whats worse cat d or moon miles
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TooMany2cvs said:
The difference between repaired and CatD might only be that a hire car wasn't needed... Or they made the assessor a nice cuppa with chocolate biscuits.
Well aware but given the OP hasn’t given any information, assuming they’re the same price and neither look like they have been painted by Stevie Wonder in the past, I would opt for the straight one. E92 isn't yet cheap enough to be likely to have been written off for minor panel damage. Without evidence of what the damage was and how it was repaired I wouldn't be interested in a cat D, unless it's very, very, very cheap and something you intend to keep for a long time. But since you're not saying how much money we're talking it's hard to say.
Any M-car has the potential to destroy your wallet. Take your time, look at plenty, buy the best one you can.
Any M-car has the potential to destroy your wallet. Take your time, look at plenty, buy the best one you can.
charltjr said:
E92 isn't yet cheap enough to be likely to have been written off for minor panel damage. Without evidence of what the damage was and how it was repaired I wouldn't be interested in a cat D, unless it's very, very, very cheap and something you intend to keep for a long time. But since you're not saying how much money we're talking it's hard to say.
Any M-car has the potential to destroy your wallet. Take your time, look at plenty, buy the best one you can.
12kAny M-car has the potential to destroy your wallet. Take your time, look at plenty, buy the best one you can.
J4CKO said:
TooMany2cvs said:
110k is "moon miles" now?
The simple answer is "whichever one's the shed"
Not even halfway there !The simple answer is "whichever one's the shed"
Less that that, and it's just a general "high miler"
Loads of cars and vans with over 250k, it's not even really high now days.
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I bought a 4 year old 'mint' Cat D repaired Astra with only 21k on the clock, over one the same age with around 90k on the clock for the same price. I was going to be doing around 40k a year, so the lower mileage was a lot more appearling.
Put me off buying any form of accident damaged/repaired car.
At first it did seem like a bargain, but then the niggles started to surface after a few months. It'd always pull to the left slightly, no amount of wheel alignment would solve it, and eventually realised that the entire front end was slightly skew-whiff.
Looking at other adverts for Cat D vehicles, a lot seem to have minor damage which doesn't look too bad, but others look pretty horrific. I think the Astra I had was the latter, and repaired on a back street, probably by a blind chef.
Unless I bought it damaged and repaired it myself, or at least saw pictures of the damage before buying I wouldn't go near another.
Having said that, I should have done more research myself. If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have gone near it. But I didn't, so i did! Hey ho!
Put me off buying any form of accident damaged/repaired car.
At first it did seem like a bargain, but then the niggles started to surface after a few months. It'd always pull to the left slightly, no amount of wheel alignment would solve it, and eventually realised that the entire front end was slightly skew-whiff.
Looking at other adverts for Cat D vehicles, a lot seem to have minor damage which doesn't look too bad, but others look pretty horrific. I think the Astra I had was the latter, and repaired on a back street, probably by a blind chef.
Unless I bought it damaged and repaired it myself, or at least saw pictures of the damage before buying I wouldn't go near another.
Having said that, I should have done more research myself. If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have gone near it. But I didn't, so i did! Hey ho!
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