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title: 'Selling my rare Maybach 62 (and 10 other cars) to avoid GULLWING REPOSSESSION!'
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date: 2026-06-28
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# Selling my rare Maybach 62 (and 10 other cars) to avoid GULLWING REPOSSESSION!

> Source: [Selling my rare Maybach 62 (and 10 other cars) to avoid GULLWING REPOSSESSION!](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1f3kRD45n-A)

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Welcome to Hooies Garage, the dumbest
automotive channel in all of YouTube.
And this is basically my version of Moby
Dick, the classical novel, the giant
whale that I'm chasing to the ends of
the earth to my own personal ruin
because a few weeks ago, I blew the
motor on this Mercedes 300 SL going
after spending a lot of money fixing it
up. And well, now it's going to need a
lot more money. So, I didn't think I was
going to have this big hoopy cellathon
this year. But then two things happened.
Number one, I bought five cars at
Barrett Jackson in Florida. And then
number two, this happens. So now I'm
selling 10 cars to pay for fixing this a
one. And some of them are going to be
extremely painful to sell. So let's get
the most painful cars out of the way to
the least of the 10. Like I said, in
order of most painful to least painful
and the most painful has got to be the
2006 Cadillac Escalade EXT. With 18,000
original miles, short of not being
riptide blue, it is the holy grail for
me as far as this generation of Escalade
in super low mileage in amazing
condition. California car before that.
So, the undercarriage is just perfect.
But here's the thing. When I bought
this, it came with sort of a bad
experience because I traded off my Eldo
rod, the El Dorado that was all
customized and I thought it'd sell for,
you know, $15,000, 17 maybe on its best
day because it sold three times at
auction for around that money and it
went on bring a trailer. The guy who
bought it for me, Spencer, amazing guy,
Geneva Motorcars, and it brought
$55,000.
I traded that for this along with some
other cars and things. So, ever since
then, in the past year or so of owning
this Escalade, all I can think about
when I look at it is how dumb I was for
doing all the research on that El Rod
and not taking it to the finish line
myself at auction rather than just uh
selling it off. But it had no title.
That was the thing. It's a concept car.
It couldn't be driven on regular public
roads. It made no sense that it brought
that kind of money, but just two guys
going crazy. So, instead of enjoying
this car, I mostly look at it and go,
"Oh, it's so pretty." and not drive it.
But then also at the same time thinking,
"Wow, I was a total moron." So to get
out of it, what I think it's kind of
worth it, that's fine. It's painful. It
hurts because I'll never find another
one again. But, you know, so I shot that
Escalade part about a week ago before
the Escalade left. I wanted to catch it
and film it before. And uh well, I got
an email from a dealer buddy of mine in
Arizona that he got an Escalade on
trade. So this is my 2005 Escalade I've
had for almost 5 years. It's been in
Arizona for a while now. And this is a
2003 Cadillac Escalade EXT. So I went
from 06 to 03. This one was $11,000. I
sold the other one for a whole lot more.
$179,000 mi on this one, but it's not
any ext. It is the XS500
EXT, which what does that mean? I didn't
know until it was texted to me either.
But basically, this is a period Escalade
V that I could not say no to. So that
500 means 500 horsepower. From the
factory, it would have been 345
horsepower. And this one is now
supercharged. Yep. A lot of extra stuff
going on here with the 6 L Vortek to 500
horsepower. And it's a lifelong Arizona
car. So it's in fantastic. I mean, it's
in unbelievably good condition. It's
just as nice, say, as this 105,000 mi
one. Not too far off from the 18,000 mi
one. And it has a lot of cool stuff on
it. Like this visor here. I've never
seen on any other Escalade before. This
is so cool with the uh trucker kind of
lights there on top. It has these
aftermarket 20-in wheels versus the
factory 20s on here. And I do really
like the look of them. But if you see
the inside of my stock Escalade,
a lot of plastic in here. You know, GM
of this era was not too keen on hiding,
you know, hard plastics and all that
stuff. A little bit of wood. Uh, but
somebody took it upon themselves to
bling up the interior on this thing as
well. So, you go inside of this one and
there is a lot of wood. Uh, a lot more
of the peel and stick wood kit to match
on every surface imaginable, which is
very goofy. I'm not a big fan of, but
it's funny that somebody did it along
with this deer ride labeled dash cover.
