Cat B DBS Superleggera

[dgmx5]

Engine won't start, reason unknown, declared cat B. Crying shame as it looks very tidy, indeed that must be the best looking Cat B I have ever seen.

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/57327219/2019-aston-martin-dbs-superl-sandtoft

 

[Felonious Crud]

A car still under warranty to have an engine that won't start must have a bloody good non-warranted reason for not starting. Hydrolocked?

 

[allandwf]

A car still under warranty to have an engine that won't start must have a bloody good non-warranted reason for not starting. Hydrolocked?

Probably under water. Flooding is the most common cause of CatB

 

[2b1ask1]

Oh that makes me very sad to see as the shell has to be destroyed at Cat-B which is just wrong in this instance... Hope Sop Stu has his eye on it

 

[Oneball]

Says Water/flood. For it to be Cat B it must have been properly flooded and water has got into the structure of the car.

 

[RoaryRati]

Probably under water. Flooding is the most common cause of CatB

It does quote the primary Cat B reason - water/flood damage. And the second reason - front end damage, not that that's visible. And barely 3000 miles

 

[Felonious Crud]

Says Water/flood. For it to be Cat B it must have been properly flooded and water has got into the structure of the car.

Must have fecked the engine, fried the electrics, drenched the interior. A right proper ****-up.

 

[Oneball]

Must have fecked the engine, fried the electrics, drenched the interior. A right proper ****-up.

If water gets into the sills or any box section they Cat B them straight away.

 

[Felonious Crud]

If water gets into the sills or any box section they Cat B them straight away.

What a shame that such a nice car got so irretrievably bollocksed.

 

[CatmanV2]

If water gets into the sills or any box section they Cat B them straight away.

Every Italian car from the 80s then

C

 

[rossyl]

The insurance in this country....policy seems to be to "right it off" whenever you can.

 

[Vampyrebat]

Every Italian car from the 80s then

C

I know Lancia were the innovators for many new things on cars, but I didn't know they were the first to introduce 'Scissor Doors'??!!

 

[IanU]

The photo of the window in the door frame looks a bit skew whiff to me so I don't think it's quite as straight as it used to be either...

 

[Simon1963]

One of the pics shows the doors dropped.

 

[Scaf]

One of the pics shows the doors dropped.

All the same, it breaks your heart to see it written off.
Correctly treated and repaired you would like to think it could have been saved.

 

[Simon1963]

All the same, it breaks your heart to see it written off.
Correctly treated and repaired you would like to think it could have been saved.

I’m with you on that. I suppose it depends if it was in salt water.

 

[dgmx5]

All the same, it breaks your heart to see it written off.
Correctly treated and repaired you would like to think it could have been saved.

I take it that you could not even fit a new engine and keep it for track use. The number of racing cars that are around that still run a tub after a huge off.

 

[2b1ask1]

I take it that you could not even fit a new engine and keep it for track use. The number of racing cars that are around that still run a tub after a huge off.

Cat-B has to have a recorded destruction of the complete shell.

with the one caveat that they can be ‘exported’.

 

[Scaf]

with the one caveat that they can be ‘exported’.

Perhaps that will be it’s destiny then

 

[Wanderer]

If it goes for like 4 grand or something worth it to leave it on the drive for make the neighbours jealous!