Here's why you should NEVER EVER buy a Mercedes SLR McLaren (Especially Paris Hilton's)
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The B roll of the 300TD whilst talking about the SLR is so good. Well played Hoovie. Well played.
The photoshop is…. it’s a thing
Not the _dumbest car channel on youtube_ for nothing!
I liked the slr front end with the td back haha
@@rpc3972 it's not photoshop, it's editing
I would much rather have the 300TD... It's a better vehicle. Looked like it needed some love too.
Imagine how good an SLR would be with a modern dual clutch transmission and conventional brakes. Anyone got one for sale that was only a little on fire?
Yeah I got 3
LOL.....
Haha! Nice. Hey Freddy. Nice work, by the way. I have noticed a trend here... Every Car Trek so far, you end up with the worst car, Ed ends up with the most valuable car, but with the worst hidden problems, and... Tyler ends up with the most "makes sense" car. Why do you always end up with the short straw? You deserve better, man.
@@Derek_T manny's got 6 slr's😊
@@ModelA i think its because they are trying to fit inside of that aspect of top gear. that always happend with the guys
“I just took it for a oil change.” More unsuspecting words have never been spoken.
Several times when I took cars in to the dealership for an oil change, I ended up trading them for a new one. There's a reason they like to keep you sitting in the waiting area... eventually you get bored and wander into the showroom!
@@balesjo what oil does it use? 10W60 perhaps or is there a 'special' MB oil?
What do Britney and Hoovie have in common?
"Oops, I did it again."
Most underrated comment here😆😆
Terrible
A lot in common actually 😂 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ed is extremely intelligent and well spoken, and quick witted. Same as Tyler. Love to see these two together.
And very handsome
Tyler realized quickly in this video how valuable it is to have the Car Wizard in his life after hearing the estimate Ed got from Mercedes.
$200 an hour in labor.
A SLR wagon actually looks pretty good
Hahah I was thinking the same thing!
Only broke people drive wagons. Slr wasn’t made for that set of people.
@@paganizondasroadster1660 some of the nicest million dollar houses in my neighborhood have Mercedes E63/E400, Audi RS6, and Volvo V90 wagons, that just isn’t true at all rich people love their wagons
@@oliver.taylor the rich I know off drives Audi R8 , Ferrari simply put only exotic sport cars. I know a lot of everyday young men who only drive e400 or the likes like m5
"The dealer said they were SLR qualified, and then they decided they weren't" *Que VinWiki intro*
Cue*
@@PrioCaptSend ¿Que?
@@seanmaguire9950 haha, and his name is what? 🤣
The angle adjustments of the SLR McLaren images are amazing
I saw an SLR McLaren at a Cars & Coffee in LA a couple months ago. It was really cool to see but I didn't realize how temperamental they are. Now I feel it was simply amazing to see one on the road.
Ah yes, these are great reasons not to buy an SLR.
I think the main reason I won't buy one right now is actually the fact that I am poor.
I was thinking the same thing, I seem to be monetarily challenged at the moment. 🤣🤣😂😂
Get yourself a pair of yellow moccasins first, the rest will follow: the idle lifestyle, Mercedes, Lamborghini...
The main reason for me being that it is ugly as a hillbilly’s asscrack
Even if you're not poor, this car will make you poor.
Think it that way. You save a lot of money by not buying one, now you are rich.
As an automotive technician who used to work at a German car specialist, the amount of supercar markup on these things is next level. You really see it in things like the fluid services. They don’t use really special fluids, but because it’s in an SLR, they is automatically 2000% mark up. Same thing happens even just between the “peasant” MB models, say between a C class and an S class. C class filter may be $50, similar part on S Class is $250.
If some douchebag come into my shop with "TH-cam" on the license plate of an SLR I'd be doing the same thing.
I mean people who buy these things have no problem paying for this. Actually I think it would offend them for it to cost just as much as a normal car to service.
"The right fluid is important, in the right place too." A little jab to the Car Wizard? Too funny.
When Ed pulled out his phone the first thing I thought was “oop, another text challenge from autotempest”
"You must repair your SLR for less than the price of a new Camry"
Here in ohio we say ope not oop
A video without Hoovie buying a car is weird.. it's almost as weird as putting the cereals after the milk. Never change Hoovie! Your videos are great!
The SLS interior is actually nicer than the SLR, Ed
I love the special effects in the beggining. Genuinely, they made me so happy 😂
I always loved the SLR back in the day. I'd say SLR exterior and the SLR interior would be the best combo.
lol, so whats the alternative
SLR still wins!
No. Tyler weeeeeens!
SLR is an awesome car! SLS is an ok car...
Ed, be honest man. Did you sniff the seats?
Agree. SLR any day.
SLR just for the exhaust note that sounds like a Spitfire!!!!
If it had a cooling system problem; it would be from Paris saying, "That's hot!"
I want to thank you guys for inspiring me to finally take the plunge and buy my dream car. I DID in fact use Autotempest to find and buy a 2000 Porsche 996 with low miles. God's speed gentlemen.