I I don't understand that one either.
But this is the same thing. It's the
EXT, which is the Avalanche. So, these
seats fold down and then you can fold
down this window and everything else and
make it an eight foot bed. You can take
these panels off as well. So, it is an
extremely practical machine. You can see
uh WeatherTech mats and a full-size
spare here, a matching chrome wheel.
Does it have one underneath?
It does not. So, a good thing for it to
have a spare. But listen to this.
A lot more going on here.
I I don't want to make the neighbors
mad, but I I could not I could not
refuse it. Even though I just sold one
and needed money, I no there there was
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It It sounds like a tornado under the
hood. It doesn't woo like a Ric Flair
like a lot of superchargers where it
goes woo. It's just It's just an almost
turboy kind of whoosh to this thing that
is pretty cool. But also, I mean, it's
just unsettling because I've owned so
many of these Escalades. I know exactly
how they feel. I know what normal feels
like. This is so different.
It's It's so much faster. It is. I mean,
it's almost off-putting that it
I've never had a supercharger like just
just blow. There's no woo to it at all.
And it's so cool. I cannot believe this
popped in my lap for $11,000. And it
solves the problem of the other XT that
I sold with $18,000 mi. It was so low
mileage that I was scared to use it. So,
I didn't use it as a truck. I didn't use
it for a lot of things. And this one,
179,000 mi. Yeah, it's in nice shape.
But I'm not going to take any value away
from driving this thing and using it as
intended because even though this thing
was very expensive when new, I Googled
it and it was an expensive package. So
you had to pay like $90,000 for this
thing back in 2003, which is which is
crazy.
Oh god.
Somebody bought it and drove it. I don't
know how many are made. I like I said, I
didn't know this existed until it was
texted to me. Then I Googled it and you
know through the internet and history
and all that stuff you're able to find
some stuff.
It just shows
it just shows how versatile this
platform is. The GMT800 platform, the
Escalade was the top dog, but they had
the Silverado SS. It's so many different
things. And this engine such a popular
choice for people wanting to, you know,
LS swap or LQ swap, I guess, since it is
the Iron Head. It's not the full
aluminum LS. It's just such a popular
engine and so tough. And honestly,
there's a little bit more looseness in
the steering, I guess, but I don't feel
that much of a difference between the
18,000 mi one or the 105,000 mi one in
the driveway. They're actually really
close. Although, this is the older one,
so it doesn't have the full gauges like
the later ones. This is sort of the
older style. This is like a late 2002
build, so it doesn't have all the
refinements yet. But
uh this the supercharger that's crazy.
Like if I were to do this to any of the
Escalades I have, I'd be spending
$67,000 on the parts and then a bunch in
labor. And I got a whole Escalade for
what a supercharger swap would cost. And
a nice one with cold air and everything
working. So, can you blame me? Can you
blame me for doing this? I know it
sounds really stupid for me to sell an
Escalade, say I need money, and then a
week later's the exact same thing. But
can you blame me for doing this? Okay.
Okay. I slipped a little bit. I was down
to three Escalades. Now I'm back up to
four. That's on me. But I also have
three Mercedes S-Class equivalents right
now. So that's why this one is the next
one to go. My 2004 Maybach 62. And this
one is live right now on Cars and Bids.
No reserve. Currently with 107,000 m on
it. I've had it for 4 years. And it's
been an amazing, really reliable
machine. The only work has been under
warranty for the brakes. Both brake
pumps replace to the tune of $15,000 a
piece. So, it has brand new brake hubs.
That's the nice part of it being high
mileage is those pumps got done. And
that is the Achilles heel of this car.
Now, it has the latest and greatest
braking system and software. And this is
the rare partition car as well. But I
haven't driven it much in the last year
at all. Now, I have the S500, the 1997.
I have the Mercedes 6.9 as well. So, I
really don't need this Mercedes
limousine even though it is really cool.
It's the most expensive of that bunch.
It's really dark in here, but you can
see the reclining seats, the partition,
all that stuff. This is also on Jay
Leno's garage. I went to California,
drove it out there, and we did a video
with it. So, a lot of memories with this
car, but I've definitely had my fun
after 4 years. Interesting. The
extension cord got tucked in that way.
