I have repaired over 50 salvage cars and would NEVER EVER buy a stolen recovered because you just don't know what it's been subjected to.The gear box may have been crashed,the engine thraped ,the wheels bent after being driven over the roughest ground.My advice would be to AVOID taking on a stolen recovered. They are often over priced anyway because they 'look' alright.
@cwwiss1 Yeah you can. If it's got kerbed it'll be visible, else you can check by jacking the car and spinning it. It'll wobble if bent. You can also tell if it's got a flat and no visible tyre damage, that could mean the rim of the wheel is bent away from the tyre and letting air out, but then the tyre usually comes off too... either way it's not as simple as "don't buy ever". Mine was stolen recovered, three years later all I've ever done is new driver's side window.
@doritostheking The problem with the wheels may only manifest itself at speed with vibration even though the wheel looks fine. If you have a stolen recovered and it's proved okay then you have got a car you can sell at a profit..good on ya.
All I was saying is that buying a s/r is a gamble. With a simple crashed car the damage is fairly obvious..you know what you're getting.
The only other advice I would give to anyone contemplating buying a 'write off' is TAKE YOUR TIME there's plenty
Stolen recovered cars are great. I've had 3 in the past. A rover 214SLi and 2 Cavalier 1.8's.
My first Cav was the biggest bargain as it was very mangled at the front, but had no structural damage at all. £150 at auction, no reserve. £400 later, with matching panels/lights/bumper/radiator and a full service i was driving in a car which would have been (at the time) about £2000 from a dealer. Sweet! In the end though I wrote it off taking a corner too fast in the rain..... I miss that car.
If you know what you are doing and have contacts in the trade, you can save yourself a fortune. All the damge on the Mercedes, is just cosmetic. If it's not structural or severely mechanical, then it's probably quite a cheap fix.
I have repaired over 50 salvage cars and would NEVER EVER buy a stolen recovered because you just don't know what it's been subjected to.The gear box may have been crashed,the engine thraped ,the wheels bent after being driven over the roughest ground.My advice would be to AVOID taking on a stolen recovered. They are often over priced anyway because they 'look' alright.
Quentin ,my friend, you got this one very wrong.
cwwiss1 3 months ago
@cwwiss1 Bollocks mate, if you can't tell when wheels are bent you're blind.
doritostheking 2 months ago
@doritostheking you can't tell if wheels are 'bent' until you test drive it .Something salvage yards won't let you do.
cwwiss1 2 months ago
@cwwiss1 Yeah you can. If it's got kerbed it'll be visible, else you can check by jacking the car and spinning it. It'll wobble if bent. You can also tell if it's got a flat and no visible tyre damage, that could mean the rim of the wheel is bent away from the tyre and letting air out, but then the tyre usually comes off too... either way it's not as simple as "don't buy ever". Mine was stolen recovered, three years later all I've ever done is new driver's side window.
doritostheking 2 months ago
@doritostheking The problem with the wheels may only manifest itself at speed with vibration even though the wheel looks fine. If you have a stolen recovered and it's proved okay then you have got a car you can sell at a profit..good on ya.
All I was saying is that buying a s/r is a gamble. With a simple crashed car the damage is fairly obvious..you know what you're getting.
The only other advice I would give to anyone contemplating buying a 'write off' is TAKE YOUR TIME there's plenty
cwwiss1 2 months ago
tomvill 3 months ago
0:14 - You'd have thought that the owner would have taken his dog out of the car BEFORE the car was taken to the scrappy?! LOL
jmmullarkey1 4 months ago 3
Stolen recovered cars are great. I've had 3 in the past. A rover 214SLi and 2 Cavalier 1.8's.
My first Cav was the biggest bargain as it was very mangled at the front, but had no structural damage at all. £150 at auction, no reserve. £400 later, with matching panels/lights/bumper/radiator and a full service i was driving in a car which would have been (at the time) about £2000 from a dealer. Sweet! In the end though I wrote it off taking a corner too fast in the rain..... I miss that car.
TheYorkMan 6 months ago
Write not rite.
ajuk1 1 year ago
That Benz needs two door skins and a fender...that's it.
whoohaaXL 1 year ago
I do miss Quentin.
Stitch216 1 year ago 9
God almighty look at that 1989 Metro at 4:42! The back end's mostly all gone! :O
dannyisso 1 year ago 2
If you know what you are doing and have contacts in the trade, you can save yourself a fortune. All the damge on the Mercedes, is just cosmetic. If it's not structural or severely mechanical, then it's probably quite a cheap fix.
1100HondaCB 1 year ago
AAHHHHH, wrecked Ferrari, even if it is only a 348.
DeanoTheLegend87 1 year ago 5
@DeanoTheLegend87 and even if the cost of repairs is well into 5 digits
kernals12 1 month ago
absaloutly brilliant dojg this to my 1987 vw polo classic
MrJezza31 1 year ago
Brilliant!
OleVanDole 1 year ago