Cat C Damage

[scoodenbuzz]

Hi all

New to the forum and what good info there is..
I need some assistance, seen a nice Chimera with cat c damage, the ad quotes light front panel damage and professional repair.
Thoughts and comments are welcomed. Please give me a run down to delve further or stay clear.

Cheers
Adam

[EggsBenedict]

what sort of assistance do you want? Which Chim is it? Got a link?

[scoodenbuzz]

Thanks the link is- http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2632817.htm

Yhe guy tells me it was only light frontal damage but a cat c generally means that the repair is worth more than the cars value. Doesn't seem right to me.
Am I reading this right, what do you think?

Cheers


Adam

[Aussie John]

This dealer seems to have a good reputation so I can't see him losing this by selling a bad one. There have been a lot of cat c cars with little damage and lots of threads on here with pros and cons of cat cars, best have a look at it.

[Oggs]

Aussie John said:

This dealer seems to have a good reputation

Barnet TVR used to look after service/ repair his cars prior to sale

[EggsBenedict]

Yep, have a look. It looks nice to me (bit bling in places - note indicator stalks and so on), but I actually like the exhaust conversion (which I'm sure others won't). Interior looks good, boot looks scruffy - you can tell this by yourself though. It's clearly had a total respray at some point, and he didn't put the badges back, and that V8 logo at the back looks a bit gash to me.

On the Cat C, I can tell you that this damage on the leading edge of my bonnet is 600 sovs worth by itself quoted from someone very reasonable:



If there is cause to have to buy new panels then costs could mount up pretty quickly.

As others have said, this dealer seems to get cars and knock them out for pretty reasonable prices compared to other dealers.

Thanks,

Ben

Edited by EggsBenedict on Tuesday 3rd May 12:35

ETA: An S owner with a 2.9 litre V6 should give you good money for that plate!

Edited by EggsBenedict on Tuesday 3rd May 12:40