After 4 years, it is time to let go and
go down to a much more reasonable amount
of Mercedes S-Classes. Even though the
Maybach isn't really an S-Class, it's
close enough. So, I'm going to go down
to two. Yeah.
Yeah, I did it again. This time it is a
downgrade, a major downgrade, but still
a really cool machine that is
mechanically totaled several times over.
So, this is a 2013 Mercedes S350 diesel,
the last generation of Mercedes diesel
S-Class in the United States. And so, I
am back up to three S-Classes. They
unbadged the back of this thing to keep
it more stealth. Also got it scraped
against the garage door. Some old people
things going on here. curved wheels and
all that stuff. But the big issues are
with the engine, unfortunately. A friend
of mine, Spencer, at Geneva Motorcars
took this on trade. And unfortunately,
it has a bad turbo where oil is getting
into it and making a mess. So, that
needs to be replaced along with many
other issues like the brakes, the front
shocks. They're stuck in sport mode.
They're airride, as you can see,
sticking out here. Uh, among many other
things to the tune. If this was at a
Mercedes dealer, it'd be$25, $30,000 to
fix everything on this car. I think we
can fix it for a very small fraction of
that. and Spencer was kind enough to
sell it for me for only $8,000. So, an
incredible deal considering how much
these cost when new. And there are some
benefits. All the S350s were all-wheel
drive, so it's an all-wheel drive
platform. Of course, I had the S600. One
of my first viral videos was the 2007
S600 of the same chassis and generation.
And this one, it has some things in
common with it other than the chassis.
Basically has the fancy S600 interior,
the premium interior. I think this is
the black Dino interior with the leather
stitch dashboard. the fancy wood as well
and the higher quality leather as well
along with rear entertainment which my
S600 didn't have.
Pretty neat. So very much all of Maybach
here although no refrigerator or
champagne flutes but uh three remotes
really do we need three remotes for the
TVs? That's that's kind of a lot.
Reclining rear seats as well. So you do
have some of that Maybach touch there
but for a fraction of the price or at
least I hope since I am selling the
Maybach no reserve on cars and bids. I I
hope it'll bring more than $8,000. It
should bring a lot more than that. But
it's just something that was hard to say
no to because they didn't make very many
of these. They're kind of hard to find
in nice shape since they are getting
older. And this one, it does have some
miles on it, hence the issues.
179,000 mi. The check engine light is on
for the turbo and I think some vacuum
leaks as well. I'll go into a deeper
dive as far as all the issues when it
gets back to Kansas. But as of now,
despite being mechanically totaled, it's
pretty wild how nicely this thing
drives. other than it being stuck in
sport mode. The tech the diagnosis says
that the uh valves inside of the air
shocks are stuck and that's why it won't
go out. It's the original air shocks and
he recommends replacing them which is
interesting. I never heard of that
happening before on these cars but I
suppose they are getting older so it
would kind of make sense.
But it is a diesel so not sure if you
can see it but I floored it and it is
black soot out the back which is just so
funny. my first Mercedes, of course, my
500 SL. My grandmother got new, gave me
16. But I wanted to keep that car nice.
I got an 85 Mercedes 300D for 2500 bucks
on eBay, drove it back to Kansas. And it
started basically a whole decade of me
being obsessed with Mercedes diesels.
And it's kind of cool to have the end of
the line here, the last generation of
S-Class diesel, and we'll probably never
see it again in the US. This thing was a
terrible seller when it came out because
it was priced above the S400 hybrid,
which was a weird flop as well. So, most
people got the S550, the V8, because it
wasn't all that much more expensive than
this. And obviously a lot faster. I have
allergies right now, so I'm a little
flummy. But take a look at this. The
last 3,000 mi, it's averaged 23.6 m per
gallon. Yesterday, when I was doing
light highway driving is more like 27 or
28 m per gallon. So, extremely fuel
efficient with these big fuel tanks.
They can get 5 600 miles to a fuel tank,
which is pretty impressive. And also it
does have massaging seats which I
definitely need right now. There we go.
Always fast and vigorous. Oh,
yep. There it is. It starts low, too.
