Hydrolocked C63s Update! Dealing With Insurance - My Brand New Car is Totaled !?
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2017
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Dont stress out too much about it! you will get a hefty check , get a new car, every closed door is a opportunity to open another one ;)
And lose about 18k at best.... but you're right, "don't stress out too much"
+martin c. unless he has gap insurance thru his insurance, or finace company. If he didn't take that, then he deserves to lose that money.
Every closed door, is a opportunity to open a new one, just the hallway there might be hell.
No one "deserves" to see their brand new car "die" because of some water!
With those UA-cam checks coming in, he'll quickly make up the loss.
$71K for an engine!??!?
The whole fuckin' car starts at 66k lmao. Something definitely doesn't sound right with that.
TheHvk special order anything it costs more than getting off the factory line
It's so people don't just buy AMG crate engines and put it in something they don't want it to be in. Realistically the engine probably costs at most 20k to make.
My guess is that includes the labor charges too
Ship a rare engine from germany and find a guy who can change it out and keep the warranty valid, and tax -international tax on a rare engine. --- costs more than the car new--- yes sounds right to me.
TheHvk Well European cars are known for being extremely unreliable my 2003 bmw 5 series was a nightmare after 2 yrs and my friends 2016 range rover sport isn't much better, not saying they're bad cars,but they can't match the reliability of Japanese and American cars.
Hey man, I'm a Bimmer guy but happened to come across your last video where you explained what happened and first found out you hydro locked. While I'm not a Benz fan at all, I still feel for you. It sucks that you worked so hard for it and this happened. I understand the love you have for your car and I respect that a lot. One thing I've learned in life that I wish for you. Sometimes God takes away things from us only to give us something better. Whatever happens, there's a reason. You might not see it now but sometime either in the near or far future it'll all make sense. Good luck and I wish the best for you.
It's really refreshing to see, that you're a down to earth guy and are not freaking out but stay calm. That's a mature behaviour which suits a REAL MAN! (not like a lot of "boys/ kiddies who think that they're the center of the universe)
I wish you good luck and all the best with the upcoming and your new car in the future.
So if the engine is 71k and the total cost was 88k,,,, you're saying the vehicle without a motor is only worth 17k? Sound to me like a stealership ripping off an insurance company on the engine quote. Hoping the insurance company would bite and they could make a ton of $$$ Off the insurance company.
Joey F was thinking the same what a bullshit.
My thoughts exactly. Sadly it's only a matter of time before someone uploads a video titled "I bought AutoVlog's C63S on Copart!!!"
I think there is a translation problem because the motor isn't 71k, my buddy work at a Mercedes dealer ship and he accessed the parts list and a new motor (short block) is $12,500 and a complete turn key motor is $23,700
no this price is indeed correct, I am a mercedes technician and have seen several amg engine quotes go through. recently we quoted a new cls 63 engine the 5.5l bitrbo engine, complete assembly from germany guess how much it cost to buy? 127k. everytime mercedes sells and amg product they loose money, the motors are handcrafted, built by one person and one person alone, then on top of that they have to be transported over to the dealer ship from germany and then put in by a technician, on a job like that we can easily charge 20-30 hours due to all the adaptations and software we have to update along with the break in we do. so yes a regular say e350 engine might be 23k an amg is not.
@alexander i can assure you that is the case. these engines are not produced by a machine, they pay a man salary to build these and go over a detailed inspection of the engine before it is deliver and installed in a car. each engine has the persons name that built it on the engine. they put it there by hand. the head bolts are tighted by hand, the wire harness is installed by hand, the pistons each individually inspected and lubricated are installed by hand. you do not have to belive me if you do not want to, but i have no reason to lie to you and gain nothing by sharing this information. I simply want to stop the accusations that these engines are cheap or the dealership is trying to rip somebody off. i have put together a quote on a crashed e 63 entire front end rebuild, it came out to be 32k just for the suspension, this did not include the body work.
71,000 Dollars WOW!!!!!! Merc better cut the check for this one. The car is under warranty and you drove the car in normal conditions. Like wtf seriously, A little bit of heavy rain should not fuck up a car like that. Get on the phone with Mercedes Benz USA and tell them to take that car BACK.
Youre contradicting yourself... having alittle bit of heavy rain is like saying you fucked a skinny ass fat chick
nick elias Actually its not. European engineering shouldnt make this happen. This is by far the first merc that ive seen go down in this condition.
