bought a car only to find out it was a cat D

lancebond

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

A proper dealer as in car pitch and portakabin, or dealer as in some mush working from home?

At least it was cheap, so you have not really lost anything...

proper dealer, pitch, cabin, cars, website.. not some backstreet dealer.


front street actually.

vaio

Hammyman wrote: »

........You have a case but will most likely need to take it to court.

I think it's actually a criminal offence so a call to trading standards might help progress things more quickly

Brooker_Dave

vaio wrote: »

I think it's actually a criminal offence so a call to trading standards might help progress things more quickly

Trading standards are toothless and a waste of space.

lancebond

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Trading standards are toothless and a waste of space.

so's my mother in law... but i still phone her!

Brooker_Dave

lancebond wrote: »

proper dealer, pitch, cabin, cars, website.. not some backstreet dealer.


front street actually.

Bummer, is it a nice car otherwise?

vaio

maybe, but I've seen a couple of reports of them prosecuting for just this thing.

Brooker_Dave

vaio wrote: »

maybe, but I've seen a couple of reports of them prosecuting for just this thing.

Clockers are the one's they really care about.

buglawton

I am wondering what your insurance position is... does one have to inform the insured of a Cat D? In one claim I made when I was rear ended, the insurer did the check and found I'd bought it many years earlier unwittingly as a Cat D (private seller), the ins still paid out a reasonable write off amount but refused to consider repairing it or even selling it back due to the Cat D status and the amount or previous repair work.

colino

Did you get a good deal? Hard to tell as you don't mention details of what you chopped in, but if you are happy overall and got it at a great price, let him fix all the bits up and enjoy it.
If it is just an average trade, get your money back, he'll know exactly what misleading by omission is and he's hoping the distance between you will just make your complaint fizzle away.

Brooker_Dave

buglawton wrote: »

I am wondering what your insurance position is... does one have to inform the insured of a Cat D? In one claim I made when I was rear ended, the insurer did the check and found I'd bought it many years earlier unwittingly as a Cat D (private seller), the ins still paid out a reasonable write off amount but refused to consider repairing it or even selling it back due to the Cat D status and the amount or previous repair work.

No need to tell them, though if it goes missing or gets written off the ins co will pay out less than if it was a straight one.

Still OP payed about what the car was worth, so has not lost out.