Oh, that's so nice. All right. Well,
back to Kansas. There'll be more on this
car in the future as we dive into it as
we try and fix everything with uh the
car wizard and Danielson. Ah, this I
should Oh, okay. Yep.
Anyway, next up that's going is my 1991
Lincoln Town Car, silver rosé metallic.
Technically, this is April Rose's car,
but I'm selling it for her. And we have
so many land yachts that really I don't
need another one. And no, we're not jump
cutting to another location where No,
no, no, no, no, no. I'm actually am
getting rid of this one because the 76
Elorado convertible is a great
replacement for the lanyard of this one.
Same with the Lincoln Blackwood. I just
like the Cadillac Escalades better. So,
both of these selling no reserve on cars
and bids and the Lincoln and the Lincoln
Blackwood will definitely be a loser for
this thing because I spent over $4,000
going through the head gaskets and all
that stuff cuz I bought it unfortunately
with bad head gaskets. But, it is a very
nice car with a little over a 100,000
miles on it. Super clean on the inside
with that goofy navigation system and of
course this faux wood treatment here in
the back and a carpeted bed. It is just
such an odd piece of Lincoln Ford
history and I'm glad I owned it and
experienced it for a very short time
because it is very interesting. But I'd
much rather have the Ford Lightning of
the same generation. So this one not
going anywhere. The Lincoln 40,000 m on
it, a little over that. So a very nice
thing. And April was given the choice.
She needed to get rid of one of her
cars, including the Mercedes 500 SL up
there on the lift. And I thought, well,
why not one of the 87 Buicks? Because
you don't need three. Which she looked
at me like, well, that's preposterous.
Of course you need three 87 Buicks. So,
these are her cars and she's keeping all
three and she chose uh the silver rosé
metallic Lincoln. So, the next one to go
also ties into lanyards and that is the
77 Deville from Breaking Bad. This was
used in the last episode of Breaking
Bad. No reserve on cars and bids and is
selling there and they put a machine gun
in the back. Walter White, he took out
all of his enemies but also kind of took
out himself in the last episode. So,
it's a pretty important car of TV
history. of course, one of the best TV
shows of all time, and they were so good
at casting cars. So, it is kind of a
hoopy, obviously faded. It wasn't
supposed to be a nice car in the show,
and it still isn't today, but it runs
and drives fine. The Car Wizard did a
lot of work to it. And you can own a
piece of TV history. Maybe it'll go into
a museum, but as far as driving it, I
like driving the 76 Elorado convertible
a lot better, so that's why it was easy
to sell that one. Also going, and this
is kind of a shocker, maybe it won't
happen because it's my buddy Rob behind
this thing. 2010 Bentley Continental SUP
Sports, which I can't believe I'm saying
this because I've wanted one of these
forever and ever, but honestly, it's
Rob. He just kept bugging me about it
and bugging me about it and bugging me
about it and I had a moment of weakness
and gave him like 10 seconds to respond
uh to sell this car and he said yes. So,
I need the money. I have a lot of other
600 plus horsepower cars. As you saw in
the last video where we doed this, the
GTR along with the AMG GTS and my
Hellcat, the Hellcat came out on top.
The Bentley had the least horsepower.
Something like 480 or 490 horsepower to
the wheels. Not bad considering 620
horsepower at the crank and it is
all-wheel drive and slush box. So, still
healthy and plenty powerful with 69,000
mi. But, uh Rob talked me out of it and
I'm I'm already regretting it.
Hopefully, he changes his mind. Maybe it
won't be going, but looks like it's
going to go. But also, when you park
these two next to each other, which one
are you going to hop in more? And some
would say the Bentley, but I think the
Aston is much more of a special
experience with the paddleshift
transmission. And then just the looks.
There's no arguing the looks of the
Vanquish is just so much better than the
Bentley Super Sports, which is a lot
more of a bloated car. Still a beautiful
machine. But Jeremy Clarkson mentioned
in his review that taking the Bentley
Continental and doing the Super Sport
treatment is like taking a cruise ship
and making it into a speedboat. It makes
no sense. And he'd rather have the Aston
DBS, which was its competitor at the
time, which I guess I kind of agree.
