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Don't allow your daughter to be too comfortable destroying the Maybach interior, or she could end up as a WhistlinDiesel version at a grown age.

Wizard: $1000 of Maybach parts in one hand. Hoovie: Let's do a J-turn!!!!!!

Coolest part about the w140 and the Maybach is that the Maybach re-used the front subframe from the w140 since it was just so well-made. Imagine something designed in the 80s being re-used for the early 2000s.

The issue is not buying it. The issue is how brutally expensive it's to fix any issue that you come across.

That 500 seems so classy. Like a retired veteran. Smart, capable, sorted, with marks of experience here and there. Character that is second to none. What a ride.

Probably the first time anyone has ever done a J-turn in a Maybach

Had a 98 S600, loved it and the V-12 in it. Raced a C5 down an empty highway one night. Was blown away at how well it handled at its governed limit considering its weight and size.

I'd hold onto those bad idlers for the future (or the next owner) - the bearings can be obtained off the shelf (or, worst case, robbed out of the regular Mercedes part) and replaced while retaining the extra-wide humongous outer.

Wizards face when he says these things are so well built 🤣

I had a W140 S600 for about a year. The neglect it had over the years unfortunately did it in and I sold it to a guy who wanted the interior which surprisingly was near perfect. Almost every light on the dash was on but it drove really nice while it worked.

I suspect large limos are expected to J turn if needed: they're often bought by people who want their chauffeurs to get them away from danger asap...

The silence inside the Maybach is like you are in a sound deadened studio. Awesome car.

The Bach rocked more than the titanic going through 30 foot waves during that jturn. That bumper almost hit the ground.

I think evasive driving might be better with your seatbelt attached.

I don't want to worry you, but a G-sensor a0009056502, used, is literally worth $5. It has been present in all Mercedes since 2001, also in the C-class. In my company, where we dismantle such cars for parts, these sensors are literally thrown in the trash! We had too many of these.

90s cars are that sweet spot of drivable, modern, well built and easy to maintain.

You should post a video comparing sizes of cars in your collection. It would be hilarious to see the Maybach make the Bentley look small.

I love how the videos starts off in the first 10 seconds and Tyler is doing stunt driving with NO seatbelt. Living on the edge, my guy! LOL

Right away just wanted to say the first 10 seconds of this video fully explains beyond words why I love this car oriented channel over any other on the platform lol

Can’t believe you almost jumped the 458 off the hill! And can’t believe there isn’t another angle of Tavarish’s flight! Lol 😂 Thanks for taking one for the team again Tyler!

That reverse entry j-turn (Rockford) in the Maybach really impressed this “old” mechanic! 😂 Nice one Hoovie!

That J turn was the greatest thing I ever saw done in a car that expensive. Kudos to you, sir.

I've been following hoovie for years. Such a huge fan. I always thought you had some kind of dislike for the W140. You got so close to getting one with the coupes. I didn't expect you to pull up to the car I just got out of an hour ago in my garage. Total 3 in my life. 1999 S320 LWB daily driver 180k miles. Pulled a nail out of the monoblock tire today. When my 1999 S500 grand edition came with a tick I thought the car was done too but it was easily sorted and now has been a great driver as well 124k miles. Seeing this video gave me a new found love for both of my cars. Thanks for your content hoovie. I can attest that 'blackbird' will be extremely faithful.

Tyler thanks for not cheating again in Car Trek, lmao. Always waiting to hear the iconic "Tyler WEENS"

The mobile office reminds me of my Aunties 67 Imperial with the "Mobile Director" option, which had a table and a front passenger seat that could be turned to face backwards. Auntie Lee and I played cards while my Uncle Tommy drove the Imperial.

I’ve always wanted a 140 s class. I remember being in the showroom with my dad when they came out. He was getting his 190 serviced and when the salesman turned the key on “my shirona” was blasting. He used it as a chance to show off the sound insulation

Time for a new house because that garage just isn’t cutting it anymore 😮

My father had the exact same S500 down to the color. Drove that around sometimes after I turned 16. To say it was comfy is an understatement.

