People Say I’m Full of Crap About Mercedes, Well Watch This

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The more problems a car has the louder and happier Scotty gets. LOL.

"I think I'll buy a house instead!" My thoughts exactly. Insane.

Have had a w211 for 10 years and average ~$400/yr on maintenance. My classmates' wife has a newer one and had many problems. As they got more complex they got more expensive.

I agree. I’ve owned over 50 vehicles of most brands. One Mercedes. Biggest money pit of all of them put together. It loves to show you an alert, but when it runs as it’s supposed to it’s a beast, no doubt. But you pay for that greatness. Most reliable vehicle brand I’ve owned, MAZDA. Still own a 2008 Mazda 3 I bought new. Only fix, new alternator at 100k miles. Got 160k now. Daily driven by my teenagers for last 3 years. Starts and runs like new.

As a master tech with 25 years of experience, I agree 100% with you, I had a BMW, Mercedes and Audi. I have been driving Lexus for 10 years and it will stay that way.

I have a 17 year old 4 cylinder Camry Solara. All I've done to it are oil changes, coolant flush, brakes and rotors and valve cover gasket. That's it. In 17 years my neighbor has had 5-6 Mercedes and BMWs. Several times I've seen one of them leave or return to his house on a tow truck. Last I heard him say he will be taking out a loan to send his kid to college. Driving my Toyota for 17 years I managed to save enough money for my son to go to college. Debt free. Old Toyotas rock.

It would be interesting to hook-up the diagnostics on NEW Benz models before they even leave the dealership to see how many error codes they throw.

I’m on my 5th Mercedes since 1978. I fix my own. No shop for me. My 1st one lasted 608,000 miles. Never leaked or burned a drop of oil. When I got married I bought my wife one exactly like it. 480,000 miles there. Got new ones when I was in a bad accident. (The F-150 guys barely lived. We were fine). After another 20 years I just bought another. Lots more computer stuff (yes) but the basics are still easy.

One would think that if Mercedes watched this video, they would be completely embarrassed and mortified. But like most of the other automakers, they take no pride in their products any more

80s and 90s Mercedes are where it's at. It was all down hill after 99.

Having driven Mercedes Benz for over 40 years with no problems whatsoever i would think that the solution would make sure that the car was built in Germany. My e class was purchased in 2012 and has one battery and two wipers. My son drove a Mercedes that had over 275,000 on the clock with no problems, this car was still being used by a taxi driver in Romania last month.

About the brake rotors,if you ever worked on them before,it was designed that way,the outer layer's material is different and isn't suppose to be touched by the pads,while the inside is completely steel,and another thing,you don't need to replace the disc everytime you change the pads,you only change them after you changed the pads 2 to 3 times before like any car,and the gap makes it super easy to know if you need replacing them,just feel the gap with your fingers,or just look at them,when the brake discsbare worn they tend to have multiple grooves in the steel layer,so scotty,ask other mechanics to fact check your stuff

I am German and drive a German-built 2010 C-class, which I had for 7 years. It has had NO PROBLEMS whatsoever in that time. I really think that Scotty is right that there is a huge difference between Mercedes built in Germany and Mercedes built in Alabama.

I love how Scotty reads out a fault code, then turns the camera on himself,!cracks a joke, then records himself laughing out loud

Love it, gotta be one of my fav videos, love seeing the enthusiasm Scotty gets from dissecting a vehicles quality!…. Especially an expensive one like these, would love to see how many error codes show up on a new Toyota or Mazda CX-5 type vehicle - Kia seltos etc just for comparisons sake…all seem to have plenty of electronics these days….🙃

I've owned two Mercs, a 2011 C250 and a 2013 GLK350. Other than having to replace the thermostat on my C-class I had zero other issues with either vehicle. Every vehicle can have issues, even Scotty's beloved Toyotas.

Had a hydraulic hose blow on a 06 mercedes, independent shop wanted 4500 just to replace one hose that cost 200 dollars...labor was going to be 4300!!! I redesigned the repair myself and fixed the hose for 75 dollars. The key to owning a mercedes is you have to be highly intelligent and able to work on your own car.

As Scotty on Star Trek said “the more complicated the plumbing, the easier to stop up the works”

I laughed until I nearly got sick. Scotty is hilarious in addition to being very knowledgeable. Great YouTube channel.