Warranty cannot be applied to this case, because it wasn,t a factory defect. About the price of the engine, it might be hand build but 71 grand for a new engine... AMG are nuts
I'd say it is a factory defect. You should be able to drive your car in heavy rain without damaging your engine.
Have never seen this on a vehicle of this caliber. I drove my stock ass jeep patriot through a HUGE 4 foot deep water puddle and wound up with an engine with 3 bent rods And I'm talking water over the headlights deep & the damn thing still got me home. He didn't drive it in "normal" conditions, I'm guessing there's a piece of the story still somewhat missing. I'm assuming a very large amount of water came up while he also happened to hit water and he sucked some in. Hell he had a small amount of water in the intake a day later, clearly, he sucked in a good chunk of water.
Sorry for your loss bro, i feel your pain. Hope it all works out ill be here waiting and watching
@AutoVlog , bro I feel your pain for the attachment to the car. Every guy that dream of getting their dream car know what you are talking about. Dealing with insurance companies is hard, cheer up , everything will be okay. Keep us posted with the whole process, and tell people your experience with insurance companies in such situations to know their rights.
So is Benz going to do a recall on the 2017 c63 amg since a passing car can hydro-lock and total their car? Either we aren't getting the whole story, or the car should be recalled...period.
Shawn Reding
It wasn't the rain that got him, it was the fact that a car hit a deep puddle infront of him which caused a giant wave of water to hit the front of the car, so its almost like a flood......and it comes down mostly to bad luck. Almost any car would also be effected if the same thing happened to it. So no it didn't just hydro lock because of rain... You can even watch his vlogs where he drives he Merc in the rain countless times with no issues.... Rather its because he got hit with a tsunami of a wave at the worst possible time
This is why this isn't a warranty issue.... nothing broke because of an mechanical issue..... it was due to weather. Mercedes would honor it if it was just that but anything else falls under insurance. That's like saying a Ferrari should be better engineered so it won't have hail damage, and if it gets caught in a hail storm...and is damaged, FERRARI should warranty it. the car's systems can only handle so much of an influx of water at once. It can filter some out and cope with it, burn it off, etc. But he got bombarded with a large wave of water that's harder for a car, any car, to cope with. That's why you avoid driving through high water or when there's a chance to get a large level of water in the car. That's one of the things I learned when driving you AVOID large puddles because there's always that chance enough water can get into the intake and hydrolock the engine. Regardless, it's not a warranty thing, the car didn't fail because of any mechanical or design flaw it failed because of operator error/"an act of God." Merc designed and built the car, but they're not the ones who allow large sums of water to get thrown in the intake. I mean the car has to have an intake and anywhere it is it risks sucking in water. Avoid puddles. If you driving on the road and you see cars in the oncoming lane splashing up large amounts of water from puddles either movie over to another lane, get off that street, or pull over and wait for the rain to die down. Cars run on fuel and air, they can't run at all on water.
I think its a little suspicious that he "wasn't recording during that time" and probably drove fast through the puddle but he doesn't want to admit it... But this last part is just my conspiracy theory if you will.
Hasan Al-habbobi no it wouldn't happen to any other car, even to older mb, intake on that car is in wrong place, seen older generation of that car drive over flooded street to the point that water covered half engine bay and nothing happend to it becouse intake was where it should be, near upper part of engine not under it
+Shawn Reding why? The position has nothing to do with it. It was just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. If the puddle was smaller everything would have been A-Okay
Totally agree.
People stop talking about that it's was raining and that could happen to any car just stfu
RIP to the beast
June 2017-August 2017
You will be missed.
Dr. Ashi Ali Jesus it's like looking at a grave marker for a infant that experienced sids.
Dr. Ashi Ali LOL
Dr. Ashi Ali man just keep the money!!! Change the name of the channel! "Man and his junk channel"
a beast can withstand water...lol
Dr. Ashi Ali no it won't be missed. It was gimmicky-looking. Not a real AMG. A very expensive s-class coupe rip-off. Looked like shit parked next to super cars.
What kind of car insurance covers blown motors I've never heard of them covering that only physical body damage and personal injury?
Just found your channel about a week ago so I’m catching up on your story. But I feel your pain dude. I had a (used) Hummer H1 that had engine failure. I’ll continue your video update journey with you. Good luck. Cont’d success.