Seat belt is highly recommended for Rockford Turns.😳

My grandpa has a 2007 s550 that I grew up riding in and I never realized how nice it actually was until I got into cars it was always just another backseat to me😂 however me and my sister did love to play with the rear sunshade button and we could mess with each others windows from our own side😂 and we would press the cig lighter button and it heated up😂 good times man

Nothing in the world like an old S class. Had an 87 300SDL and a 99 S320LWB and loved them both. Truly they don't make them like they used to.

That is so cool Mike's channel is finally monetized!

One thing I have learned on a lot of cars is that a lot of the time it is much cheaper to rebuild idler pulleys. So many of them contain standard size bearings, so if you have a suitable tool or press, you can very often simply press the old bearing out, and press a new one in. But don't cheap out on the bearing that you buy - stay away from cheap chinese bearings from ebay for example. Buy a good quality bearing and it will still be so much cheaper than replacing the whole idler pulley with a OEM quality part. This is especially so when it comes to the more exotic cars.

Hoovie and the Car Wizard and Magic Mike are the best!

YES. So glad to finally see a W140 on the channel, last of the mercs with that bankvault like quality.

Hoovie must spend vast amounts of time juggling cars in his garage and driveway

For an electric truck towing channel, it's a great video.

I'm sure the front suspension really appreciated that :)

The silver SL peeking in the background of the hangar makes me miss my 96 SL500. Honestly one of the funnest cars I ever owned aside from my old Jag XF Supercharged.

I have a 1997 W140 black with beautiful 18 inch monoblock rims and 40,000 miles on it. It's really so beautiful and timeless.

Spinning the Maybach is the point where you know Tyler has too much $$$$😮

My god I want that s500!!!! It was definitely the pinnacle of luxury back then. I prefer the old school look and interior.

Love the Mercedes! Can't wait for the Christmas special. Always wonderful the things you do for people on there and for the entertainment you bring us in each and every video.

Thanks for plugging Mike's KZfaq there when you were talking to him about the Jag. I had no idea he had a KZfaq channel so I looked them up after you were talking to him and subscribed.

Only Hoovie would drift a Maybach

The day the Car Wizard retires Hoovie will close his channel. Dudes really blessed to have a mechanic he can trust to work on his cars. As well as his other car work contractors too. A really great crew of professionals around him

My former boss had the 1999 V12 S600 version... with that double-paned glass. Everyone thought (I did, too) it was bulletproof glass. And he was Italian, and it was NYC, and he was rumored to be mafia... so.... HA!

I can not believe Wizzard's face when Hoovie mentioned reliability for a while. Too funny, not to mentioned the car play with this long and enormous Maybach 62. Thanks.

Wonder when some company figures out how to LS swap many exotic luxury models, coming from Mercedes-Benz, Bentley or BMW, while maintaining the comfort features inside operational. It would finally allow them to be maintain at reasonable cost. Or just buy a Lexus instead.

Maybe you should rebuild those old pulleys? The bearings will be standard parts, just the extra wide body is a custom part.

This is one of the reasons I watch your channel, details and breakdown of specific cars, and for this time with the comparison to the Maybach. No heartache, just facts, video and your pleasant, honest voice. I have heard you talk about Autotempest before but I am not looking for a car; I have THE ONE. But I will look at Autotempest and see if they have a place where Porsche RestoMod-Outlaw might be sold and see who my competition is. I wish this company was around 6 years ago when I was looking for an '86 Porsche Carrera. Getting what I wanted back then I had to go to all of these sites and make kind of a spreadsheet for all of the components, mileage, cost, how long it had been for sale, etc. What a fking sink hole of wasted time. That was all there was. You would have to be insane to do anything like that with Autotempest around. Not sure if it's free or costs, but any costs would be worth EVERY penny. That's all from the West Coast to Middle America. "A garage without a Porsche is just a dark hole" -Walter Rohrl - Porsche Development

I've only occasionally watched this channel, but when I saw the start of this video, I knew it was time to hit subscribe!

Rockford turn in a Maybach = Permanently subscribed.

I always look forward to the Christmas episode every year.

