The End of a Saga: DIY Rebuild on a Wrecked W221
The internet has a way of producing some very memorable content. Here at MBWorld, that comes in the form of a salvage-title W221. That in itself was not terribly interesting. Accidents happen. The thought of buying it sight-unseen, and fixing it on the cheap for a nice daily driver marks the spot when things did get interesting.
Purchasing a critically injured Mercedes and expecting to mend it cheaply presents a great opportunity for things to go wrong. And they did. Lost keys, transport by forklift, a myriad of electrical gremlins, doubtful mallet skills, mistaking aluminum for steel… one has to search far and wide to find another instance by which “plan B” was put to such extensive use.
The original plan of using the W221 for a daily driver was also scrapped. Suddenly, the car found itself for sale. The car, bought sight-unseen, was described as “well maintained.” Sure. It was priced on-par with clean title cars with similar mileage, but no one was buying it (literally). The price was then reduced to the point of incurring a significant loss, perhaps to just unload the heap onto someone else. Doses of reality can strike at unexpected times.
Without additional information, we can only assume why the owner slashed the sale price so much. Perhaps to cut losses and just be done with it? Who knows. 95 pages and 2,368 posts later, we are left wondering how the story will conclude. Honestly, Game of Thrones writers can take notes on this cliffhanger.
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