When I were a lad,about 14-15 my dads pal turned up to a wedding party we were hosting,in a brand new W126 in that same gold colour. A little later my dad asked him to move it further round into the yard to make space for other guests cars,he just threw the keys at me and said "there you go lad,take it up the garden if you like",so eagerly I jumped in it,blown away by it all,carefully nudging round to the back of the house to where the garages are, with no intentions of 'taking it up the garden'. At which point he came bowling round the back of the house got me to 'budge over' then proceeded to tear around one of our fields like a maniac,he then stopped and expected me do the same,it was the best day ever at that point. My overiding memory of that car was how it brushed off bumps,holes and undulations like no other car ever,those for me were the pinnacle of Mercedes cars in terms of overall finish/polish and durability.I've spent all my life in the motor trade and never made any money repairing Mercs of that era,they just didn't need much more than regular servicing.With the newer stuff it just isn't so,I see plenty of them now.

I'm so glad for u... what a great experience!!! No envy though, for that MB Classic Centre bill! :)))

My Dad had a 1994 SL600 when I was a kid. Absolutely loved that car. We kept the hard top on most of the time mainly because it was a hassle.

Great video! What amazing experience MB classic went above and beyond here!

Nice video. Loved my trip to the Mercedes museum a few years back. Great place to visit. Glad the car is getting back to full health.

Great video! Even as an insider I enjoyed watching this. Your enthusiasm is palpable!

Love the vid!!! Congrats guys. Amazing work

Can't believe you skipped all the pre war mercs at the shop, those are even more special with more handbuilt/coachbuilt bodies and possibly obscure engines like the inline 8 😢

Brilliant video. Well done. And how lucky are you two!

What an amazing experience! An amazing outcome for the S600 too, I saw the car at the NEC in November and honestly thought it would be too far gone to viably restore; well done!!

Awesome!

Simply the best, Mercedes Engineering Everyone needs a Vito W638 in there lifes 👍🤣🙌

what a experience! I need a car serviced there

Video gold, great content! I wish I could drop off my old 124 500E there for a proper go through.

How does a KZfaqr with less than 5k subs get to drive a £2m merc??? Well done matey

Great video bravo to you all 🎉

This is a really cool channel mate. Enjoying the content so far keep it up 👍

Just found your channel and it’s amazing I have a cl500 and loved this vid

Great video and what an amazing experience! I must admit, I was actually sweating with fear when you were driving the 300SL and kept taking your eyes off the road and talking to us in the camera! 😅

Fantastic 👍👍👍👍

Stirling Moss said "Mercedes Benz were the most 'British' of foreign marque's"! Mercedes jokingly once said the SL stood for Stirling.....after one of their favourite sons! Own any SL from any era, and the spirit of Moss is part of the machine!

This is awesome mate! I'm a KZfaqr too and have a 221 S600 - I am excited to one day go to the Museum / classic centre etc etc - but being in New Zealand i'll be flying a long way to get there lol. Love your 220

That 126 is a beauty

I look at these cars through glass. I won't risk getting my skin dust on them. I learned to drive on a bepoke 1962 220SE. The car had history.

The car is so well kept underneath

I had contacted Taylor about buying the S600 and decided against it, I'm so glad you bought it, you're doing the great car justice

What a great video! Which was the best version of the S Class that you drove over your time spent in Germany? The W126, C140 or the W220?

Great stuff, looks like this car is a bit of gem! One thing though, how did you get through customs with that GB sticker on it, they are no longer legal, you must now display a UK sticker and remove or cover up any GB ones, you got lucky there!

Just a few things: 1. That black 190E in the shop, was it a Cosworth? 2. Moral of the story is if you're going to buy a Merc buy one with a big engine, because evidently for a barn find it didn't have as many problems as Alex said in previous videos. Also it passed an MOT with stale fuel and for Mercedes to want it back that must be something! 3. I want a Merc LOL

nice video 📹 📹

Go on then, what was the bill ?

Did they drain the torque converter?

I’ve got the same vehicle, best place to get used/new parts from?

awesome vid but its missing audio in portions

I buy the genuine Mercedes parts for the brakes on my Mercedes's brakes from Jaguar as they are much cheaper there.

i had the same car same colour, does this have the 5.8 v12

I have a 1999 R129 SL320 and just took the hard top off for Summer. The convertible roof came up and the roll bar did likewise, but now the roll bar will not retract so the roof will not fold down. I have had the car on 5 computers at different garages and none of them will read the car's computer. I am desperate and have tried to reset the roll bar but nothing works - can you help?

Man like Tom ! About time you get your lady hands dirty 😂🙌🏽

UK sticker needed 😅

How much did the service cost?

Don’t know why they didn’t make the C class convertible it was beautiful

Is this the Auto Alex car?

14:28 The late Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau drove a silver 300SL Roadster. His son, the current Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau now owns it.

Why no one is waring the rubber gloves in the official MB service?

And when going to show the Geländewagen young man, you just ignorantly hopped bij a 270 or 500 K ?! Oooohhh..

given the poor build quality of the 220 series they should offer this service to all owners of one of them for free

What an ugly GB sticker!

@Autoalex missed an opportunity with this car. Would probably have turned it into another road trip video of how Taylor ripped off another person selling a car though.

My w221 s600 has been the worst car i have ever had. Dont do it folks.