Wrath car advice...
Is it ever a good idea to buy a car that has been a cat d write off.
My understanding of cat d's is that they're usually cosmetic damage and the insurance company decides it's more economical to pay out than repair for any one of a number of reasons such as cost of parts, delays on sourcing parts leading to higher hire costs etc.
I've seen a nice 61 plate 3 series with 13k on clock for under 11k.
What do I need to consider I.e. insurance costs etc.
Posted By: avid_canary on September 19th 2013 at 09:22:02
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- Wrath car advice... (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 09:22:02
- Get an insurance quote first, because you will have to disclose the.... (NCFC) - Kirrie, Sep 19, 11:03:46
- aye, rear wheel drive innit. ta (n/m) (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 15:31:00
- i think in some cases (what a bmw) salesman telled me recently (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 19, 10:00:43
- Yep, heard that too. Think it can be couple of grand a go. (n/m) (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 10:02:51
- like chelts said, best to get a professional third party assessment (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 19, 10:04:29
- I have bought a couple but I tend to keep them till they are scrap. You buy em cheap (NCFC) - Men without hats, Sep 19, 10:41:20
- I gave my old Volvo to this lot. Very easy to do and they come and pick it up (NCFC) - CB41, Sep 19, 11:50:00
- I have bought a couple but I tend to keep them till they are scrap. You buy em cheap (NCFC) - Men without hats, Sep 19, 10:41:20
- like chelts said, best to get a professional third party assessment (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 19, 10:04:29
- Yep, heard that too. Think it can be couple of grand a go. (n/m) (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 10:02:51
- This is the car by the way.. (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 09:43:48
- send the reg number away to the AA and ask for a full breakdown of the cars history/assesm (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 19, 10:07:17
- Ta. (n/m) (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 10:15:58
- send the reg number away to the AA and ask for a full breakdown of the cars history/assesm (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 19, 10:07:17
- Fine, but resale value will take a huge hit as the v5 is marked with cat d (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Sep 19, 09:24:03
- yep, realise the resale value will be affected. But I guess the fact you've paid 25% less (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 09:43:12
- Do what I do. Buy cheap, run it till it's got 250K on the clock and scrap it. (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Sep 19, 10:15:13
- yep, realise the resale value will be affected. But I guess the fact you've paid 25% less (NCFC) - avid_canary, Sep 19, 09:43:12
- think you can pay for more details via the AA.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 19, 09:23:44
- Get an insurance quote first, because you will have to disclose the.... (NCFC) - Kirrie, Sep 19, 11:03:46
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