His wit is great

I had an albanian mechanic like him, simply the best

Yes, if you’re going to specialize, find a brand that breaks constantly, with starry-eyed owners who will spend on their “babies.”

@@markstevens1729 Yet again, we have another American who only likes GM and Ford products. Cars like these are not cheap, they need preventive maintenance which is more expensive than other brands and they also have maintenance intervals, which are made for reliability reasons - you don't want to slack on them. These cars depreciate and when you have Ferrari-priced maintenance in a Toyota-priced car, you're asking for it. People buy these cheap, except cheap maintenance prices, but realise they can't afford it, so the cars break and break and come to a point where it costs an arm and a leg to fix and get right. They then get sold on and bought by people like Hoovie, who rants about their reliability. Smh American people...

@@saimk4239 im an american who doesnt like american cars. these bmws are junk lol who buys something to only have it in the shop and cost u a fortune lol i would never. give me a new one on under warranty or give me a used lexus i never have to worry about

@@saimk4239 Bro how did you copy exactly what I was going to say! Haha well said. People always have something to say and have no clue. The video even shows how dumb people can be, you take it to the dealer and they say it’s good to go and things that have been checked and in reality it hasn’t, so the owner is expecting a good car. These cars are for people with money and who’s familiar to the car. People love to get their opinions rushed on here as if BMWs 3L - 6L performance calibrated engines are suppose to be as simple and cheap as the a 1.5L-2.5L Toyota/Honda/ economy focus or whatever motors, ridiculous.

him and car wizard are so passionate about fixing cars

It's a US-made euro-bad-car, that's even worst, American workers can't assemble that mess, not even the Germans can, and maintain it? takes some patience to do it 19 years, well done, feel good for your work

I do my own work on my Benz. I trust my Mexican to change my hoses more than any dealer in San Diego. Specialty Benz repairs suck too. They couldnt even replace the purge valve hose when it tore before they had it for a week while doing my tranny mount and brake flush.

Gonna say, I owned one of these X5 models bought of my cousin's wife after he died. Loved the engine, terrible fuel economy and breaking plastic parts, etc. What pissed me off was the battery went bad and it is located in the back under the spare, under bolts. Sold it for 2000 and bought a Tacoma and Benz instead.

Do you happen to work for Mercedes Benz of Calabasas cause you described my experience with them to a T

Wouldn't a private dealer care more about money since they are closer to the profit?

Yeah I noticed that as well.

Well that bodes well for him and them in his KZfaq channel and his hoopty saving ways 😎

Finding a good mechanic is north of three quarters of the job.

In my opinion he only found one. The car ninja

Finding good cars = no youtube content He's completely capable of finding good cars. His skill is selling us the "bumbling idiot" narrative.

Hoovie is the Auto Mechanic Whisperer

Yeah I was thinking that, too. I need to start finding my local mechanical genius.

Yep, drive by a used stealer ship selling one of these for…wait for it…yep 7500, looks good. Same color, different wheels, five stars.

If you have money to keep bmw on road you would drive Ferrari or Lambo anyway so what's the point?

Guess you like handing them your money if that was the case. Lol

@shawn bishop if you were in Illinois I know a guy from Lebanon most honest and trustworthy mechanic I’ve ever met and one of the best human beings I’ve met too he specializes in all cars but his son is into BMWs especially the five series so much so that I would buy a BMW because of his father and I have never heard anything positive about BMW maintenance

being a mechanic and a BMW driver I just accept that everyone will hate my guts even if i am honest and use my blinkers XD

Well, to be fair a "project" is a car worth fixing. So this one might not be a project.

When he said that, my inner voice immediately screamed out garbage

He sold the car to hoovie, of course its a project car.

Haven't Chevy just launched a 1000hp 10l crate engine. Sooooo, LS swap!!!!!! Defo a project car

I think he meant POS! Not project 🤣 Maybe bad cell signal? 😆

"I bought a BMW and I'm massively screwed." Grammarly corrected.

@@flbartlett you do realise that you can 'feel' massively screwed right? So grammatically there was nothing wrong with that sentence. It was expressing a state of mind. But hey it's an x5 so both work perfectly fine .

@@Notthetimeforit I wasn't correcting grammar. I was poking fun at the misery BMW ownership and the relentlessly KZfaq marketed product Grammarly.

