This week at SPR Autos EP 2! WE WENT TO A CAR SHOW! DECLINED WORK! ENGINE FAILURE! COME BACK! VLOG
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- DAY TO DAY life at the garage, I'm sure garages can relate to these videos, hope everyone is enjoying the content.
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Hope you are all enjoying a week at SPR.
I think this is my favourite edit/video so far since starting CZcams. What is yours? Comment below ⬇️
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Loving the week's update Sam. Looking forward to next one.
Another enjoyable video. I’m spreading the word over here in the north east about your channel. Continue keeping it real 👍
@@kevinsmith6653top man thank you. 🙏
Great video😊 Interesting to see the faulty NOX sensor. My 2017 E220d had an engine light that came on and went off again. Took it to the dealer and they listed the sensor at £750 ish. I have the extended warranty so no charge thankfully. I wonder if they'd have charged me if I didn't have the warranty. Last month I had a service and MOT. They spotted a leaky diff seal, £950 as the warranty doesn't cover seals 😢
Keep the videos coming, I'd love to see a buyers guide for a W222 S class 😎
This is for sure one of the best ones you've done! Digging into some welding was an interesting challenge! :D and the Car Show was pretty sweet too, it really kind of showed the car scene out there which is very similar to a lot of ours. Idk if you ever get a chance to make it to the states but a little well known secret is in Mansfield, Ohio. The car culture is pretty awesome. Car shows randomly starting up beside the main road here have street racing battles almost and cops just sit and watch XD It's pretty sweet actually. Mercedes has MCBA meets around Cincinnati, Ohio too. Anyways, keep up the great content brother man!
Great video- it amazes me how people decline work that is clearly a safety issue. Better to replace those brake pipes and not risk the possibility of brake failure.
Sometimes customers might choose to do certain repairs themselves. Or sometimes customers might want to inspect the issue themselves to see with their own eyes how bad the issue is first.
A huge amount of people currently are no longer living, they are operating in survival mode. They Just want to get through the day and believe bigger things may kill them before next month's paycheck. So they are not too concerned about a faulty brake pipe that may kill them in 6 months! Not being patronizing, just saying how it is!
@@asadzeethree2726 You’re right and I totally sympathise with anyone who hits hard times. A Mercedes probably isn’t the best choice in that situation and it’s not fair for every other road user and pedestrian to have to share that risk with you when it comes to brakes.
“Nah don’t need no brakes pipes mate”
These people drive amongst us.
So many employers only see the cost of treating employees to days out. Team building, camaraderie, shared experience not only help for a happier workforce but helps with staff retention. Hats off to you. 👍
Lucky you are a Merc specialist, they will keep you in business for years . I like the new format, excellent.
I like these weekly videos. Let's keep the ball rolling and good job on all the work that you do. You are thorough with the checks that you do even if some of your customers don't appreciate the effort.
I appreciate that!
Declining a corroded brake pipe is just dangerously stupid on any make of car. If you buy a Mercedes you have to expect higher maintenance costs. Great vid as always.
Keep it coming, mate. These keep me going.
The weeklys are excellent 😊 You're a good boss 😄
"Keepin it real" should be under your logo on your hoodies.
Editing is spot on.
Rees is a star in the making - he's like a little Merc Gimp
(just kidding Rees. Looking forward to watching you grow and gain experience)
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well done taking your staff to a chill out day
So informative about the foibles of running a garage business. Keep 'em coming. These updates match and better anything else on CZcams.
That’s good to hear, more to come. Thanks 🙏
14:53 FarRoad tyres.
You just got to love the names these Chinese manufacturers come up with.
