How much does CAT D reduce car valuation

jonj123

Hi

I own a car that had an accident and was written off as CAT D last year. It is now fully repaired. I was wondering roughly how much the sale price drops by because of the history?

Thanks

vaio

really depends on how old the car is.

new(ish) could be 20-30%

old(ish) could be nothing

jonj123

vaio wrote: »

really depends on how old the car is.

new(ish) could be 20-30%

old(ish) could be nothing

Thanks. It's a 2008 car. So I should be looking at reducing the price by ~25% when I want to sell it.

mattyprice4004

Excellent, another thread where we're given no details and expected to know the answer anyway.

Make and model
Fuel
Trim level

etc etc

GAZ237

I would say at least 1/3 off of any vehicle. If you look on Ebay plenty of bargains to be had. They often say cat D hence price.

paddedjohn

Knock about a 1/3 off the value unless its a rare or sought after car, if selling when its 8-9 years old or over then there shouldnt really be much difference.

Netwizard

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Excellent, another thread where we're given no details and expected to know the answer anyway.

Make and model
Fuel
Trim level

etc etc

Indeed.

We need to know what car it is.

if its a £1k ford mondeo, it wont make any difference.

If its a 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo its going to make a lot of difference

GAZ237

Netwizard wrote: »

Indeed.

We need to know what car it is.

if its a £1k ford mondeo, it wont make any difference.

If its a 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo its going to make a lot of difference

If she owns the Lambo. I would doubt she would be on money saving expert.

Netwizard

GAZ237 wrote: »

If she owns the Lambo. I would doubt she would be on money saving expert.

You never know. I find the more money someone has, the tighter they are

Hintza

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Excellent, another thread where we're given no details and expected to know the answer anyway.

Make and model
Fuel
Trim level

etc etc

Sometimes these questions are best asked as a generalisation and I think post 2 covers it (generally).

I run salvaged cars that I have had repaired and the way I work out how much to pay for salvage is to take a realistic value for the car in reasonable condition. Knock off a third. Talk to my mate in the bodyshop (he is an optimist so I have to add a bit on for hidden problems) and then that gives me the price I can pay at auction.

My pal in the bodyshop works on about 20% but I want to build in more margin for error.

The other thing to note, is that from my point of view I plan to run them until they die so resale is of little or no importance for me.

jonj123

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Excellent, another thread where we're given no details and expected to know the answer anyway.

Make and model
Fuel
Trim level

etc etc

Apologies for lack of info. The car is Toyota Aygo 2008 with Bluetooth and rear parking sensors installed by Toyota. I plan to keep the car for at least another 2 years before selling it.