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  • bartolomeus
    S2Forum Extremist
    • Jan 2009
    • 1475
    • Country: Romania

    #1

    44k miles S2 for sale on eBay

    I saw this car on eBay

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1209229861...ht_1213wt_1396

    Can someone please explain what "cat c" means? I know that it suffered a damage... but I don't know how much the damage was.
  • driftin jo
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Sep 2007
    • 2222
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #2
    Cat C write off, the insurer deemed it uneconomical to repair, it may be put back on the road legally.
    It isn't always that bad as if you crash a car and it is worth £3000 and you smash both headlights and bumper and bonnet are bent then the repair bill could easily be over £1500 with paint and labour and the insurance company would most likely write it off as is the norm if it is more than 50% of the value of the car.

    In this case however the seller says it was declared cat C in 1998 and says, 'does it matter at this age', my take on this is if it had just been declared cat C now in 2012 then it wouldn't have taken much damage as the value is relatively low but in 1998 when an S2 would have been worth quite a lot of money it must have been smashed to **** to get a cat C write off.

    Even with it's low mileage I would think it's worth less than half what he is asking due to the cat C.

    169 HP ? Maybe the turbo fell of when it was wrote off and they didn't bother fitting another


    Caveat emptor.

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    • Error404
      Super Moderator
      • Mar 2007
      • 19789
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      I agree this car would have been worth about 20k in 1998, so its had a big smash to write it off!
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      • Trist28
        S2Forum Maniac
        • Dec 2008
        • 725
        • Home: United Kingdom Current: Wales

        #4
        Originally posted by Error404
        I agree this car would have been worth about 20k in 1998, so its had a big smash to write it off!
        Agreed - Exactly what I thought. Prob worth 2K really! I managed to get 3K for a Cat C Avant and that was 4 years ago!

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        • Fat Audi 80
          Super Moderator
          • Jan 2004
          • 10547
          • Country: England

          #5
          Ten large for that? Looks average condition to me at best. More like 4k on a good day.
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          • s2driveruk
            Super Moderator
            • Jul 2003
            • 12696
            • Country: England

            #6
            prep looks average at best and as you say looks more like a £4-5k motor. He does say he's no idea where to price it but £10k is way over.
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            • SteveH
              Super Moderator
              • Jul 2003
              • 4460
              • Country: United Kingdom

              #7
              He's a dreamer at 10K!
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              • gripper
                S2Forum Extremist
                • Jun 2008
                • 1156
                • Country: United Kingdom

                #8
                Seems about right
                £1700 for this


                Or £10000 for that

                For what this cost me so far I could have bought an S2

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                • driftin jo
                  S2Forum Fiend
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 2222
                  • Country: United Kingdom

                  #9
                  Originally posted by s2driveruk
                  prep looks average at best and as you say looks more like a £4-5k motor. He does say he's no idea where to price it but £10k is way over.
                  The thing that gets me is he says, 'ive been in the trade for forty years and haven't a clue what its true value is' , WTF, so 40 years selling cars and he does not no how to determine there value, what a complete lying cockend :corey: .

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                  • anthonys2
                    S2Forum Possessed
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 3512
                    • Country: England

                    #10
                    Guys a dreamer and obviously not a clue what a S2 is?????? and 10k WTF??!!

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