s3 cat d

[S3 NAH]

i am thimking of buying a audi s3 on a 51 plate, it is cat d and has 7,000 miles on the clock, the car is immaculate and there are no gaps in the body work.
the car that was wriiten of by the insurance has had all of its bits put in to a new shell rather than repair the body work.
what sort of price am i looking to pay for this motor and what is the bhp 210 or 225.
ps. what do insurances say about cat d cars

 

[madvw]

how does putting it in a new shell work? I would have thought that a new shell would have a different VIN, and hence be a different car?

 

[S3 NAH]

i dont know what the owner has done, but all engine numbers and vin numbers have been changed with dvla and nothing but cat d has come up on the hpi check

 

[monkeytrousers]

If it were me .... I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.

 

[S3 NAH]

because its cat d or because its been put into a new shell?

 

[millsyd]

i had my fiesta and they was going to reshell it and you can take the vin and other plates with you and they usually give you a new number for the shell, if it was done by a pro it should be top notice, you would have to get a quote and a engineers report to go with the car due to the amount % of parts beeing changed over diffrent parts get diffrent point.

 

[S3 NAH]

it had an engineers report done and has been on the road for the last 8 months, you have not got an idea of the price of these cat d cars?

 

[Mo-S3]

If its had to have a new shell then you can pretty much guarantee that the damage was very heavy! The audi shells can only be bought brand new and are over £8k+vat!
No one in the right mind would re-shell a car unless the damage was extensive.
Re-shelling a car involves stripping the original car down to every nut bolt and grommet and then re-building it back onto the new shell.
Leave it alone!!

 

[col6821]

5 years old
7k miles
Cat D
Walk away.......
There's plenty of good quality used S3's available.

 

[jojo]

If you buy it, you won't be able to sell it.... think about it!

 

[Lovegroover]

If you buy it, you won't be able to sell it.... think about it!

My thoughts exactly, i'd personally steer well clear of any re-shelled car.
The fact it has only done 7k in 5 years just doesn't ring true.

 

[god_thats_quick]

If the price is right and it drives well then it'd be a go-er for me, however the price being right would have to make it the cheapest S3 ever and it'd have to be spotless and as others have said remember come re-sale time it'll be a nightmare.

Just think it's got to be cheaper than the equivelent car by an ammount worth the unknown factor and the hassle come sale time.

Just remember one thing if this has been done right down to the bolt (and was an Audi Shell) this could be the best condition lowest mileage S3 around.

 

[S3 NAH]

WOULD IT BE A BARGIN TO PICK THIS MOTOR UP FOR £8000 AFTER IT HAS HAD AN INSPECTION BY AN AUDI REPAIR SPECIALIST?

 

[Paul-RS6]

walk away.

 

[rickparmar]

you can get a used decent S3 for around 9k, no point in buying a car thats been re shelled. you will have problems later

 

[robthehungrymonkey]

Hmmm, I don't think there's anything too wrong with a cat d car, but it would have to be a complete bargain, and have a proper report along with it. You'd also have to be prepared to run it into the ground if you had to, resale would be awful, just look at how many people have said leave it on this post.

I actually drive a CAT D Volvo, but that was written off because of the bodywork and vovlo's excessive parts prices. And only cost £700

 

[john_cook]

have had a cat D car in the past and I would never go back. Although the car performed well and looked great the problem was when things went wrong on it. For instance, my car was still under warranty but because it was cat D various things weren't covered just because it was cat D so I had to pay big bucks. Managed to sell it back to the garage I bought it from and lost a few grand but could have been so much worse. Stay away from it mate, save up and buy a car with a clean history. You wont regret that.

cook

 

[MikeA3]

i wouldn't touch it personally, you will have to sell it at some point and would be lucky to find a buyer - look how long the cat D s3's stay on ebay or autotrader - there's very little demand as most buyers would be concerned about the effect of the accident regardless of the engineers report

better to get a good example for around £9k

 

[Buster]

Like everyone else says, walk away!!!

I had a cat D BMW coupe that I got very cheap, car had been fully repaired but when I came to sell it nobody was interested. It took months to sell and I even thought about scrapping it because nobody was interested, in the end I managed to sell it but made a £5000 loss, even garages wouldn't take it as a trade in