See this for a '98 C43 [no difference from '99] with the more desirable two-tone interior, 52,000 miles plus Starmark (doesn't say for how long, however) offered for $27,500. May be an alternative for you if you get totalled -- take $8,000 and put it in your pocket and drive the '98.
http://forums.mbnz.org/forums/AMG202/vthread.asp?messid=1263