Love your salesmanship here... "Just listen to the door closing... *Blrrr*... This one is a little rattley, but generally,..." 🤣

I don't know why but I am utterly fascinated with this car and this particular model. It's exciting beyond belief! Every aspect of this car from the purchase price to all the details and options, the seats and how they adjust into a virtual real bed, the partitions, intercom system, two difference A/C units -- damn! I've never seen anything like it! Driving the daughter to school in this thing -- total comfort and style. All it needs is a back compartment man servant to cook to order, serve, clean up, a laundry facility, toilet, shower, clothes rack ... haha! No, this car as is is off the hook.

So glad Car Trek is back with hill jumps 😏

The big quality dip started with the W140 facelift actually. Also they overdid everything after they found out what BMW have done with the E32. There is a 15 minute video with the chief BMW engineer Wolfgang Reitzle which touches on the W140 development and how they scrapped 2.5 years of development to start over. Hence the postponing of W140 from 1989 to 1991

The w140 chassis is a perfect example of true over engineered Mercedes I love my 1992 500sel and daily it with no issues

I had that 1996 S500 all black. Bought new. That car was a tank. Double pane glass and a CD changer in the trunk. My grandfather had a 1967 S600 sedan. Velour interior.

Wow what a Rockford turn!!! Jim would be so proud Hoovie!!! 👏 He did it in a gold camaro and you did it in a Maybach 62. Im impressed!!!

It's never good when Wizard walks up holdin a Pair.

That W140 is my dream car! I grew up in it and it was taken from us during hurricane Sandy in New York. I hope I can get her back one day

That S500 is the one! Cruising around in one of those must be the absolute dream

That S500 is my favorite car of all time.

your girl better sell a lot of lemonade next summer to pay back daddy for that volume button 😂😂

Glad to see Car Wizard on the channel, I enjoy his content

First episode of cartrek was great can’t wait to see what’s ahead of this season

I really like the 500S you have, solid well built vehicle 😊last Mercedes I had was a 76 280SE four speed standard and loved it 😊 My wife’s Altima has the same mileage and is ready for the crusher 😢

