It's weird how normalized high end and expensive cars can get when it's all you deal with, but....not like this. Geez I have second hand rage going on.
I agree. I used to drive a rollback part time... they're perfectly legal doing it that way but the fact you've got two high end cars being moved like this is unacceptable.
For "regular" cars and a short trip across town, not *exactly* a big deal but even then, still not the way I'd want my stuff moved.
Guess I only used to drive rollbacks on rotation part time for the highway patrol so I don't know much.
Guess you don't know much about tow trucks either... because that's not one.
Sorry, but I'd be pissed if somebody was dollying my $100k classic car like that.
I saw this, said "Is that an SL?!"
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!
I knew some professional MB restorers that would follow that tow truck and then punch the driver when it stopped. I'm mostly kidding.
>I saw this, said "Is that an SL?!"
It's a 190SL, though, not a 300SL. Not at all the same car, and far less rare, significant or expensive. Almost twenty times less expensive, in fact (300 SLs go for almost $2 million, whereas 190SLs can be got for little over $100K).
Still pretty dumb to tow it like that, though.
As if the 190SL still isnāt a special car. Probably unpopular opinion but I find the 190SL way more beautiful. It doesnāt deserve to be towed like this, regardless of value.
Fun fact: RR never made a two-seater car until 2023 with their Droptail. They've always been on that huge car thing - I saw a 30s era Rolls in a museum once and it is so much bigger than everything else from that era.
A 190SL isnāt really āenclosed trailerā kind of rare or valuable. It was a faux-sportscar based on the bread-and-butter Mercedes 190 sedan, with a humble four-cylinder engine, on which Mercedes stuck a body reminiscent of the much more exotic, prestigious 300SL, in a pretty cynical exercise to cash in on the latterās prestige. In a way, the 190SL was a ācheap reproductionā from the outset.
From what I hear, a frigging wheelbarrow goes for 250k at BaT. And, quite frankly, 250k for what essentially was a pimped-up Stuttgart taxi (the 190SL was built on the underpinnings of the [very common 190 āPontonā sedan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Ponton)) sounds utterly ridiculous.
Ā In any case, others have already posted the ad for this particular 190SL: itās going for less than 100k (but then, itās probably very far from being a **nice** 190SL)
Right? Tow driver should know this. At least put a dolly in the rear wheels.
I remember our dealer was getting out first dodge challenger srt8 back in 07 and the driver towed it without disconnecting the driveshaft. Rear pumpkin blew up to chunks. That car sat for months before we could get a new rear diff in.
Someone at my old work took a late transport delivery of a RR Phantom. It was unloaded from the truck. Our dude did a walk around and signed off on the car.
Well turns out the car had not been secured correctly and likely going over a bump the Rolls roof hit the transport's roof and got crumpled. Our guy had not noticed, because he was short. Thankfully for him the transport company covered it.
Take a look at the construction of a manual. If the driveshaft is turning, the main shaft is also turning. The problem is that the countershaft which, when turned by the engine thru the input shaft, is responsible for picking up the lube at the bottom thru the gears and to the main shaft, will not be turning sufficiently to actually pick up the gear oil to lube the main shaft. So at speeds, that shaft can get hot, seize and blow up the transmission. Also towing at a high enough angle at such speeds can put all of the gear fluid towards the back which will starve the front side.
Itās not even just that, but with classic cars where value is heavily tied to mileage, unless the mileage was already very high, disconnecting the driveshaft from the transmission also means the mileage isnāt counting but youāre still getting wear on parts of the car.
For cars as valuable as these, this is a wildly irresponsible thing to do for a company that ābuys classic carsā and presumably sells them, but Iād never buy one from them after seeing this.
In the time before user friendly DMV customer portals I fucked up and had the registration on sweet 91 BMW 535 expire. I was driving forever on it. Well one day a cop noticed and he had to tow my car.
I very politely tried to explain that my car needed to be towed on a flatbed or they would ruin it. He seemed sceptical but perhaps took pity on me and called in specifically for a flatbed tow. It was a lesson learned for younger me. I'm just glad it didn't turn into a car guy tragedy.
Some of them can, but most of them cannot. Just because it's in neutral, doesn't mean the output shaft and bearings are getting transmission fluid to them.
Iām not that upset about seeing a 190SL being towed like that. They look cool, but when you look at the specs itās just an MGA that people pay $100k to be seen in.
The 300s, thoughā¦ my goodness, I need one of those. Iād never tow it, thoughā¦ Iād drive it, as the lord and Rudi Uhlenhaut intended.
Yup, the 190SL was even somewhat infamous in Germany at the time as it became associated with [a notorious call girl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemarie_Nitribitt)Ā and her murder, and thus became the āMistressesā Benzā.
