Finding a reason for a write off car online?

[JC]

Oooops

[Horney]

A small hic-up, it's a really nice tidy car.

[harry bum]

vosa wont tell you much more about the car you do'nt already know, they wont have a clue what work has been done as the VIC check does not check the repair work done on the car they just check the car is what it says it is and that it's not a ringger.

[FOREST GREEN]

I've just repaired my mk4 as it was a CAT C. My wife was in a small bump at a round about that damaged the front bumper, and drivers side wing and head light. Insurance wrote the car off!!

I bought it back, got it repaired and just carried on using it. Apparently, according to someone in the 'know' insurance companies have a target to hit with vehicles over 5yrs old to get them off the road!!

[archie837]

Oooops

it's just the way of the mk4 

[danny_p]

it won't take much to write off a mk4 now,   when you look at how approved repaires manage to wind the costs up so damb effectivly  a bumper can end up costing £1400 to be repaired ( god knows how they get away with it )

some cat c and cat d cars are nothing to be worried about  but as a general rule of thum the younger it was and the less miles it had done when written off the less you want it

[dom]

it won't take much to write a mk4 now,   when you look at how approved repaires manage to win the costs up so damb effectivly  a bumper can end up costing £1400 to be repaired ( god knows how they get away with it )

some cat c and cat d cars are nothing to be worried about  but as a general rule of thum the younger it was and the less miles it had done when written off the less you want it

Repairs have just been authorised on mine, parts & labour come to around £1300. Even that was touch & go as to whether or not it would be written off.

[archie837]

Missed what happens to yours man, hope alls ok.

Swapping the sump tomorrow. Oh well. Also found the reason for no reversing lights possibly. Underneath the starter motor, connected to the gearbox is a smashed connector block.

[Sam]

I bought a van that was cat c, the only reason that it was cat c and not d was because you couldnt open the back boot door after a minor shunt. Very odd system seen as another cat c could have had the entire front end ripped off.

[Bellend]

I bought a van that was cat c, the only reason that it was cat c and not d was because you couldnt open the back boot door after a minor shunt. Very odd system seen as another cat c could have had the entire front end ripped off.

No idea why but vans are far more likely to be written off then cars. We get loads of them in and written off.

Come to think if it, could be something like the hire costs for a rental van? Or possibly the fact that van parts are very expensive!