Buying a CAT D vehicle
 

Anyone have any good/bad experience buying a CAT D car or bike? Im currently looking at cars to buy in a few months but have just seen one i really like however it is CAT D. The incident damage was a front wing which was replaced in july 2013. It was then moted in october 2013. From pics it looks all good. Thoughts?

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What car is it? Age? Price?

If you can live with the fact it was a cat d you can get some real bargains. It takes hardly anything to write off a car thats a few years old. A cat d wont be structural, just cosmetic id of thought.

You can get some real cheap bargains

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http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...used?logcode=p
See above. The price looks ever so slightly less than average, but the mileage is less than average too.

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My bmw is a Cat D. Phoned insurance and they don't have anywhere to record it. As long as the repair was done by reputable garage (BMW in my case as it was an ex police car) then I don't see a problem personally.

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What car have you got Tom? Yeah from reading up on it it seems fine, insurance seems the same too. Selling on price wouldnt bother me as i would plan on keeping it a decent length of time. If it all seems straight it seems silly to disregard something that you like..

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Looks like a nice car on the pics.

Im not up on bmw used prices so i dont really know how cheap it is, but the cat d should defo out the price down by quite a large amount.

Id want to see any paperwork regarding the repair if possible and then id be taking a good look at the car for colour matching and signs of a dodgey respray, or similar things.

It largely depends on how you feel about it. If you happy in your own mind having a cat d car, for a good price, and everything else adds up, id say go for it mate

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Got a 118d

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My car is cat D, had no repairs other than a few cable ties to hold the undertray together and a bit of a polish on some scratches.. oh and the air con don't work.
Apparently £2700 worth of paint and other cosmetic damage caused by an errant exploding truck tyre on the M6
Fantastic little car, had it for 3 years now and literally not cost me a penny!!


FWIW

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If they're cat C you need to get them VIC checked, no real idea what this entails but don't think it's actually anything to do with roadworthiness.

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VIC check is to ensure that it actually IS that vehicle. They visually inspect to ensure VIN numbers match the original vehicle, and that nothing has been tampered with and that it's not a cut and shut.