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Ambulance Chasers like M&M and Franklin Azar drive up insurance rates representing the greedy in mostly minor accidents.

Ambulance chasers like M&M drive up insurance rates representing the greedy in minor accidents.

Having grew up in Florida and listened to the Morgan & Morgan commercials for most my youth it terrifies me that they have reached my favorite UKpostsrs while in my 30’s

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The BFG trail terrain tires are awesome. I’m surprised they aren’t more popular. I have them on my F150 and they do everything I need them to do off road while still being fantastic in terms of handling and noise on the road.

I have a 320 2002😊

I’ve got the UK version of the GL420 V8 CDI diesel. As mentioned it comes standard with the full off road pack with centre and rear differential locks. It come standard with heavy duty under body steel skid plates that protects the engine and gearbox. They are quite heavy, so be careful when removing them.

Yeah on the Foreigner didn't really make sense on the diagonal sleep test because being in four High with just open differentials it should have not went anywhere so maybe the tires are too big and they come off the slip test rollers easily.

@@ronaldrrootiii6040 I noticed that same thing the tires seemed too big for those rollers

My GL is 17 years old and still run like new. It’s my forever car. 😊

That is just the dealers being expensive though, they're actually no harder to work on than any other vehicle so you can take it anywhere for the maintenance and or do it yourself and save Lots over bringing it to the dealer.

@@CarswithNash Yep, oil changes, spark plugs, accessory belts and brakes are no different than a regular car so those are things you can do by yourself. Even if it has to go to a shop just go to an independent shop that specializes in European cars. Way cheaper.

Four figures for an oil change gosh that seems a little pricey for me. I have a 2020 Chevy Silverado. They have a special deal at my dealership since I bought a used truck from them. They do my oil changes and my tire rotations for $55 after taxes and obviously they do the tire pressure tire rotation top off the windshield. Washing fluid all that every 5000 miles per 55 bucks. Honestly I go there every 4000 miles but still.

So instead of bypassing that secondary air pump for $150, you wasted $5-10k on other automobiles??

​@@steveh6178 It wasn't as simple as that. 10 years ago full repair to replace the pump was $2500. The bypass plate could have brought on other issues. The biggest issue for me was that when the check engine light came on the engine would de-rate itself and not go past 25 miles an hour. Clearing the code resolved the issue. However, since my wife drove the car it wasn't reasonable for her to pull over plug a scan tool in, and clear a code. She drove into Manhattan every day, she has clients and vendors all over the tri-state area. There were nights that she worked past midnight. It wasn't fair to her or safe for her and my young son to be driving around under those circumstances. She wanted a new car, which I was happy to provide for her. I should have held on to the 4runner for myself. The reason I didn't was for several reasons. I already had two cars. I had a BMW 3 series convertible, and I was 18 months into a lease on a Mercedes E-Class, AND my father had passed away several months earlier and I had his 2008 Lexus Es350. I tried to get her to take the Lexus, but she felt weird driving it. I had cars everywhere, and aside from the lease on the Benz, they were all paid for. Since the 4runner had the only major mechanical issue I traded it in. I held on to the Lexus for a while, but it was just sitting in the garage of my parent's house, or in my driveway. eventually, I sold it. I got tired of looking at it and it was holding me back from moving on from my father's death, which was unexpected and tragic. I hope this answers your question.

lol, I have a 2007 GX470 :)

Right front wheel well. The airfilter runs along the top of the wheelwell and is often never replaced which can lead to premature failure of the compressor.

At full height (offroad level3) the approaching angle with stock size tires is 36° at front and 30° at the back. I have fitted maximum size tires that fit (31,5' tires, 275 wide) and it is even better. The fording depth according to the factory booklet is 23,6 inches, but that is something that is scetchy and I have not dared to try it due to the battery being under the passenger seat and if the water would get in from the door, it would not be good... Regarding ground clearance - I don't know, how much it is, but is higher that stock Pajero or Landcruiser. Quite impressive actually.

They break down so often, toureg gearbox is a 💩

Yeah that makes sense I drive a Land Rover discovery. What I don't understand is around 4 minutes when the 4Runner was in for high doing the diagonal slip test both front and rear wheels in the rollers having open differentials it should have just stayed there spinning but it still went anyway without using its traction control or Locker

Zzzz....zzzzzz

@@ronaldrrootiii6040 Ah, i think there's a little misunderstanding: he said he did not engange a-trac or the diff locks. But the cars normal situation traction control was still active, he didn't deactivate it. And it did it's job as intended. Although i have to say it took me a bit at first to understand why it has it's normal traction control + a-trac +diff locks. (A G wagon for example to my knowledge has no offroad mode button for the traction control because you got the all the diff locks anyways) But i guess it's the same as when other cars have a button or menu for putting the traction control into "offroad mode". (Or in your case you can see it as only 2 of the settings of your terrain response)

I believe they are currently running a series featuring an LR2 along w other Land Rovers

@@MrAustin61 I think that's the disco 2 if it's the one with the LR3, and the Rangey? The LR2 is more of a soft roader in truth, but mines been on beaches, muddy fields, and tracks where it really shoukdnt have been able to get to. I'd love Americans, and TFL's thoughts on them.