My brother's best mate works for Aston Martin. In Newport Pagnell,he is on bodywork for restoration and bumps. He has to roll out Aluminium from 2 mill to 6 mill at different points on the same wing.
That has to be the roughest wagon SLR I've ever seen 😂
There’s one rotting in, I think, Dubai
Nice Leno tribute with the denim shirt with the pocket flaps!
The tour around the old Benz while he was describing the SLR was excellent 🤣
Woooooow! I need to show this to my wife. Makes our little collection of 2 Miatas and a RX-8 seem downright sane.
You beat me. I own a RX-8, but only one Miata. Have a 323 (Familia) though.
The 2nd Miata is a new addition as of Monday for my wife.
@@ScottJ175 Good choice! You know Miata is always...
Always the answer...unless you're looking to make TH-cam about being an automotive masochist.
Well said sir.
I love how Tavarish and the boys are just casually holding a conversation in the background without being mentioned.
2:37 Hoovies photoshop skills😲
Like a pro
Ahhhh had an 83’ 300d bought new by my parents in white. Miss that car so much
Cartrek 5 will include the SLS, SLR, and the DBS
SLS, DBS and Murciélago LP-640.
Everybody would like that
@@lugattinine8451 They have been all over instagram with them talking about filming cartrek5. They went to Amelia island and got to go for a ride in a McLaren F1
Ed officially a ferrari owner with those clown shoes!
In 2013ish I was a Valet Mgr for Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami. Which I was able to drive the SLR owned by Mayweather. That was one of the best car times in my life seeing I drove about everycar I ever dreamed of and then some!
The edits on this are really top notch.
Thanks Hoovie & Ed for talking me into buying an MX-5 vs. the SLR!
I went for an '84 Scirocco. Goddamn I miss that thing, no-one does "cheap 'n' cheerful" quite like VW in the 80s.
@@andyb1653 I loved all the Scirocco's and '84 was an especially nice year. Put one on your "Someday" list. You can make it happen.
@@discerningmind I hear ya, but TBH I don't NEED to make it happen, really. I owned two of the fuckers, both '84 Karmann models.
The first one fell victim to rust, at which point I got a 2nd one and used the first as a parts car (saving me a couple grand over the lifetime of the 2nd).
All in all I was driving vintage VW for over a decade. I live in Canada so it's EXTREMELY hard to find classic VWs that are in good shape at a reasonable price, I think I'm good. I've moved on to Subarus.
man...hearing Ed rattle off the repair costs was a constant run of jaw drops. I feel waaay better about driving a saab, even though there is no comparison between the two! XD XD
The sunshade... LMAO LOVE IT!!!
Soooo glad I watched this! I was trying to decide between an SLR and a trophy wife with an addiction to designer shoes and a penchant for vacations at the Four Seasons.
Car Trek needs to be longer! I feel like the first one was a good length and upload pace, but these new ones seem like they're done in a week. I'm okay with not getting them nearly as often as long as the length goes up.
Those turbine wheels do look good. But I think the best looking car with turbine wheels is the 1993 Mustang Cobra
He brought that cat just to sniff the seats lmfao
You Know It's True! 😆
SLR Wagon looks sick!!!
I wonder how many of these cars have had that small plastic lid on the shifter broken at one point.
AND how much it costs to replace the knob, which is probably the only way to do it.
Shit, I only replace my wipers one at a time because I don't wanna spend an extra $6...I'm not looking out the passenger side!
That is a gorgeous color on the SLR!
Manny : furiously screaming with 6 Mclaren SLRs 🤣.
I’m digging the SLR front on the waggon.
I knew ED was the real Ronald Mc Donald. Must have been the Yellow Shoes.
There's no way you're going to be able to clean out all that industrial strength herpes from the seats.
@William Mulvaney That'll maybe eradicate Paris' and Britney's herpes, but Lindsay Lohan's turbo-herpes... No chance.
I always considered the SLR my realistic dream car since the 04 Enzo will forever be out of my reach.
(Definitely not the Paris Hilton one though.)
I believe that the ads were longer than the video. And the bracelet ad is hilarious!😂😂😂😂
It's important to note that AMG didn't design the SLS from the ground up. That car started life as a project worked on by American engineers (under DaimlerChrysler) as it was going to be for a new Viper. But the Germans did most of it.
Thanks for the advice, I was going to buy one but now I changed my mind
The side-by-side comparison at the beginning was completely and absolutely priceless!!@
( you should do that more often....SOOO HILARIOUSLY FUNNY!!!!)
2:05 this engine bay looks like a full ashtray inside of a trailer park home.
Bro that photo shop game is on point I completely forgot that was the 300 TD
Nice to see Tavarish make a cameo in this video "7:49"
Y'all know more about cars than me... but even I know that Paris Hilton's McLaren is going to be all f*d up.
I think we need a CarTrek picture with the SLR - Ed driving and Freddy and Tyler in the passenger seat
hoovie loving the jay leno attire
In all honesty Hoovie has been the most sensible buyer as of late and on Car Trek his picks are superb. I think to offset this recent sensibility he needs to go buy another beat up V8 BMW or Audi with a 2.7T motor.
