How much does a recorded CAT-C reduce the value of a car??

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Chiswickboy said:

What something is worth to one person is often different to what another thinks it is worth.

A quick internet search found new S40 headlamps retailing (inc VAT and delivery) at under £200 each so I think that £1k a pair is a tad over optimistic.

That was based on what the dealer wanted for them, I know thats not their real world value!

Guess it's worth a bit more than I paid, but no massive money spinner then?

[OldSkoolRS]

If you honestly add up all the parts you've bought and then take into account the time you spent putting it back together, then you might find you'd be just as well off buying a good example that wasn't damaged to start with. Especially if you could have worked those extra hours for overtime wages.Maybe not main dealer prices, but a decent private sale.

That's what I found in the end. If my boss had asked me to work extra hours for £3 an hour (or whatever it worked out and it was low) then I'd have said 'no thanks'.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

OldSkoolRS said:

If you honestly add up all the parts you've bought and then take into account the time you spent putting it back together, then you might find you'd be just as well off buying a good example that wasn't damaged to start with. Especially if you could have worked those extra hours for overtime wages.Maybe not main dealer prices, but a decent private sale.

That's what I found in the end. If my boss had asked me to work extra hours for £3 an hour (or whatever it worked out and it was low) then I'd have said 'no thanks'.

Not much time involved, all parts on my other car with a knackered engine, so I'm still up, just!

[OldSkoolRS]

Depends on what you get for it in the end though...

The car ain't sold until the Fat Lady sings. (Or something like that).

Plus you need to deduct what you could have sold the other car with the knackered engine for otherwise you're still deceiving yourself.

[va1o]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

Guess it's worth a bit more than I paid, but no massive money spinner then?

This is the problem, which is why when you see cheap repaired CAT C/D cars for sale you know they would have had to cut corners in the repair work.