A very informative video about the trials and tribulations of running a specialist independent workshop, I hope that it opens at least a few people's eyes! Please keep up the good work with these videos, alongside the more specialised content. I also attended the same show at Gaydon and especially enjoyed the museum as I worked next door at Aston Martin several years ago and never got the chance to pay a visit!. I believe that the show itself grew out of what was originally the Audi Owner's Club event hence the emphasis on VAG marquees. On the row behind the C63s were a number of classic Mercedes cars from members of the official Mercedes-Benz Club dating from the 1970s to 2000s and hopefully there will be more in attendance at future shows although the club operates several hundred events of varying sizes of its own around the UK over the course of a year as well!
What a brilliant video and insight into your business,I’m amazed at how many faults of different natures come with what is supposed to be a marque of vehicle which look good but hides a multitude of sins across the range,FairPlay to your honesty.
That car ride: The Silence of the Lambs.
Another great vid lads. Really good to see what you have to deal with on a weekly basis.
Keep these weekly's coming, they keep me going as I am a JLR specialist and it is nice to see someone else explaining our struggles
Yes we have to stick together, hopefully customers are learning what actually goes on.
Really enjoy your videos. Just had a NOX sensor replaced on my w213 e-class. Cost me just shy of £700 at my local mercedes specialist. Wish I had known Mercedes-Benz dealers were replacing them as a courtesy. You stated that you would recommend all petrol car owners use premium unleaded to protect the head. What is your view on diesel cars using premium diesel fuel?
Thanks guys, another good video 🙏
The weeklys are good!
Heck yea, this is pretty cool! Thank you for such an honest perspective of life as a mechanic working to keep these machines alive. They don't make cars like they used to it feels like, the A35 issues are absolutely unacceptable. Just looking at that engine actually scares me for some reason.
Just goes to show old is gold! I'll stick with my M112 and M113 💪 nice work fellas 👏
112,113 👌👌
Customer declined work to a brake line that is clearly going to fail.... unbelievable.
Putting your own life at risk and those of other motorists .... 😮
This isnt like turning down an antibacterial clean at the dealer. What are people on?!
Forgot to say, I have a long (130+ mile motorway commute) and my W205 C63 can get over 39 mpg. I didn't buy a V8 for economy, but it's nice to know it can deliver it.
Another great and learning video from one of my favourite garages on YT! Keep up the good job 👍
Awesome, thank you! And glad your learning that’s the main thing
Like the format, had 1 Merc in my driving life let me down so many times and was finally diagnosed to have a rotted wiring loom found by an older mechanic in a little country garage. Yes that is right, ROTTED. Have been a volvo driver ever since and with regular servicing there has been no dramas.
Yes the old Mercedes had a biodegradable wiring loom
Really enjoy your honesty - also you make the techy bits interesting. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much!
love these weekly's there bang on cannot believe that people drive cars like that c class with the 2 fubard tyres and dont replace them its beyond me always got told if you carn't afford to look after brakes and tyres you shouldn't be driving a car unbeliveable. keep them youngens busy but good on you taking them to the car show, not many gaffers would do that.
I can so see why Matt from Hign Peak uses and recommends you. Both of you are so similar in character. Your honesty, smarts and sincerity towards your customers is just so old school. And by that i mean wonderful. I left the UK in 1987 and am in Oz, but am so enjoying your channel's. If it helps your business, and its enjoyable, please keep making this content, and thank you and your team for sharing what goes on in your workshop. Cheers 🙏👍
Really appreciate that mate, thanks for watching and welcome 🙏
Excellent as always, great to see the lads out at the exhibition 👍
I would have loved spending the day at the car show with my handsome chap 😊🚗🏎️👌
My favourite channel all day long , And M539 guy. And tripple 777 garage Edd Eddie ,
Another great instalment, nice to see you out and about as well as the usual workshop content. In my vastly limited experience compared to yours, Mercs (or at least mine) seem to eat tyres and springs...
A tip for anyone running a Merc that needs super unleaded. Keep your fuel receipts. If it goes in for warranty work they will want evidence. It saved my warranty claim when my v8 turned into a v7.
