How bad is Catogory C accident damage?

[davevectra]

After trawling the net i came across this forum where someone can hopefully give me some advise. I recently bought a 2003 vectra and in a rushed through sale as i needed a car, i have just learned through a car history check that the car was written off in april 2010 as a cat C. The car has no evident body damage, no creases in the boot or under the bonnet, no paint mismatches the body work is excellent and is driving just fine. The seller stated that he just had a new clutch kit fitted. So my question is could this vehicle have been written off because of mechanical damage i.e clutch, is this a likely scenario?
The seller will not be contactable and he never told me about the write off at the time of purchase. Now this is obviously less than ideal and naive on my part, but like i say the car looks great and drives well too and as far as ownership and vin number this checks out. I will have the car looked at for peace of mind, and am trying to stay optimistic but would appreciate some of your thoughts.

[The fatboy]

viperbh said:

For all you guys wondering how bad a Cat D can be This is my hubbys two month old evo sold by the insurance company as cat D. It was bought for 9 grand by a one man dealer and back on the road in 3 months . I know this for fact as the guy contacted me for the service book and we had a speeding ticket through for 85 in a forty three months after they payed out the 33 grand !!!

BEWARE of all cars recorded unless you,ve seen the car pre repair and it cheep like half price after the repair

no way, this looks more likely a cat C, are those guys blind? the frame and chassis seemed to be twisted, by the way quite few year ago there was a show that some guys picked some cat C and D cars from salvage and repaired as new.
it turned up that the price to get a salvaged car can be cheap but the extra problems are getting the parts and good repairers.