Heres Why The 2004 Mercedes Benz C230 Kompressor Was The Best Value C-Class (Doug Demuro Recreation)
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- DISCLAIMER; This style of video was made famous by Doug Demuro. This style and structure of video is not entirely my original work and this video was simply made because I am a fan of Doug and his work as well as my car and I wanted to combine the two.
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You are Doug's unclaimed lost child trying to get that unpaid child support!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 good video bro...
Exactly what I said man!!! 😂😂😂😂
@@CesarGonzalezKING jajajajajajjaa
When he said "Alex Score" I lost it. 🤣🤣🤣
that wasnt funny tho
@@silevafresh8522 its somewhat of an ‘inside joke’ so I dont blame you, but @tmacman I also DIED, that and the black screen with text ‘can I film a video with your cool car...’
Had my german-built black C230 kompressor for 16 years and never had any problems. What a car!
Still going strong? Where you’d service it at?
My also has 16 Years C230 Kompressor Sport Sedan 05'with AMG pkg on 18' AMG rims,still looks and run perfect 💪👍
One of common problems was the CD could not ejected off the player so you have to hit the dashboard all the time. LOL
you literally sound like doug demuro its amazing
@Alex Charles no it isnt
And no he doesnt
Is called copying someone’s style
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"I borrow this C230 from myself." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
came across your comment as he said it 😂
I have a 2005 C230, she’s been a great, it’s no longer my daily driver but I’m keeping her.
Best looking c class generation
You mean the w204?
@@emmi5010 nah the w204 looks like a Opel this and the w205 are the best
The future Doug. Keep up the great work man.
I have the not sport version of this mercedes model and i am a very tall man. This car feels very comfortable and has a ton of space for my feet and head and then some! Feels amazing to drive.
This car is so good looking its crazy
God, I love this Car. My 2024 will be a highlight if I find one. Great review
Honestly other than the mic snapping, I loved this video! If you would do the more obscure cars unlike Doug, I feel like you could really take off! Great video personality and I enjoyed every minute. I found this because I have a mechanic friend who’s selling one for $1500 with a six-speed manual, supercharger, sport package, and 100k miles. Only thing? Blown head gasket but parts are included in price. Subbed to help you on your way
Appreciate the kind words! Glad you enjoyed!
I'd buy it.. did u?
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Bought one a couple months ago AND ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!! Great video thank you my dude!!
Had to pause so I could leave a like on this master piece. This is gonna be my first car and I am excited
He has the shorts, the T shirt, the kneeling on one knee, the graphics, perfection 👌🏾
I thought I was watching Doug.
Great review
This is legit great, please make more
You missed the cruise control and the hands-free Nokia in the centre console. I have the W203 2005 C200 Sport, which (in South Africa) has the AMG steering wheel (same as the C55). It has 322000 kms and still feels new. I really love my Merc.
Dude, great video! I'm a big Doug Demuro fan and this was a great review. I have a 2003 C230 Kompressor Sport in the Desert Silver Metallic color. Same engine and all, including the sport package, but that color you've got is amazing. It started in 2004 unfortunately for me 😕. The sport package in 2003 still had the original sport rims, so I have the older style where all four were the same size. I'm at 287,000 miles on mine currently. Goal is 300k 🙂
Mine is a non kompressor what’s the difference
@Tonnie Lock just keeping it well maintained and fixing stuff as it broke 🤷🏼♂️
Gret video man, ı was looking for a review for this car from doug and ı found you! Make more videos about this car :):)
I just bought a 2006 C230 Sport and it is a great car! Definitely contains modernized luxury and feels very solid.
Very informative, excellent video! Good job 👍
I'm rolling watching this as both a kompressor owner and a a Doug fan 🤣🤣🤣
You just earned a subscriber. You made a great video. You clearly know a lot about this C Class model. The Doug comparisons were a tad comical. I definitely picked a thing or two.