Ok......For the people who are ignorant about how insurance works, and based on some of the comments, there are many here. pay attention.
His car was not 100% paid for and it was financed.
Since the insurance company has totaled his car out, any and all money will first go to the lien holder of the car and not to Mike himself.
The insurance company will look at the used market value for his car and if they`re an ethical insurance company, this is the amount that they will pay to the lean holder minus Mikes deductible.
If the amount they pay to the lien holder is less than what`s still owed on the car, Mike will have to come out of pocket for the difference.
However, if Mike also has GAP insurance, any money that he`ll have to pay because of the difference between what`s paid to the lien holder from the insurance company and what`s still owed on the car will be covered by the GAP insurance.
Overall, the best case scenario is that Mike will only be out of pocket for his insurance deductible.
CDP Damn that was the comment/explaination I was waiting for. Well said and intelligent.
Kenneth White I,mean thats simple and should be known if you have a car lol
The joys of GAP insurance...
Now he's looking at potentially being out of pocket because he doesn't have it by the sound of it.
No, he did not lease it.
He also made a video about the cost, downpayment, and monthly payment amount.
he financed this car as he said it wasnt worth it on lease. only his two other cars are on lease but the Merc was financed. so he wouldnt have gap insurance on this one most likely
Can this vehicle go through a modern car wash?
If you don't rev the engine the whole time your in the car wash.
Lmfaooooo
You know, at the car wash I have the undercarriage sprayed for road salt and dirt. What's keeping the water from going into the air intake near the bottom of the engine compartment.
Larry S The reason you turn your engine off in a car wash is so no water gets sucked in...
In the car wash, I put the car in neutral but never turn the car completely off.
Sorry to hear this, initially I thought that it would be a warranty job, but it makes sense that this is an insurance issue.
Hope everything goes well for you and your baby C63S. It is really nice car to have, a nice member to have along your way as well.
So sorry for your loss. This is incredible to hear how much the engine costs
Who's gonna be the lucky person to purchase his car from the auction? Lol
Jose Cleto samrac money pit amg series. LOL
and do what with it, part it out? new engine is to expensive and its not like you going to find a used one
AndersDog94 have it rebuilt , do Americans not have engine rebuilders.
im not american, you dont know how much damage have ben done inside the engine, bend rods, damage pistons, bend crankshaft, destroyed head and valve train. And if you even can buy the parts from mercedes to this engine, its not going to be cheap
AndersDog94 ls swap it 😗😗
I am so sorry for your loss, Hope the Insurance Co. is fair , hate some of the lousy comments said, but u get them. I also hope it is speedy resolution..Tc!
Sorry for your loss. It's heartbreaking. For us personally, we're different kind of drivers over here in Arizona so we're just happy if we have a car that runs consistently. I was so upset to have to give up a 2005 Subaru GT Legacy Sedan. It's the emotions and attachment you have to your car -it's not just metal, fiberglass and electronics.
The last time I was this early I got divorced
Man I feel so sorry for this guy
Sorry for your loss :/ My dad drove his CLK coupe through a deep puddle many years ago and the same thing happened. They were able to replace the engine, but it was not an AMG.
Thanks for making this video your show made me want to buy a c63 and at the same time decide to go with something else lol
Please get a dash cam in your next car, it'll help insurance companies out a lot
Tom Hornsey yeah tell them to help me lower my 300 monthly payment too just because I'm "to young"
Tom Hornsey yea, help them screw you.
If the engine is dead at 3500 miles shouldn't this be covered by warranty?
Well hydrolocked.
operator error, what warranty?
Speedy6240 outside influence is not covered by warranty
If you hit a pole and total the car it's not covered unless you bought collision. Same here but no collision will cover this.
yes but not if its declared as a freak accident such as a huge storm, lightning or an earthquake etc. although i reckon there is some design flaw on this car to have been broken by a storm unless he maybe just got unlucky with his model
Here in the UK we get rain like that all the time and I’ve never heard of this. I can’t see how water has got in the engine. You didn’t go through a river. Find out where the intakes are.
Respect how your Optimistic through this hope something works out
I feel your pain brother. Hopefully everything works out for you👍🏾
If you go rewatch the original video, he mentions a car passing him, and in the process that car splashed a HUGE amount of water onto his car and thus into the intake. Though it's pretty rare for this to happen and tough to do (usually), so maybe this was a poor design from Mercedes for this particular car? Hydrolock isn't something you see every day.
