More dodgy cars, or just more disclosure?
More dodgy cars, or just more disclosure?
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Lester H

Original Poster:

4,314 posts

134 months

Monday 12th October 2020
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Been looking at used stuff on Autotrader. One car is described as Cat C ( not used officially since Oct 2017. )Described as a 6 owner car with 40k showing. Am I just too cynical, or is there an increasing amount of similar stuff out there?. Not talking of the real, under the arches bangers where this is endemic .

Edited by Lester H on Monday 12th October 19:47

ZX10R NIN

30,502 posts

154 months

Monday 12th October 2020
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Just more disclosure.

Mr Tidy

31,152 posts

156 months

Monday 12th October 2020
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If you put an advert on Autotrader and it has a "Cat" flag it automatically appears on your advert, so yes more disclosure seems to be the answer.

Sadly other sites don't do the same so it pays to be careful on eBay, Gumtree, etc.

If a car shows as Cat C that suggests it had it's accident prior to 2017!

Lester H

Original Poster:

4,314 posts

134 months

Tuesday 13th October 2020
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Thanks for clear responses. Amazing that they can flog these at not much below retail.

carboy2017

743 posts

107 months

Thursday 15th October 2020
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IIRC Gumtree does that now and shows CAT status

eBay and Facebook marketplace dont so need to be very cautious


Mr Tidy said:
If you put an advert on Autotrader and it has a "Cat" flag it automatically appears on your advert, so yes more disclosure seems to be the answer.

Sadly other sites don't do the same so it pays to be careful on eBay, Gumtree, etc.

If a car shows as Cat C that suggests it had it's accident prior to 2017!