I was actually thinking of posting that if he feels embarrassed, he can always create a different handle to come back under or just "modify" his post. Everyone has done stupid things, asked stupid questions, or whatever.
Also, I can understand someone believing the external ash pan is either an internal ashpan or for putting the coals on. I've purchased more than one (typically older) kettle where the person stored the ashpan on the inside. I've even bought one where the seller had gotten the grill from someone else & never used it & didn't appear to be familiar with Webers either. In one case, the seller noticed theirs differed from other's pics (or maybe someone asked because they did have calls about this one) about the pan & they assumed the pan was missing, but it was inside the grill under the grates.
Usually the grills I've found with the pan stored inside seemed to have been lightly used or just taken care of really well. I've seen it more on older grills, so I'm guessing it was more the old school take care of what you purchased sort of thing.