Very good cars! Had 2 of them in the past 😊
Nice review. I have a Mars Red 2005 with 77k original miles. I paid $15,000 in 2013 at a Benz dealer after the odometer hit 30k during my test drive. This afternoon I replaced the original battery. There is not a speck of corrosion or rust in the battery well. It looks like they upgraded the dash, gauge and console layout from the '04 to the '05. The stereo became a "command center" with big color screen and an on-board Nav system that will still get me home when GPS satellites start falling from the sky. It also has a ton of system controls that are well organized, and the phone interface was future tech back then. Mine has multiple package options and everything still works, but my sunroof needs adjusting every now and then. Leather was/is an option, but the basic MB-Tex vinyl is legendary for it's quality and it wears better than leather. The pinhole venting is nice, along with multi way adjustments and lumbar. They kept prices down with sensible things like manual seat slides and manual steering wheel adjustment. Sadly, mine does not have the fold down rear seats, which was a stupid cheap $100 upgrade.
I tend to disagree with the "not real fast" comment. It's obviously not a race car, but it is a specially designed package with good PTW ratio and perfectly matched handling. It has the continuous drive supercharger, as opposed to a spool-up turbo. Once you get a feel for "S" mode and manually shifting through the gears, it will go like a bat outta hell. It's small and low and this adds to the sense of speed, especially when combined with good balance, traction control, steering and braking. And I still get a solid 30mpg on the freeway in comfort mode. It was engineered for autobahn speeds as an entry level 4-door sports sedan, and was built for maximum safety and fun that anyone can drive. I've had no major problems with mine and whenever I read about things like plastic parts that break, I remind myself that exposed wear parts on an 18 to 20 year old car require a gentle touch and may not survive the relentless savagery of children or clumsy spouses...
My first Mercedes back in 2007. Driving it it’s very go-karty and I love it
Good job bro! Keep it up
Great job!!
Look out Doug
Great job, Alex! :))
Thank you for putting "Doug Demuro Recreation" for less complaints.
I have a 2003 sedan sport with a standard 6 speed transmission. 30 to 32 mpg on the highway, love it!
Iv got a c180 kompressor with 165 bhp and 187.5 ibft and I got 49.4 mpg on the motorway yesterday. Very impressive.👍
In Europe the C230 Kompressor was fitted with an actual 2.3 litre Kompressor, giving 197hp. With a remap, they make 238hp. The only reason the US got the weaker 1.8 engine tuned up to 189hp, was due to the California emissions laws (the 2.3 4cylinder makes higher emmisions than California allows).
So can i make my c 230 Kompressor coupe with that higher horsepower becuase i live in NY
do they have imports available here? Typically I can only find coupes and fastbacks w/ 2.3l, which is honestly probably the way to go.
My 99 came stock with a 2.3l i-4 with a decent size supercharger on it (it had a different pulley on it to make it louder and faster now, pushing around 14PSI)
great video man. i'm an original '04 C230K mars red owner and couldn't be happier with the original price and long term value. I always get comments on the car's look, it's very attractive. Best value I've seen in 40 years. KBB is a measly $2k, best value still !!!! This car was so ahead of its time with auto tint mirrors, auto wipers (Tesla can't even get that working right yet), and one touch down on any/all windows.
How reliable is the car?
Mate great job on the Doug impression
Bro you totally got me. Definitely thought you were Doug until the you started talking
Great video Doug!
Man you are awesome haha! And the Doug impressions are spot on.
I'd like to add a few notes if anyone is interested in additional information :
- W203 came equipped with 3 kinds of radios: Audio 10 (Cassette+CDC), Audio 30 APS (CD+NAVI) and (double din) COMAND APS (NAVI+TV...)
- Audio 30 and COMAND could include Linguatronic (voice commands) which was also an extra option. It would add a stalk on the right side of the wheel that would trigger the commands.
- Almost all MBs up until circa 2020 never had a volume indicator.
- This climate control is the standard, but they offered a Digital one which also featured glowing dials on vents.
- On the gearshift, C stands for Comfort. In other W203s, the buttons says W/S (Winter/Standard). Don't know why they changed it.
- The second button in the button row is usually for Parking Sensors.
- Parking Sensors package also included nicer rear dome light, which featured two reading lights for the passengers in the back - useful!
