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General => General discussion => Topic started by: vvrr66 on 09 May 2004, 14:26
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got an opportunity to buy a 2000 v5, 2300 miles for 6000. but it is registered as cat d. :o
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Cat D?
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Category D salvage is a vehicle written off with repair costs that fall just short of its pre-incident value but is still repairable.
repaired and ready to go
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If i am wrong sorry never new fhe diff between cat c & cat d
So if it cost lets say 11.5k to fix but the book price is 12k or so. Is that right.?
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duno about cat insurance stuff but if its garanteed profit then im in
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ive brought a cat d before,
a 206 gti, which was pretty nice by the way :-*
just make sure you get the certificate to go with it saying that it has been repaired properly and inspected by the dvla.
that is very important ;)
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the guy selling the car is already driving it around but i guess we cant assume he has it insured...
is this certificate standard and required by insurance company then?
thx
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i thought cat d also covered stolen/recovered too?
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I wouldn't buy one to be honest, yeah it might be cheap, but they de-value loads and then when you come to sell it, no-one wants to know and then you have to sell it cheap yourself, same knock on effect as now. Just my opinion.
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the certificate situation is a bit wierd ???
not required by the insurance company,
but it is a legal requirement to drive it on the road!
;)
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i would buy a cat d, mine is one ;)
at least if its a cat d you know its been repaired & recorded properly
how many cars on the road are write-off's but never have been recorded as, but are still put back on the road
your hardly gonna be looking big money for it when you go to resell it - you got it cheap so you'll sell it cheap - anybody who knows about cars will be willing to take a look
and also with it being a 2000 its not gonna be hard to track previous owners to find out what happened to it
cat d wouldnt put me of a car - it'd be worse if i paid full price for it to find out later that it was a cat d
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My mk4 is a cat d, the front and rear seats were stolen(black leather recaros) absolutely no panel damage, i paid peanuts for it on a v plate.
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If its cheap then do it. It does'nt bother me if a repair has been done properly. As long as it is safe, then you have no worries.
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Mate of mine bought a vr6 which was a cat d and although it needed some attention so long as you know somebody who can fix it on the cheap it was mint. He only sold it in the end as it was costing too much in fuel! ;)