Good to know. I couldn’t figure out how this would be the case. I’ll have to go 
back and look at pictures for the steering wheel - I could have been confusing 
it with the 2001 I looked at today.

I really like the electric fan. Makes so much more room in the engine 
compartment.

-D

> On Oct 10, 2020, at 8:14 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> The 99 in the link below is not a facelift car. The electric engine fan 
> started 99 pre facelift. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I would add that the 99 model was facelift car, so it’s got the newer stuff 
>> in the cabin and things like electric cooling fan instead of the engine 
>> driven one.
>> 
>> -D
>> 
>>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 5:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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 
>>>>> <mailto: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> 
>>>>> <mailto: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>>
>>>>  
>>>> <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>>
>>>>  
>>>> <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
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