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Whittie
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10th Apr 08 at 10:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


Is £500 too little to accept for it? I get to keep the car. (Selling next week to a local lad for £600 as it stands)

Anticipated cost of repairs - £2400!!!
Category - B

Parts to be renewed -
Front bumper (not a mark on it!)
NS Flitch - Whats that?
NS Front wing moulding (Plastic under the arch)
Tyre
Alloy Wheel
NS Suspension (:S)
NSF Door
Bonnet (not a mark on it!)

Overall Condition - Average
Glass's guide retail price - £745
Other guide values - £800
Engineers value - £500, Agreed with owner - No
Ben G
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10th Apr 08 at 10:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much did you buy the red sport for?

i'd push for at least 750.
Whittie
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10th Apr 08 at 10:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Red sport was £1900 when I bought it I think.
namkeaps
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10th Apr 08 at 10:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you cxan argue the fact of the bits that dont need to be replace. they will drop the quote to fix way down
Whittie
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10th Apr 08 at 11:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So what would happen if I said that it doesn't need a new bumper / bonnet?
fazza
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10th Apr 08 at 11:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
u getting good money from that lad though!! if its cat b
Whittie
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10th Apr 08 at 11:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It was up forsale for £1400 before the lad crashed into me :/
olliejones8
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10th Apr 08 at 11:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is a cat b write off bad?
Jules
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10th Apr 08 at 11:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You had it up for £1400 before the accident - would you of accepted an offer of £1100?
If you would then take the £500 and sell to this lad for £600, if not then try and push for more.
fazza
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10th Apr 08 at 11:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
It was up forsale for £1400 before the lad crashed into me :/


i wasnt meaning it wasnt worth that mate was just saying if you get say 800 from insurance then u have your selling price anyhows.
wasnt knocking ur car mate
Brett
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10th Apr 08 at 11:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£2400 You could get the lot already colour coded from a scrapper for a couple of hundred.
ShEp
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10th Apr 08 at 11:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take 500 and repair it yourself for a couple of hundred quid

it doesnt need that much tbh
Dean_W
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10th Apr 08 at 11:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
It was up forsale for £1400 before the lad crashed into me :/
Superlite Ltd.
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10th Apr 08 at 11:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


Mate, fix it up and sell it. You'll make money
Kathryn W
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10th Apr 08 at 11:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


I think my dad's cars a write of then as its in a similair state
Kurt
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10th Apr 08 at 11:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
surely that just needs a wing and plastic arch?
RichR
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10th Apr 08 at 11:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If its CAT B I was under the impression it can't be put back on the road and has to be broken for parts by a licensed body?
fazza
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you cant drive a category A or B on the road though can you?
i though you could only repair cat C and D's
Ben G
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10th Apr 08 at 11:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will need a VIC check thing and another MOT (edit: for cat c, noticed yours is B)

[Edited on 10-04-2008 by Ben G]
willay
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10th Apr 08 at 11:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think Lee is right, if its a cat b its not coming back on the road.
nova_gteuk
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category a means no parts can be used and car must be crushed.

category b means some parts can be reused.

category c +d means it can be repaired and put back on road.

onlt category c requires a vic check.
silver_V179GNA
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10th Apr 08 at 11:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats hunreal!! When's it going then whitteh?
tom_simes
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10th Apr 08 at 11:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go back to them Alex, complain about the fact you have many parts listed that don't need replacing, and tell them how much you paid for it, or find some similar cars for sale so you can compare prices.

Also query why they believe it is a Cat B - is it purely because of the cost of the damage, or do they think there is underlying damage?
FruitBooTeR
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10th Apr 08 at 12:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Doesnt look like a CAT B to me, id get onto them
Beenie_t
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10th Apr 08 at 12:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cat D maybe never a Cat B.

You could put it back on the road for £200 tops!

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