Would you buy this crashed & repaired car?

Frightening that! I can only assume they buy it in that state for absolute peanuts and can then sell it on once 'repaired' for normal market value (or grey imports to unsuspecting UK people).
 
tbh I found it really disturbing to watch, but I showed a friend who works in a body shop, he said in uk we don't do stuff like that but some of their repairs are ok, if the car is in spot welded box sections and they un-stitch it properly it should be like factory

i dunno though.. that M5 to me looks more like a cut and shut
 
This kind of stuff happens here. Seen this one couple days ago..
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Clarkey said:
This kind of stuff happens here. Seen this one couple days ago..
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ah yes I am sure that person also did a rear quarter on an e92 m3, he did a good job... but I always think will them welds hold up when they chop roofs off and weld a new one back on... I know there is like a support pole/beam in the middle of the pillars but surely that weld is never as strong as factoy
 
Fine if done properly, but theres no way to tell just by looking at it. You'll know a few years down the road if it starts to rust at the seams and fall to bits.
 
My gut reaction would be that the structure (and the integrity of much of the remaining metal) of the car has been changed, as have the load paths through it. Couldn't be trusted in a crash.

Still impressive, though, and can't fault the work (at a glance).
 
Crashing is like a national passtime in Russia, so not suprised there is a lot of business in crash repairs :p

It's one of the places where you can just go and buy a licence over the counter.
 
Seen a few of these videos. They fascinate me and terrify me in equal measure.

I'd love to know what the repair costs are vs the cost of an equal replacement car.
 
Clarkey said:
This kind of stuff happens here. Seen this one couple days ago..
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The name 'Linas Karalius' sounds Lithuanian to me, probably sourcing parts here to be shipped elsewhere for the work to be done abroad. The lower labour rates in Eastern Europe make major accident repair much more affordable, even when taken to extremes. I dare say the regulatory issues with this sort of repair (e.g. cars being declared Cat B/C and so on by insurance companies) are rather more straightforward in a lot of other countries too.
 
Will said:
The name 'Linas Karalius' sounds Lithuanian to me, probably sourcing parts here to be shipped elsewhere for the work to be done abroad. The lower labour rates in Eastern Europe make major accident repair much more affordable, even when taken to extremes. I dare say the regulatory issues with this sort of repair (e.g. cars being declared Cat B/C and so on by insurance companies) are rather more straightforward in a lot of other countries too.
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I Don't think they have catogaries like we do in the UK
 
Exactly thats the point I was making, its a much more 'anything goes' market in many foreign countries :)
 
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