- The third button triggers a rear blind, while on wagon version it triggers the rear wiper.
- Early 2000 MB featured a backup system for lights in case a bulb burns out. (If your turn indicator burns out, your fog lamp will replace it and so on.) That's something we do not see today!
- The car in the video is also featured with a radio controls for garage doors in the rear view mirror, which was extra paid too.
- Another quirk (on earlier W203, not sure about this one): you can't fold mirrors. That was also extra haha!
C32 AMG is far the more underrated, imo. Same generation, rarely mentioned
Doug would be proud
Best video i have seen in a long while 😂
This had me in tears! Not enough t-shirts though lol!!
i have the 2003 c230 coupe kompressor freaking love the car fun to drive
I absolutely love that orange glow:))) its a matter of taste:))) i had a c class european version and mine had an white on black display with navigation also:))) you could choose different colours i also saw with green on black letters etc.....orange was the best i loved it:))) its a matter of taste
Keep it up brother 👍🏻
Good video, but I'm gonna have to correct you on the C/S button. Yes, in "C" mode you start in 2nd gear, but the car upshifts earlier and the shifts are smoother. In "S" mode, you get a much more dynamic feel. Now, I'm not gonna go on and say it's something like race mode in modern cars, but "S" mode is definitely for spirited driving. "C" mode is for maximum comfort and winter. Although I have used "C" mode very rarely in my C-class. I like the sportier feel of the 5G-tronic. Solid transmission.
Bro you did really good review tho,keep doing 👍👍👍
I have been trying to figure out if c230 sport is the same as c230 Kompressor for over 2 hours now. Most websites didn't show clear pictures or even describe it in detail. Thank you!
I want more of that ❤
I love this generation C Class. Though I really prefer the 2005-2007 C230 because it looked better on the inside. I hated the way the gauge cluster looked on the 2001-2004 C Class, they looked so ugly. I want one really bad, with the sport package too. Great video too.
You are right, some of the interior in the early years of this generation was questionable and I am glad it got a facelift at some point. I just have to take what I can get though.
Gotta agree. I ain't in love with the Sentra-style dash on my 2002 C230 Sportcoupe
@@tedsmart5539 I like my squared off old school dash on my 99 kompressor
I like the older version more than new. Newer version of the gauge cluster didn't have that iconic Mercedes look, where the speedometer is in the center and other gauges are smaller and on the side. The w204 did the great job of fixing that mistake.
C/S doubles for “Comfort” and “Sport” and the following generation (w204) makes clear distinction of this when you press the button. The center screen tells you if the trans is in comfort or sport when that button is engaged. But the functions are exactly as you describe. Mercedes may have simplified the verbiage after this generation but I’ve always known those buttons to be “comfort/sport” even when the car was new.
C= Comfort S= Sport.
Man I literally thought that was doug in the thumbnail lol 😂
I hope Doug appreciates your tribute. I have an 01 C320 sport that I absolutely love. Upgrade the audio system to a pioneer with car play and rear camera then you’re set!!
Dont stop making these videos please. u are doing great and will replace doug when he retires 🤣🤣
8:18 thats not the whole truth about the button. It is kind of sport mode, because its simillar to Jaguar S and X type. With C mode on (comfortable) it starts from 2nd gear and it switches gears earlier. S (standard) starts from 1st gear and it keeps the car on given gear longer, keeping the engine at high revs thus resulting in more acceleration.
love your video
So awesome watching this video...good work...doug or is it alex😂😂😂
Doug DeMuro jr, very good
Lol wow I have this car typed it in and you just made this video great review
Ive bought the same one. And the car is very grateful and looks cool.
Cool video!
As the comments are full of Doug Demuro comparisons, you arent copying him in my eyes, you really review more for my view realistic and affordable cars, like it!