I've never thought of keeping the receipts for fuel purchases but if the manufacturer says that a problem has been caused through using low octane fuel, producing receipts would help, one would think. I always use BP Ultimate fuel.
@@davidperry3531 It was the first question I was asked. Even when the turbo intercooler started losing coolant. Heaven knows what fuel had to do with that. My thought was it’s a cop out for them because it does state that super unleaded is required.
Great tip!
Love the portrayal of real garage life, it's not at all easy is it... I really can't believe the lack of spares from MB, it's really poor from them.
Certainly is not an easy task, and let me tell you this is a snippet of what I deal with.
Great content as always really mixed bag of jobs ,cant wait for the next video ......shocking lead time on parts from manufacturer's
Thanks 👍
Loving the videos, please keep them coming.
Having to wait until December for ABS sensors is not on frankly. Mercedes need to get their poop together. Can you source quality aftermarket for your customer?
For all the customers declining work, Mercedes are not an ideal vehicle if you are on a tight budget, maybe something like a Fiesta would be a better choice.
You remind me very much of Jack Dee with your very dry and deadpan presenting. 🙂
We exhausted all aftermarket brands also, we have now managed to source a genuine part and get them back on the road
Top notch !
Preventive maintenance is always the cheapest, great video.
Hahaha. Yes Sam, you are keeping it real. I do enjoy the weekly vlog. Please keep them up. A few observations... only a real Merc fan will work on them all day, and then go and look at them at a car show... only a real Merc fan will know which series of 190 had rear headrests as an option... you make everything look quite easy Sam, and... with your spanners, you sound like my wife when she proudly shows me a new pair of shoes she's bought, "they were so cheap I couldn't afford NOT to buy them!!
😂😂 thank you glad your enjoying, I think we’re going to keep it up. 👍
You missed that red R107 that was next to the 109E. I saw a 1984 R107 380SL on display at Mercedes-Benz of Bradford (my local dealer) along with a 1958 W121 190SL. The W205 owner was a fool to decline the broken spring even though it should've been picked up on the MoT. If that gets worse the results could be catastrophic. I'm lucky my OM646 powered W204 will run on cheap diesel without any problems. That SLK is identical to the one that was featured on "Wheeler Dealers". The S204 owner shouldn't have declined those brake pipes. That is an accident waiting to happen and as you said, the MoT man won't be able to pick up on that because they're not allowed to remove the covers. I like how you keep it real. I do the same on my own channel.
Please check out Troy Hiilliers 1962 190sl over a 2004 SLK AMG. I'm sure it's a 3.2 s/c v6 but wow, what a build. Absolutely astonishing
Great content, keep going
Mercedes dealer had ml nearly four months for warranty job on brake servo, they payed me just shy of four grand compensation as they didn’t have courtesy car to give me. I got it back with a cracked windscreen , the dash wash lit up like a Christmas tree and the car was scruffy. They sent me a video of the so called faults that were not present when the car was checked at my house to validate the servo recall and price to fix. I declined there offer , charged my battery and all of sudden there was not a warning light on the dash. I’m Mercedes mad but I dislike the stealers. I take my hat off to genuine people like yourself however I recognize you still have to make a living, good luck for the future.
Great videos and subjects
Really enjoy the weekly format 👍
i love your channel, having worked in the parts dept. for a mercedes dealership for nearly thirty years. i then went to a honda dealership and ran the parts dept. for twenty years. my observations on both makes is how more reliable the honda is. they're not without their problems but nothing like the mercs.
Thank you 🙏
30 years in the mb parts depo! There is some knowledge there, you must of been the go to man for the stuff no one else could find on epc
Really good insight in to how a garage works. I don`t get the declining work thing unless your doing the tricky stuff and diagnosing the easy stuff and they`re taking it somewhere else cheap or DIY`ing. I dunno.