@@flbartlett Ha, all good I was just stirring shit. Can't say I've seen youtube marketing grammerly, I just get a tonne of political ads for Australia.

@@flbartlett but the BMW misery I can agree with you on. Have to be a masochist to own one.

"The only person who screws Mr. Hoovie is Mrs. Hoovie." Mrs. Hoovie

He 7500 hundred and knew Tyler wanted the truck.

Kinda seems more like the guy got saved/screwed over by the dealer. But as old mate says, hoovie wanted the bike

@@drumboarder1 I'm not buying that

He was a shrewd negotiator and met Hoovie right in the middle at full price.

Being capable of doing your own work on your own car is a real enthusiast.

I’m considering moving to Kansas just to have easy access to wizard and ninja. It would change my car purchase habits immediately.

@@flaggrad I wouldn't move to Kansas for that.

On the flip side, finding the wrong independent shop and your car is toasted! The guy might claim to know how to work on your specific car/engine and ends up messing it up completely!

Unless it's under warranty, the dealer is always the wrong place to go.

I scrolled down waiting for this comment. I’m glad i wasn’t the only one to notice.

@@nickforsyth2153 Nah, I saw it too

Yep saw that 😬

Saw it too

What? A petrol BMW that smokes? 😂😂😂 I remember driving a few and one in particular, was so bad, I couldn’t see the cars behind me! 🤦‍♂️😂

hhaHAHHhHhahahahahaha thank you.

Not just safeties it, but gave it a bunk Certified Inspection. Lawyer up…

Yeah those definitely needs some attention

Couldn't agree more.

Yes please, it was the first thing I noticed. Inexpensive fix but makes a HUGE difference to first impressions.

Specifically the M5

Yeah spend $20 on one of those Meguiars headlight polishing kits. I was able to do 4 or 5 cars with that before I ran out, made them all look like brand new and idiot proof, they give you all the sandpaper and polish in one box.

Sounds like he got rolled don’t it. Auto tempest would have yielded better unit I bet. Pooooor Hoovie.

Jonny was being polite, he didn't want to say the dealer defrauded Tyler on camera. Which is exactly what the dealer did as they clearly didn't do an inspection and just ticked all the boxes. If a dealer did that to me it'd be lawsuit time.

@@jwenting Read the fine print. Surely you don't think a dealership is going to open itself up to litigation for some meth-uped washed-out mechanic do you?

@@timkinley1779 fine print like that wouldn't pass legal muster here, and I doubt it would in the US either.

@@JohnSmith-uy2jg a Tesla is all good until the 7 thousand dollar battery pack goes out

Previous owner and dealer are possiblity the same.

I wonder if the seller faked the inspection by downloading a template inspection sheet off the internet and adding their own check marks. Like a blank Word document where they can type the check marks in. And they marked some problems to make themselves seem honest.

Or the inspector at the BMW dealership mixed up two different cars and that's why he said some things on Hoovie's BMW were broken but they really were fine (like tie rods) and passed the inspection when it shouldn't have.

Just this morning on Jonny's channel a customer brought in a BMW straight from the dealer for work. He did have the dealer replace the battery with an AGM version and when Jonny looked at it, it wasn't an AGM battery. There's a reason we call them "stealers" not "dealers".

Volvo just issued a recall for our 2002 and 2007 wagons. We'll have to have the airbags replaced at the dealership. I'm scared these guys will screw it up in a hurry and get me killed!

I'm lucky I got a good Honda dealer by me. Never up sell, let me known my Acura is in great shape and actually do work. I also only do things like alignment and fluids with them. There is other brands around that I'd never even drive into the lot of.

dont do it like Hoovie and believe what the seller tells you

Ed would of been right that car is a money pit

Yes. Smack dab in the middle.

No more than 3,000in the shape the the dealer wrote up. 7500 in perfect condition. 14,000$ hard pass. These cars are in no way collector status

LOL, pretty sad isn’t it!

free storage is all I'm going to say......

@@muskokamike127 It’s free real estate!

Supporting the local economy?... 😂

@@muskokamike127 Free might be a stretch lol

@@danielnelson4881 well, he isn't paying for storage.....so yeah, it is technically "free".

Along with the alternator and 4 of the BCMs.....oh shit, the fuel pump just croaked....typical things with newer BeMyWife.

