Cat D write off

forgotmyname

I thought flooded cars were written off fully and marked never to be returned to the road.

I remember an issue where some flooded and written off cars were found to be re-registered. I think it was only picked up after one owner had lots of electrical issues and its history came to light.

Probably worse because somehow a big company sold it.

bris

Cat D is nothing to worry about, give it a good check over with someone who knows about cars and haggle a bit more off the price. A car can be written off for a lot less than a new engine. Insurers take more than the cost to repair into consideration when writing of a vehicle. It can take weeks or even months to get a car back on the road, hire cars for the insured party can add considerably to the claim. They make a quick decision to write it off then sell it as salvage and get a good bit of the money back, making it more viable for them to write it off rather than repair.

s_b

Hintza wrote: »

Probably flooded.

yes quite likely
theres been hunderds of these offered these past few weeks mainly from up north
not for me
all that lurgy hiding behind door panels

forgotmyname

bris wrote: »

Cat D is nothing to worry about,

I think people may not agree when they find the pictures i posted recently with a couple of cat D cars.

They needed a lot more than a touch up spray and polish.

radion_auto

CAT D can be very minor damage indeed. I've seen a car written off before a couple of panels were keyed. The respray cost was a certain percentage of the car value.

Flog it on ebay if it has some tax/test. As above you should see ~£300 for it.

Don't take £50 for it, that's nuts.