The salvage thread
Discussion
Do you repair salvage vehicles professionally?
Have you bought a salvage car and completed a 'driveway repair'?
Have you been tempted to buy a car needing such work?
BMW M6 5.0 V10 - £13,500
Jaguar XKR 5.0 S/C - £22k
Have you bought a salvage car and completed a 'driveway repair'?
Have you been tempted to buy a car needing such work?
BMW M6 5.0 V10 - £13,500
Jaguar XKR 5.0 S/C - £22k
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The cayman looks potentially interesting however the m6 and jag aren't worth the money imho.
The jag needs around at a guess 10k worth of work the m6 needs a new bonnet bumper possibly rads and other bits and bobs. new bumper and bonnet 1000 painting of both 600 to a grand if not more.
You can pick up an m6 for around 20-25k now I believe which will not be cat d or c which I assume this one is. Which yet again drops its value by 20% or more.
I would also query the m6 situation as the damage looks minimal enough that an insurer would repair so why is it written off by insurer if it that is the case.
The jag needs around at a guess 10k worth of work the m6 needs a new bonnet bumper possibly rads and other bits and bobs. new bumper and bonnet 1000 painting of both 600 to a grand if not more.
You can pick up an m6 for around 20-25k now I believe which will not be cat d or c which I assume this one is. Which yet again drops its value by 20% or more.
I would also query the m6 situation as the damage looks minimal enough that an insurer would repair so why is it written off by insurer if it that is the case.
TallbutBuxomly said:
I would also query the m6 situation as the damage looks minimal enough that an insurer would repair so why is it written off by insurer if it that is the case.
Looks like the M6 damage is very localised but heavy - I wonder if it bent the front crash structure.the Cayman looks eminently savable - I assume a boxster bumper and bonnet would fit?
Done a few in my time,the Jag is a piece of piss to repair.
And if you were to repair that yourself,no where near ten grand to repair.
Side repairs are easy,front and rear ends are where the troubles and costs lay.
It`s probably not a good choice if you haven`t done this sort of thing before though.
shoehorn said:
Done a few in my time,the Jag is a piece of piss to repair.
And if you were to repair that yourself,no where near ten grand to repair.
Side repairs are easy,front and rear ends are where the troubles and costs lay.
It`s probably not a good choice if you haven`t done this sort of thing before though.
amazing as it looks horrific And if you were to repair that yourself,no where near ten grand to repair.
Side repairs are easy,front and rear ends are where the troubles and costs lay.
It`s probably not a good choice if you haven`t done this sort of thing before though.
My Dad reshelled a 1600e in the early seventies, did it on the drive he had no garage at the time, cars were a bit simpler then though, and that jag will cost a fortune to fix, door, rear quater panel, wing ,hatch, rear panel,rear bumper, anyone care to tell me how these parts plus all the trim etc will be cheap to buy, plus the potentiol jigging depending on how much boot floor and chasis is f
ked, piss of piss it aint, driveway job it aint.
ked, piss of piss it aint, driveway job it aint.
Me either in which case I am revising my figure upwards on the jag. More up to 15k. Entire side of the car. Boot lid and floor and god knows what else in the floor region (suspension/drivetrain?). Car will most likely need all airbags replacing chassis may be bent.
Sooo many things that could need replacing and do need replacing.
Sooo many things that could need replacing and do need replacing.
You can get bargains with older cars where the cost of a panel is more than its value but frankly if high end metal like that Jag could be repaired without it costing a small fortune then this is exactly what the insurer would have done. It's a myth that insurers pay massively OTT repair costs and Joe Public can always do better - it's the other way round, insurers screw bodyshops to the max on labour rate.
pistonoobs said:
Assuming the rear of the jag was fine, and it was just side impact damage, would anyone have issues with buying and driving it without repairing it? It certainly wouldnt bother me...
It doesn't look - on the basis of those few pics - that the roof line or sill lines have been damaged. So that shouldn't make the repair particularly complicated and won't affect the way the car drives post-repair at all.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff