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Old 11-04-2009, 12:08 AM
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Well guys, I'd like for you to meet

Annie, and yes, as in the orphan

she's a 2001 CLK430
52,800 on the clock
xenons,
multi contour front seats (and heat...)
rear window shade
no nav

She got the name, due to her history...

she was kidnapped back in april, for a period of almost 5 hours... in that time, her wheels, interior, & head unit were removed...

she was returned, and then purchased by state farm & sold again... apparently they didn't want to fix it... leaving her orphaned.

talked to the PO, and got the run down on the car. amazing stories

pics

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Old 11-04-2009, 12:08 AM
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:39 AM
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:41 AM
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Yes please re-post the pictures for those of us who are socially awkward and don't use facebook
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:52 AM
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Yes please re-post the pictures for those of us who are socially awkward and don't use facebook


LOL...
i'm workin' on it...
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Old 11-04-2009, 01:43 AM
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Is the title branded as a theft recovery? I hope you paid half of book value if it is.
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Old 11-04-2009, 05:53 AM
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Your links will work for non-facebook users, just fix them - get the extra "http://" out of the address...
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Old 11-04-2009, 09:02 AM
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Is the title branded as a theft recovery? I hope you paid half of book value if it is.
I paid 55% of the average between kbb & NADA on this car...

and she came with a clear title.
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Old 11-04-2009, 10:23 PM
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Looks pretty sharp for a later model Mercedes. I like the headlight design and aerodynamic look of these cars.

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Old 11-05-2009, 12:53 AM
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Old 11-05-2009, 01:30 AM
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This generation of CLK is more masculine, in my opinion, than the current CLK. Hopefully the quirks have been sorted out.

Any reason why you named it Annie?
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Old 11-05-2009, 08:55 AM
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This generation of CLK is more masculine, in my opinion, than the current CLK. Hopefully the quirks have been sorted out.

Any reason why you named it Annie?


well...

it was stolen, abandoned and damn near neglected for an extended period of time... sitting in an orphanage of rebuilds, flood cars, and pure junk (literally, it was backed up to a wall, that hid a junk yard).

as I come to realize that I'm most likely not going to, or have the opportunity to have children, I guess adoption has been on my mind a lot... and it just stuck with annie on this. maybe its over thought, or maybe I'm just crazy... but its all gravy
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Old 11-05-2009, 11:39 AM
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Congratulations! You should enjoy this car immensely!

Found this posting on eBay...a firm that fixes the MB cluster LED issues:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220505278908&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:43 AM
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theft recovery

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well...

it was stolen, abandoned and damn near neglected for an extended period of time... sitting in an orphanage of rebuilds, flood cars, and pure junk (literally, it was backed up to a wall, that hid a junk yard).

Under those circumstances the car would get a salvage title.


You were very lucky if your car did not.

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