What's the worst that can happen to a cat v car?

[kazino]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2377266.htm

[mxspyder]

I am not sure what they mean by saying "Recorded on v car" I thought the catagories were A to D.

One thing I do know is that its very cheap, and that makes me question why.

[OllieWinchester]

'stty stick'.


Wouldn't touch it with the above.

Must have had some real serious damage to have been written off at that age.

[The Moose]

The "v-car" is something like the vehicle condition alert register.

If a car is recorded on the v-car it will be cat A - D (most likely D I would imagine...but it does depend on the amount of damage).

Either run a quick HPI and it'll say...or just ask the seller. They've said it's on the v-car so they seem (at least at an initial point of contact) to be fairly honest so I would just ask! If you're happy to actually buy the car with this knowledge, when you see the car, then quick HPI and ensure everything they have said ties up and job's a good 'un.

HTH.

Cheers

The Moose

[The Moose]

OllieWinchester said:

'stty stick'.


Wouldn't touch it with the above.

Must have had some real serious damage to have been written off at that age.

Hang on - if you're ok with buying a written off car (some people are, some people aren't), then have a think. How much does that carbon roof cost to replace? What abouts if the owners ex got pissed and smashed the st out of the roof? Why not ask the question and ask to see photos of the repairs being done, pre and post photos etc before drawing those conclusions.

I had a car "written off" when the damage was less than 65% the cars value (about the same relative age also) so it's not always as bad as it sounds.

Go into it with your eyes open and being aware.

Cheers

The Moose

[OllieWinchester]

I'm well aware of the ins and outs of cars being written off. The advert doesn't state when the car was written off or why. The damage would have to be significant for the insurance co to have decided it was uneconmical to repair. Obviously if you were interested then you could ring and bottom it out, but I'd put money on that car having been seriously smashed up at some point.

[Mastodon2]

I read this as "Whats the worst that can happen to a cat vs a car?", to which I thought "Well, if you hit it fast enough, it might burst. Slow enough, you might just break some of its' bones".

It's early!

[thinfourth2]

Am I the only one expecting some messed up pussy

[Tino]

OllieWinchester said:

I'm well aware of the ins and outs of cars being written off. The advert doesn't state when the car was written off or why. The damage would have to be significant for the insurance co to have decided it was uneconmical to repair. Obviously if you were interested then you could ring and bottom it out, but I'd put money on that car having been seriously smashed up at some point.

If a car has a smash in the first six months of its life, some insurers used to the replace the car as a matter of course(not sure if its still the case)
Car may have been stolen and had the wheels/interior removed, which were then replaced with used items.