The problem was for this car that it wasn’t roadworthy due to the bumper damage in front. A new (otherwise unobtanium) AMG bumper from Mercedes was big $$.
I believe a competent body person could have fixed the door skins to be acceptable if you were willing to have a little bit of Bondo in them. If you sources the parts yourself and did the work yourself, too, it’s certainly possible you could salvage the car and have a nice ride. I’m sure that’s what ultimately happened with this car. Dan > On Apr 12, 2016, at 5:01 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > So how does one find a $7k car like that, that could probably be fixed in the > driveway for a coupla $k or less? Do you hear about them from a dealer or > body shop or an ins outfit? Do they get wholesaled off with a salvage title, > or sold to one of those big knacker outfits? > > If I found one and could fix it up and they have it and drive it that would > be a good deal, aside from being a perhaps rather temperamental car other > than the damage. It seems stupid (or offends my packrat mentality) to just > trash something that is not that badly damaged, maybe more aesthetically than > operationally. > > --R > _______________________________________ 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
