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Ryan L
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21st Jul 04 at 16:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just got a HPI check on a car and its says its been a Cat C damage what does this mean
Ian
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21st Jul 04 at 16:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The quick answer is walk away. The long answer is here - http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/faq.htm?id=33
Mistamist
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21st Jul 04 at 16:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Means it was in a crash but repairable, and the repair cost exceeded the price of the car.
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More formal information here
Ryan L
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21st Jul 04 at 16:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why should i walk away
Ian
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21st Jul 04 at 16:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The car has previously been badly damaged. You need to be sure that the repair is satisfactory and you can obtain insurance - they are often more expensive to cover.
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i wouldnt walk away straigh off, it could be a car worth £500 and needed a few panels to be sprayed cos it had a bump. go check out the car and get it inspected iof possible. bear in mind there may be hidden damage (bent chassis etc)
Ryan L
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21st Jul 04 at 16:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the car has been repaired as i viewed it
Ian
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21st Jul 04 at 16:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How well?
Ryan L
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i didn't notice anything but thought i should get a HPI anyway
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21st Jul 04 at 16:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd buy it only after I'd stripped a few panels back and maybe had a good look underneath.
Ryan L
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ta for the advice ian
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
The car has previously been badly damaged. You need to be sure that the repair is satisfactory and you can obtain insurance - they are often more expensive to cover.


i repair damaged repairable cars and sell them as that and it often makes me laugh at peoples misconceptions when it comes to this subject.

A cat c damaged car has indeed been written off by the insurance as 'damaged' but damaged covers a wide spectrum of things.

I've seen no end of cars that have dented wings being passed as Cat C's even tho the damage on them is pathetically minimal, and this isnt just the odd one out of a hundred but 70% of them!

as for the cost of insuring a previously damaged car being more expensive......bollocks simple as!

Any more questions and I will happily answer them for u, but dont simply think "sh!t its been damaged gotta run a mile" use the information you have gained via the HPI to haggle on the price, its defo a good bartering tool!
Rob
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Leni buys her cars Cat C and repairs them, when she sells them on, she informs the buyer she bought it from a salvage yard and repaird it! She ain' ever lost a buyer and makes money out of it

 
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