Would you :: Could you? Cat D.

[bigbadben]

If you were in the market for a 172 and on a limited budget:

Would you consider a Cat D car? *

If not, why not?

* Category D is an insurance write off. Typically, repairs to a Cat D car are rated at more than 60% but less than 100% of the car's current value as a cost to repair.

 

[ForceIndia]

If repaired correctly and inspected, then yeah. Ok, resale will be lower, but you're saving in the first place.

 

[alexbleubolt]

how much is it, and where was the damage, you can tell if they have front damage as the front wheels are never in the correct place

 

[Ben.]

nope

dont kow why it would just really bug me having a cat d

 

[brisa4984]

no.

 

[brisa4984]

ph1 172s are cheap (3-4k) therefore i wont bother with a cat d

 

[Jon.L]

nope wouldnt touch most of em never drive the same again

 

[Pete.]

Possibly as a track day car, but not for day to day.

 

[Bluebeard]

Possibly as a track day car, but not for day to day.

Hi five.

 

[kevin.s]

depends if it has been repaired properly but as said before you can pick the older ones up dirt cheap now any way so is it worth it

 

[Jamie]

The problem with repaired cars is that you can never truely trust them.

My wife only had a small crash in hers a little while ago but it has caused on going problems, problems which cannot be spotted in a test drive or check.

 

[sideways danny]

I would dependent on what the damage was, probably even buy a damaged one to fix up actually if it's mostly cosmetic/external panels

 

[rich-6]

nope

dont kow why it would just really bug me having a cat d

same, I had an accident damaged car it wasn't recorded, I kept it for two years and gave it death throughout i felt it was a bag of s**t and shouldn't have been put back on the road, even though i did enjoy the car, it just annoyed the hell out of me. It was perfectly fine to look at bar one wheel sitting slightly further back in the arch, no one noticed or commented. But i sold it cheaper than book because of what i knew

 

[David Ramsey]

I would definately have one, there's no problem and you wouldn't be able to tell as long as they're repaired correctly

 

[Fletcher]

No, i'd never buy a Cat D.

 

[jesus]

I got a cat C 1.2 Dynamique, all that had happened was the bumper got smashed and bonnet bent a little bit. No damage to the underneath and was repaired to as-good-as-new, passed the insurance checks and MOT etc.

Cat D is often something just like a smashed headlight but the insurance would rather write it off than pay out (or something like that).

 

[blue_i]

Possibly as a track day car, but not for day to day.

Wot he said ^^^^^^^^

As long as it was straight, drove straight and was cheap.

 

[quick time]

cat D could be as little as a door and wing refit.. nowt wrong with them ppl watch to much tv pmsl

 

[mardell100]

Wouldn't bother me at all, as long as I knew it was a cat c/d would have it checked out and go from there.

To be honest I put all my cars through some hell, even stolen, recovered wouldn't bother me.....

 

[deanf06]

whats your budget mate?

 

[Tim172]

My ph1 was a cat C (rear), fully repaired and certified, paid £3.2k for it with 24k on the clock back in Nov 2006. Buy cheap, enjoy the car, sell cheap!

 

[superbenji88]

Wrecks to Riches on the discovery channel do this

 

[BRUCEY]

no it would always be at the back of my mind and bug the hell out of me

 

[DebV6]

No, purely because I'm really fussy and I couldn't own a car that wasn't completley immaculate, even if it had been repaired well. Would be a pain to sell on!

 

[nth]

No, purely because I'm really fussy and I couldn't own a car that wasn't completley immaculate, even if it had been repaired well. Would be a pain to sell on!

precisely

 

[sideways danny]

No, purely because I'm really fussy and I couldn't own a car that wasn't completley immaculate, even if it had been repaired well. Would be a pain to sell on!

if it's all bolt on parts it's no different to modifying though, and in reality a huge amount of brand new cars have already had paint repairs before they even leave the factory, I know a couple of people who've done it as a job.

 

[Final Maxim]

amazes me the amount of uneducated, mis-informed pub talk from some of these replies.

Cat-D "never drive the same again" let me give you some examples of most cat d's

cars that have had brake fluid thrown all over them so theyde need new plastics and full respray - cat d

lock damage, slight door damage, ignition damage - cat d

light panel damage - bumpers/wings/headlights/grilles/tailgates etc - all usually in cat d's

if you go into suspension damage with bent roofs, bent chassis and subframes your onto cat c's.

cat d's are bugger all.

 

[Rich_16v]

^ totally agree