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My car has previous crash damage

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  • koffee85
    koffee85 Posts: 8 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Not quite. CatD is damage that will cost less than the pre-accident value of the vehicle, but which the insurer has chosen to write-off anyway. Why? Their call. Maybe their Ts & Cs say "more than 65%", maybe the cost of hire-car or storage or whatever.

    OP - when you say that you "done my research" and that pointed to the doors being damaged, who and where told you that? Any pre-repair photos? What inspection did you get carried out?

    Yes the salesman at the garage showed me photos of the old damage.
    I didnt get a RAC inspection on it but a mechanic looked over it.
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    koffee85 wrote: »
    I had a bump in it a few weeks ago and the independent garage has said they are unable to fix the damage that i have done until the pre-exsisting damage is fixed. They said the damage was approx 6 to 7 months old.


    That's very accurate of them. I wonder if they did the previous repair? :cool:
  • londonTiger
    londonTiger Posts: 4,903 Forumite
    edited 4 May 2014 at 10:52PM
    I'm out of this forum due to constant bullying by forum members
  • londonTiger
    londonTiger Posts: 4,903 Forumite
    edited 4 May 2014 at 10:52PM
    I'm out of this forum due to constant bullying by forum members
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 19,242 Forumite
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    koffee85 wrote: »
    I had a bump in it a few weeks ago and the independent garage has said they are unable to fix the damage that i have done until the pre-exsisting damage is fixed. They said the damage was approx 6 to 7 months old.

    So nothing to do with it being a Cat D write off then?
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
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