TheHvk A fucking Camry can be driven in heavy rain. His Ford Focus would have made it too, but the 80K car takes a dump lmao
It is poor design, but a high performance car like this one is built to allow the maximum air flow into the engine. I guess AMG tested the car in heavy rain conditions, but never expected a huge ass water splash. As a mechanical engineer myself I would say someone in AMG fucked up and didnt do his/her job properly by designing and testing the car in conditions a daily car can face. I know this is a high performance car, but it is a still a car for the everyday use. Not even an F1 car has this kind of problems in wet conditions, and they get splashed with several gallons of water by the car infront during race time.
Did you modify your air intake system? That and driving through standing water are the only way I have ever seen a healthy engine hydrolock.
TheHvk Also have to consider that when he put that aftermarket intake on he also removed the air box that protected his car's engine from intaking any water
kin kang what are you talking about? He never put an aftermarket intake on the car. The only aftermarket thing he did was the spoiler, the tint and the ceramic coating.
Bro sorry for your loss man!!
Sorry to hear about the terrible luck. Hope things work out for you.
If its a faulty design then it should be covered under warranty , why call the insurance? Something does not sound right.
Frank Thahim it's not a faulty design he drove it into a deep puddle
shakir ahmed ive driven in deep puddles in my 2005 nissan altima and nothing happened. Its the bad design mercedes did with that car
I believe it's incredibly bad luck. The car got a wave of water from the perfect angle like got hosed down.
Yeah I think he was just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time
alexis898989 I wouldn't say design floor more of just the intake did its job but instead of taking in air it took an amount of water hydrolocking the engine
this is completely unbelievable. wow
Yeah.. pretty much
You may already know about this but I'm just googling and apparently you can get some kind of bypass valve fitted? which can help prevent the engine from becoming hydro-locked again in the future ? Crazy you'd have to consider this however !
it is 71k for the engine alone or 71k shipped from Germany and installed by your local Mercedes dealer ?
From an insurance point of view I'm thinking that's the entire cost of new engine and swap at the dealership... drive away.. still a whopping amount of $$ though... wow... these things are close to $200k here in Australia.
Im sorry to hear that man things will get better though. Things always do
Can anyone make out what bomb number 2 is? I cannot understand her. 6:27
brewking2 She said, Sir your a fucking idiot
Crazy how some standing water totaled your 88,000 car lmao nuts. Sorry man. On the bright side, you can now spec another one exactly how you want it. I'm sure there were a few things you thought you would do differently if you had to order another one... well now you can.
Runnin' Wild with Milwaukee Buck! Bruh chill. In the video where he first spoke about the event, he said it was from a car driving the other way that splashed it into his intake. What I meant from "standing" water is that it wasn't direct rain fall, it was from water that already puddled up on the street.
The keywords here are "he said it"....
S2kTi It's a bit like that song Mcarthur Park where someone left the cake out in the rain. Maybe you can't take C63's out in the rain
either.
Didn't he put like $9000 down payment? I'm not so sure, getting another one would be easy. Esp if the car was worth less than what he owed. Insurance will only pay cars worth, unless he had a policy with replacement cost
louie1487 yeah, I'm pretty sure he had gap insurance. So he should be fine, financially. I'm no insurance expert but I think that pays you back what you owed if you're under water in it... someone correct me if wrong. Although, his premium is def gonna go up after totaling a $90k car
Dude, I can't help but think that this isn't an issue for insurance at this point. This is a warranty issue. A Car shouldn't get splashed with a little bit of water off the road and DIE. Absolutely Absurd! This is a lemon law case!
Roger Newcomb his car was practically under water. They make it this way so fools like him can keep paying for their mistakes.
King LLama How is he a fool? He was driving on a very public road during a rainstorm and hit a steep puddle. A car shouldn’t go near water and shit out on you. This is not even sort of his fault. He didn’t go scuba diving with the fucking thing.
Mason Yates he can say he hit a puddle all he wants but no one else has had this issue with their car because they don’t go driving it under water.
