no log book ?

Fr0dders · 17 Jul 2007 at 19:52

is this legit or is it nicked ?

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/200674.htm

jamief · 17 Jul 2007 at 19:57

Maybe stolen, maybe not. I would personally give it a very wide berth though! Not worth taking a risk.

Lashout_UK · 17 Jul 2007 at 20:08

It's because a Catagory B car can never be returned to the road, it is sold to a breaker only to be scrapped.

"A vehicle from which spare parts may be salvaged, but the bodyshell should be crushed and the car should never return to the road. "

Hence no V5 - it's no longer a road car and can never see the road again. Technically it should be long gone and the breakers should probably get a bit of stick for privately selling........

danza · 17 Jul 2007 at 20:51

Lashout_UK said:
It's because a Catagory B car can never be returned to the road, it is sold to a breaker only to be scrapped.

"A vehicle from which spare parts may be salvaged, but the bodyshell should be crushed and the car should never return to the road. "

Hence no V5 - it's no longer a road car and can never see the road again. Technically it should be long gone and the breakers should probably get a bit of stick for privately selling........

That's weird...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-BMW-330C...72QQihZ001QQcategoryZ9837QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That 330ci was a CAT B, how do you go about being allowed to run it on the road again? :confused:

Foghorn Leghorn · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:11

danza said:
That's weird...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-BMW-330C...72QQihZ001QQcategoryZ9837QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That 330ci was a CAT B, how do you go about being allowed to run it on the road again?

Its been reshelled......alledgedly.

Fog

thecremeegg · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:59

well to be fair it looks good from the outside lol

laissez-faire · 18 Jul 2007 at 11:41

What exactly is a shell? What are the different categories of write-off?

Lopéz · 18 Jul 2007 at 11:50

laissez-faire said:
What exactly is a shell? What are the different categories of write-off?

http://www.cabmasters.com/Vauxhall Tigra Bodyshell.jpg

Burned_Alive · 18 Jul 2007 at 12:04

It does say track car only, guess its perfectly legit to use it as a track car, so long as you never drive it on the road.

Dogbreath · 18 Jul 2007 at 12:14

Burned_Alive said:
It does say track car only,

Absolutely, it's perfectly clear if you read the advert that this car can not legaly be driven on the road.

laissez-faire · 18 Jul 2007 at 12:38

Lopéz said:
http://www.cabmasters.com/Vauxhall Tigra Bodyshell.jpg

So I'm guessing any shoddy repairs to that will make the car pretty lethal if it has another major crash? Didn't 5th gear do something with a new focus and an old one where the old one was a cut+shut? (is that what it is called when they join two cars together?)

Lopéz · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:13

laissez-faire said:
So I'm guessing any shoddy repairs to that will make the car pretty lethal if it has another major crash? Didn't 5th gear do something with a new focus and an old one where the old one was a cut+shut? (is that what it is called when they join two cars together?)

No, reshelling means you take a brand new shell and put all the bits from the old car onto it. The complete opposite of a shoddy repair/cut and shut.

laissez-faire · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:30

Q: hello this is a beautiful car, looks great, can you tell me if the car was reshelled or was the shell repaired. thanks for your time 30-Jun-07
A: hi there, a new bodyshell was put on (not all parts need replacing tho, just the ones affected in the accident) thanks M

Sounds dodgy. I simply don't believe that by the time a new shell had been purchased it would have been cost effective to move every single part on the vehicle across.

al123 · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:34

I know someone that had a brand new Merc E320 written off because someone poured paint stripper over it, he said that a new shell for it was £20k+ but I don’t know if that was bs or not.

That BMW seller sounds a bit dodgy..

laissez-faire · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:37

al123 said:
I know someone that had a brand new Merc E320 written off because someone poured paint stripper over it, he said that a new shell for it was £20k+ but I don’t know if that was bs or not.

That BMW seller sounds a bit dodgy..

Surely that would have just been a respray?

al123 · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:43

laissez-faire said:
Surely that would have just been a respray?

Nope Merc offer a lifetime body guarantee (think its lifetime?) and because it damaged the metal it couldn’t be repaired to their standards. I know for a fact it was written off he got a new Range Rover Sport instead.

Burned_Alive · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:45

laissez-faire said:
Sounds dodgy. I simply don't believe that by the time a new shell had been purchased it would have been cost effective to move every single part on the vehicle across.

Plus if it was a new shell, it would/should be road legal.

Fr0dders · 18 Jul 2007 at 21:04

Lashout_UK said:
It's because a Catagory B car can never be returned to the road, it is sold to a breaker only to be scrapped.

"A vehicle from which spare parts may be salvaged, but the bodyshell should be crushed and the car should never return to the road. "

Hence no V5 - it's no longer a road car and can never see the road again. Technically it should be long gone and the breakers should probably get a bit of stick for privately selling........

ahh

I see.

least the advert is clear and priced to reflect its value.

djbenjo · 18 Jul 2007 at 21:18

Burned_Alive said:
Plus if it was a new shell, it would/should be road legal.

Cat B can NEVER be put back on the road.

silversurfer · 18 Jul 2007 at 21:35

al123 said:
Nope Merc offer a lifetime body guarantee (think its lifetime?) and because it damaged the metal it couldn’t be repaired to their standards. I know for a fact it was written off he got a new Range Rover Sport instead.

How can paint stripper damage metal. Sounds like a bargain for anyone with a bit of paint tbh