ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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Been to look at a corsa sport 1.4 16v wiv 45,000 on the clock, and the guy at the garage sed it has been in a small accident and it had been insurance repaired. He said it was a knock on the drivers side rear wind which has been replaced and knocked the wheel a bit but has all been repaired. im unsure about this car as its very nice and i like it alot but dont know if the accident damage will affect the car in the long run andwhen i come to sell it , it will hinder the price. anyone else bought a repaired car.
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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I'm amazed at the honesty of this person, if it was repaied under insurance and wasn't written off they don't have to tell you about it
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Get an AA check if you want it but your unsure of the repairs.
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ed_jones
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he sed to me they have to tell you know by law as they are a garage sales as if anything was to go wrong regarding that previous accident they get it from the law i think
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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yeh, on the back wing the side strip didnt meet the door strip like it should stright on it looked as if it was pointing towards the car colin j
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Red_SXi
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Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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if the car wasn't written off they don't have to tell you anything.
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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didnt know that, prefer it if they tell you though as you want to know whta your buying
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ed
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Mine was involved in a crash before I bought it. The only thing I had was some slight bonnet damage where that pannel wasn't replaced. I have had no problems with mine at all, never broke down, and only had rust in the usual corsa places - B pillars and under the bonnet a tiny bit... If the car wan't written off there should be no probs with it. Do an HPI check to be safe.
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ed_jones
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whats involved in a HPI check and does it cost like the AA test
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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i bet 60%of the people on here have accident damaged/ repaired cars, you wont have a clue if ya cars been messed up in the past and fixed, could be a small bump to a major repair, as long as its fixed by a good company the results will be as good as when it came out the factory
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by ed_jones
whats involved in a HPI check and does it cost like the AA test
An AA test is an HPI check, it just checks most of the things that have happened in the past to the car...
But yea, an accident damaged ar is ok to buy as it was repaired. Evenbetter that it was repaired by the insurance company, cos they approve the repair workshops that do the work...
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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ok, il go back and see if i can get me dad to haggle down the price at least. should i try ringing the insurance company up to see what job has been done of it or sumit.
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
if the car wasn't written off they don't have to tell you anything.
If it was they only have to tell you if you ask!
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Korsa
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Registered: 25th Jan 03
Location: Cardiff S.Wales Drives :Blue/Purple Corsa
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how much is one of those tests?
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Greg_M
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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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i think my cars accident damage, not that i care. but i think it is cos there are tiny craks in the bottom of the boot floor.
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Corsalad87
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Registered: 17th Jan 04
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mine was accident damaged but prof repaired previous to me buying!!! got it for cheap!!! maybe because it had accident dam!!! but it was professionally done n i got offered £500 more than i [ayed for it two weeks after i bought it
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leni
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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I bought my car like this 3 years back
for £2000 and cost me £500 to get on the road! Sold it 3 years later with 30k more on the clock for £2200
I had no complaints! 
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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thats good
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combatvauxhall
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Registered: 3rd May 02
Location: Seer Green-Too close to winkers!!!
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Ask the bloke for details of the type of repair the cars had, from wot you described its bodged( Bumpstrips not meating up!!) An AA check and HPI wont mean shit if its been bodged to look good, underneath itll still be damaged structural damage, suspension etc!
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