zippy320
Well-known member
So last year in December, I saw this car at one of the Durban scrap yards , mandoes if I remember correctly , It was a black e46 320i manual with really really bad front side and offset damage to it . Reason it caught my eye was because it had a BMW fanatics.co.za sticker on the back window. At the time I wondered if it was one of the guys here on the forum , meant to post and ask but forgot about it and the only picture I took was forgotten.
The car was a complete wreak the impact looked so bad that there seemed to be a wrinkle on the roof and through one side , from front to the back tail light, The car looked bent to me and the front end looked like it was sitting on the floor , There was no way a car like this would been rebuilt i thought, to me was to far gone. And I had asked if they were stripping it and they said "its still in clearing but most probably they would , its to bad"
This afternoon , to my surprise, I see the car again, at another yard being rebuilt , I was shocked . Could not believe it was the same car , I took a closer look and it was . Why would someone in their right mind want to repair a car like that? Wouldn't it be more economical to buy another then repair a car like this?
I know that this was an insurance write off ,and the old owner was probably paid out for it, The car has no sentimental value to the new owner and person rebuilding it , as his the security guard for the new scrap yard that its at, so I cant understand why one would do such a thing or how a car like this could still be allowed on our roads.
His made much progress on it as well! Poor workman ship but its taking shape again.
At what degree of damage does the law state a car can not be rebuilt but must be scrapped?
Only picture I took
The car was a complete wreak the impact looked so bad that there seemed to be a wrinkle on the roof and through one side , from front to the back tail light, The car looked bent to me and the front end looked like it was sitting on the floor , There was no way a car like this would been rebuilt i thought, to me was to far gone. And I had asked if they were stripping it and they said "its still in clearing but most probably they would , its to bad"
This afternoon , to my surprise, I see the car again, at another yard being rebuilt , I was shocked . Could not believe it was the same car , I took a closer look and it was . Why would someone in their right mind want to repair a car like that? Wouldn't it be more economical to buy another then repair a car like this?
I know that this was an insurance write off ,and the old owner was probably paid out for it, The car has no sentimental value to the new owner and person rebuilding it , as his the security guard for the new scrap yard that its at, so I cant understand why one would do such a thing or how a car like this could still be allowed on our roads.
His made much progress on it as well! Poor workman ship but its taking shape again.
At what degree of damage does the law state a car can not be rebuilt but must be scrapped?
Only picture I took