Get the Mercedes, it's a much better value! You'll have $$$ left over even with the repairs.

@@vernongamble1115 I have had a Mercedes ML AWD diesel bought new, and it just not as well built as a toyota

@@jdc3636 MLs were not great cars, except for the 430. The 4Runner is a very simple unrefined truck, so it would have to be more reliable and cheaper to run. However the GLE would beat it in every other category such as rude, handling, off road capabilities, comfort, safety, style, technology. I'm going to see if there is a comparison of the two off-road and I will post the results.

ABS

4matic system. It is cross referencing the wheel speed sensors and then starts applying braking to the wheels that are spinning to mimic a limited slip differential. It is counter intuitive until you get used to it, when it starts to slip your reaction is to let off the throttle when in reality you need to give it more. Once you get it, it works very well.

Cornering lights

Its something to do with adaptive headlights but this is the cheaper simpler version of it. The left foglamp will turn on if you turn the wheel left or use left turn signal and vice versa [turning right] Annoying feature that cant be turned of if the headlights are on Have it on my w211 and looks like one fog lamp is out.

No. Cornering lighting. It senses when you turn the steering wheel a bit off center and turns on the correspondingly fog light. Late model Subarus do this, for example.

its the light cornering function, as you turn a corner the light comes on to illuminate the inside of the corner

@@neilangel321 but it did t shut off did it?

For some time manufacturers used the fog lights for the cornering/turning light functions in low speeds. For high speeds the reflector inside the headlight moves left and right, for low speeds when you do tighter turns the movement of the reflector would not be enough, so they switched the fog light of the side you turn on and off. Later some manufacturers kept that, others have an additional reflector inside the headlight that moves into action or out of action and provides that turn light without needing the fog light. Oh, and yes it only does that when the lights are switched on. (which they were in this case)

@@nirfz appreciate it

@@flight2k5 To add something i forgot to mention: it usually shuts off again when you increase the speed (so the system knows you are done with tight turning)

Smart folks

Uhhh that’s the point of traction control. They allllll rely on the abs system 😂🤣

I own the same generation ML 550 - the wheel speed sensors are very protected and not likely to be damaged - this said I have had one fail due to a mechanic not putting the line back after working on the car and the wire rubbed through on the CV shaft - that makes the car smoke tyres on tar with just a half throttle pull away - would make offroading very difficult without engaging the diff locks

Would you like to see a four wheel drive test done in 2 wheel as well? How about a chili cookoff with no chili?

@@mattalexander4699 Since you know the wheel speed of the other three wheels and the speed of the output shaft from the transmission, you can calculate the wheel speed of the wheel with the broken sensor. You can also roughly calculate the torque going to the ground given the change in speed and the amount of fuel being consumed instantaneously. All would make for a more robust awd system that wouldn't leave you stranded or require lockers. Why flame me if you simply don't understand what I'm asking?

Depends which model year. The later ones after the facelift 2010-2012 are a lot more reliable with owners reporting a couple hundred thousand miles without anything going wrong especially on the V8 or the transmission. Of course airmatic struts are going to fail at 75K on each corner but that’s considered a consumable like tires, brakes.

M273 and 722.9 drivetrain is super reliable.

I have 167000 miles on my '08 63 AMG. The thing runs great. Main dealer serviced all its life. I have found with the 7 mercs I have previously owned, DONT let them get out of service and they run just fine.

@@andiehyde3714 I totally agree. Just follow tue maintenance schedule and you minimize the possibility of problems.

I'm in the US and have a 4Runner, yeah, it's only a few steps above a mom car itself. So jealous of the actual 4x4s you get in Australia!

@trailrunnah8886 ahaha I feel you mate. We get the best engines too like the turbo diesel 1HD-FTE, 1VD and TD42 etc

@@chestogaming51 I'm in love with the new 76 series, I wish we could get them here.

nice GVM restrictions mate lol, nice tire size restrictions. nice overtaxation. also, nice cars that are 3 gens old. Poor aussies.

Yeah but then you have to live in a country where the government stuffs you into concentration camps for the sniffles and the population rolls over like a timid dog.

its the corner lights, if you steer left, the left would lit and same goes to when you steer it to the right

He said it is a 2018.

@@richsarchet9762 ok so I somehow got mixed up with something else then or maybe another video… Probably also didn’t help that I have a 4 year-old with a fever of 103.5°F