Oh this wonderful/horrible piece of luxury engineering!! I had the pleasure/pain of piloting this gem for 2 years while working as a "House Driver" at a hotel in an affluent neighborhood. Actually, we had a 2008 62 and then had a 2009 62S, neither of which had the center partition that Hoovies example has which gave the driver and front passenger some more leg room and "reclinability". The 62S was a supped-up variant the bumped power to 600hp/730tq, 20" wheels and this example had the carbon fiber package that actually looked far better than the burl wood. This marvel came from the "glory" days of Daimler being merged with Chrysler where the Mercedes product was noticeably affected in a quite negative way but Chrysler made out by adapting the E-Series platform of the time into the underpinnings for the new at the time Charger/Challenger/300, and lets not forget the Crossfire that was basically a rebadged SLK. This was also Merc's answer to missing out on the Rolls and Bentley split and acquisitions by BMW and VW. I guess they felt left out of the party and brought back to life the brand name that they acquired decades earlier, Maybach, and props to Hoovie for pronouncing it correctly as My-bach!! When this vehicle was in proper operating condition it was very impressive. The thrust was commendable considering the 6300+ lbs weight and the brakes worked well, thankfully! In fact, this is the only car that I have seen that has 2, yes 2, calipers to clamp down on each front rotor! I have seen many supercars with a separate "parking brake" caliper on the rear but never 2 active front pincers! Everything was crazy comfortable and the amenities were gorgeous and the ceiling in the rear was just awesome! Sporting a huge piece of polarized glass that can be clear or opaque and a hidden shade that when closed at night provided a really pretty glow for the rear seats. And there are the excellent recline and leg-rested rear seats, power curtains, power door closer, champagne fridge, pewter flutes as well as a few gauges such as speed for rear occupants. Unfortunately, at least the way this car was being utilized for the roll I was using it for (all city driving within a 3 mile radius of the hotel. Stop-go, in-out, turn on-turn off, turn turn turn, brake brake brake, all day every day) it was far from up to the task. It would burn through tires in about 5k miles as well as brake pads just as fast. Tires were $750 each at the local dealership and a brake job for all 6 calipers cost a kidney. When we received the 62 in 2008, the brakes would not stop squealing and it took many trips and to the dealership to finally correct. The air suspension was another Achilles heel being directly carried over from the S-Class, but not upgraded for the extra weight, one corner would fail about every other month. Numerous things would fail inside the car from the rear seat recline to various switches/etc (had that wonderful rear ceiling glass fall onto a guest one evening...). The 62S needed a tranny rebuild after 6k miles. A few days after getting it back and while I was driving down the boulevard at 45ish, I heard something come off of the car. I pulled over and looked for what it could have been but no luck since it was night. Later, I took a look underneath to see 2 clean studs that once held a cross brace at the output of the tranny. Took it to the dealership to see if they could find what they maybe did not torque correctly and they said all was fine, I disagreed and told them to look closer and maybe use the 62 that they had on their showroom floor for reference. Yup, it was missing a cross brace... What else was not torqued correctly??? Luckily, nothing else came off the car. One of the most annoying design aspects of this vehicle are the doors, especially for a driver/chauffeur. For one, the rear doors are as long as a Fiat 500 and worse yet, the rocker panel is incorporated into the door where the door goes all the way to the bottom of the car. Put these 2 things together and couple it with curbs and a street that is anything but perfectly flat and you will be provided with a challenge in getting passengers in and out of the car. The rear door would only clear the lowest of curbs and if it did, once someone is loaded into the back, now the rear corner of the door is pinned to the sidewalk requiring a good push up on the door frame in order to for you to close the door without scaping the bottom of the door or worst case, the passenger yanks on the door and pops off the door trim which was the lower 3rd of the door and held on with crappy plastic clips... If you happen too load up a robust couple at the hotel and took them to the local steakhouse, you had to be very strategic when pulling up to the restaurant, being far enough from the curb to open the door and not hanging tooo far into traffic in order to get the rear driver passenger out since you cannot slide due to the rear center console, all while begging the rear passenger to NOT open the door, but they always would and bang the door into the curb. And if you happen to be thinking, why not raise the air suspension, well all of this is with the air suspension in the raised position... As I mentioned, wonderful vehicle when working properly but is was rare that there was not something wrong or going wrong. I logged many miles in other similar vehicles doing that job (RR Phantom, Ghost, Bentley Spur, Mulsanne) but the best, and my favorite overall had to be the Ghost, at least for that application.

I had a 1999 S500.. Favorite car I ever owned. If i can get my hands on a better example, I'd love to get my hands on one again.

J turns. That's what we call the Rockford turn. Been doing them since I was 17-18. Not for a while now though. You can get good at them. Used to park into spaces on the other side of the road using handbrake turns. I could park correctly, evenly. Low grip tyres are easier than high grip for this.

I only tend to like a video if it makes me smile or laugh and you sir were able to do that in the first 20 seconds of the video doing that 180 in that mayback Bravo LOL

Take that ol mercedes to ammo NYC for a full detail and paint correction, I'm sure everyone here and on their channel will enjoy the content

…and when you finish your video with a w140 s500. The Maybach is cool, the w140 legendary. So awesome thanks

I've always loved the Maybach therefore thoroughly enjoy your videos on it. I have owned two huge cars so I can empathize with the parking issues. I had a 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham which is actually a couple inches longer than your Maybach. I also had a 1974 Lincoln Continental four-door as a daily driver for a number of years in the early nineties. The Lincoln was 1 inch shorter. ..... I should say less Long. The Fleetwood although not an extended limo version had an extra wide back seat with plenty of leg rooms and fold-down foot rest. Both awesomely comfortable to drive. And latter years I had a 1997 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series with the air suspension. First time I gave a friend of mine a ride and that she said it was like riding in an airplane.

Doing a Rockford Turn in a Firebird Esprit is impressive....doing a Rockford Turn in a Maybach 62 is unbelievable. Well done, Tyler. Jim would give you a thumbs up.

