I recently bought a 1989 190e 2.6 that had sat in storage for 4 years in a police impound lot. It was serviced by a MB technician before I bought it from him. He had bought it from a charity organization to whom it was evidently given. The car has a new paint job (maroon) rose tinted windows, 16 inch Arelli Maniak wheels, Marshal Power Racer II tires.
The technician told me that the car was seized in a drug bust. The car seems almost new, but as I inspected it I noticed that it has battery connector cables in the trunk. The red power cable does not have a connector and it runs from the trunk to somewhere in the engine compartment. Why? Does anyone have an answer to this one?

The car has 60,000 miles on it. I ran a Car Check on it and the results were very strange. Bye and bye I will tell you about this, but I have a clean title to it.

I am 73 years old and everyone tells me it looks like a pimp or a gangster's car, but it sure is one heck of a good ride!

If you have an answer to the battery cables in the trunk let me know.
Don't confuse them with jump start cables.

 

not positive, but it could be that the previous owner had an amplifier for speakers or subs, and never removed the power line....this is just one possibility, maybe someone else has another explanation