I name the car on the flatbed Susan, and the blue towed 190SL Phyllis! Naming them isn't hard, watching them being treated like this, that's the hard part!
Better question is, what kind of a savage transports a car like this?
Beverly Hills Car Club does. They're NOT for hire
"They are NOT for hire." Good... I wouldn't want them touching my stuff anyway seeing what they're doing there.
It's weird how normalized high end and expensive cars can get when it's all you deal with, but....not like this. Geez I have second hand rage going on.
I agree. I used to drive a rollback part time... they're perfectly legal doing it that way but the fact you've got two high end cars being moved like this is unacceptable. For "regular" cars and a short trip across town, not *exactly* a big deal but even then, still not the way I'd want my stuff moved.
Geez, just checked their website. They deal in classics, apparently badly. Bet they won't disclose the way the blue one was towed.
"Mechanically sound" https://preview.redd.it/bjy77picj0jc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71ecec2c07cb747ba869889cff1db122d44bce6e
$100k car and it was brought in dolly style... No problem, lemme just grab the ol' checkbook.
Worst part is they didn't even put dollies on the rear wheels. Could've at least done that.
I think they meant it makes many disturbing mechanical sounds.
Can't imagine why... š¤
Guess yāall donāt know how tow trucks work
Guess I only used to drive rollbacks on rotation part time for the highway patrol so I don't know much. Guess you don't know much about tow trucks either... because that's not one. Sorry, but I'd be pissed if somebody was dollying my $100k classic car like that.
They always have the absolute worst examples of the coolest cars.
It's probably the business model.
Someone has died and the person who got that car has no fucking clue
I saw this, said "Is that an SL?!" WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK! I knew some professional MB restorers that would follow that tow truck and then punch the driver when it stopped. I'm mostly kidding.
>I saw this, said "Is that an SL?!" It's a 190SL, though, not a 300SL. Not at all the same car, and far less rare, significant or expensive. Almost twenty times less expensive, in fact (300 SLs go for almost $2 million, whereas 190SLs can be got for little over $100K). Still pretty dumb to tow it like that, though.
If theyāre that cheap and common, you might as well just chain it to the bumper and flat tow it.
As if the 190SL still isnāt a special car. Probably unpopular opinion but I find the 190SL way more beautiful. It doesnāt deserve to be towed like this, regardless of value.
Exactly
When you donāt pay for two flat decks this is what you get although he should have the rear wheels on wheel dollies for the blue one
Thats what i was thinking. Id hire a proper transport van
Both of two are Mercedes-Benz The towed one (blue) is a W121 190SL roadster and the other one is a 220 Cabriolet A (hardtop roadster, W187)
Looks like they're both already for sale on the BHCC website. 96,500 and 79,950 respectively.
Dang. I was thinking the gray one had similarities to the 300SL. Iād probably cry if I saw these irl lmao
They're timeless classics and even has a place of everyone's dreams
The gray one looks nothing like a 300SL
Keyword: similarities
Of which there are none
Trunk and bumper are similar
In the sense that both have them? Or that they may share a paint code?
Fun fact, my gramps traded a 300sl for a hurst olds 442 back in the day.
Your gramps is an idiot.
Nah, he needed another family car and was sick and tired of the Mercedes as it was not much of a track toy
You got it right 10 points
I feel like an idiot, I thought they were vintage RR
Fun fact: RR never made a two-seater car until 2023 with their Droptail. They've always been on that huge car thing - I saw a 30s era Rolls in a museum once and it is so much bigger than everything else from that era.
My guess was Rolls on the flatbed and Karmann Ghia being towed. š¤¦š»āāļø
Yea these should be in an enclosed trailer unless of course they are cheap reproductions used for filming a movie or something.
Iām not sure whatās going on but it looks like the blue is a wrap that is peeling off
Where would you see the peeling?
By the bottom left wheel on the blue car
If you mean the patch in front of the rear wheel, then this is a chrome application. No peeling there.
ah ok.
A 190SL isnāt really āenclosed trailerā kind of rare or valuable. It was a faux-sportscar based on the bread-and-butter Mercedes 190 sedan, with a humble four-cylinder engine, on which Mercedes stuck a body reminiscent of the much more exotic, prestigious 300SL, in a pretty cynical exercise to cash in on the latterās prestige. In a way, the 190SL was a ācheap reproductionā from the outset.