Love that Merc. I reckon the late 90s was the high point in cars. Fuel injection, airbags, maybe abs, obd2. Very little to go wrong. issues are old school and most can be fixed at home. I want 90s car. Screw this new shit!

I have been calling that a move a Rockford for decades. Great to hear someone I don't know use the same term.

I really love your passion for mercedes, I'm 25 and all I've ever bought and owned is mercedes, and can understand you being sentimental about your cars, I've owned a 87 190e for 3 years and it's my favorite car I've ever purchased, but sadly had to sell my other favorite car a 95 e420, benz love

I remember a mechanic in my neighborhood put a Chevy 350 motor and drive train into a Jaguar. I always thought that was an amazing idea.

Regardless of who made the idler pulleys, the bearings are world standardized. I have pressed apart idler pulleys, replaced the bearing and reassembled the pulleys.

I would love that 97 S500 for my dad. I was adopted from Russia, and he has always joked that he chose me over a Mercedes. He would find it hilarious and enjoy the vehicle for what it is. Thanks again Hoovie for all the entertainment you bring

Same double pane glass my Audi A8 had. Definitely makes a big difference (along with all the other sound deadening insulation) in NVH

I think that was one of the best generation it was definitely the last good reliable generation of Mercedes. I have a 2000 Mercedes W202 C230 Kompressor and I love it. I really want to get an S class of the same generation. Between 98 and 2000 is the best years of that generation because before that they used the horrible biodegradable wiring in the wiring harness. And it would disintegrate over time . But I absolutely love my C 230 Kompressor and I plan on adding a S class like hoovies in the future.

Man it sure moves and knows how to dance, im surprised you spun out in the new Season of Car Trek on a Ferrari thats less heavier and less hard to controll on a turn

My dream car and my dream car!!! Uuuggghhhhh. I currently own an 1994 s420 black on black that ive had trouble getting a title for(still havent) and has so much wrong with it that i could never afford to fix it. Started by changing the lifter oilers from the same issue you had. Well that is after i completely rewired all of the harness under the hood from mice yuck!! I know .but the car was in such good shape as far as the interior and paint. I originally got it through a trade, the guy i got it from gave me an offer to fix his 56 cadillac to a running and driving car which was in fairly decent shape. After finding out it needed a transmission rebuild ,a stereo amplifier ,a new abs module/computer, new vaccum pump for the soft close doors, new subframe bushings, hvac repair, a ground issue to the cluster i still havent found. Needless to say as much as a nightmare it was ive learned alot about these cars. It wasnt the guys fault he bought it to flip and it sat at a shop where they could never figure out how to even start it and i thought to mzself oh no biggie ill have it straight in a weekend, i had fixed several other mercedes in the past this way and aquired them cheap. One day i plan on getting the later w140 with the bigger m119 and driving it for ever. I refuse to let the one i have go to the junkyard though its way too nice. I get attached to this junk after i spend so many hours with them. I couldnt do the same with a cheap econo car jist not the same. Anyway love the cars hoovie, keep it up!!

That W140 is what I was looking for when I found my Hooptie E55, well and my non-running 190E for that matter, I guess I have been trying to get to one of these since 1998.

It’s called a Rockford slide and practicing it in the Maybach will probably come back to bite Hoovie with some sort of repairs. Aww but we and the Wizard love it!

That giant J turn was amazing- the suspension is way too expensive to pull a stunt like that

The blackbird would drive me nuts trying to keep it clean but it would be soo choice for a family car and commuter. You have my attention Tyler. As always great video.

Thanks for another entertaining video. Great advice.

There's a 1995 S500 coupe for sale in Australia right now for AU$39k with only 61,000km on it. That's like 26Kus and 37k miles. Black on black and very tempting . . .

I absolutely LOVE all the Mercedes content lately! 👏👏

Glad you gave a shout out to magic Mike's KZfaq channel. I've started tuning in to his content as it's pretty good for an up and coming channel.

I need to stop as it's far too tempting, and here you are guiding me toward looking up W140 S Classes...

Great video - the “ quiet door “ moment was my favorite part

I had a 97 S420 for years. It was such a nice car.

There was a 96 in Omaha I missed out on. Broke my heart