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y so cheap
- Thread starter hunter82
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Darren Braggs old car.
'Darren' on here.
I was smoking that around for about 2 weeks when he part ex'd it with me. Its a nice car really, and I know the current owner has spent a lot of time and money sorting it out. (a mate of a mate)
'Darren' on here.
I was smoking that around for about 2 weeks when he part ex'd it with me. Its a nice car really, and I know the current owner has spent a lot of time and money sorting it out. (a mate of a mate)
nothing wrong with Cat d.... just means beyond the cost of economic repair...
ie: book price wasy £6k, but repair cost most than £2.5k...
If you think a repair should would charge
£600 front bumper
£100 headlights
£190 Bonnett
Then Labour
Respray your easily looking at £2000+ region....
If the car went to a garage who over valued there work or under valued the car you can see why some cars are easy to write off and for f*Ck all reason's.
Cars that are cat D have to be no structal damage ie: Shell no bent, chassis no bent etc etc... there for only requiring a MOT to go back on the road...
Cat C's on the otherhand are cars that have some minor Structal damage and would require alot of work to get back on the road.... often these never do go back on the road as the cost of the repairs are high. But the big thing about Cat C's are they have to be checked by a VOSA garage to make sure they are fit to be on the road, they literally go over everything, suspension, brakes, welding of damaged area, tracking etc etc... if the car is not 100% deemed safe for the road it will not get a clean ticket from them.
Either way i would not let a cat C or D put me off... i would prefer a cat C as we all know people that can get mot's done on the side... where as its harder to find a bent Vosa inspector.
ie: book price wasy £6k, but repair cost most than £2.5k...
If you think a repair should would charge
£600 front bumper
£100 headlights
£190 Bonnett
Then Labour
Respray your easily looking at £2000+ region....
If the car went to a garage who over valued there work or under valued the car you can see why some cars are easy to write off and for f*Ck all reason's.
Cars that are cat D have to be no structal damage ie: Shell no bent, chassis no bent etc etc... there for only requiring a MOT to go back on the road...
Cat C's on the otherhand are cars that have some minor Structal damage and would require alot of work to get back on the road.... often these never do go back on the road as the cost of the repairs are high. But the big thing about Cat C's are they have to be checked by a VOSA garage to make sure they are fit to be on the road, they literally go over everything, suspension, brakes, welding of damaged area, tracking etc etc... if the car is not 100% deemed safe for the road it will not get a clean ticket from them.
Either way i would not let a cat C or D put me off... i would prefer a cat C as we all know people that can get mot's done on the side... where as its harder to find a bent Vosa inspector.
www.renparts.co.uk
i sell salvage for a living and repair some, most of what you say is rubbish.
VIC Check is a vehicle identity check, no fitness of the repair is checked just the vin plates to ensure you havent ringed a stolen one instead of repairing the damaged one.
with regards to no damage to the chassis etc on Cat D, thats not true, Its purely a numbers game, usually up to 80% of the cars value on the quoted repair its a 'D' and if it substaintially more than the value its a 'c'. Trust me you see some Bad cat d's on expensive cars, Range rovers etc.
