What a combo!!!

[davidbilyk]

Just seen this on C&C, shame it's a cat d!

MERCEDES SL500, AUTO For Sale (1996) on Car And Classic UK

 

[whitenemesis]

Wow, that I like!!

What's the thing with Cat D? How does one make it road legal / insurable?

 

[d w124]

How can you like that bodykit?
The interior is aftermarket

 

[Bellow]

Wow, that I like!!

What's the thing with Cat D? How does one make it road legal / insurable?

Oh... The Mudster question...

(I mentioned the war but I think I got away with it).

 

[whitenemesis]

How can you like that bodykit?
The interior is aftermarket

The body kit could come off, not sure but the interior is

 

[mercedescl500]

Been for sale quite a few times, and naturally it was discussed here. The car was originally fitted with a full on Zeemax bodykit.

clinky to previous thread

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/spotted-ebay/67243-interesting-zeemax-sl500.html

 

[mercedescl500]

Im sure a well liked car trader on this forum will pitch in shortly with some info ! 3...2....1........

 

[tpwuk]

M3 Mirrors...nice....not!

 

[d w124]

M3 Mirrors...nice....not!

[S-TAG]Nooooooooo[/S-TAG]

 

[nick mercedes]

Wow, that I like!!

What's the thing with Cat D? How does one make it road legal / insurable?

It is road legal and insurable, only any claim will reflect the cat d status.

But on old ones its not much of a problem.

 

[harry_dhuga]

I like this car - it's def different and not for the shy type...!!!

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Cat-d just means you will receive bottom buck when making an insurance claim.
Some people don't like to know the fact that there car has been in an accident etc etc....

 

[jaymanek]

I sold this car before it was a Cat D, it appears again, at least the third time since i sold it..

When I had it, it was a real show stopper.

Since then its lost those wonderful alloys, been crashed, been repossesed and been through a few traders.

Last time a dealer rang me with it, he was only looking for 4K to clear the thing, at this point the car had one of the zeemax alloys missing.

I originally sold it for over 15K from memory and I had a lot of people after it...

It really was stunning in the flesh, doesnt look right now though.

 

[G55AMG]

Cat-d just means you will receive bottom buck when making an insurance claim.
Some people don't like to know the fact that there car has been in an accident etc etc....

Some insurers will not insure at all if it's Cat C or D - you have to check their terms pretty thoroughly these days to be sure

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Some insurers will not insure at all if it's Cat C or D - you have to check their terms pretty thoroughly these days to be sure

TBH I tend to steer away from them when trading, mostly because of pitfalls like this.