@@PedroRoman28 what part of "he didn't go under water" do you not understand numnuts???
he addressed this in the video. he outlined why it isn't a warranty issue, and it's an insurance issue.
im still having difficulties to understand that how come rain ruins the engine completely .I mean im not a car expert of any kind but I am sure there were other cars on the road at that time and they did alright. and since this is no ordinary car. its a German made Mercedes u can expect this thing to do better. And all these cars went through some heavy rain testing before they came out of the factory
AMG and Mercedes should be ashamed for this. No way the value of the engine on that car should be that high.
Time to Order the 2018 with the red interior.
@@jklinger031276 Time to not order any more german models.
Did that 71k included a jar of Vaseline???
The only thing he got with that 71K was 13.5 inches
@R. Ive 😂 and how do you know this?
R. Ive the same thing happened to the Hyundai as well
This happens to SL550s all the time too. Mercedes either doesn't learn or doesn't care.
"The best or nothing" you got that figured out with a little water
THAT CAR IS BAD ASS KEEP YOUR HEAD UP GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING
For everyone saying he should get a different car.. he got that car because he loves it, he doesn't care what anybody else thinks about it. I think if he wants to get the same car again, he should get the same car again. And I personally loved The BEAST.
Kyle Shirley i think he shouldn't buy the same car again he already made the mistake once dont make it twice
Kyle Shirley the best comment I've read so far. He got what HE wanted.
chasmanz28 Dario Cruz
It wasn't the rain that got him, it was the fact that a car hit a deep puddle infront of him which caused a giant wave of water to hit the front of the car, so its almost like a flood......and it comes down mostly to bad luck. Almost any car would also be effected if the same thing happened to it. So no it didn't just hydro lock because of rain... You can even watch his vlogs where he drives he Merc in the rain countless times with no issues.... Rather its because he got hit with a tsunami of a wave at the worst possible time
This is why this isn't a warranty issue.... nothing broke because of an mechanical issue..... it was due to weather. Mercedes would honor it if it was just that but anything else falls under insurance. That's like saying a Ferrari should be better engineered so it won't have hail damage, and if it gets caught in a hail storm...and is damaged, FERRARI should warranty it. the car's systems can only handle so much of an influx of water at once. It can filter some out and cope with it, burn it off, etc. But he got bombarded with a large wave of water that's harder for a car, any car, to cope with. That's why you avoid driving through high water or when there's a chance to get a large level of water in the car. That's one of the things I learned when driving you AVOID large puddles because there's always that chance enough water can get into the intake and hydrolock the engine. Regardless, it's not a warranty thing, the car didn't fail because of any mechanical or design flaw it failed because of operator error/"an act of God." Merc designed and built the car, but they're not the ones who allow large sums of water to get thrown in the intake. I mean the car has to have an intake and anywhere it is it risks sucking in water. Avoid puddles. If you driving on the road and you see cars in the oncoming lane splashing up large amounts of water from puddles either movie over to another lane, get off that street, or pull over and wait for the rain to die down. Cars run on fuel and air, they can't run at all on water.
Kyle Shirley .. I just hope this time, if he actually makes the mistake of blowing that much money buying the equivalent of the old clk class of the late 90s, a car with as much Collector value as a fucking crown Victoria.. he at least buys one used.. I've literally seen the 2017s sell for $69k! You buy it for $90k, put 5000 miles on it.. realize it's just a clk all over again and you scramble to bail and only lose $30k on that bullshit car.. that can be outrun by a slightly modified 2008 M5..
Hasan Al-habbobi this is not acceptable..a simple cover or somethin 2 protect the intake..am still stunned..the car is too xpensive 4 this..i respectfully disagree bro..this is a nightmare
Rather have a new car than a brand new engine that claimed for 70k in a car report. Look on the bright side, you are going to get a new car, this shit gave you more content and your future car will give you more new content for the channel. As DJ Khaled always say all I do is win win win no matter what.
It's going to co$t. Big buck$$$$ they will never give him his total cost + tax + other expenses & detail extras
To get a car like this they require at least 10% down to cover taxes and fees. I own the car as well. He is probably going to be out 10K or more.
sell it i agreee
That sucks man. Hopefuly you get a new car and enjoy for a long time.
I still think MB should at least investigate and look at the intake placement and how such a large amount of water got in over the top.
Best of luck to you man. The situation definitely sucks. Buy what you like, it's your money and ignore all of the useless haters and comments below.
This is a manufacturing issue - water does tend to get into the engine compartment and a high-end car should be designed to deal with water under the hood. This is not an insurance issue - it is a warranty issue
Wow ! Just did KBB value on this car. With the options he picked and 3600 miles in outstanding condition his car is worth $68,000 bucks
$20,000 loss , thats Mercedes depreciation for you !
