Bought a Cat-D - problems.

[Tonberry]

Mr2Mike said:

It's entirely possible (and not uncommon) to have a Cat D car that has more significant damage than one with a Cat C.

Correct. But.

Taking two identical cars, same age, mileage and condition.

The one wih greater damage will be the CAT C as it will cost more to repair.

My original point was that in this particular case, knowing full well what an SRT costs / is worth - the damage would likely not be more than a few thousands worth otherwise it would have uneconomical to repair and awarded a CAT C.

Serious structural damage would cost more than a few thousand to repair.

[Mr2Mike]

Tonberry said:

Correct. But.

Taking two identical cars, same age, mileage and condition.

The one wih greater damage will be the CAT C as it will cost more to repair.

Again, this is not necessarily the case as there other costs incurred by an insurance claims than just the repair.