I mean he is definitely copying, but yes I love the cars I can afford thing.
love my 2000 c230 kompressor, its fuckin sick
Have one of these abandoned if the front of my apartment complex it looks so cool to just be sitting 😔
He was wrong a bit! Mercedes-Benz C-Class (Compact executive car) Mercedes-Benz E-Class (Executive car) Mercedes-Benz S-Class, formerly known as Sonderklasse (German for "special class", abbreviated as "S-Klasse") ...E in Mercedes-Benz nomenclature was a suffix following a vehicle's model number which stood for Einspritzmotor (German for fuel injection engine). SL derives from the German Sport-Leicht (English: Sport Light). - GREAT CARS! --- Benz care auto
Thanks for enlightening us!!
I have one and absolutely love it. It’s been incredibly reliable for the 265k miles I’ve driven it.
How often did you do maintenance on it?
Love the W203 ❤
I always decoded C as comfort, E as elegance and S as statesman because usually German politicians drove the S class. Other cars of course too like 7series or A8 but if it was a Mercedes it would be the S class.
Btw, on my W203 C180 Kompressor T-Model with a 5-speed automatic transmission AND LPG, which usually consumes a bit more, I got a stunning 46.12 MPG on the Autobahn!!! What a car ❤
excellent
Do more of this bro.
I shared this clip in FB, Please make one video like this for w210
An Alex Score hahahahaha your amazing ima subscribe !! Keep up the good work!!
At the beginning, I thought this was Doug with a wig. Nice car!
#### Sport/Evo/1.8L/Kompressor, Way under rated. ####
That's before facelifting version! The Facelift gives you much nicer Interior, and fully AMG pkg with Sport version on US markt. That's still nice Looking car ✌👍💪
wow, respect.... were u the camera man for doug?
as much as I would like to say "damn what a Doug ripoff," I must say I'm impressed with this hahaha great video mate! Sometimes your voice also sounds like Tyler Hoover's
loved this video you are hilarious
i really should try kneeling on asphalt with my bear knees.
Trust me it is not fun.
So you're a bear?
if you have bear knees you should be fine, right?
How much is a rear window blind going to protect the interior?
Ebay Doug Demuro. Its evolving but backwards 😂
Why did TH-cam only suggested me this video 3 years after it was originally posted? WTF?!
Awesome video !! This is almost like a Parody of Doug DeMuro
How do you pop the gas cap to put gas in it
We want more car reviews
Im so disappointed in myself for crashing my previously prestine 05 c230 sedan ;...(
God willing these cars will devalue Enough for me to afford another. I spent nearly 5 thousand on my car in total. Clean title under 160k. Fully functional.
I miss driving that baby 🥺
This was the pre-refresh model.
The refresh model has much better audio system.From 2005.
Im a lover of c class 230 kompressor
I just purchased a 2005, 1 owner, very well maintained C230 & I absolutely love it! The Bluetooth doesn't connect with my phone but I don't really care. I got it for a steal too.
Should I buy one with 119k miles
@@chapoelite1491 The one I purchased had 153k miles but the timing belt change was just done a few months ago and all maintenance kept up by previous owner. Best $1,500 I ever spent!
alex is the type of dude to do a alex score on a funeral
"now I borrowed this c class from myself" XD
How can I get in contact with you looking for a engine for a car Like that. Thanks
Wtf I stumbled across this video and thought u were making fun of Demuro but actually this was a good review
I have 06 c180k in granite Grey sweet little car
One of common problems was the CD could not ejected off the player so you have to hit the dashboard all the time. LOL
great video xD
Imagine Doug comments here lol 😅. Other than that a have a diesel w203 , great car!
You could order the sport without the sport badges on the fenders lol
C stands for comfort mode and S is a sport mode as youll notice the car does change up through the gears alot quicker ... having said that my car is the 2006 model C180 kompressor 5 speed gear box with the M271 engine
Agreed. I have a 2005 and S tracks much better through the gears.
The 2005 c180 kompressor is a six speed manual. I know I have one also.
Looks like the car is using a set of lowering springs, right?
Doug is your channel still up???
I bought a White one the CLASSIC model 4 door sedan Kompressor with only 120KM. It doesn't have the rear Sun shade. Gloss White Paint. I love the car. I bought it for 3500 CAD. Great value for a used Mercedes 1.8 liter. Fun car to drive.
just for the perfect impression you got that like :)