Yep, heated seats - big plus in FL, eh? ;<)
Wilton
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From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Mercedes List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Potential poos car - addendum
It has a rear sun shade that's not working - no biggie, easy fix. It also
has heated seats.
Dan
On Mar 14, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Looked at a 1999 S320 this morning in Sarasota. Former diplomatic corps
retiree with more money than he knows what to do with. Long time MB
owner, first one was a new 1979 300D he did through diplomatic program
with European delivery. His wife just bought a Maserati convertible for
a "fun" car. Go figure.
Anyway, car has 154k on it, second owner (not first as he said in the
ad), a CPO car when he bought it in Alexandria, VA from the MB dealer
there. 3000 mile oil changes, all service done by the dealer with
documentation, good mechanicals, pretty decent cosmetics, everything
works.
The car was amazingly peppy for a six in a W140 chassis, as we took it
out on the interstate and I really put my foot into it. Certainly not
the neck-snapping response you get from the M119, but still pretty good
considering the significantly smaller engine with the same amount of iron
behind it and the AC running full blast.
It's got some sort of 3M clear film on the nose and hood that was
installed by the VA dealer to prevent rock chips. Hmm. Looks like it
can come off easily, and since it's clear there doesn't seem to be any
effect on the paint color (black). Both front and rear bumpers are
faded, and the top portions of the front bumper are starting to fail
paint-wise, which is not surprising and something commonly seen on these
cars, especially down here. Engine compartment was clean and everything
was intact and in place. Looks like it might need motor mounts, but
there wasn't a noticeable amount of vibration in the passenger
compartment. They just looked collapsed.
Bottom of the car and wheel wells were clean with no signs of rust. Some
minor surface rust on some of the front suspension components, but
nothing of significance. Good tires ("It's always had Michelins!") but
dirty wheels. Lots of brake pad present. Trunk is clean and all the
things you would expect are in it, including an MB cover for the car. No
signs of water or other nastiness. 1.5 year old MB battery.
Interior leather had some overall wear but no rips, tears or breakdown,
especially on the driver's side bolster. All the interior bits work,
including sunroof, seats and instrumentation. Original Becker with trunk
mounted CD changer. AC worked and showed no error codes in diagnostics,
and was ICE COLD during our drive with an ambient of about 85F. Carpets
are clean and pretty much unworn. Headliner is clean and intact.
Negatives:
Driver's side rear door has ding in front of door handle where someone
nailed them in a parking lot with a car door or something. Not something
the paintless dent guys could fix, I think, but I'm not sure. Paint
isn't broken, which is good.
As mentioned previously, both front and rear bumpers need repaint. Side
lower trim panels look a little flat as well, but that may be me. It's
possible a hard core Martha session could bring them back.
All in all, a definitely contender for addition to the fleet.
He's been asking $4500 or best offer and has had no takers, for that
matter, no one else has looked at the car. It's a $3500 car in this
market, which I may offer him once I see the other car in Orlando later
today if my plans work out. He and the wife are leaving on one of those
European river cruises this Wednesday and will be gone for a couple of
weeks, so if I can't work something out before that I'll have to keep
searching if I'm interested. If I do follow through, I'm thinking having
$3500 cash in hand before popping off to Europe might be some incentive,
but it's clear this guy has a LOT of money, so that might not be a big
motivation.
We'll see.
Dan
On Mar 14, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Not a 4-matic, so possible rusty front spring perches.
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
On March 14, 2015 9:53:45 AM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
But for the price he might as well get that amg
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