Car I just bought was a write-off, seller lied.

olly300

GogolBordello wrote: »

Thank you for your reassuring words.
I HPId the car (after the horse had bolted, so to speak :rolleyes:) and it hasn't been stolen. I can only imagine that the door got knackered in some way.
I have it up for sale now and am just going to be honest with people and tell them it's a category c. I wonder how much I should ask for though?
Any suggestions?
I'd like £2000, but that's probably ambitious.

Why are you selling it?

If it's road worthy i.e. has an MOT there is no point as you are losing money immediately.

Also you don't have to disclose if it's category C unless specifically asked about accidents.

hewhoisnotintheknow

sell it now and you will make a bigger loss

i assume it has a remote fob to unlock it so the door issue shouldnt bee too much of a problem

If its really bothering you could goto a breakers yard and get a full new set of locks and swap them round, and swap the blade in the key. This is all mechanical stuff and has nothing to do with the immobiliser and that

gaz_jones

Officer_Dibble wrote: »

Was that too much to ask?

Bloody hell give the poor girl more than 14 minutes to reply before getting arsey with her.

gaz_jones

Nope, wrong, it took me about 45 seconds to pick up on it, having only read the thread for the first time before commenting.

biscuitdunker

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

sell it now and you will make a bigger loss

I think the main problem for the OP is that once you feel you've been ripped off like this, you can't feel comfortable in the car anymore. I remember not even wanting to look at the write off I bought. I was so glad when it wasn't outside my house anymore, even though I lost over a grand when I forced the seller to take it back (and it still annoys me to think that he probably then resold it and made even more money), it was a relief to have rid of it.

onejontwo

I would suggest taking it to a local garage or someone with mechanical experience who you can trust, explain the situation to them, let them raise the vehicle in the air on the ramp, and any issues they find inform and show you and if nothing major turns up in the form of safety related issues, pay them a small fee and run the vehicle as normal. (It might actually be a decent buy!) Good luck!!

Alias_Omega

In the past ive looked for Cat C & Cat D cars to puchase. These cars can be cheaper than cars that are not declared as damaged.

If you did not carry out a HPI check then the blame will lie with you im afraid.

If you sell it and make a loss then you could be up too £1000 worse off. You viewed the car and was happy with it. The seller may have assumed you carried out a HPI check prior to arrival as most purchasers do.


The car isnt alot of cash, and im unsure how much one of these on eBay listed as CAT C Repaired would fetch, but as its been repaired. It may have warranties on that repair.

I would try to find out what happened to the car, what was repaired, who by, why, when etc. Then you could put your mind to rest & make a choice on what to do.

As i said above, i would buy a CAT C if i know all about it.

Regards,

Alias

Wig

vaio wrote: »

About as wrong as it could get…….

Wasn't exactly wrong as I wasn't affirming anything, I was just throwing out possibilities that might be required, in order for OP to look into further or hopefully for someone else on the thread to contribute a more informed opinion, which is what happened.

I assumed it was 'inspection' because I read somewhere they said a VIC was required. and in the same sentence they said an MOT is not enough....naturally I put 2 & 2 together and came out with the idea that an inspection of the car was required to assess the repair work.

It’s Vehicle Identity Check, it has no purpose other than check the identity of the car to allow the lifting of the DVLC flag that stops you renewing the tax. It checks only identity and not roadworthiness or quality of repair and, assuming the car is otherwise road legal, there is nothing to stop you driving it as normal before getting the VIC done. I’ve never seen an insurance proposal that asked about CAT C or VIC status and can’t think of any law that would require the VIC paperwork to follow the car.

That makes sense, as it is only an identity check to satisfy the DVLA and once it's done its done. There would be no need for the paperwork to follow the car or be given to an insurer.

25 - 30 % would seem reasonable.

Wig

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

sell it now and you will make a bigger loss

i assume it has a remote fob to unlock it so the door issue shouldnt bee too much of a problem

If its really bothering you could goto a breakers yard and get a full new set of locks and swap them round, and swap the blade in the key. This is all mechanical stuff and has nothing to do with the immobiliser and that

Breakers yards generally don't get the keys for the cars.

fto

You may have a perfectly good car sat outside, just because its a cat C , does not make it a pile of junk.The fact is most cars are involved in a accident & a fair number are not even recorded, In fact I owned a cat c car for 3 years & it was a fantastic car.............