90 Nightmare!

Hi all,

Wondered if anyone could give me some some advice - I need help! I bought a Defender 90 TD5 County last autumn which had been involved in an accident. I rebuilt it with a galvanized chassis and replaced the front wing, everything else was undamaged. Went for its VOSA test and passed fine. I'd planned to sell it on but know one will touch it with a barge pole because of its history.
Anyone know where I'm best to sell? my best course of action? I could do with the cash else i'd keep it myself!
Cheers

wud u buy a car with your landys history ??
put it up fer auction

As you are a new member, Ill help you out , £500 unseen, take all the stress out of it

TreeRat said:

Hi all,

Wondered if anyone could give me some some advice - I need help! I bought a Defender 90 TD5 County last autumn which had been involved in an accident. I rebuilt it with a galvanized chassis and replaced the front wing, everything else was undamaged. Went for its VOSA test and passed fine. I'd planned to sell it on but know one will touch it with a barge pole because of its history.
Anyone know where I'm best to sell? my best course of action? I could do with the cash else i'd keep it myself!
Cheers

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get the repair certificated and HPI will change their records to show it as tested & approved. otherwise stick it on fleabay. and say nowt.

So kind! I might take you up on that if my bad luck continues!!

redhand said:

get the repair certificated and HPI will change their records to show it as tested & approved. otherwise stick it on fleabay. and say nowt.

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what so another entheusiast can end up in the same problem as this guy is red? come on!

I bought a Cat C 90 300TDi a couple of months ago. It had been repaired...basically rebuilt with new wings, doors, tub and roof, so on and so on. The guy had put a lot of time effort and money into it.

I've bought it...maybe even a little on the expensive side...and am doing about 1200 miles a month in it at the moment. Runs great with a strong engine and it's set for a little offroading with a winch and underbody protection too.

The log book says it has been substantially repaired and gives a ID check date.

I bought mine because somene had done all the work I would have probably done myself to one of a similar age and I got it for less than it would have cost overall.

To be honest...I'm not too sure why you're having such a problem.

RAZ8550TDI said:

what so another entheusiast can end up in the same problem as this guy is red? come on!

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Not at all as long as the repairs are carried out properly and inspected by an approved engineer HPI will issue a certificate saying that the vehicle has been fully and safely repaired. They will also alter their records to show that the repairs have been carried out. It will still show as a Cat C but at least the buyer will know it has been properly repaired and doesn't have to rely on the sellers word for it. It also gives the seller a better bargaining point when he tries to sell it.

What I find a little bizarre is the fact that you can look on this website and see many enthusiasts that really go to town on their respective vehicles. Go to town to the point that they effectively dismantle them, weld patches on, repair and strengthen rotted sections of chassis and bulkhead and know that the vehicle will pass an MOT and sell easily if required.

You have a bump that you have to claim insurance on....repair the vehicle professionally...and no-one wants to know.

Tis a bizarre world.

AND...what does a Cat C accident really mean on a 13 year old Landy, (like mine). £2K...£3K?? See how far that gets you with labour charges, never mind parts, paint, garaging, hire car etc. You'd be lucky to get away with quite minor damage to a front headlight surround!!

Disclaimer: No Landrovers were harmed or abused in the making of this post.

Aye it's a fooked up world int it

i dont think its so much the fact that its an accident damaged vehicle. lets face it, like Martian says, we all strip, repair and rebuild our landies, but, they are older vehicles. this is a td5, so its a fairly new landy. you obviously bought this write off on the cheap. granted, you have re chassied it, but its still recorded as a write off, and says so on the log book. give us a few more facts as to why no one is interested. how old is it, how much are you asking. no matter what you have done, it is still a recorded write off so your selling price needs to reflect this.

Yep as Yella says (fine chap you know, I met him once. ) you need to adjust your selling price. About 30% or 40% below average book price is a reasonable price. For a Cat C registered vehicle. If you have the repairs inspected then you could expect to realise 20% to 25% below book price.

Yours thoughtfully

Red Pavee esq.

I once heard it said (think it was on top gear) that a repaired write off would be worth 50% of a similar uncrashed model. I think that's a bit harsh but a lot of people will simply not want to buy it, no matter how well it's been repaired, espescially if it's a fairly recent vehicle.

wrecks to riches was were I saw the figures I quoted.

i reckon yer man has bought this td5 cheap, thinking he will make a nice bit of profit, now the bastard has bit him in the bollocks. shame eh

It is indeed. I find it so tragic when the entrapenurial spirit is thwarted by the harsh reality of econonomics.

I notice our friend has not been very forthcoming with any further details of his current project. Perhaps he feels a little embarrassed by his lack of success in realising a suitable return on his investment.

Yours


Red Pavee esq.

when me and evo had the garage we used to do cat write offs and just worked sitting slightly below book and it always worked, used to get the customer involved and show them exatcly what had been done, alot of the time we picked cars up that was just a bumper and wing repair, and it never detered em