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Do you not HPi them before you take them in?

"It's not illegal for a dealer to sell you a car that has been a total loss, provided that you have been made aware of the fact" Taken from HPI website. (item 7) http://www.hpicheck.com/buy_trade.html f**k you all. :)

Yes which is why ive been carefull where I've got my information from. It doesn't work both ways at all as you not being a trader you're not bound to the TRADING regulations!

So the average consumer who upon being told the car they’ve gone to see is a CAT D would just go “ill take it” rather than ask what it means? If the average consumer knew that a car they were looking at had been previously written off then yes i would say it would influence their decision

I really dont see you lot proving me wrong though.

"Misleading omissions 6.—(1) A commercial practice is a misleading omission if, in its factual context, taking account of the matters in paragraph (2)— (a) the commercial practice omits material information, (b) the commercial practice hides material information, (c) the commercial practice...

Read my above post. You're not legally obliged to tell the dealer its up to them to check as you arent classed as a trader. However as i see it they are bound by law to inform the buyer.

There is a section called "misleading omissions" in the the consumer protection from unfair trading regulations 2008 which disagrees with you there.

"Selling a car that has been classified as a category C or D write off without making this clear to the consumer" That implies to me not having to ask.

Trading standards website seems to disagree? “Insurance claims Selling a car that has been classified as a category C or D write off without making this clear to the consumer may be an offence under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and you should report this to your...

Its doesn't in that. That's what I got told that by the dealership we bought the GF's car from. That article just states that its illegal for a trader to sell an accident damaged car without informing the buyer.

Laws changed last year. Trade sellers have to disclose it. There was rumours about a law whereby if its CAT C/D you have to put it in the advert but I'm unsure about this one. Read this if you can be arsed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2010/10/small_car_company.html

Not legally. A trader has to make you aware. They are allowed to sell them but must let you know first.

A garage cant sell you a car being CAT C or D without making you aware of it. Take it back or put it through trading standards. The test in only about £50 but by the sounds of it you didnt pay for a damage / repaired car so i'd be taking it back.

I’m not saying this to be mean or anything as you obviously love your car and seem like a decent enough person but… It looks ridiculous if I saw it in the street I would point and laugh. Fair enough you can’t afford a 1*2 but that doesn’t mean you have to go over the top with what you have...

5 owners wouldn't and didnt put me off. It's less than 1 owner a year and these are the type of cars that change hands often. I've only once had a car for more than a year. I look after y cars much better than anyone I know and chop and change quite a lot. Generally its my friends that keep cars...

They are supposed to be specialists? My GTI-6 used to go sideways way more often than the oh so slow compact

Seems you have completely different experiences to me then. I changed car from a 306 GTI 6 to a 1.8 BMW compact and at the same time i changed address. I wanted fully comp when I changed instead of the third party I had on my 6. The increase they proposed worked out being more expensive than...

Wait till you cancel or make changes to the policy. That's when the hassle starts. There are still the only company I've ever used that took over 6 weeks to issue me a refund.

So you'd rather pay more for a 182 with, scratches, patchy history and an iffy cambelt change but low mileage than buy a tidy one with a good history for much less just because its done 66K miles? Low mileage is nice to have but not in place of tidy condition and a decent history IMO.

I'd bet it condensation. Any oil in the coolant?

I don't thinks it's that common and I'd be willing to bet when it does fail it will be due to the full kit not being replaced on time or where it's not been done properly.

Even as a CAT C i think its worth more than £1500. Its probably worth over the asking price in bits.

Dont know why people are saying stick the standard wheels on, turinis look great.

I blame the fact that a lot are owned by 19 year olds and get written off. Having said that my insurance really wasnt that bad this year!

Mine is in underground car parking so i said secure car park, worked out a hell of a lot cheaper than garaged.

ive got no complaints from them either.

I really want another one better than a 182 in most departments IMO. Trouble is we’ve only room for one car and my GF hated driving my last one :(

Its much getting used to having a car without 6 gears afterwards... Think i found that took the most getting used to with it was not being able to turn right much.

Yeah I used to get over 400miles to a tank IIRC. Might depend on what sort of journeys you do but unless you hammer it everywhere I'd be surprised if you get under 30mpg. Got any plans for it or keeping it as is?