Buying a car on a V plate, would you do it
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The VOSA check is Vehicle Identity Chgck - nothing to do with if it is safe or not, all it is is making sure that the car is what it says it is and not a cut and shut or a ringer.
It will have had to pass another MOT once repaired but again that has nothing to do with checking the quality of the repair.0 -
Doesn't have to have had anything serious. If it has been stolen then once 6 months has transpired, if it turns up it will go to the insurers who have paid out. It will then usually turn up at a salvage auction.
Stolen cars aren't categorised as C though, they show up as stolen/recovered.0 -
Doesn't have to have had anything serious. If it has been stolen then once 6 months has transpired, if it turns up it will go to the insurers who have paid out. It will then usually turn up at a salvage auction.
It will show up as Stolen/Recovered, rather than Cat C which is damage...
Cat A: Vehicle totally wrecked or burnt out.
Cat B: Vehicle has heavy damage and to be broken only.
Cat C: Vehicles of this category are vehicles which the retail repair costs were over the cost of the pre accident value .They will need a VIC test carried out on them, this is done at the local DVLA testing station
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Vehicles of this category are vehicles which the retail repair costs were below the pre_accident value of the vehicle 0 -
No, dont get it -0
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Going a bit off topic here, but why does cat d exist at all? If repair costs are below market value why do such cars get written off and not repaired?harveybobbles wrote: »It will show up as Stolen/Recovered, rather than Cat C which is damage...
Cat A: Vehicle totally wrecked or burnt out.
Cat B: Vehicle has heavy damage and to be broken only.
Cat C: Vehicles of this category are vehicles which the retail repair costs were over the cost of the pre accident value .They will need a VIC test carried out on them, this is done at the local DVLA testing station
Cat Vehicles of this category are vehicles which the retail repair costs were below the pre_accident value of the vehicle
And just to add to this; Cat A and B can never be put back on the road by law, cat c and d can.0 -
A and B are serious damage - ie wrapped round a tree, dumped in river, burnt out etc.
C is major damage and can only be put back on road once its repaired and had a VIC.
D is for minor damage but the insurance decided not to repair it. ie if barry has a £500 car and someone reverses into the drivers side and it will cost £450 to repair, the ins will chose to pay Barry the market value of the car, but write it off as Cat D.0 -
And just to add to this; Cat A and B can never be put back on the road by law
Even though some sellers would try to convince you otherwise: http://forum.astraownersnetwork.co.uk/showthread.php?t=908470 -
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Can't believe someone actually paid £7900 for it - it's seriously !!!!ed electronically aparrently and that'll be an absolute nightmare to put right. (and therefore what kind of state will the bodywork be in?)0
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just to put some perspective on it, you're looking to spend almost £16k on a car that has some seriously troubled history. I could never be confident of the quality of the repair and that's a lot of money. I know it's tempting given the price relative to other cars of that type but in my view it's just not worth it. It would have to be seriously cheap to be so.
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