Cat D Chim on sale now on PH... safe?
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It's a dealer, he was selling a a 93 5.0 litre Griff recently.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cac...
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cac...
It looks a very nice car, but way over priced for a cat D insurance loss. I have in the past,purchased a TVR S3 that was a cat D loss, but took lots of pictures of the car in its damaged state[which was minimal] and these pics, and obviously the standard of the repaired car, made it easy to sell on.
Does the seller have pics of the damage? If not i would leave well alone, especially at that price!
Being Norwegian, do you fully understand what a cat D insurance loss means? I dont mean to question your intelligence i just want you to be fully aware of the facts concerning cars in this country when they have been declared an insurance loss. It does lower the resale value of any vehicle even if it has been repaired correctly.
Does the seller have pics of the damage? If not i would leave well alone, especially at that price!
Being Norwegian, do you fully understand what a cat D insurance loss means? I dont mean to question your intelligence i just want you to be fully aware of the facts concerning cars in this country when they have been declared an insurance loss. It does lower the resale value of any vehicle even if it has been repaired correctly.
Chimpandtonic said:
It's a dealer, he was selling a a 93 5.0 litre Griff recently.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cac...
Funny looking Griff on that cache link http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cac...
OleVix said:
Just got off the phone with him, he sounded very sure about this being a mint 400.... he didnt know what the accident was or had pics of it since it was years ago. Also said hes had around 20 griffs and chims...
I live close to Mansfield Give me some gas money i will go and have a look..
Cat D's arn't so much of a worry with TVR's as they seem to get written off pretty easily (something to do with specialist repairs required for the bodywork, and insurance companies running a mile). I've seen £15k cars get written off after fairly minor cosmetic damage in recent years.
Only suggestion would be is although you can visually check the bodywork repair easily enough, you're going to want to get the trueness of the chassis checked over by a keen and experienced eye or even a jig.
It's likely if it's sustained an impact, that you'll get get either slight ripples and misalignment in the main chassis and/or breaks in the welds that might not be easily visible but could make your car dangerous in an accident or a blamounge in the handling dept.
Don't be scared off by it, but go in with your eyes open and your negotiation head firmly on as you'll probably be wanting to pay a little less that the asking price he has currently.
Fwiw, I bought mine as a CATd from 98 (it's a 95 car). I had it thoroughly checked over by a specialist which cost a few hundred quid, but I got the car for a couple of grand under it's normal value and it's been a real gem for me.
Only suggestion would be is although you can visually check the bodywork repair easily enough, you're going to want to get the trueness of the chassis checked over by a keen and experienced eye or even a jig.
It's likely if it's sustained an impact, that you'll get get either slight ripples and misalignment in the main chassis and/or breaks in the welds that might not be easily visible but could make your car dangerous in an accident or a blamounge in the handling dept.
Don't be scared off by it, but go in with your eyes open and your negotiation head firmly on as you'll probably be wanting to pay a little less that the asking price he has currently.
Fwiw, I bought mine as a CATd from 98 (it's a 95 car). I had it thoroughly checked over by a specialist which cost a few hundred quid, but I got the car for a couple of grand under it's normal value and it's been a real gem for me.
These guys actaually say then can remove the cat D from your car ..worth spending the money if your selling a cat D car.
http://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
http://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
SILICONEKID340HP said:
These guys actaually say then can remove the cat D from your car ..worth spending the money if your selling a cat D car.
http://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
That's interesting. http://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
I've dropped them a mail to see roughly how much it'd cost.
Not that I'm looking at Selling my P&J now, but never say never, and not having the Cat D moniker attached to it would certainly ease the selling process
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SILICONEKID340HP said:
These guys actaually say then can remove the cat D from your car ..worth spending the money if your selling a cat D car.
http://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
Not correcthttp://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
It just goes from "condition alert"....... To "condition inspected" on the register....
Most people know that condition inspected WAS either a cat C or D before the label was changed
Lunablack said:
SILICONEKID340HP said:
These guys actaually say then can remove the cat D from your car ..worth spending the money if your selling a cat D car.
http://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
Not correcthttp://www.autoligninspections.co.uk/
It just goes from "condition alert"....... To "condition inspected" on the register....
Most people know that condition inspected WAS either a cat C or D before the label was changed
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