im trying to get car insurance for my 77 300D but when i enter my vin it keeps saying invalid vin. I have the title and an old insurance card from previous owner and entering the vin as it appears there and still does that. what to do?

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

if memory serves. the VIN's from that time are shorter then the standard 14 character ones of Today. you'd need to speak to someone in the office of the place you are trying to get a quote/service from

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I just got insurance from progressive. According to their first come back Im driving a 2012 MB.

They adjusted their search and found my '82

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

it is probably a 14 digit vin.nowadays they use 17 digit numbers.

yeah its a 14 digit vin and none of the online quotes seem to recognize as a valid vin. ill have to do it in person on my day off le sIgh

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

Progressive can get you a live human to talk to 24/7. I suspect most of the other bigger insurance companies can too.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Typically, the difference in many, but not all, cases is to add the three letter origination code, which for your and all cars made in Germany has been: WDB.

That will give you a 17 digit code.
See if that works.

When they changed the codes over in the arly 1980s, the country origination code was one thing they added to stop gray market cars and distinguish them from grandfathered antiques and "oddball" cars.

Hope that helps!

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Both my MBs show the 14-digit code only on the insurance cards I have in the glove-box...also check the title and renewal slips you get from your state...sometimes, a file-clerk will "add" the numbers to "feel right" when they run across your record...so to keep everything straight...

DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR PAPERWORK

WHEN YOU'RE AT THE DMV - OR -

RENEWING YOUR RIDES...

Nothing worse than spending a few extra hours trying to straighten out a VIN screw-up THAT IS NOT OF YOUR DOING...

Don't ask...I had one in the past...and it was a royal PITA to straighten out. WOW (Word of warning: Don't even attempt to deal with this over any phone...it must be done in person at a DMV outlet...)

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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