YouTuber Chris Slix pitted his Temu-build Mercedes-AMG GT in opposition to a 5,000-mile journey throughout Europe and again.
YouTuber Chris Slix launched into a visit in his Mercedes-AMG GT to safe a hair transplant in Turkey. Regardless of an web inundated with horror tales about botched procedures within the nation, Slix determined to “take the danger” and go for it after years of hair loss. Fortuitously, the transplant appeared to work for Slix. Following the process, he was confronted with a return journey in his budget-minded, Temu-built AMG GT.
The journey concerned a windy, bucket-list drive by way of nations like Turkey, Slovenia, and Austria on the best way again to the UK. Fortuitously, the 5,000-mile journey didn’t hurt his wallet-friendly Mercedes-AMG GT. “It’s doing fairly properly,” Slix mentioned. He cited some minor, superficial harm and sleep disturbances because of hair transplant follies.
Nevertheless, Slix was fairly happy with the AMG GT’s efficiency as a GT automotive. “It’s such a great grand tourer. Not one level the place I’d’ve wished to be in a unique automotive.” Nonetheless, the prolonged journey did give the automotive a barely tougher time than aesthetic harm and fly-spattered bodywork.
Continental Europe Wasn’t All Enjoyable & Video games
Whereas a lot of the journey was spent score roads just like the Prime Gear-acclaimed Transfagarsan Freeway in Romania, Chris Slix and firm ultimately ran right into a bothersome challenge. Earlier than reaching Germany, the Mercedes-AMG GT ran right into a gearbox challenge. Slix mentioned that because the gearbox malfunctioned, it could pressure the automotive into impartial. He would then pull over and put the automotive again into drive. This occurred repeatedly till the couple stopped in Germany.
Sadly for Slix and firm, it’s a standard fault of the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT. Furthermore, the RPM sensor treatment is an expensive repair because of retailers’ unwillingness to exchange it.
As an alternative, many options advocate changing the gearbox for peace of thoughts past an costly sensor alternative which can not efficiently repair the issue. The duo’s on-the-spot web analysis revealed that many house owners with the same challenge changed their gearboxes earlier than the advisable 40,000-mile service. “A brand new gearbox earlier than you even get round to servicing it!”
Consequently, he referred to as Mercedes-Benz to find out the worth of a alternative gearbox. After ready on maintain, a technician informed the younger YouTuber that the AMG-GT’s gearbox would value round £23,874 (about $30,300) to exchange. “I paid 29[K] for the automotive.” Within the meantime, Slix must discover a more cost effective technique to repair his price range AMG GT.
Photographs: Chris Slix, Chris Slix The 2nd
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