Even though Clarkson eviscerated the
Vanquish when it came out because the
flappy paddle gearbox was a total mess
at the time and pretty much tank values
forever, I still prefer the Vanquish.
And speaking of British cars, the other
one to go is this Range Rover over here,
the P38, which I bought for very low
money and actually didn't spend more
than I think a couple grand on it fixing
it up. I have the hood popped because it
sits on a trickle charger because it
really doesn't move all that much and
the battery goes flat if it sits for
more than a couple of weeks. But inside,
you can see beautiful leather interior
around 120,000 mi. And this one, I have
no idea what it'll bring. It is a very
nice example of a P38. It still has some
minor issues, but it's air ride
suspension's been converted and it
should be a good car for somebody. So,
we'll see what it brings. Honestly, the
moment this showed up, my Jeep Grand
Wagon Ear, which is another old school
luxury SUV, I parked the Range Rover and
never thought about it ever again. So,
getting some money so I can go through
this one and make it into the ultimate
Grand Wagon Ear. That needs to happen.
But I do also need some cheddar. And
speaking of, this is the last car inside
that I'm selling. No reserve on Cars and
Bids, and that is the 1923 Packard
Doctor's Coupe. So, this is an original
Survivor for the most part. A few little
touch-ups here and there. You can see
like somebody broomed on some paint
here, but this is a Survivor from 1923.
And in line 6, it hadn't ran in some
time. John Ross and I got it going. And,
you know, it still has some problems
with the clutch. It likes to stick when
it's sitting, that kind of stuff. But,
it is drivable. It's really easy to
unstick the clutch and once you're going
down the road, it's totally fine. But I
haven't driven it much at all. Honestly,
I want something with a straight eight,
either be a Packard or something of that
era that has a much bigger engine that
can cruise at like 70, 80 mph. Even
though this one is pretty capable for a
car from 1923. It's just not something
that I drive all that much. And I find
myself hopping in the 1946 Chrysler, my
other antique car, a whole lot more
because with its straight eight and
four-speed semi-automatic transmission,
it can go down the highway no problem.
And I do really, really like this thing.
So, even though this one's been in the
fleet longer, I like it better than the
Packard. So, that is why the Packard is
going. Now, there is one more outside, I
think. I think Oh, yeah. I wish I could
forget this thing. The world's worst 997
Porsche 911. I am selling no reserve on
cars and bids. I have no idea what it'll
bring. But on bring a trailer, there was
one that also had cylinder scoring,
although it was in very, very nice
condition. It brought 44 $45,000.
Had 60,000 mi on it. Carrer, it makes no
sense. Porsche people are crazy. So, I'm
putting this up no reserve because I
guess somebody who's a hobbyist could
rebuild the motor themselves, could go
through and restore it themselves. It's
the world's first 997 restoration
project because the engine has cylinder
scoring. It smokes on startup, but it is
quiet and goes down the road uh pretty
well. I mean, it needs brakes. It needs
suspension. It needs air conditioning.
It needs it needs a lot. The sunroof
doesn't work. Uh the paint's shot.
There's also rust on the exhaust and the
undercarriage and the brake lines and
that kind of stuff. So, it's it's a full
out restoration project of a 2007 911,
which I trusted a viewer who told me it
drove good. He put 200 miles on it. He
took it on trade at his boat dealership.
So, this is last and certainly the worst
of the no reserve cars on cars and bids.
But there's also one other Porsche, my
2010 Panamera 4S that I did sell so
quickly that I forgot to even take a
video of it going as one of Rob's
friends, the guy buying the Bentley,
came by and looked at the Porsche and
bought it immediately. It was going to
go on Cars and Bids, but he talked me
out of it for 13 grand, which I didn't
lose a whole lot on that one. And had a
pretty fun 6 month or 3,000ish miles
driving experience, so I'd say that one
is definitely a win for me. But if you
click the link below, you can see all of
my auctions currently no reserve on Cars
and Bids. Daddy Doug is taking care of
me as he always does. I'm actually
leaving here soon to visit him in San
Diego to film some content with him
since my collection is going up on
there. So, you have that to look forward
to. But, please bid if you're serious
and want a hooptie. Even that one. Yes.
Thank you so much for watching.