"Damage repairable"

[S205-FTW]

damage repairable
2014 Mercedes C300 W205 LHD Salvage repairable | eBay

Can't see why you'd go through all the hassle and cost of importing that from the US.

 

[lordlee]

Run Forest, run.

 

[NDFR]

damage repairable
2014 Mercedes C300 W205 LHD Salvage repairable | eBay

Can't see why you'd go through all the hassle and cost of importing that from the US.

Insurance fiddle?

 

[Williamwoo]

Repairable? Really? I seriously doubt it.

 

[nb_racing]

And once it is repaired it's still a left hooker, USA spec car...
That's aside from the fact it is RUINED!

 

[noogieman]

these cars are shady imports by Lithuanian maffia, cars are being fixed by non qualified mechanics and then sold to stupeed buyers in europe.
buying salvage cars is like losing money on lottery

 

[S205-FTW]

There's not a straight panel on it!

Surely it can't be economical to repair. Even somewhere with cheap (panel beater) labour.

 

[MercedesDriver]

Filler is not so expensive. It would be lifetime rust free.

 

[Hawkwind]

That'll 'buff out' with a bit of 'T'cut.

 

[martyz]

Now if a UK 205 went "missing" and identifiers from the "repairable" were transferred,it would be a first class "repair" and excellent RHD conversion...
An attractive proposition for the criminals.

 

[markjay]

Repairable means that since the damage was not recorded in the UK there is no reason why the car can't be repaired without any note against it. It does not relate to the economical feasibility of repairing the car.

On another note, we are spoilt here in the UK and West Europe... with a long distribution chain and 20% VAT, and high salaries paid to mechanics, add massive annual depreciation and cars get written-off very very quickly.

We don't beat panels any more because of the ever increasing costs of labour, and because there are less and less people who know how to do this... not because it is not a good way of repairing cars.

To all of you who doubted it's repairable... this type of damage is rutinely repaired in most parts of the world where labour is cheap and new cars heavy taxed.

Just put a team of expert panel beaters to the work for a week and the car will look like new... at the fraction of the cost that an MB dealer charge for replacing every panel.

So it is very much repairable... depending on which part of the world you are in.

 

[Spin_bowler]

damage repairable
2014 Mercedes C300 W205 LHD Salvage repairable | eBay

Can't see why you'd go through all the hassle and cost of importing that from the US.

Especially as you'd have to send it there in the first place. The car is in the UK. Pictures look more like Chorleywood than Hollywood.

 

[scgfull]

Especially as you'd have to send it there in the first place. The car is in the UK. Pictures look more like Chorleywood than Hollywood.

And looking through the words - it states quite clearly that the car is actually located in London - so possibly Northwood rather than Hollywood

Steve

 

[ioweddie]

Scam

 

[Giantvanman]

That screams stolen to me.

"usa import, will be unrecorded once registered here in the uk, vat and duty paid, no key,"

and no mention of documentation. Crashed in the US and put into a container to sell to the unwary here whilst making an insurance claim for theft in the US………..remember, some insurance companies demand the keys for stolen vehicles which could be why they aren't with the car. Scam, criminal, criminal, scam……semantics really.

 

[automaniaman]

So its a report this item then...

 

[a111r]

It'd be pretty damn difficult (if not impossible) to legitimately register a newish, non-EU spec. vehicle in the UK...

 

[S205-FTW]

I get all the above with regards it being fixed up and sold on elsewhere.

What doesn't make sense is why bring it to the UK and publicly put it on eBay? Surely if it was a write off in the US, you'd just send it south to get it straightened and sell on.

Or if it was brought all the way to the UK and really did crash here, then surely you'd just take it to [insert name of Eastern European country with weak law enforcement here] and flog it there for to dodgy connections for cash.

It definitely is in the UK - if you look closely you can see a road name. It's only a couple of miles from me!