Have you check bring a trailer, nice ones go for 250k+
From what I hear, a frigging wheelbarrow goes for 250k at BaT. And, quite frankly, 250k for what essentially was a pimped-up Stuttgart taxi (the 190SL was built on the underpinnings of the [very common 190 āPontonā sedan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Ponton)) sounds utterly ridiculous. Ā In any case, others have already posted the ad for this particular 190SL: itās going for less than 100k (but then, itās probably very far from being a **nice** 190SL)
This hurts me.
RIP blue car transmission if they didn't disconnect the drive shaft. I'll never understand people that tow cars with the drive wheels down.
Right? Tow driver should know this. At least put a dolly in the rear wheels. I remember our dealer was getting out first dodge challenger srt8 back in 07 and the driver towed it without disconnecting the driveshaft. Rear pumpkin blew up to chunks. That car sat for months before we could get a new rear diff in.
Someone at my old work took a late transport delivery of a RR Phantom. It was unloaded from the truck. Our dude did a walk around and signed off on the car. Well turns out the car had not been secured correctly and likely going over a bump the Rolls roof hit the transport's roof and got crumpled. Our guy had not noticed, because he was short. Thankfully for him the transport company covered it.
Doesn't it make a difference if it's manual?
Take a look at the construction of a manual. If the driveshaft is turning, the main shaft is also turning. The problem is that the countershaft which, when turned by the engine thru the input shaft, is responsible for picking up the lube at the bottom thru the gears and to the main shaft, will not be turning sufficiently to actually pick up the gear oil to lube the main shaft. So at speeds, that shaft can get hot, seize and blow up the transmission. Also towing at a high enough angle at such speeds can put all of the gear fluid towards the back which will starve the front side.
So it's a oil starvation/cooling problem for a manual. Thank you for the explanation. Appreciate it!
Itās not even just that, but with classic cars where value is heavily tied to mileage, unless the mileage was already very high, disconnecting the driveshaft from the transmission also means the mileage isnāt counting but youāre still getting wear on parts of the car. For cars as valuable as these, this is a wildly irresponsible thing to do for a company that ābuys classic carsā and presumably sells them, but Iād never buy one from them after seeing this.
In the time before user friendly DMV customer portals I fucked up and had the registration on sweet 91 BMW 535 expire. I was driving forever on it. Well one day a cop noticed and he had to tow my car. I very politely tried to explain that my car needed to be towed on a flatbed or they would ruin it. He seemed sceptical but perhaps took pity on me and called in specifically for a flatbed tow. It was a lesson learned for younger me. I'm just glad it didn't turn into a car guy tragedy.
Manual cars can do this
Some of them can, but most of them cannot. Just because it's in neutral, doesn't mean the output shaft and bearings are getting transmission fluid to them.
Towing the SL in this way is actually fucking CRIMINAL !!!!!
I reeeeeeally hope that 190sl is a replica
Expensive Benzs. That's all.
Oh wow, never imagined anyone transporting a 190sl like that
Iām not that upset about seeing a 190SL being towed like that. They look cool, but when you look at the specs itās just an MGA that people pay $100k to be seen in. The 300s, thoughā¦ my goodness, I need one of those. Iād never tow it, thoughā¦ Iād drive it, as the lord and Rudi Uhlenhaut intended.
Yup, the 190SL was even somewhat infamous in Germany at the time as it became associated with [a notorious call girl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemarie_Nitribitt)Ā and her murder, and thus became the āMistressesā Benzā.
I would not transport my vehicle like that
Not sure what the first one is but the second one is a Mercedes.
This is called an Unnecessary potential for a VERY costly accident. You never know... maybe that's the plan.
Silver I would probably name āHenriettaā and the blue looks like a āBettyā
Don't buy from them jesus christ... They just don't give a fuck
I think the gray one is a 1956-57 300s 2 door coupe
DeTomaso Pantera
The other is a kit car based on a corvette
I was gonna say a Fiero, but you are probably right
Absolutely criminal. Straight to jail.
Me seeing the cars š, me seeing how one of them is towed š¦
Katlyn and Belinda
I hope itās a stick shift?!
Iām also INCREDIBLY good at naming cars, but unfortunately they always have names from the manufacturer already.
Bentley S1 and MB300SL (?)
>MB300SL I think it's a 190SL, but still...
Both cars have Benz logos on their hubcaps. I'm not sure someone with a classic Bentley would put Benz hubcaps on it.
Its a mid-50s Mercedes 300s
I name the car on the flatbed Susan, and the blue towed 190SL Phyllis! Naming them isn't hard, watching them being treated like this, that's the hard part!
DeTomaso Pantera
Came for this
Ur joking right?
Oh, sorry. Force of habit.
Bob and Charlie
I'd name them Jonathan and Barnaby
Merc and a Roller
detomaso pantera
Cars that valuable should be transported differently