Hi all,
I am looking to get a 560SL and I think I have found one not too far from home. I looked over the Carfax report and nothing major is showing except this:
05/25/1997 US Customs Vehicle exported from
Germany
and imported to
Charleston, SC
You whoud think that I am looking at a gray market SL but the first entry on the report is this:
06/06/1990 21,204 New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Clark, NJ Title issued or updated
The seller mentioned that he was told by the previous owner that it might have been a service man who originally owned the car and might have been stationed in Germany for a period.
This being one thing; the other odd thing is that I asked my local dealer to do a VMI lookup and while he could pull the VIN# up there were no record showing....nothing, nada. Not a single warranty repair. That we both found very odd.
What do you guys think? Why would there not be a VMI entry?
I am looking to get a 560SL and I think I have found one not too far from home. I looked over the Carfax report and nothing major is showing except this:
05/25/1997 US Customs Vehicle exported from
Germany
and imported to
Charleston, SC
You whoud think that I am looking at a gray market SL but the first entry on the report is this:
06/06/1990 21,204 New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Clark, NJ Title issued or updated
The seller mentioned that he was told by the previous owner that it might have been a service man who originally owned the car and might have been stationed in Germany for a period.
This being one thing; the other odd thing is that I asked my local dealer to do a VMI lookup and while he could pull the VIN# up there were no record showing....nothing, nada. Not a single warranty repair. That we both found very odd.
What do you guys think? Why would there not be a VMI entry?