Buying a Category S Car
Discussion
ninjag said:
charltjr said:
Price difference is way too low to justify getting a Cat S car IMO.
Unless you’ve a fully itemised damage report and bodyshop repair bill how do you know what’s been done to it and what it needed? How do you know it’s not been repaired as cheaply as possible with dodgy shortcuts being taken - e.g. welding new bits into the crash structure rather than completely replacing it.
They are cheap for a reason, it’s all about how comfortable people are with risk vs cost and an awful lot of buyers are (not unreasonably) extremely risk averse.
This is the thing, many moons ago I bought an Astra SRI saloon (back when SRI actually meant better performance) from a local mechanic but unknown to me the chassis had been welded, and obviously badly because it ripped apart on a corner - thankfully not high speed. Just not worth it when structural. Unless you’ve a fully itemised damage report and bodyshop repair bill how do you know what’s been done to it and what it needed? How do you know it’s not been repaired as cheaply as possible with dodgy shortcuts being taken - e.g. welding new bits into the crash structure rather than completely replacing it.
They are cheap for a reason, it’s all about how comfortable people are with risk vs cost and an awful lot of buyers are (not unreasonably) extremely risk averse.
wack said:
If you can get a straight one for 9k that's a 6k car on a Cat S , 12k I'd go to 8-9k but no more , also you'll have to keep it or there's no saving to be made in the short term
If you know the history and have seen pictures and the price is right CAT cars can be a considerable saving but in reality the saving is lost when selling on if you don't run it into the ground, as an example I have a 2015 mercedes B class ,cat C bought at just under a year old fully repaired, had it 2 years so thought about changing it
a straight one is 12k , they offered me 6k against a 35k Mustang which I declined.
The exact car I was looking at would most likely be around £10,500 non Cat S, but it would've definitely had higher mileage. If you know the history and have seen pictures and the price is right CAT cars can be a considerable saving but in reality the saving is lost when selling on if you don't run it into the ground, as an example I have a 2015 mercedes B class ,cat C bought at just under a year old fully repaired, had it 2 years so thought about changing it
a straight one is 12k , they offered me 6k against a 35k Mustang which I declined.
It comes with full service history and I've seen pictures, look very minor.
Thanks for your help.
Chap, you say your not planning on keeping it long, but you might be keeping it long if no one wants to buy it - or you take a bath and lose a shed load.
If you really really want the car I’d have your mate say straight off that he thinks it a minger whether he does or not to try and un-nerve the seller.
Or some other strategy to peg it down as that’s what you’ll be faced with in 6 months when y want shot.
If you really really want the car I’d have your mate say straight off that he thinks it a minger whether he does or not to try and un-nerve the seller.
Or some other strategy to peg it down as that’s what you’ll be faced with in 6 months when y want shot.
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