And then the rear lower control arm bushings. And I think the air suspension wasn’t designed well, I had clips crack on mine and it exposed a leak, air suspension problems.

Alternator bracket gasket leaking oil: Am I a joke to you?

yuppers money pit to the next level; this mechanic i so in the right line of auto work its not even funny

actually it would be better than one of his cars, that fiat 124 spider he has and covered is exceptionally rough and needs a full bare metal respray with repairs, with fog lights that have damaged the non original hood fitted to it, and he's asking 15K, when its at most a 6.5K car with the amount of money and work its gonna cost to refinish it back to an acceptable standard, which would be another 12 grand provided they dont find anything else wrong with it.

@Sean _ DIARRHEA BILL LMAOOOO

Lol! I think he was just making sure it wasn’t another customers silver 5 series but his. Not the rarest car around.

owner probably revealed he was only inspecting it to sell it. If he had said he was inspecting it to fix then they would have found everything plus things not needed to stack on top !

The dealership doesnt really have any reason to lie about an inspection. They probably just rushed it like usual. .

FAKE inspection.. Photocopied.. Ring the dealer and see if its legit

The owner says to BMW, "I'm trying to sell this car", BMW gives them the sellers "special" inspection

So many people think used BMWs are great deals. They’re only great if they’ve been really properly maintained, which most haven’t. I bought a manual E53 budgeting for a grand or two in repairs, in six months it’s only needed an oil change.

When you first buy a BMW used you are can understand how the Germans could think they could fight the world in two world wars. The cars are beautifully engineered. After you own them and they are out of warranty, you then see why they lost two world wars. My 2002 330CI was gorgeous, until the sunroof broke, the electrical issues, and the interior glue started falling apart. The sagging headliner was a sign that the car needed to go. I look at BMW's, but I don't buy anymore. Lexus for me.

@@Widemouth1832 yup, I agree. German engineers build monuments to themselves.

@@stormix5755 Even when they have been maintained well, it's only a matter of time before you need to tear the front of your car off for a repair or empty your pockets.

@@Widemouth1832 yep you cannot beat lexus quality. My 2005 ES330 now has just passed 270,000 miles and it is absolutely perfect. Just needed general maintenance. Every little feature still works too and it’s in beautiful shape. I pamper it lol. I also recently just bought a very neglected GS430, needs a lot of cosmetic work but mechanically it’s very welll and it’s a beast!

Got an m54 04 x5 too, just ordered myself some style 87s like yours, she is about to look mean with this staggered setup.

More like in cahoots with seller

@@jcmerchan5336 Seems probable - given that the seller purchased the PPI, it would be in their best interest to go easy on a vehicle on its way to an out-of-state buyer.

@@jcmerchan5336 I noticed that the seller lived in the Chicago area. Why go to Kentucky for an inspection?? Hmmm...

@@kurancy Must be working with the shady seller and just passed this.

The irony being that the seller didn't use any KY when he shafted Hoovie.

Damn, you're right! 6:08

I noticed that too

Yep.

I used to work for a service centre and have been around mechanics most of my life. The book rates are weird. Some "times" are so easily beatable it's comical while others are so tight it's comical. Right now, I know a mech who charges $1200 for a 4 wheel brake job including rotors (not calipers) for a Ford F150 pickup and the dealer charges $1400 per axle. If there are no issues the parts cost him $300 and he can bang it off in about an hour.

I’ve taken my bmw wagon to Johnny 3 times now or so. He’s great.

Bye bye valve seals

Stopped the video just to look for this comment

Yep, wonder if they are going to notice it?

@@wobblysauce probably not until it blows on the track.

Probably just the PCV system

Yes someone else noticed it there driving me crazy !!!! Lol 😂

Wet sand from as low as 400 up to 800, let dry, then apply spraymax 2k clear for a full lense restoration that'll last years. (lurk in a headlight enthusiast group on fb and that's the go to method for restoring lenses)

Im not sure if hovies even heard it he was so hyped up on that nice WoOd

Yep, saw that cloud of /blue/white smoke. Valve seals usually the problem. You can usually tell the maintenance history on a vehicle when the headlight covers are almost opaque due to lack of prior owners interest in spending $75 to fix.

Haha I thought I was seeing things but it is a little smoky

Almost every mechanic I've met thinks any other mechanic doesn't know squat.

This what you call slip guy some cash and bang you got clear inspection

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, it's yours!

