accident repair cat c etc

[steve j]

Can anyone tell me what cat c and cat d registered cars are and should they be avoided.

[pies]

CAT ‘A’
A written-off vehicle that must be totally destroyed, including all of its parts.

CAT ‘B’
A written-off vehicle from which the spare parts may be re-sold, but from which the body-shell should be destroyed so that the vehicle cannot be returned to the road.

CAT ‘C’
A vehicle that is written-off by the insurers because the repair costs are greater than the value of the vehicle itself, but which can nonetheless still be potentially repaired to a roadworthy condition.

CAT ‘D’
A vehicle that has been written-off by the insurers, for various possible reasons, even though its physical repair costs are less than the vehicle’s actual value.

CAT ‘X’
A vehicle that is “not recorded” as being damaged on the HPI register, or which has very minimal damage only. Generally speaking, these vehicles are “stolen-recovered” cases

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[byron]

hi steve cat c and d cars have been damaged and are beyond economical repair using new genuine parts and will be recorded on the hpi register cat c cars have to go for a vic check which is only to confirm the cars identity once repaired not the quality of the repair and if this is good the v5c will be marked cat c ,cat d cars dont need this test at the moment and the v5c is not marked if the cars have been repaired well then you could buy yourself a bargain as most cat c and d cars are cheaper but they will allways be marked on the hpi register hope this clears this up for you

[steve j]

Cheers fellas, crystal clear now.

[LOUDANDFAST]

I got myself "clappy,s" v8s on a cat "c" for £2400. it was wrote of because front outriggers have gone and needs a rear wishbone which i have puchased from tvrcar parts. if you have the time you could get youself a bargain