A list of Daniel's E320 repairs and upgrades:

Engine compartment:

Body:

CLA'd trunk lock. Now all its functions work right.
Taped broken jack point covers back onto car. (PO has done this before.)
Replaced POS aftermarket lowering springs with new.
Two new lower ball joints.
Driver's-side inner tie rod end.

Cabin:

Lubricated driver's sunvisor.
Repaired interior trunk release switch.
Re-secured broken S.O.S. switch into the headliner.

Still broken:

Only one key, with broken case. Spendy!
Vanity mirror covers/light-switches gone.
Catalytic converter(s) gutted. Loud-ish.
AC inoperative.
CD changer (in trunk) inoperative.
Headliner starting to come down in back.

Expenses:

Time is in hours, and cost should be obvious. I'll use U-Pull prices for used parts that I've already got; it's where most of 'em came from anyway! Fiddly small stuff like clips and screws are no charge at the U-Pull, if you're buying other bigger stuff anyway. Some of the times may seem inflated, miscellaneous diagnostic time sometimes gets tacked onto something else done in that session. The intent is that the total time spent on the car is reasonably accurate, not necessarily that the time shown for any given job is exact. (Even so the total is probably still under-reported.) Time spent keeping this log, not insignificant, is also not included.

Job

Time

Cost

Car — 3,900.00

Acquisition 1 —

Cleanout, checkover, sunvisor lube 1 —

CLA trunk lock 2 —

Repair interior lock release switch 2 —

S.O.S. repair, detailing 1 —

Spring replacement — 1,000.00

Ball joints, tie rod end — 1,196.41

Alignment — 163.36

Totals:

Time

Cost

7 Hours $6,259.77

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Job	Time	Cost
Car	—	3,900.00
Acquisition	1	—
Cleanout, checkover, sunvisor lube	1	—
CLA trunk lock	2	—
Repair interior lock release switch	2	—
S.O.S. repair, detailing	1	—
Spring replacement	—	1,000.00
Ball joints, tie rod end	—	1,196.41
Alignment	—	163.36
Totals:	Time	Cost
	7 Hours	$6,259.77