Payment
Full payment within two business days of the hammer — hammer price plus 8% premium and a $149 documentation fee.
Reserve not metAmber lightBlue light · no titleLane 4Reserve
LOT 143
1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE W126
No title in the room, so a blue light. It did not meet its reserve, and both facts are published.
Photographs are licensed stock images used to illustrate a design demonstration. They are not this vehicle, because this vehicle does not exist.
Announcement sheet
It runs under the amber light
Announced: air conditioning inoperative; self-levelling suspension sinks overnight.
Blue light. Blue light: no title at the sale. Payment is held and the vehicle is not released until the title is recorded.
The items below are the boundary of what can be disputed after the sale — plus anything our standard says should have been announced and was not.
3 announcements
- Air conditioning does not blow cold. Compressor engages.
- Rear self-levelling suspension sinks over roughly 12 hours and pumps up on start.
- Title is not present at the sale. See the blue light.
Condition report
3 findings on the diagram
■ minor■ moderate■ major
- Front bumper trimTrim strip detached at one clip.
- Driver seat baseBolster compressed, no splitting.
- Rear suspension, both sidesSelf-levelling system does not hold pressure.
Inspection notes
- Starts and idles smoothly.
- Transmission shifts without flare.
- Underside is dry apart from the suspension pump housing.
- All electrics tested; only the climate output fails.
Paperwork and history
- Title
- Title is not in hand. Duplicate has been applied for by the consignor.
- Records
- Service history to 2016, sparse since.
- Odometer
- Reading believed to be the vehicle's actual distance.
A blue light is a paperwork announcement, not a condition one. It runs alongside the green, amber or red light rather than replacing it.
Under a blue light, funds are held and nothing leaves the yard until the title is recorded. That protects the buyer and it slows everything down; both are true.
It did not clear its reserve. The high bid is published as sample data.
Specification
As catalogued
Every VIN here begins QOQ and contains the letters O and Q, which never appear in a real vehicle identification number. They are deliberately impossible and identify nothing.
If you buy it
Payment, collection and the title
Release
A gate pass is issued once funds clear. Nothing leaves the yard without one.
Collection
Free storage to the Monday after the sale, then $18 a day. Any carrier you arrange can collect against the pass.
Title
Blue light: funds are held and the vehicle does not move until the title is recorded.
Sample data. Lots, grades, estimates, hammer prices and bid counts on this site are illustrative copy written for a design demonstration. Photographs are licensed stock images and are not the vehicles described.
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