That's fairly typical for any new car. Once you buy a car it becomes "used" and immediately loses value even if the condition of the car doesn't change. You could buy a car at the dealership and immediately turn around and try and sell it back to them and the car will be worth less simply because it's previously owned.
Yes but the fact that you could get a used 2016 mustang for the depreciation of a Mercedes is just ridiculous.
Matt Olsack Would you pay the same price for a used AMG as you would for a Brand New one or would you expect a discount to cover the fact that it is used ,some other ass has been in the seat and if it has an incurable issue you have no lemon law to seek recourse
Matt Olsack who the fuck goes from an AMG to a mustang lmao 😂
zonie1953 get a hellcat or trackhawk and drive it off the lot, guess how much money you lost? Wont be that far from 20k either...
Poor guy am gutted for you i couldn't imagine that happening to me! Chin up mate things will only get better 😁
Wow, sorry to hear. Hope they pay full replacement value!! Hope Mercedes Benz take note of how a simple puddle and splash flooded the intake and that they think about it's placement.
First it's Matt's car and then Mike's Mercedes and then Mike's car(Streetspeed717). Pennsylvania is bad luck for car enthusiasts.
Dr Dre sup negga!
RCR and Doug Demuro?
Javier Rosales what about them? Their cars don't have any problems (unless you count Doug's Range Rover). But that itself isn't totaled in the first place.
i cant wait to see next video, btw. are you still going to drive replacements c63s in shitty raining day? lol
Good luck my friend. I wish you the best.
DUDE!!! You're getting a brand new C63s. NEW! Restart. No diff issue/stuff up, it's a massive win. Cheer up, it'll be the beast v2.0. Bigger, blacker, badder.😎
Look at me I'm a high performance sports car but I die when it rains.
Agent700 😂
Imo.... If you can't drive a car in a rainstorm without getting water in the intakes thus ruining the engine, the car has a design flaw.
I feel your pain. 6 months after I bought a brand new Shelby GT it got hail damaged. I was freakin sick. Insurance paid to fix it, but I just felt like I didn't even want the car anymore. It may not be a Mercedes, but I sure enjoy it. I still have it.
I have watched this video like 5-6 times now because I just cant believe it
Title should almost be "What happens if you deal with insurance companies?"
Get an LC500? Sounds insane, looks insane, drives well, and you know it won't break.
FinestSPEC i agree with your first 3 points but while it does drive well its more of a gt car and not as fun to drive as the amg which is more track oriented. And if you go as far to compare the lc500 then he can opt for the s63 which (as good as the lc500 is) is arguably better than the lc500... So much so that it even competes on rr and Bentley level... Let alone maybach!
Lexus is more reliable to some extent sure but you are definitely over exaggerating it...every single car is prone to breaking. Especially modern cars with the greater amount of complexities technologies and amount of things controlled by electronics... Don't even pretend like it won't break.... This is way overexaggerating what is already an overused stereotype.
Except any BMW or Merc he gets will be unreliable in comparison. Sure, they're better around a track I agree, but how much time does he spend on a track? Unless you go to the track every weekend/multiple times a month, what's the point.
man! what an unfortunate series of events! best of luck to you!
That's a tough break bro. Sorry to hear it.
they not giving you a brand new car...they are cutting you a check for 64k and then dropping you
so sad to here about this hope the next beast will be just as beastly!
The withdrawal clip at the end got me in the feels 😞.......hope you get this unfortunate situation sorted out
Wow this is crazy! Subscribed.
An LS3 is $8,000, a good way to save 60k.
R.I.P To the Beast😈
Omg so sorry Mike! Can't believe that you had this happen to you! But I've heard that the C63s have problems with them locking up.
I have a 10 month old C63 estate and have put 12,000 miles on it. I live and drive this fantastic machine in probably one of the wettest countries in the world...Scotland. Winter and summer commutes involve regularly wading through floods. The car has never missed a beat. I feel for you as you have clearly experienced a one off. Hope it works out!
