True, finance outstanding, or indeed settled history is also documented on A HPI report. However write offs are also declared on a HPI report as well?

 

resale will only be a problem, if like most sellers, you overprice the car

price it at 30% below the price of unrecorded cars and you will sell it easily

the problem is, as we all know, that sellers try and get the same price, or very close to, that of unrecorded cars

 

Personally i wouldnt touch a cat C, not without an extensive accident report aswell as an extensive rebuild and costs report.
This would at least let you know what areas of the car have been damaged.

Ive known cat D cars to have had NO physical damage, eg someone threw paint stripper over 3 panels could be a cat D. Therefore your only outlay would be a respray (which it would probably need anyhow)

Dont forget though, when it comes time to move on, your car will be worthless (it will have a higher spare part value than as a whole sale), so as long as your prepared to spend the time when passing on then it really shouldnt be a problem.

 

It's a shame there isn't anything like the Focus RS register, where ALL number's of all Focus's are logged with pictures if they've been recorded in a crash.

Friend of mine was buying one, seen a nice cat d for about 2 grand cheaper than others, to be told it hit a lampost at 5-10mph, then to find it and looked like it done triple that speed if not more.

You don't half take a chance buying cat d's and c's

 

PM sent, thanks for the offer It's down to £6450 now. The vendor sent me some photos, but I'm a little put off by the amount of time it's been on sale.

 

The problem with a lot of accidents is the salvagers get something wrapped into a ball, give it a scientific pump on a car-o-liner and pass it off as 'light damage easy repair'.

So you really need evidence of before & after that it really IS only a light repair.

I suppose now the cars are so cheap, it takes a stone chip to write them off.

 

I have been keeping an eye on Coparts for mine to appear

 

I bought a mint EG Civic as a Cat C about 10 years ago because the rear screen had been smashed. £40 later after a trip to the scrappies - job done! All my daily drives have generally been Cat C or D. Current Octavia is. Needed a wing repair!

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Never had a cat repaired car but my mate has, I'd be more comfortable with a cat D, unfortunately though there are some shoddy repairs when look behind panels etc in one instance I seen a fuse box just taped up with duck tape and things stuck on with tie wraps.

 

Have I missed what you're doing with the S you have, I thought you were going to chuck a lump in it.