Buy a Cat D car - any advice

Hintza

londonTiger wrote: »

so much work to do to get it in good condition.

Do you mean for a boy racer?

londonTiger

Hintza wrote: »

Do you mean for a boy racer?

No to put right the damages

robbo462003

I bought my category D Honda Accord 12 years ago and have covered 240000 miles in it.I bought it to use it until it became uneconomic to run its just passed its MOT and in use every day.

londonTiger

robbo462003 wrote: »

I bought my category D Honda Accord 12 years ago and have covered 240000 miles in it.I bought it to use it until it became uneconomic to run its just passed its MOT and in use every day.

that's great to hear and looks like you got a good one. But you cannot apply that experience to all cad d's in general. Certainly not iof the catd price is just marginally lower than a regular used price and looks like it's in really bad shape.

hillcats

My advice would be - don't buy it... And take very large steps away...

There are plenty of good honest clean cars available for sale to fit all budgets, why take on additional risks of the unknown?

Why on earth would anyone even consider knowingly buying a previously damaged car which could endanger your own life or that of your passengers! There are times you can scrimp - this is not one of them IMO.

scheming_gypsy

hillcats wrote: »

Why on earth would anyone even consider knowingly buying a previously damaged car which could endanger your own life or that of your passengers! There are times you can scrimp - this is not one of them IMO.

because it's better than buying a car that might have been damaged and repaired without going through the insurance - and not having a Cat D marker, on it?

Unless you bought your car brand new, you've no idea if it's been damaged and repaired.

OddballJamie

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

because it's better than buying a car that might have been damaged and repaired without going through the insurance - and not having a Cat D marker, on it?

Why is it better? I'd rather buy neither.

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Unless you bought your car brand new, you've no idea if it's been damaged and repaired.

TBF even some new cars have been damaged and repaired, only minor stuff though.

scheming_gypsy

my point was really that just because a car isn't a Cat D, doesn't mean it hasn't had repair work done. It could have had extensive repair work done but not gone through the insurance and been 'written off'. At least when you buy a cat C / D car you know it's had work done.
You could have two cars with the same damage and repairs, one through insurance and one not. The one through the insurance will be marked down and priced accordingly whereas the other can be sold as not accident damaged and at full price.

Hintza

hillcats wrote: »

Why on earth would anyone even consider knowingly buying a previously damaged car which could endanger your own life or that of your passengers!

Sigh................

BWZN93

Need some advice if anyone is able to advise, I've seen an Audi a1 for sale, 2011 plate on a cat D and the damage involved was a front end collision with the bumper and lights being replaced, and the bonnet needing a re spray so fairly minor by the sounds of things. I intend to be driving the car for a long time so I'm not overly concerned with resale values but want to ensure that I'm getting a cracking deal if I'm buying a previously damaged car.

The link is here - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201310189343440/sort/default/usedcars/model/a1/make/audi/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/1/quicksearch/true/radius/1500/postcode/ba228ht?logcode=p

Anyone see any red flags I should be looking for here?

Regards

Jo