My hat is off to you. The combo of no rear brakes, leaking fuel line(s) and death wobble makes your Merc a world-class death trap.

ABC was not Standard (Well, only on the AMG Models & S600).

For a low-content W220, I suggest looking at an E430. Same engine as an S430, tighter footprint, less fancypants stuff to fail.

It still cracks me up how frequently I see people type ‘adds’ instead of ‘ads’

Most importantly, the later the better. The 2004-2005 cars aren’t so bad.

I have since 6 years myself a S-Class W220 S500 L - From 2003 (Mopf/Facelift)

I’d get the most optioned one I could and stay away from ABC suspension.

The plus and minus on the shifter aren’t a manual mode. They limit the range of gears. The car will still up and downshift within that range. The 03+ AMG models had a manual mode, in which the gear selected was held until redline.

Will do!

Because I don’t want to work today, I watched this video on 2x speed so I could make a list of all of the issues with the car so you don’t have to watch the youtube equivalent of War and Peace.

You know what?

Most people know that an S Class costs around $100,000 new. It’s not some big secret.

times are hard

*shakes fist*

Nothing in life should ever take 32 minutes.

Saw one of those the other day, driving back from work. It had, I swear to God, a Dominos illuminated sign on the roof. Yes, even a guy who delivers pizza for Dominos can now afford an S500. Why doesn’t everybody drive one?!

There is nothing wrong with the speed limit here. This exact scenario happens hundreds of times a day and the on coming car taps their breaks hundreds of times a day without incident. This is a common road type in Florida with multiple lanes divided with a median and turns with no lights including in suburban and…

To your point, and just a fun anecdote, my firm once had a client who was contesting a speeding ticket. The cop claimed to sitting at point X, thus we knew, roughly the location of the supposed speeding.

Because that’s not the issue and no one cut across traffic. Another site had analysis of someone who actually drove the road. Because of the hill on the road, the truck driver could have started the turn with a completely clear road, not even knowing any traffic was approaching. In other words, it could be a…

I think this is Elon’s first encounter with the NTSB, and Elon doesn’t like being told that he did something wrong.