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"LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly) 07/07/2019 at 18:14 • Filed to: My Neighbor's Driveway

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After !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for more than a month, my neighbor switched it up for an E400 wagon this weekend. Notice that although there is both a hood ornament and one on the grille, the one on the grille is tiny and on the top, making this work, in my opinion. The car is a nice blue that this photo does not do justice.

(My neighbor works for an autobody shop that repairs salvaged vehicles. They tend to be very recent models, and he’ll drive something for a week - usually - while testing it before sale. This is what is in his driveway this week.)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 07/07/2019 at 18:24

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Beautiful!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 07/07/2019 at 19:57

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There’s a high-mileage E500 wagon near me right now:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ctd/d/kirkland-2004-mercedes-benz-class-500/6914969698.html

fintail > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 07/07/2019 at 20:26

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Lux trim, where the car is born with a hood star, not like a sport grille with added hood star (wrong in so many ways).

I agree with this choice:

Same wheels as my car, while not rare per se, are also uncommon.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/07/2019 at 20:27

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Tread with caution, not a banner year for the brand.  PPI would be a necessity.  Price seems OK anyway.

CRider > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 07/07/2019 at 22:57

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Only the bravest of mad men would buy a salvage E Class  wagon, but it is undeniably attractive. 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > CRider 07/08/2019 at 02:27

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Even I  wouldn’t touch a salvaged Benz.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 07/08/2019 at 02:30

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I can’t approve of this. Love these cars. But I don’t know of anyone that does this well. If a newer Benz is totaled, the damage would have been massive. I bet if I had two minutes to inspect I  could make a pretty decent list of egregious issues from the rebuild.

Jordan > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/08/2019 at 12:12

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If the radar for adaptive cruise control is broken, that alone will total the car. If that’s all that’s broken and everything else is fine, I’d say it could be a decent deal.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Jordan 07/08/2019 at 12:26

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Umm... No. That’s a 70-80k car. Even if we assume a used value of 45k, t he radar sensor does not cost 20-25k. It takes a lot to total these when they're so new.

Jordan > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/08/2019 at 15:12

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The radar isn’t what’s so expensive. Its calibrating the thing. They need a certain (vast) amount of space to calibrate it accurately, and it need s to be done inside, where there’ s no risk of birds or other animals moving in front of the radar or calibration equipment and messing measurements up. The only solution is to rent out a massive warehouse, which will be very expensive indeed.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Jordan 07/08/2019 at 16:39

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Just... No. There's a special tool and a road test to do it. You don't need to rent out a massive warehouse. We charge an hour for it. It's not hard. We do it frequently. I do this for a living, if my name didn't make that obvious.

USUSGTO > Jordan 09/06/2019 at 08:59

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lol, talk about being overly egregious. Radar contro l wi ll total the car!!! LMAO.