C63 amg cat d.

[The _Don]

Looks too much damage to be only cat d ?

2010 MERCEDES C63 AMG AUTO GREY DAMAGED SALVAGE BUY PARTS 60 REG CAT D | eBay

 

[Will]

Right old mess!

Is it really worth that much?

 

[h17n dj]

wow obviously a **** and couldnt handle it! was probs showing off! no keys? thats strange :S ......... i'd keep away from that

 

[Troon]

Curious that the front bags didn't deploy...

 

[h17n dj]

Curious that the front bags didn't deploy...

yeah i thought that aswel... im sure theres enough damage for them to deploy right!?

 

[A210AMG]

That look very poorly.

they are in the high £20k's now ok for an older one but not sure what that would cost to fix (a lot) plus insurance implications...


Sound a lot for what's left of it

 

[John]

No keys is a bit odd.

Mind you, someone could have nicked the one out of the car after the prang.

You normally get more than one key though.

I imagine they've done the math already and it is going to be expensive to repair unless you can do it yourself.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Curtain airbags have deployed, no way you could fix that and make a profit.

 

[ACID]

car is based local to me, if anyone want more info and i know the guy who is selling , he is a trader and has a bodyshop

Acid

 

[John]

car is based local to me, if anyone want more info and i know the guy who is selling , he is a trader and has a bodyshop

Acid

Why doesn't he repair it and sell it as that?

 

[rob_miller]

And its only a cat d.

 

[Dieselman]

Are we all going soft, why shouldn't it be only Cat-D, it's had a light frontal and some side scratching?

Looks like it got ditched and ran into a post.

 

[Dieselman]

Curious that the front bags didn't deploy...

yeah i thought that aswel... im sure theres enough damage for them to deploy right!?

Doubt it, hardly any damage to the front end, not enough to cause a high level of deceleration.

 

[BenzedUP]

Doubt it, hardly any damage to the front end, .

Are you serious? if so then you need your eyes tested..

Thats not 'hardly' any damage and the side has lots of dents and I bet that has more than just visual damage and could have allot of damage under the car as well.

I doubt that car will ever be perfect again even if it's fixed, only good for parts imo.

 

[Dieselman]

I doubt that car will ever be perfect again even if it's fixed, only good for parts imo.

Good job you're not an insurance assessor then, way, way, too many cars would be getting written off.

That car has light damage.

 

[Will]

How much do you reckon that would cost to repair DM?

All N/S panels, set of wheels, a few tyres, all the front end bits (bonnet, bumper, lights, grilles, radiator/condensor/coolers, slam panel, set of keys, airbags, rear suspension + whatever else you find along the way - then a half-car panel prep and repaint. With new parts you'll be into five figures easliy. Hence it was written off?

Sure, it's repairable, but when it was advertised at twenty-odd grand it seemed a bit of a non-starter to me, and it'll always be a recorded written-off car.

It might well be a category-D, but that's got to be very close to being recorded as a cat-C, the cost to repair that will be substantial. Maybe written off a few months back, and assessed using book prices - which I suspect many C63s and larger engined cars struggle to make these days?

 

[Dieselman]

How much do you reckon that would cost to repair DM?

All N/S panels, set of wheels, a few tyres, all the front end bits (bonnet, bumper, lights, grilles, radiator/condensor/coolers, slam panel, set of keys, airbags, rear suspension + whatever else you find along the way - then a half-car panel prep and repaint. With new parts you'll be into five figures easliy. Hence it was written off?

Sure, it's repairable, but when it was advertised at twenty-odd grand it seemed a bit of a non-starter to me, and it'll always be a recorded written-off car.

It might well be a category-D, but that's got to be very close to being recorded as a cat-C, the cost to repair that will be substantial. Maybe written off a few months back, and assessed using book prices - which I suspect many C63s and larger engined cars struggle to make these days?

I've no doubt about it being a write off, but there seems to be some feeling that this is a badly damaged car and couldn't be put back together again, which is just Drama Queen territory.

It's a cosmetically damaged car that will require a number of high value parts.

Looks like it wants a pair of wheels, n/s body panels, front cross member and radiators, possible jigging to the o/s inner wing (nobody spotted that, which is actually the most serious issue), new bonnet, lights and bumper. possible front subframe.

Not exactly a heavy impact.

I don't agree that would be a Cat-C, there isn't enough high value damage.

 

[Will]

I agree it's perfectly repairable, just not convinced about the economic viability of it - unless by complete chance you have all of the available parts to hand AND own a bodyshop with plenty of time on your hands - then looking at resale value etc.

There's easily £10K+ of damage there, probably more, going with new parts and proper insurance bodyshop rates, easily enough to write it off.

Just replacing those wheels and tyres will cost about £3k alone. At least three are toast - both fronts and the NSR, not sure about the OSR.

What would you estimate the official repair costs to be, using new MB parts and full priced insurance approved bodyshop labour?

 

[Dieselman]

What would you estimate the official repair costs to be, using new MB parts and full priced insurance approved bodyshop labour?

Easily the £10k you mention, but it's cat-D, so not written off on economic grounds, more like because it was under a year old so covered by a New for Old policy.

If the damaged bumper, cross-member and bonnet were stripped off that car would look pretty normal...(well apart from missing the bonnet, bumper, lights and cross-member...)

 

[Will]

I'm just wondering what the official, good-as-new fully approved repair costs would be.

£10k+ is plucked out of thin air, but if you consider everything needed - and a good chunk of labour to repair - it's no wonder they wrote it off insurance-wise. They must have worked it out - huge repair bill!

It's an October 2010 car - so a year and three months old now, if it was written off under a year old it's been hanging around for quite some time - losing a fair bit of value on such a high end/newish car?

It was posted up for well over £20k (something like £23k I think) yesterday. Mint, non-recorded C63s are only £30/40k or thereabouts retail so I think that was very ambitious for a car with such expensive - if not 'extensive' damage

Regarding the cat-C or cat-D markers, it's one of those interesting points - where by in years to come people assume cat-D damage to be very light, but on such a new/higher value vehicle like this it shows you just how much damage can be sustained and still only be marked as a D due to the value. Theoretically if that car was paid out for at £35-40k it could even have £20k+ of damage...