Another really good video, I don't own a Mercedes, but surely for the price they cost they seem to be doing things on the cheap,
Enjoying the weeklies :)
I have grown very interested in these weeklies. It's scary how the prices have soared, though. I can understand why people decline work but all those cars seem to be poorly maintained
Just to let you know that I’m a mechanic, and I think you’re making a really good job of your channel. Interesting and real world. Also interesting about the mot tester missing that spring. The place I use for my customers mots keep doing the same thing.Probably should have gone to specsavers!!
Thank you very much! Good to have mechanics follow us Aswel as you can relate.
I’m loving this series, wealth of info and interesting.
People who drive a premium brand car but won't get the gearbox serviced or replace a broken front spring because an mot tester didn't notice it.
Another great insight about owning a business….not as easy as some think….with your crystal ball on what customers will do when told about other issues use it to get the correct balls for the lottery lol
So true!
Great video, fan of SPR 👊
As they say Tell it like it is, what more can you do.
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As no fuel go on inlet valves with direct injection engines to keep them clean, I’ve read coke build up is a common problem with other manufacturers cars.
Love it the sound she makes ❤😊
Enjoyed that thanks. Interesting that the relay pack was the issue on the SLK. I had one a few years ago with the usual gearbox oil leak into the wiring. Spent a fortune on various fixes, without success. Now wondering if mine had the same issue 😂. It's scary how many people decline critical safety repairs.....
Love it… funny thing. My neighbour’s W205 failed MOT on that Nox sensor this week haha
Great video!! I can’t believe how long it takes to get parts… is it because the cars are so poorly made that these faults are common or some other reason? I can understand work being declined if a customer is working within a budget… safety first though!
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Love these weekly updates .i don't undersatnd how these customers decline to get there cars fixed .they buy mercs but can't afford to get them repaired.
When people buy second hand Mercedes, they should have a separate budget to pay for the servicing and repair work.
The declined work indicates to me that the car owner has champagne taste, but a beer budget.
Wicked video mate I would love to have a mechanic such as you here in London ❤
Enjoy the weekly updates
I watch your excellent videos for your expert knowledge, and explanation of repairs, I run a CLK W209 Cab, 2004, and will bring her to you for my B service , you are doing fantastic videos, it must be so frustrating to send back an un repaired car, and for MOT testers not being able to remove panels for inspection, that's crazy. Everyone like and subscribe.
Love the daily work shop reports maybe you could give more of the costs that are involved on purchasing and costs of installation of parts great show I’m thinking of buying a C43 estate 2000 model (Amg)
It’s tricky. People don’t always have endless supplies of money so when something turns out to be more expensive than expected I can understand that they might defer some other maintenance…hopefully not for too long. Difficult for businesses though if jobs are scheduled and perhaps other work turned away.
Yea you’re right there, we all have our own financial situations going on. I’m not a cheap garage either
Love the content, very informative and entertaining 👌
MERCEDES FOR THE WIN 👍👍
These updates are gold
O yes this is good.
Loving the weekly updates
Another great video. Really liked the Mercedes 124 coupe at the German motor show. I'm off to Beaulieu Motor Museum for the Mercedes car meet 11/08/24 Looking forward to seeing some nice motors. Fair play on the Nox sensor makes sense to go to the dealer. I'm looking forward to the next video Sam.
thank you, were working on more to come!
The E5/E10 petrol fiasco dread to think if a E15 version hits the forecourts what will it do as regards driving vehicles off the road and into electric motors is it a ploy ? Great working week vids though.
Loving these weekly videos boys!
I'm really sorry that you have to deal with so many cheapskates who are too thrifty to keep their cars in good order. These are great cars, but they need maintaining and you deserve to get the jobs. As you once pointed out, one may get these cars for cheap now, but one is still maintaining a high-end German car. This cannot be done for peanuts.
love these. keep it up.
