Nope. Most dealers won’t let an owner see the VMI, short of maybe letting them look at it on the computer screen. I have a source for them that emails them to me. I just haven’t had a chance to get them the information. I might still get it today, if not, Monday for sure.
We’ll see. I’m still sort of “meh” on this one, but the pickings are really slim around here for just about anything decent and used, or so it seems. I hate to act fro desperation as I’m not under any pressure, but I also don’t want to buy something and not have time to thoroughly vet it before I drive it across country. -D > On Oct 10, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <mailto: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> > > <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> > > <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 <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <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