Underrated comment

Maybe the seller lied

@@Alex0992 You didn't watch the video... he literally has a print out of things inspected on the vehicle by the dealership... watch videos before replying

@@kowalski5599 I did watch the video. Having documents doesnt mean the seller didn't lie fool. The seller could know someone that works at the dealership. He could've photoshopped some documents. It's plenty of ways to produce a fake dealer inspection. Even Tyler could e made all this up to keep his gullible image up.

@@kowalski5599 use your critical thinking skills before you try and be a smart ass kid

@@kowalski5599 photocopier is a wonderful thing... Never trust a seller of cars

I saw that too. Valve seals?

It's a BMW. If it doesn't blow blue smoke something is broken :)

2003 was the year of blue smoke.

@@martinmessineo4964 this engine is the M62, the N62 which was in his 645ci had the valve stem seal issue. The M62 has it's own set of issues. Most likely it is the PCV.

Perhaps your onto something BUT if dealers only sold cars lots of them would close down because many break even with the combo one or the other they would die slowly. But I do agree with the current stigma that is car dealer ships they should separate them so they don’t constantly make your car sound like it’s so bad and junky that it’s time to get a new one. You don’t understand how many times I hear ppl say “yeah I took my car to the dealer and they say it’s so bad I need to get a new one, it’s time” that’s like a car dealer that doesn’t have a “sale” going on, when isn’t it “time” to get a new car lol if the dealership tells you your car is tok far gone and it’s time for a new one then immediately ask for the print out of what’s wrong and proceed to take it to another repair shop immediately

@@B0xlife1 I don't think dealerships barely make money selling new cars, I don't know if they changed things but 20 yrs ago when I went to mechanics school, my small business management teacher who used to sell caddys, as part of his class curiculum used the example of this chevy dealership on the high way it was huge. He said the guy who opened it in the late fifties grew it to it's size he managed it and even sold cars into his seventies until he died. His two sons inherited it but wanted nothing to do with selling cars so they hired someone to run it and the only time they stepped foot in there was twice a year to collect a high six or low eight figure check. He explained how they got that check was every car that gm sent the had a certain amount of extra money set aside, say 1000 bucks a vehicle. Everyday it remained unsold gm would deduct a certain amount and when it sold they would get that extra money on top of the mark up for the car, if they were to have a high turn over like that place did they could earn millions a year. They may have changed how they do it now after the bankruptcy and all.

Literally one of the funniest things I've heard on this channel 😭

Yeah the 6s are much more reliable besides all those plastic parts especially the coolant parts almost got a 09 for 500 bucks. But missed it

I don't like BMWs but that 3L straight 6 is one of the best engines ever put in a car.

I've got a 3l e53 as a diesel and has over 250'000km at the moment, not a single relevant repair done yet. It's beside my e36 328i i had, the most reliable car i've ever owned!

Yep! Time to send them to the crusher.

So has Hoovie.

Ninja has a cabin on that lake I think, Hoovie can help him pay it off.

HELL YEA! we all need to collect cars like pokemon cards

The BWM Infinity Gauntlet like Thanos

No jokes all good cars. Just not very exciting….

Idk anyone collecting hyundais, but many ppl collect bmw

If you want to collect good Hyundai’s they should all be 2007-2009. They had a 3 year run just building bulletproof fantastic cars for a great value. Then they started trying to get fancy and the reliability suffered. I work on these things for a living and have owned 2 Tucson’s (1 2.0L and 1 2.7L). 2 Santa Fe’s, both 3.3L’s. And a Veracruz with the 3.8L. They’ve all been high mileage units and they’ve all been unbelievably reliable.

The CHEAPEST Elantra ON EARTH

All the 2016 Hyundai models still have 5 years of warranty left!

You aren't tired of them by now ?

@@fredmertz1791 Nah, I like Audi's they are repairable.

@@machtschnell7452 lOL.

@@machtschnell7452 take your Audi. A4 THRU A6 and try to change the disc brake pads. See what happens

does yours also appear to blow blue smoke when you redline it? 8:09

*I've got an X5 with 82,000 miles. Beautiful interior, beautiful exterior. Drivetrain is a nightmare in every way.*

Haha. You can probably say that on 100’s of cars. You’re the man, JR. love your channel.

@@1nvisible1 what engine?

5X the pain?