Selling a Cat C write off without a VIC check

Selling a Cat C write off without a VIC check

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psychoR1

1,069 posts

186 months

Sunday 24th February 2013
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Wilbo - TBH you would get a lot of that damage out from behind and using a slide hammer with weld on or screw in tabs. Tidy the arch return and it won't look too bad. Does it drive straight?

Spangles

1,441 posts

184 months

Monday 25th February 2013
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psychoR1 said:
s p a c e m a n said:
Yes you can, as long as the car is roadworthy. You can also keep getting tax without the vic test, you just cant do it online.
Also correct....
You won't get reminders through the post from DVLA though.


wilbo83

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1,535 posts

164 months

Monday 25th February 2013
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psychoR1 said:
Wilbo - TBH you would get a lot of that damage out from behind and using a slide hammer with weld on or screw in tabs. Tidy the arch return and it won't look too bad. Does it drive straight?
Had never even heard of a slider hammer until your post. Just looked at a few youtube videos and it looks a fairly simple process. Drives absolutely fine, the impact was pretty slow speed.

psychoR1

1,069 posts

186 months

Monday 25th February 2013
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Sure it won't look great without some proffessional bodywork attention, filler and paint etc but you can certainly improve it so it looks better - worth a go and what have you got to loose?
Can you get in behind it to push it out as well?

ewan221

1,218 posts

185 months

Monday 25th February 2013
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crossy67 said:
Unless things have changed recently not all cat C's will require a vic check. There is a phone number you can call to see if the car will need one but I have deleted it off my phone as I no longer needed it.

Doesn't it make a bit of a mockery of the whole classification of write off's though. Cat C was originally for serious structural damage. That looks like an easily repairable dent to me, any panel beater worth his salt would get it straight in a morning.
Not my understanding, I know of a few cars that were cat C with no structural damage

according to the HPI web site

Category C: This vehicle was repairable, but the repair costs exceeded the vehicle value. The insurer chose not to repair for economic reasons

Category D: This vehicle was repairable, but the repair costs were significant compared to the vehicle value. The insurer chose not to repair for economic reasons.

wilbo83

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1,535 posts

164 months

Monday 25th February 2013
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ewan221 said:
Not my understanding, I know of a few cars that were cat C with no structural damage

according to the HPI web site

Category C: This vehicle was repairable, but the repair costs exceeded the vehicle value. The insurer chose not to repair for economic reasons

Category D: This vehicle was repairable, but the repair costs were significant compared to the vehicle value. The insurer chose not to repair for economic reasons.
This is how I understood it and how it was explained to me.

psychoR1

1,069 posts

186 months

Monday 25th February 2013
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So Cat C and D all come down to cost of repair compared to value of vehicle.
Plenty of cheap motoring in these cars if you are good at sourcing used parts or handy with a spanner. Obviously even cheaper if you can do both.
Come on then - let's see the repair in progress pictures!