Can just the owner order a VMI? $2800 is close enough to asking price so you will probably succeed.
On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 4:31 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Went looking at a couple of W210s sedans with 4Matic, not something that’s > common around here. > > First one: > > > https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/d/valrico-1999-mercedes-benz-e320-4matic/7207020887.html > < > https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/d/valrico-1999-mercedes-benz-e320-4matic/7207020887.html > > > > Pretty solid, mostly Florida car, guy is clearly a flipper and I called > him out on it (nicely.) I don’t care, flipping is fine with me as long as > the price is reasonable for the car. Exterior is good, interior probably an > 8 out of 10. When he got the car it needed a conductor plate and connector > body as well as front axles, which he’s done himself. Car drives well, > everything works from what I can tell. I haven’t seen the VMI on it yet, > hoping to get one before the end of the day. Don’t know what his position > is on price. Looks like it’s got three accidents reported against it, none > major (“no damage reported”) except one in 10/2018 which appears to have > been repaired at the dealer in Sarasota. > > I might go for this one if I could get it for maybe $2800. > > > Number two: > > > https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/dunedin-2001-mercedes-benz-e320-4matic/7211065337.html > < > https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/dunedin-2001-mercedes-benz-e320-4matic/7211065337.html > > > > Looks nice, doesn’t it? This is a classic example of pictures not telling > the whole story. I was pretty stoked about this one, as it looked nice. As > soon as I saw the VMI I knew it would be a bust, but I figured I would look > just in case - you never know unless you look, right? > > Delivered in NY, went to Chicago, was up North until 2017. Interestingly, > the miles put on the car while it was in Chicago were really low, like less > than 3,000/year. This was encouraging, as I was hoping that maybe it was a > summer car for a snowbird. No such luck. > > While it presented well in pictures, I could look into the corners of the > front of the engine compartment and see rust. Perforations in undercarriage > metal from rust. Surprisingly, the first place I looked was door bottoms, > and they were surprisingly clean. But underneath the car was a whole > ‘nother story. On top of the front fenders the paint was flaking off, too, > something you can’t see in the pictures. > > I gave the car a cursory once-over to be polite and respectful about the > guy’s time, but immediately crossed it off the list. And also - it had a > CEL and BAS/ABS lights, which of course the seller failed to mention. “My > mechanic said it’s something that’s got to do with the wheel sensors”, he > said. Yeah, I’ll bet every one of them is rusty. > > Pass. > > I’m giving some serious thought on the first one until I can see the VMI. > If it was pranged and the dealer fixed it, I’m fine with that. I didn’t see > any indication of body repairs, so whoever did the work did it well. And I > would add that the seller disclosed the accident reports when he showed me > the car, as he had a CarFax for it that I didn’t look at. > > Hmm. > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
