Here's a guy who has no conception of how much ABC repairs cost!

"Land_Yacht_225" (nadenator) 08/07/2017 at 20:17 • Filed to: None

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Seriously...this thing isn’t even trying to make pressure for the hydro-struts and he budgets “a couple grand.”

Ha!

CB > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 20:22

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“How could it be so cheap?”

Well, if the locks and radio already aren’t working, you can probably guess that there are a few issues.

Also, I find this dude insufferable.

Land_Yacht_225 > CB 08/07/2017 at 20:25

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Hey now, it’s probably just a fuse...

It’s always just a fuse, or a relay, or frayed wiring or a fiber-optic cable that can be bridged. Right up until it isn’t.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 20:26

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CB > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 20:29

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This is a man with no concept of money and who I consider generally dangerous if he’s got young viewers.

“Hey kids, you can buy a formerly super expensive car for just $5k, it’ll be super easy to fix!”

And then it isn’t. And you’re either out the $5k it cost you to buy the car (which personalities forget is a ton of money for a lot of people) or be out $10k to fix it. And that’s not easy money to get back.

Fuck this guy.

Land_Yacht_225 > CB 08/07/2017 at 20:34

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At least Tavarish and Tyler Hoover tell it like it is or show you how to do it the cheap way.

LongbowMkII > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 20:40

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Tavarish does exactly this.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 20:54

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*snicker* I’d really like to see the follow-up video in two or three months once he realizes how much all those little fixes add up to. Never mind if something major goes south.

Birddog > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 20:56

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“This is a great fixer upper”

You can buy this AMG S65 for the price of a 2006 Taurus!

Then proceed to spend three more Tauruses in repairs.

I think a Mike Finnegan quote works here. “If you spend about $200,000 on this you’ll have a $20,000 car.”

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 21:06

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My friend has been trying to figure out why his passenger side brake light bulb blows about once a month for the last 4 years. Electrical issues are the best.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Birddog 08/07/2017 at 21:07

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I would rather have 1 broken AMG S65 over 3 2006 Taurus’.

Birddog > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 08/07/2017 at 21:11

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Good point. I don’t think anyone actually wants a 2006 Taurus.

dogisbadob > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 21:15

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Hi

interstate366, now In The Industry > dogisbadob 08/07/2017 at 21:23

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Shh...let them fall some more in price so I can pick one up in a few years!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Land_Yacht_225 08/07/2017 at 23:57

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Just a couple fuses! Bahahaha 

More like a PSE pump, which is likely full of water, due to a very poorly repaired rear end after a wreck. Fixing the body properly, doing water intrusion, and replacing the PSE should take care of at least half of the electrical issues. Let’s budget $3-4k for that.

The MOST ring is probably down, possibly due to a bad audio gateway or head unit. Let’s budget another $3k for that. Let’s say another $1500 for miscellaneous interior, body, and electrical.

Now let’s get to the fun stuff! Suspension, to start. ABC obviously isn’t working. Best case, a leaky hose and a flush; let’s say $1500. More realistically it will be a bit worse of than that, let’s say another $3-4k.

That thing didn’t even sound right. Notice how it sounded lopey, like a big American V8? Pretty sure it’s got at least one dead cylinder. Let’s throw coils and plugs at it to start, $3k.

Let’s budget an extra $5k for various other maintenance and repair items. You know it’ll need them because this thing obviously has been neglected mechanically.

Oh hey! My estimate without even seeing this car, or properly diagnosing anything, stands at $20k! Dealer prices mind you, budgeting $5-7k just for labor. Good luck DIY-ing more than basic maintenance. Most of the parts would be imbecilic to get used, or not available aftermarket.

Conclusion; Buy this car if your vehicle budget is $20-25k. If that’s the case, HELL YEAH!

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Land_Yacht_225 08/08/2017 at 00:34

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I laughed so hard when I saw that. When I saw that it was an S65 I instinctively though about the impending ABC clusterfuck.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Birddog 08/08/2017 at 00:38

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To be fair, I actually bought one of these and sorted out all the issues for about $12,000. I’m $29,000 into the car, and I know for a fact that this is a better value than a new accord. That being said, anyone who postures that one of these can be cheap to own can choke on my stack of repair invoices lol.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 08/08/2017 at 00:48

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BUT TOVARISCH TOLD ME THAT ALL YOU NEED IT A DISGNOSTIC SCANNER AND SOME HYDRAULIC LINE PATCHES!1!! 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 08/08/2017 at 02:34

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Lol hydraulic line patches! On a system that runs 200 bar!? That’s amazing.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 08/08/2017 at 06:27

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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard how”my buddy works on construction equipment, so he can fix the hydraulics, right?” People who think this car can be cheaply run amuse me.

Land_Yacht_225 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 08/08/2017 at 22:36

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I think I may have crossed the $30,000 mark with the collision repairs, but since that was the insurance company’s money...who can really say.

But yeah. Several trees have died to produce the stacks of repair estimates and invoices...