Cat D negatives

[nipod]

Looking for a keeper, what are the long term negatives of buying a cat D

Seen this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-PORSCHE-CAYMAN-S-S-...

[mollytherocker]

That roof was twisted quite badly.

I wouldnt go near it, but if you must, then check it very carefully.

[FrankCayman]

Weird that is an 's' but they haven't colour coded the front lip spoiler...leaving it unpainted like a 2.9.

Personally, I wouldn't touch it. If it's a keeper, borrow some money and buy a straight one!

[Heaveho]

I just bought a cat d 2010 Boxster 3.4 PDK with 12k miles on it. I bought it to repair, and it's currently in having it done. Mainly cosmetic damage with the addition of needing a strut and a water and aircon rad. Really no big deal, and sometimes the car gets written off with little apparent damage due to other costs involved, hire car, injury claims, recovery and storage, etc. I've spoken to the previous owner who was driving at the time of the shunt, great guy, sent me the spare key, and couldn't have been more helpful.

[bigkeeko]

The guy that bought my last car (non Porsche) had just offloaded a cat D gen2 911. A £30k `bargain`. He insisted that the car he was buying from me (non Porsche) was a far better machine than his offloaded cat D dog unaware I was out to buy what he had just sold. But he didn't think of his car as a Cat D. It was a shiny Porsche 911 C2S. A 911 that needed jigged and still wasn't aligned properly having had a few grand spent on it at an OPC and was still unstable at speed but happened only to be a `Cat D`.

A bit like watching a blockbuster movie everyone says is great but on blurry pirate with iffy sound and at the end you didn't think it was that special.

I'm not saying they're all duffers but it could ruin what is a good car.

Edited by bigkeeko on Friday 8th January 22:06

[Heaveho]

It'll ruin what might be a good car if you buy it supposedly already repaired.......the trick is to buy it and repair it yourself,and not take on more than you can reasonably cope with. A good body shop that you know and trust is obviously a bonus. Panel damage and bolt ons are rarely much trouble.

[bigkeeko]

Heaveho said:

It'll ruin what might be a good car if you buy it supposedly already repaired.....

Good point and I agree but a lot of the time that isn't the case and some buyers are just looking to own a marque on a budget so write offs are one way to do it. You've went the right way about it but as you're aware a lot of people maybe couldn't make that option work.

[Heaveho]

bigkeeko said:

Good point and I agree but a lot of the time that isn't the case and some buyers are just looking to own a marque on a budget so write offs are one way to do it. You've went the right way about it but as you're aware a lot of people maybe couldn't make that option work.

Oh yeah, don't disagree with that......the best advice there would be to budget for someone who knows the marque inside out and back to front to look it over in that instance. In fact, that's probably good advice whether repaired or not.

I bought mine on the spur of the moment, but it came spectacularly cheaply due to a screw-up at the ins. company's end, and I'm fortunate enough to know a guy who is Porsche through and through. I get new stuff from the dealer at cost to him, so it maybe makes more sense for me than many. I didn't buy it to keep, I'm not a PDK kind of guy, so it'll be for sale in the summer at the latest, and I'll be able to sell it cheaply, and therefore hopefully easily.