I'll happily trade you my 1990 civic for the C63, take that burden off your hands
Roland Bat not that am happy for the incident but I like what u just said 😂
How many times are you going to talk about your civic? You're literally on like every car channel
don't do it, Honda is worlds more reliable
Chris O I'm just proud of it, put a lot of work in it. Would love to have a big UA-camr own it.
the civic is much better put in a k20 and tune it and it outruns his amg for less than 10k you have build it
Blessing in disguise? We'll see.
That's sucks, hope u get something better n what ever u didn't like in the previous one to get it on the new one
Bro, I really feel your pain. Hang in there you will get another one.
The part he missed out was driving through a flood. This just doesn't happen in rain.
The Ford is hunting you bro
Man I am so sorry! I had an SL55 that was totaled two weeks after I bought it and I was about as depressed as I could be. My insurance got me a replacement car and I'm ok now but it still bothers me every now and then. Good luck, everything will be ok
Wow 😮 unbelievable!! That car was boss, I can’t believe it’s been written off because you went out and it started to rain semi/heavy but wow we all drive in heavy rain and go thru times of water bring splashed up from oncoming traffic etc and the vehicles we drive young and old usually don’t break down because of this drive in the rain ☔️ I wouldn’t imagine the engine from a 2017 c63s would suck enough water thru the intakes, filters and render the car inoperable and subsequently written-off by insurance it’s bloody mind boggling especially how young the car is, Mike I’m feeling ya man that sucks bro I hope you have some good luck with this whole bizarre process ...unbelievable like wtf put it down to a freak accident but be aware of this in the future if you do get the same model again ,at least yours was a very well documented car so no one can fuck with that!
Love the channel Mike .
That moment Orion ( from haggard garage) put a hose directly into his intake and his Miata is fine lmao ... ur car hits a puddle and hydrolocks lmao new technology is junk they build cars to break nowadays everything is about money not reliability
I think you're better off in the long run even though you may lose a little money and some time with the car. That thing was bad luck from the day you got it. You almost spun out and crashed after the first burnout. Then the spoiler you installed wouldn't stay on. Then the differential went out. Now the motor is hydrolocked. Bad karma/bad luck car. The first new car I ever bought in 2012 was that way! I had been driving for 14 years and I'd never had an accident, never broke down, never curbed a wheel. Nada. The first year of having that car I was in two accidents that were not my fault. Plus I curbed a wheel parallel parking. So I had it replaced ($$$) Then I got cut off a month later and had to go up on the sidewalk to avoid being hit and I blew apart the new wheel and tire I had just replaced. So I replaced it again (3rd fucking wheel I had to replace and 2nd tire) There were 3-4 more close calls over the next 6-8 month so I traded it in and got the same thing except a 2014 and I haven't had an incident since.
Yep happened to me as well. Was having an epic second year in uni, feeling myself.
Then snowdrifted and plowed my new Cherokee into a freeway barrier driving back from holidays with the family. My fault. Gotta learn to grow up the hard way right
Got it repaired, and 1 week later it got stolen from school. "What the hell is going".
Filed a police report, never found. "Of course its freaking stolen."
Bought a hoopdie for 1200, which I really did not have, as a student. Took it to a mechanic buddy to inspect it and pre-clear it for me, another 300. "At least I have a car again..."
2 months later the alternator dies. "Fuck it! Im renting from now on" Now I just car-share from 3 different companies, Car2Go ( GLC, CLK ), Turo ( Teslas, Bentleys, Benz, you name it ), ZipCar ( BMW X1, Mini's etc )
What did I learn as I grew into a man from all this?
"What the fucking point of owning something that will sit parked 90% of the time and depreciate 30-50% of its value in its first 3 years when I can just rent the newest and coolest whenever I need to."
Stuck with me ever since.
Same here got t-boned with a 2015 car I bought and only had 5k miles on it. Some guy ran a light. Then it took 4 months to get it fixed. And then a year later I get rear ended on the eway and car gets totaled out. So unlucky. Not to mention all the close calls of drivers not paying attention in Chicago.
Anduin Arilan I was doing Zipcar for a bit, but that shit gets pricy real quick and it's a hassle to have to walk/bike/take public transportation to pick up and drop off the car. Especially if you need the car the whole day,
Man same for me! Got my suzuki in december, have replaced the windsheild 1 time fixed it another. Got a parking scratch in the front and several micro pot shots in the front from other cars! Best advice is to drive as little as possible.
Zipcar is the one i use for the long distance travel. And its price really depends on your need of use. When I was 9-5ing, I was driving the car for 90 mins a day. About 16 bucks a day for a MB. Not too bad.
