Cat D insurance car ?

bloodnok

My daughter was thinking of buying a small car and really likes one she has seen.
She was told by the dealer that it was a "Cat D" insurance vehicle, but it was a recovered stolen car and had not been in any sort of accident.
She did a vehicle check on it and it just said that it had been an insurance write off, so, is ther a way of finding out why it was written off and if there had been any damage to the vehicle without spending too much.....She's already spent nearly £20 to find out the info above.
Thanks

Hintza

Ask to see the V5 and she can try tracking down the previos owner. If she is unsure that it is not as it seems then she should either walk away or get an RAC/AA check.

I am a fan of Cat D cars but you want to know what the damage was.

Premier_2

bloodnok wrote: »

My daughter was thinking of buying a small car and really likes one she has seen.
She was told by the dealer that it was a "Cat D" insurance vehicle, but it was a recovered stolen car and had not been in any sort of accident.
She did a vehicle check on it and it just said that it had been an insurance write off, so, is ther a way of finding out why it was written off and if there had been any damage to the vehicle without spending too much.....She's already spent nearly £20 to find out the info above.
Thanks

A Cat D, recovered stolen vehicle could simply be be that the original owner was paid out in full for the vehicle because it took some time to find. There may have been no damage at all.

emmell

I wouldn't buy it unless I had seen it before it had been repaired.
ML.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

bloodnok wrote: »

My daughter was thinking of buying a small car and really likes one she has seen.
She was told by the dealer that it was a "Cat D" insurance vehicle, but it was a recovered stolen car and had not been in any sort of accident.
She did a vehicle check on it and it just said that it had been an insurance write off, so, is ther a way of finding out why it was written off and if there had been any damage to the vehicle without spending too much.....She's already spent nearly £20 to find out the info above.
Thanks

cat d can simply mean that it was stolen or atempted to be stolen and damge could vary from smashed window or bent door frame broken stearing column and tampered with wire's and ingnition barrel and alarm, to stolen recovered no damage. stolen recovered have very slight damage most stolen vehicles usually are burned and will not be put back on the road due to fire damage if was involved in chase AND OR severly damaged i think theyre usualy listed as CAT D+C AS EXAMPLE.

harveybobbles

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 and would cost around £26.50

Cat Vehicles of this category are vehicles which the retail repair costs were below the pre_accident value of the vehicle.

Cat X:Vehicles of this categories have damage that has not been recorded, either a stolen recovered vehicle with minimal damage or a vehicle with minimal damage.