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Jim B. · #20 12-23-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by cphilip

The car has always been a southern car. I am the third owner.

The first owner was in Atlanta and kept the car meticulously clean and serviced. The car has full records from that period up to 90K. All done at the Atlanta dealer. All books are with it. Including window sticker. [COLOR="Red"] From then it moved to Charlotte NC and also appears to have been just as meticul ously maintained but no real documentation (appears was maintained by a certified Indy (some in the back of the books slips indicate this)

I gave the man $3600 for it. Drove it home from Charlotte on Friday.

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Call or contact that "missing" indy since you know the address, and request photocopies of all the old records.

Having ALL records will not only inform you of everything that has been done, and may save you buckets of money from having to redo things not needed, it is also very reassuring to know the entire service and repair history from mile zero.

Not to mention a complete fully documented history from mile zero, will boot the resale value quite a bit if you ever sell it.

It's VERY easy to obtain. Simply fold in a $20 bill with your written request, "for photocopying costs". Worked for me EVERY single time.

Awesome catch for the price. Those W124 wagons are gorgeous. The Best looking ones that Mercedes Benz has EVER made. Last of the totally unarguable "cost no object" fit and finish, and build quality on the E class, too, that's the W124 series.