Buying a Cheap Mercedes ML500 Winter Beater SUV

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Published 2022-01-12
In this video I introduce you all to my 2002 Mercedes-Benz ML500 Sport (W163), and go over all of its issues, features, go on a road test, and discuss future plans for it as my winter beater SUV.

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Shoutout to @BernonCars for his help in finding and retrieving this ML500!
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All Comments (21)
  • Nice my mom had two ML350's one when we were in California and one here in the UK. She passed last September and left it to me. Wonderful SUV. Cool vid man hope to see more on this.
  • @figgiefigueroa7372
    I got one for sale. The same style, but the engine is 6.3. Is a monster of a SUV!!!
  • I use a handheld garment steamer to heat the Leatherique cleaner/conditioner combo. In their book on their website, Leatherique explains how heat affects collagen to unwind its 3 molecular strands which causes a capillary effect to float out the oil and dirt from leather. It leaves a clean, no-tack feel when I heat it up that way. The w163 ML is a gem of a car... err truck. So car-like it's hard to think of as a truck. Stout, big, quiet, smooth, isolated.
  • @miloren8547
    I liked the braking description.I test drove one from a neighbor and noticed the same long pedal travel, felt like you had to slam the brakes.
  • @Bugby67
    Great video Max..this is the kind of ml500 video I’ve been looking for since I bought mine 2 months ago.I’ve got issues with mine just as much as yours and a lot to do to it but I am a truck driver that comes home on weekends,and the winter weather is postponing my progress for servicing and fixing odds and ends.They are good vehicles and not hard to work on.Keep the videos coming,very informative and thorough.Thanks for posting
  • @ERogers-qn2sm
    I have a 2004 ml350 and actually that v6 engine pulls.
  • Thanks to you I was able to find that cover thing for the center console!!! Thought it was gone but it was just folded like yours We just got a used ml with the same issue
  • @redriver15262
    First Mercedes i ever drove was one of these Ugly cheese wedge 🧀 ML's, i think it was a 98 ML430 that my aunt owned. It got me interested in MB's and now i've owned like 6 different Mercedes models since 😅 lol
  • @o751106
    This is a nice vehicle. Why so many are referring to it as a beater?
  • @Hemi_all_day
    I also have a CLK 500 but I'm in need of an SUV. Never really considered the ML500 but after watching your video you've given me something to think about. The price is right too. Ant mechanical issues I need to look out for ?
  • @js3602
    Did the spark plug change smooth out the rough idle? If not, what was causing your rough idle?
  • the bayonet key fob is one of the best durable fobs there is without abusing it like drowning it in water or mud dirt.