997 gt3 comfort but cat D....

[jason61c]

Lovely looking 997 gt3, very low milage(under 10k miles), comfort spec, however cat D when 6 months old.

How do you value something like that? Same owner since he bought it damaged at 6 months old. Normally circa 20-25% off a car without a marker?

[dibblecorse]

Lots of variables here, main red flag for me is that a right off usually happens at 60% of the cars value, which at 6 months old will have been a huge sum so the damage must have been substantial..

Does it have a full picture book showing the damage and the repair as well as all the invoice documentation?

Without that I personally wouldn't pay 65% of a clean ones value. With a that inthing its still down 25%

[shantybeater]

As above thats a big knock. If you can get photos of the write off you will know what to inspect to see if it’s been repaired properly.

[Koln-RS]

Quite a few insurance companies will replace ‘with new’ if a new car suffers significant damage during the first 12 months.
It may well have been easily repairable for less than 25% of value, but the insured may have wanted a new replacement.
However, the stigma of Cat D will live with the car forever, even if it had been repaired by Porsche and impeccably maintained for the rest of its life.

[LemonTart]

If you know the registration number it would be worth searching the GT3 avoidance thread on PH.

Ditto googling the reg number might throw something up.

[jason61c]

dibblecorse said:

Lots of variables here, main red flag for me is that a right off usually happens at 60% of the cars value, which at 6 months old will have been a huge sum so the damage must have been substantial..

Does it have a full picture book showing the damage and the repair as well as all the invoice documentation?

Without that I personally wouldn't pay 65% of a clean ones value. With a that inthing its still down 25%

If it was a cat C, I'd agree, however cat D, its more incase they can't see any issues, not glaring chassis bending ones that make it a C?