Then I just stopped working for others and started making my own money. Dont really need the car more than 3 times a week.
Definitely not viable if you need it everyday. But it is depreciative debt that eats a good chunk of your worth away.
If I only had a car for 2 months and lost 70K because of a rainstorm, i would be way less calm about it
I'm so sorry for you man. I do think it's way smarter to total than to replace for those very reasons. I just feel awful because you're gonna be without your baby for a while again. On the bright side you have an insurance company that's doing what they're supposed to. Hopefully it'll all go smooth and they won't jerk you around. Best of luck man!
Hope you get a new beast soon Mike!!
all the experiments you have made to see what happens to cars, and it took some standing water to fuck up your car.
Mike, i strongly suggest you have the engine rebuilt, go through a shop with good reviews, that way you can avoid the cost of a new engine or a new car
Roberto Martin Agree just have the motor rebuilt. Work a deal with MB and insurances. Rebuild less than 12K
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and void warranty
Blackerflash warranty is already gone. He can do whatever he wants with the car now but the insurance company won't allow him to keep it if he wants them to declare it totaled.
what?? how is the warranty gone? this all makes no sense.. hes being bumfucked
I feel for you man. I bought the perfect truck and got rear ended before I could even make my first payment. I made my 1st and 2nd payments while it sat on my driveway waiting for parts (bed floor for 1st year model took weeks to get) and then my body shop of choice to have an opening for me. Oh and 2 years later it was hit again totaling it that time.
Hang in there buddy!
5:38 engine is $71,000!
Now you will know how good your car insurance company is. I totaled a 2016 SL550 that I custom ordered from Germany. My insurance company did a very good job. But keep in mind the people who price how much the car is worth is not the insurance company it is a separate identity company. So you must make sure that all options you ordered or on the essay. And do verify that. I only lost $15,000. The car just turned 10,000 miles and it was nine months old. Most options they will give you half since yours is 7 weeks they should give you more than half on your options the ones that are on the car standard and the ones you ordered if you put on a special paint coverage LoJack or anything else make sure all of that is on there including the condition of the paint and the body. It is imperative that they get everything. so I was able to replace it with a custom order new one from 2017 and with a little more options that I got. I would have gotten an AMG but took me 40 years to save up for the SL I don't think I had another 30 years . I have somewhat engineering background and I can let you know that this is an engineering flaw. Sometimes you don't know about them until after they get there. But it is something to keep in mind to mention to the Mercedes-Benz people remember they designed the car and they're responsible for the design. You can also find out how many other cars of your model in the world this has happened to by going through Mercedes of Germany your dealership can help you. This is how recalls are formulated. Good luck and in a few months you feel much better I did
It must really suck to have your dream car one minute and the next its gone.. This will all be a story to tell things always get better. Stay up bro.
OMG man... Can't believe it :'( . ... My condolences. I feel you
Bad design. Is the C43 Intake set up the same way? It SHOULD fall on Mercedes or as you say it AMG.
Some AMG tech is gonna scoop that car up for pennies on the dollar, fix that engine and be rollin real nice for real cheap.
Red seatbelt here we come!
Sorry this happened. Hope the process of getting a replacement goes smoothly.
How extensive was the damage? I wonder why they just wouldn't have just replaced the rotating assembly (the crank, rods and pistons) ? Did the block or heads crack?
I've seen new and old Toyota and other Japanese cars drive through a foot of water in Louisiana floods without an issue. You're telling me this "#superior " German engineering built 80k$ AMG hydro locked in a few inches of rain water ?
Hey man, just want to say I'm sorry to hear about your car! Pretty new to your channel, but your content is awesome dude!
I've recently invested in a Mercedes A class, a baby compared to the C63s!
Chin up pal! Look forward to more content!
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Sam Cox Mercedes A class are hella gay, might as well just buy an econo-box.
Sam Cox A class?😅😅😅😅
Sam Cox You should shoot videos of your A-class it would be a sure fire hit with the gay community
Sam Cox Lmao who invests in an A Class? That's one shitty investment. You probably purchased just to say that you own a Mercedes😂😂😂
Whoever buys the write off, can a non amg engine be installed? What would that cost?
Is this not insurrance covered? In my country this is seen as storm caused damage, such as hail and covered by a premium insurrance as well (and ofcourse all-risk).