Please Help - Clarification on CAT-S Car

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Please find the attached images -

I am trying to purchase a CAT-S car.

Few clarifications, Please kinly provide your thoughts -

1. How come a car with a small damage was categorised as CAT-S ?
2. This damage to the front of the car - could this damage would have resulted in internal structure like welding items near the engine area ?

3. Should i ask or look for specific things in the car prior to the purchase ?



I have seen the car. It looks neat and clean.



Note that i am not a car mechanic. First car . so a novice. And that is why i am posting the question here.



Regards

Nobbie1967

What makes you think the car has had small damage?

Richard53

You can't post images here directly. Post them to an image-sharing site and then post a link here.

forgotmyname

You need to get the car inspected before purchase.

You dont want to be in an accident and find the crash bars are missing and the chassis was poorly repeaired and crumpled far more than it should and then the airbags fail to go off because they have been triggered in the original accident and simply bypassed rather than replaced.


What should you ask, when is it convenient ro have someone come and inspect the vehicle.

Pay someone to inspect it top to bottom before you buy.

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I wish i can post the image here. But the site has restrictions for new users. I am sure i am not spamming and i have genuine question.

Please try this by typing https : // (remove spaces) for these images of the car.

Access the images using the below link

ibb.co/Hry6dDv
ibb.co/rxQS4Sb
ibb.co/52XxG1m

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forgotmyname wrote: »

You need to get the car inspected before purchase.

You don't want to be in an accident and find the crash bars are missing and the chassis was poorly repeaired and crumpled far more than it should and then the airbags fail to go off because they have been triggered in the original accident and simply bypassed rather than replaced.


What should you ask, when is it convenient ro have someone come and inspect the vehicle.

Pay someone to inspect it top to bottom before you buy.

Thanks for responding. But do you think the comprehensive vehicle inspection will check for airbag trigger and other things ?


Please refer the images -



ibb.co/Hry6dDv
ibb.co/rxQS4Sb
ibb.co/52XxG1m

Let me know your thoughts.

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Nobbie1967 wrote: »

What makes you think the car has had small damage?

Please see this image and let me know your thoughts (prefix the below URL's with https)


ibb.co/Hry6dDv
ibb.co/rxQS4Sb
ibb.co/52XxG1m



This was the damage at the front and Slight damage on the back of the car (boot door)

baza52

https://ibb.co/Hry6dDv
https://ibb.co/rxQS4Sb
https://ibb.co/52XxG1m

worried_jim

AdrianC

Cat S means structural damage. Cat N would be non-structural only.

Looking at that pic, there's a chance of front inner wing/suspension pick-up damage, A pillar damage. You can see there's sill damage - and that, alone, may well be enough to tip into S. Is there underside damage, too?


Add in a possibility of boot shut/latch damage.

TBH, I suspect it's just the sill, and possibly underside. But there's one big question you need to ask... It's a fairly recent car - non-trivial value - so why did the insurers choose to pay out market value rather than repair it?

forgotmyname

Are you buying it repaired or still damaged?

Who is doing a full inspection? Plenty of people buying stuff like that and repairing it cheaply and not properly.