Cat D 2 Seater Strad Anyone?

Strad

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Everything about it looks damaged and/or tired, wouldn’t go near it for the road at any price. If the price dropped enough, might be interesting to someone as a track-toy project ….??
 

GeoffCapes

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Having had a proper look at the advert pics there is just so much wrong with that car, it just screams "RUN AWAY"!!!!

As a brief summary (on top of the above).

Bonnet alignment
Side skirts not fitted properly/bent
Passenger side headlight looks sunken
Rear bumper alignment
Boot alignment!
Right hand exhaust pipe not centred
Broken badges
Is that a standard GT steering wheel and not a Strap one? or did Strad have boggo standard steering wheels as well?

Looks like it's been poorly repaired (cheaply) and abused.

Might be better off scrapping it and selling it for parts!
 
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Having had a proper look at the advert pics there is just so much wrong with that car, it just screams "RUN AWAY"!!!!

As a brief summary (on top of the above).

Bonnet alignment
Side skirts not fitted properly/bent
Passenger side headlight looks sunken
Rear bumper alignment
Boot alignment!
Right hand exhaust pipe not centred
Broken badges
Is that a standard GT steering wheel and not a Strap one? or did Strad have boggo standard steering wheels as well?

Looks like it's been poorly repaired (cheaply) and abused.

Might be better off scrapping it and selling it for parts!
Ha ha…. Missed the steering wheel. That’s off a QP or Granturismo pre 2013 or when they went to sport from GTS. Mine had an Alcantara steering wheel. Can’t for the life of me work out why it has not got the correct steering wheel and paddles…
 

safrane

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Suspect it had a front end collision and the airbag went off... and this is there 'cheep' repair
 

dgmx5

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Suspect it had a front end collision and the airbag went off... and this is there 'cheep' repair

Is the airbag on the Stradale wheel different to the non-Stradale? I would have thought you just keep the wheel and change the airbag.
 

Scaf

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I have a feeling the wheel on the two seat Strad was same as the original Granturismo so that may well be the correct one.
 

hashluck

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It's Still up for sale...at £31,500... V121RAK V 121 RAK

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209229990358

A bargain for someone who can live with CAT D.,
Well not really a bargain given all the above. Less than double this asking price will find you a 2-Seater Stradale with less miles and no issues or CAT marker. You may have to be patient (are there any other 2-Seater Sradales for sale at the moment?). If this car is all the buyer has budget for then the prospective buyer would be better off with a really nice Granturismo MC-Shift. Seems this car will eventually end up in the hands of someone who cannot really afford to run it and it will not end well. Hope I am wrong and someone buys it to keep for ever.

Rant on the ad - why is the dealer not documenting the CAT marker and colour change in their ad instead of leaving it for a a prospective buyer (mug) to pick it up in the Autotrader history check. No mention at all in the Pistonheads ad I could see.
 

Felonious Crud

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Young Dicky G has a helluva stocklist at the moment. There's nothing on there I wouldn't happily have, and the Cali T in particular is a helluva lot of car for the money.