

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• DO

  @dougholdem2898 · 2 years ago

  Owned a 2004 SL500 bought in 08 and then a 2009 SL550 in 2013.  Bought each for 52K when 4 years old less than 12k miles and both had extended warranties from MB that's only transferable in private party sale.  Had the usual issues, pump for top, strut, suspension issue.  Loved both.  '09 same color red as yours.

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• BO

  @bobd9868 · 1 year ago (edited)

  OMG the level of incompetence here is staggering. A couple of quick google searches would have saved these guys so much time instead of (literally) muscling there way through all of the problems. For starters, not knowing which way the roof switch works or how to put up the windows is ridiculous.

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• ES

  @Estilocampirano · 2 years ago

  I bet Devin is telling him to stfu in his head because he already knows what to do 😂

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• NI

  @NikoTn1 · 2 years ago

  I burst out laughing when I saw the second SL500 also in red.

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• MA

  @Mantarr1 · 2 years ago

  That flap in the trunk that the detailer puzzled over is needed for the roof foldup. Needs to be pulled down to ensure the folding roof works. If not down roof is inoperative, a safety feature I think. Also another safety feature which caught me out is that if you move the car forward at all during foldup it automatically stops folding, quite scary if you don't understand why it happens.

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• WO

  @worldclassautomotive7494 · 2 years ago

  I’ve had a few of these come through my shop with an inop top that leaks. Every time in my experience, it’s been the hydraulic rollbar cylinders that leak. If you pull off the interior panel where the rear window regulators are, you can see the cylinders and the fluid will just be pissing out when you operate the switch. You can also feel the rear floorboard and see if it’s oily from the fluid leaking out. That’s a dead giveaway also. Figured that might help

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• FR

  @frederickfernandez1510 · 2 years ago

  Devin did a great job 👏👍

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