just found out my cars cat c ????

[steve94]

just bought my first car a Clio 1.2 dynamic sent the new owners slip away and its come back saying it needs a vic (vehicle inspection check) before i can get the log book as its been accident damage cat c, what do i do just payed £1200 for it thinking its all good and being hit with this if id known when i was looking a wouldn't of bought it, anyway the person who i got it of said the best they can do is pay for the vic check so do i get it done and sell it and save up and buy another or what im extremely pissed at this and dont even want the car any more a mean its a good runner etc been using it a few weeks but also it has two little kind of bumps on the roof each side next to the sunroof do all clio mk2 have these or is it of it beeing crashed any help much appreciated just feel like packing this car stuff in

 

[Sir_Dave]

Did u not hpi it before you bought it?

 

[TimR26]

Did you buy private or from a dealer?

 

[andywa]

If it was a private sale then your stuffed I'm afraid.

 

[ColinG]

You should ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS hpi check a car before you buy one

Not only could it be cat c/d etc but it could have finance owned on it or be stolen recovered etc...

Its a mistake you will only make once I'm sure

 

[steve94]

yer ano but you trust people and a took him at his word saying it hasn't been damaged etc so a didn't bother and yer it was privet but a lesson a wont forget, the text thing is only £3 aswell

 

[TimR26]

yer ano but you trust people and a took him at his word saying it hasn't been damaged etc so a didn't bother and yer it was privet but a lesson a wont forget, the text thing is only £3 aswell

Have you HPI'd it now?

 

[Gally]

Oh dear.

 

[172Ben]

Don't do the £3 ones, do a proper one!

Not much you can do now really

 

[steve94]

yer done the text check every things good except the cat c and it says no record of a vic inspection

 

[steve94]

how do you do a proper one so i know for next time

 

[172Ben]

Hpicheck.com I think

 

[ColinG]

Proper one will set you back about £20, think of it in terms of fuel money, it's such a small amount in the grand scheme of buying a car it's crazy not to

Also the text checks do not give out finance information etc

 

[Christopher]

Lesson learned.

 

[Gildstar]

Even if he said it had never been damaged just remember , everybody lies, only thing you can do now is just get the VIC done either sell the car on and be truthful or keep the car and not let it bother you.

 

[steve94]

yer think il just have to get it checked and keep it to be fair it is lovely car, looks good and runs perfect but will defiantly check in future car buying defiantly worth the £20 and does anyone know how much the vic costs

 

[172Ben]

VIC only checks id of the car not how good the repair is by the way, it's about £40

 

[andywa]

^ As above vic is £41

 

[Tiger260]

What a complete s**t for doing that.
Ok, it's one thing not disclosing if not asked (not that I would even do that tbh ), but to tell lies like that is really cuntish.

 

[Stefan.]

sorry to sound so harsh, but not doing the most basic thing is just plain stupid. trust no one!!!

 

[Bluebeard]

The way you've described it, the guy you bought it off crashed it, claimed insurance money, repaired it, sold it.

It is a very very cuntish thing to do.

Sadly though, as long as people like you keep buying cars without checking properly (not just taking a fat mate who used to work at kwikfit!) then there will be people like this.

If I was in your position, i'd drive the heap of s**t back to his house and get my money back. If that means dragging him out of his front door by his neck then so be it.

If he's done this, I can guarantee that he's made a complete bodge up of the repair.

 

[Šįk]

^+1

 

[richd]

i do feel for you but dont loose heart, get a full inspection of the car!

 

[.GAZ.]

Luckily for you it was only a £1200 car, imagine spending £10k+ and finding that out.

Anyway, massive fail for not HPI'ing it.

Lesson learned.

 

[Steve]

Oh dear, big mistake not doing the proper HPI check.

I would ask for refund from seller if no good, his house might need new windows for sure!

The car you bought is basically worthless, as mentioned lesson learnt.

 

[ditz]

Re the bumps in the roof you were talking about, when they've been front ended they tend to fold at the weak points which are either side of the sunroof

 

[Gally]

Re the bumps in the roof you were talking about, when they've been front ended they tend to fold at the weak points which are either side of the sunroof

I missed that part. Tbf it could have s new bumper and kink the roof. They're so susceptible to that even from small bumps.

 

[Christopher]

Yep. I've seen the roof kink from hitting a pothole.

 

[gwilson]

we have all gone and bought a bad or duff car at some time , but this is how you get experiance in buying cars , look at it has a lesson learned. at least it was a cheap car ....................

 

[slowRen]

Might me worth popping over to the sellers house and having a polite word.

It may be in his interest to give you a refund as it may cost him more in the long run (if you know what I mean).

But always keep it calm and polite

 

[Bluebeard]

we have all gone and bought a bad or duff car at some time , but this is how you get experiance in buying cars , look at it has a lesson learned. at least it was a cheap car ....................

Mine was an MG metro. It was the first car that I bought without my Dad being there. I got it home for him to open the bonnet of my new 1.3 hot hatch pride and joy, when he said ''Its got a 1.0 engine from a base model you dick'' shut the bonnet and walked off.

Ffs.

 

[E500 TAT]

If he's told you it's never been crashed but owned it at the time it was written off, the HPi report will tell you the date then clearly he has lied and you have the proof.

I'd be asking for a refund.

 

[E500 TAT]

The other thing is if he's given you the new owner slip, did you see the rest of the log book?

If he had the log book and it was written off whilst in his ownership he would have been asked to return that log book to the DVLA, not sure if thats an offence or not but it is something he should have done.

Was it a red log book or the older blue one?

If it was the older blue log book he might have sent off the red one (the new type) and duped you with the older blue one.

 

[Jeff456]

I did similar on my last car... Although it was bought for me without a check... You can't trust anyone, parents asked previous owner the question and he said no... Even though he wrote it off whilst owning it... This is illegal! If someone asks the question and you know it has been written off you must declare it, although you do not have to make someone who doesn't ask aware of it. I sold my car to a family member so obviously I told them. Even it I had advertised it I would have said though... Honesty is the best policy. I have been on the receiving end so know how it feels!

 

[midge]

My ph2 172 came back as cat D on the text check, got the logbook the other day and the logbook is clear - DVLA know nothing about damage/cat d, is this normal?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Only cat c shows on the logbook, not cat d

 

[Bluebeard]

Cat D won't show on the logbook midge, Cat C does though.

 

[Dan519]

it's a £1200 car. Just have the VIC done and have it checked over. It's probably been written off as it's such low value rather than anything serious

 

[robbygraham]

Yeh the dents either side of the sunroof are from a front impact, I moved over a little to far on a narrow road in my old 1.2 dropped into a ditch and as i hit the end the car bounced out, only damage to the front of the car was a smashed fog light but the roof had buckled at the edge of the sunroof on both sides, at the time mine wasn't declared a cat c/d as the car was worth significantly more back then, I would get the alignment checked on the car to make sure its all sitting straight, as my chassis needed to be straightened out and i was only doing 10-15mph

 

[Munson]

Strong cars then :dapprove:

WTF. A pothole can ripple the roof?