Log of Jill's E320 #2's life with us.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

I drove to Eugene, bought the car from Clark, a part-owner of the AutoRama business and related to the PO (daughter? Taken over from grandparent?) of this particular car, and loaded it onto the trailer. (Joseph owns the business, and I'd dealt with Miguel over the phone, but neither was still there when I got there in the late afternoon.)

Saturday, June 27, 2026

On the way home the car's alarm kept re-arming itself, and going off every time I started out from a light. Fortunately the fob's range reached to where I sat in the truck, so I could toggle it off.

Upon reflection I believe that this is a 'feature': if the car is locked, then UN-locked, but no door is opened, it'll re-lock itself after awhile. (Or, at least, re-arm.) Mid-trip I opened a door, and then it stopped doing this.

Sunday, June 28, 2026

I unloaded the car off the trailer. Looking at the cracked bumper cover, and the car-lot photos, I believe this crack was made when loading the car onto the trailer. (The ramps are just too short, necessitating extreme terrain selection when finding a place to load. That is not always possible.)

Unfortunate.

I believe, however, that if I remove the headlight I can both glue up these cracks, and work on the big dent, making them both a lot less noticeable. Maybe?

Monday, June 29, 2026

Unlike with the first E320, replacement cupholders seem to be available. (Back in production?) Around $30, so I ordered one. That and a transmission connector were $42.10 through Amazon.

On the plus side, a State inspection is no longer required before I can license it. On the minus side the title, which is missing, is required. So I have to wait for that to come. (A request was submitted by the dealer when I bought the car.)

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Recently I procured a full set of gray rubber Costco floormats at the boneyard; they were very oily but we like them a lot and they're NLA. Today I washed them in TSP and installed them in the car.

Friday, October 16, 2026

Long past time to get this thing in service. Step 1: contact OR DOT to see if the title has actually been transferred. (I no longer trust the seller, and nothing has shown up in the mail.) Phone 1-503-945-5000, VIN WDBJF82JX2X063932. They said that, just yesterday, they'd processed the replacement title application, and bounced it back due to something being insufficient. (ORDOT Dealer Investigations: (503) 945-5281, in case of runaround. Bigger stick.)

I called AutoRama, and Miguel said to text him my info and he'd get me a 90-day temporary OR licence forthwith. Joseph called and confirmed, this and admitted a SNAFU due to the number of people involved in the sale. The ball was definitely dropped. No harm no foul so far, but it's past time to get this finished.

So long as the temporary license shows up in the next few days, and the replacement title shows up before it expires, there is no harm done.

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