Category B. Good news!!

oscarward

The golf is a bit odd 1999 1.9 GT TD 110 with 154k miles and cat b damage?

went for £686

Some people will buy anything:rotfl:

hellofreebies

oscarward wrote: »

The golf is a bit odd 1999 1.9 GT TD 110 with 154k miles and cat b damage?

went for £686

Some people will buy anything:rotfl:

in this instance probably for parts or project i'll expect..lol

mmaarrkk1982

more then likey going aboard where the cat b classification wont matter.

You have to be a ATF to be able to buy cat b cars, you cannot buy cat a cars as they are crushed. More then likey those cat b;s were being sold by the pre accident owner, they would still need to take the shell to a ATF and have a COD issued if indeed it was being broken for parts

As to putting a cat b back on the road, pointless imo in terms of resale value, also someone mentioned before about insuring a cat c b etc yes companies will insure them but the value in their eyes will be a reduced amount, ive had no experince in insuring a cat b car but ii wouldnt imagine the value to be much if a pay out was needed

hellofreebies

i confirmed this with my insurer and they quoted if they were to write off my car in an accident i would be insured to beable to replace it like for like (ie make year and model)...as it would be unreasonble for them to expect me to find an identical cat b to replace it.

philip43

It's been a while since I last posted on this topic, and I know I said that I wouldn't post any further, but I thought I would update, and the reason will become clear.

On May 28th, I was t-boned by a driver attempting a u-turn on a main road, about 50 yards from a roundabout!! Anyway, the car went for assessment at a BMW approved bodyshop, where it was photographed, both the damaged panels and the vehicle chassis plate, (defaced) and the defaced stamped in chassis number. The photographs were sent off to the insurance company, and they valued the car at more than the cost of repair. The car was repaired by the third parties insurance, which happened to be the same company as my own!! It was clear from the photographs that the stamped in chassis number, and the vehicle identity plate in the engine bay were unreadable, although both photographs contained images of the 'post' stickers which were attached at the time of the VIC. The car will have been returned to road use for two years in November. In that time, I have had to replace a sticking front brake caliper, a common problem with BMW 3 series E36 vehicles. Oh, and the drivers footwell loudspeaker packed up too, and was replaced!! It had a line of rust along the bottom of the speaker, suggesting to me that the water had risen to that level when the car was flooded. Oh, one other thing. I was caught speeding in it!! 93 in a 70. My bad!!! Lol!!:rotfl:

forgotmyname

Still not told us which insurance company will cover category B vehicles.

vaio

I thought there were only a couple (low buck?) companies that exclude write offs in their T&C.

The rest don't ask (aka don't care), I certainly can't remember ever being asked

Sgt_Pepper_2

vaio wrote: »

I thought there were only a couple (low buck?) companies that exclude write offs in their T&C.

The rest don't ask (aka don't care), I certainly can't remember ever being asked

But its a cat b.

vaio

Still never been asked about any write off status so logically they don't care, even about Cat B

Obviously normal rules re roadworthyness & value apply.

Cat B is a strange one....insurance companies tell us it must be dismantled then crushed (rather than repaired) but the legislation allows them to be repaired and returned to the road subject to a VIC

mattyprice4004

Got nothing against the Z3 but the comment about people being jealous did get a laugh from me. It's not a bad car, but certainly nothing that's going to turn the world green with envy.