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Hello, Up for sale is a nice condition 1989 300se.

I am selling this car for an old friend of mine, almost family, who is the original owner of the car. I have a clean title in hand. The information below is a mix of what I've been told, and my assessment of the car upon driving it.

General Summary:

The car is mechanically sound.

Exterior shows scratches and dings, but no major damage.

Dashboard has no cracks.

Headliner is in perfect shape.

Interior is dirty/marked from years of use, but that would come out with a good cleaning.

Driver's seat has very small cracks forming in the leather. Otherwise, the leather is in extremely good shape.

Imagine, the driver was an older woman who never bought another car until now. She never needed to do more than regular maintenance. She took care of it, but not meticulously. She just used it... For 25 years - kids, grandkids, shopping, etc.

Problems:

Power Door Lock vacuum is dead. Locks can be manually depressed, but will not stay.

Electric power seats do not work. Second-hand information is that it has to do with the switches, and I was given replacement switches, but no work was done.

The battery dies if car is not driven for 3-4 days.

Roof has some droplets where it looks like sap or chemicals were left, and the clear coat is eaten through.

Also there are areas of light oxidation or clear coat wearing off on the roof.

The car seems down on power or sluggish, and smells strongly of burning fuel. I suspect it needs a good tune-up and timing adjusted.

(There is no hesitation, hiccuping, or otherwise weird stuff when accelerating though. Just seems like it should have more power than just average)

Passenger sun-visor clip is broken, shown in the picture.

Center console is cracked and loose.

Seatbelt mount could have the leather fixed - shown in photos. It's not torn, just loose.

Other stuff:

Shifts are smooth and all gears work.

Sunroof works in all positions without strange noises, no grinding, and does not leak

Serpentine belt was done in the last few hundred miles.

Spare tire and jack have never been used.

Turns and rolls nicely.

Turning the wheel all the way either direction does not produce any unusual sound from the steering, nor grinding or anything.

Brakes work well no squeaking and no pulling, surprisingly.

Tires are old, but have about 50% tread life, or more.

I can provide video of the car running if you want. Test drives are welcome.

Car is sold without warranty of course.

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