The Car Wizard style rundown was great
I had a similar feeling of anxiety back in the mid 90s when looking at a used Porsche 928S. I took it for a pre-purchase inspection and went through all the service records to discover horrifying amounts (for me) for basics such as a starter motor at over $900, and other regular servicing items that were eye watering. I was used to buying aftermarket C3 Corvette starters for maybe 60 bucks and DIYing it. There were thousands upon thousands of dollars of service receipts for this 928 and I decided against it, worried for my future financial health and well being. I did eventually own a 928, maybe a decade later, to get it out of my system. Beautiful car and it didn't cost me a dime over the year and a half I owned it.
Ed is a true friend for advertising you NOT to get the SLR! This Christmas however, send cash in lieu of gifts! 🤣
I watched an interview with Gordon Murray in which he says that Mercedes actually determined a lot of the things that you said "McLaren did not care about". And that it is not his car, even though that it is his design. ;-)
Any other car nerds wondering what "A Service" means exactly? I wondered and unfortunately, Google seems to think "A Service" is the same as "a service". As in, "We brought the car in for a service." Useless.
I've been into cars my whole life and owned them for over 20 years at this point so not sure how I don't know this.
2:36 that Merc wagon with the SLR front end looks like an 80s Saab lol
Hoovie's regretted that he didn't buy, and raged that Ed fooled him to not to bid against him
Nah Hoovie was never buying this one he was thinking about getting one back when he got the SLS and Im pretty sure hes happy with his decision after seeing eds issues
Hoovie How's it hanging, love the sls, never mind eds 😂😂
For $34,000, I could buy a used Lexus (and a nice one at that!), insure it for a year, probably fuel it for the whole year, AND get an oil change and a brake job. 🤑
Hoovie. You need to buy a C5 Audi Allroad. It would be THE perfect car for your collection. They're amazing cars when they run. But that's the issue, getting everything to work on them can be... Expensive.
Ed is such a cool guy.
Looks like Tyler drove from Kansas to the Amelia Island Concours stopping in Atlanta on the way back. Probably better to do that in his car then one of these
Ed you need to take that thing to the wizard sounds like the dealership is giving you one Hell of a upsell
Hoovie talks about things he's done on TV, but I've only ever known him from youtube. I wonder if I've missed out on some cool stuff.
The SLR and SLS look so good next to each other.
They are going for 400k now, so maybe in hindsight, you should have put the 34k into it and flipped it, and almost doubled your money. Heck, with it's provenience of having been owned by Paris, you should be able to get north of 500k if you are willing to wait a year to sell it.
This comment didn’t age well 😂
THIS IS HOW GOOD FRIENDS ACT IN THE SOCIETY
Thanks - you've just made me relax about my parts bill.
Hoovie is channelling Jay Leno in that denim
Hoovies garage and Paris Hilton was something I never thought would be in the same sentence
I think the lesson is that if you want work or service done on a Mercedes of any kind, DON'T go to a Mercedes Dealership, there are good mechanics that work on Mercedes including the high-end cars regularly who will do a better job for a better price as well as knowing the ins n outs of the special vehicles they work on which can save you significantly on parts and labor. I love the SLR McLaren but they definitely got better at doing them over time, the newer ones are wonderful, mind you the normal SLR is pretty great too.
I never understood why the SLR was even a consideration, even before knowing the price and maintenance differences. The SLS is just so good!
Hoovie 50% there on completing the Jay Leno look in this one
Ed has a classic news reader voice. I want him to say “and that’s the way it is” so flipping bad!
And now Hoovies got one
Surely it needs to be taken to the Car Wizards for a price comparison
Damn this dude loves hearing himself talk.
Yeah I was disappointed to see Ed on this channel too.
whoa there little guy. Didn’t your mother teach you anything?
I dug the xtra long legged grasshopper into 🐞
Mercedes is now a Joke, The illuminated grill emblem was a Ghastly feature of a once elegant refined German example of the finest engineering on Earth. Now just ridiculous overpriced rolling Garbage!
2:30 That wagon looks pretty good with the SLR front swap...
I think your SLS is the better looking of the two. It's more aggressive IMO.
Hoovie should make car movies with editing skills like that hahaha
Manny Khoshbin seems to like them although service is expensive.
This car was stupid back in 2005, and we knew it then. The Carrera GT was the same money, $500k. Then there was the Ford GT, for $150k (plus markup, I don't know what it was).
def the sls for me. schumi was with them at the time
Hell, I'd rather have the 300TD than either the SLS or SLR. :-)
Am surely one of the 100+ people saying "Send that thing to the Wizard and stop feeding that dealership ripoff money!". The vast majority of those prices are ultra-inflated simply because it's an 'exotic' car with no supporting logic/justification beyond that. Just no reason to use a dealer post-warranty vs. a reputable independent shop.
I don't understand why it's so special to sit in other than the history... the interior looks just like my 71 year old Mom's SL500.
Keep a Japanese sports car garaged for 10 years and you might need just a battery and STA-BIL to get it going again.
I can say I love the edits for the car