Thinking of purchasing a GLA at some point, I’d need it to tow, is petrol better than diesel for problems, not worried about fuel cost
I like the fact you repair instead of replace if you can to save the customer money, so good to see
Tia
If you do a lot of motorway miles diesel, if you don’t petrol. ⛽️
fair man.
Loving the weekly updates, thank you. Did you notice the reg plate on the SLK? Maybe he should speak to the SL customer.
Re fuel. I put V-Power in my R171 SLK55 AMG for five years as per MB instruction. I now have a 2017 R231 SL500 which I was pleased to be able to run on 95 Ron again as per MB. Do I need to go back to V-Power? I hope not…..
Yea get it back on v power. Your car deserves the best.
Keep them coming
Great content as usual ,hope mines ok next week
Like the way you explain things. One point about the use of petrol I have a 2019 GLA 180 with a chassis number 156 and an engine number starting with 270 do you recommend using E5 in that as well? Amazed at how many cars must be off the road as a result of the lack of parts from Mercedes. Really surprised at the way some customers treat their cars. I can understand how frustrating it must be for you.
I like the fact that you check under the plastic cover under the cars as I wondered why I had this explanation added to my MOT on a previous ca of mine being a 2012 C class estate when it was tested. So thanks for that. Makes me question whether Mercedes dealers check under these when they carry out MOT's.
Yes Use e5 high octane fuel all Benz should be really.
Thank you, well done.
Loving these vlogs, recently bought a 57 plate ML280, 4th Merc , C220 CDI, CLK230, C270 CDI , so absorbing all the info I can, love the weekly shop episodes as well, I sadly had a Nissan Murano dci prior to the ML and a V6 Touareg for 7 years prior to that , but so far liking the ML keep up the great work, I found you via High Peak Auto’s channel 😃
Glad you’re liking the vlogs and welcome! 🙏
Love the videos on customer car repairs. It amazes me how you often say parts on back order from mercedes? Seems poor availability on parts?
Yea it’s getting abit of a joke at times.
Brilliant video
I like the weekly updates, I’ve had 3 Mercs in my time, C270d Estate, SLK 200 manual and C250cdi Saloon. The SLK was my wife’s car, had it 6 years and it only had 15k on the clock. The other two however were my company motor, and I was racking up over 100k in 3 years. Although I didn’t have pay the service bills I did have sign them off, and boy were some of them tasty!!! The C250Cdi needed a new torque converter at 84k, but that was done under warranty by Mercedes. Loved my time in them cars. 👍😎
That's ZAR 41 a litre for petrol!!! 😵💫I thought we had it bad at around ZAR 24 a litre for 95 octane which is roughly £1! 🥴
@@KyleJHB That’s what happened when the lunatics running the country sold out our energy independence. We import fuel yet we have enough in the North Sea to supply ourselves and export some.
Love the content as always,can’t understand a global company like Mercedes and you have all this trouble getting parts ,it’s almost the case you own a Mercedes you buy a parts car for it
Tell me about it it’s madness
Great real life content. People love the Mercedes badge but most can’t afford the maintenance and repairs.
SPR competition for the Laser spanner set?
You never know
@@michaelmccann4706 the next Prime Minister’s dad might have made them
😂😂😊@@Millennial_Manc
2:40 25.6 mpg = 10.9 km/l
(Conversion by Google. Not sure if those are US or UK gallons)
Price of fuel is per liter but efficiency is expressed per gallon. 😁
I had been doing a tank of Tesco 99 then next tank shell vpower got a fright when it was £1.75 a litre other week lol might do every 3rd tank shell now 😂
Haha same reaction as me then 😂
Great channel love the weeklys the a class with the direct injection engine is there anything to do with renault or is it a Mercedes engine
Not that I know of, but you never know behind the scenes
How can you not repair a broken spring ??? The only choice is do one or do both.
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Superb! These vlogs should be MUST SEE viewing for all trainee mechanics...years of experience of dealing with the general public..Very impressive!
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Well done guys good job and nice Mercedes Benz show.