Info on a 450 reg LIJ 7144
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Toady1 said:
Hi everyone. I may be returning to the TVR fold from a cerb I had in 06 to a Chim 450 in a swap for my m3! Doe anyone have any info or know anything about this car? Silver with red interior/roof reg LIJ 7144
Thanks in advance!
Dont know this particular car, but would stongly advise you do a search on it, just to make sure its never been the subject of an insurance loss. Use the link to view the choices of search.Thanks in advance!
https://www.mycarcheck.com/
Hi, thanks for the link. I did a search on the car above and it DID come back as a CAT C write off in 2002. That wouldn't have put me off as I know how easy it is for an insurance company to write off a tvr and I'd have given it a thorough look over, but it wasn't worth what I was 'technically' going to pay for it (£9k). So it does pay to do your own search, as the current owner didn't know anything about it! 
My car the Chim
The cars had 16k spent on it on a new front & rear some time ago, I still have the receipts and to my knowledge it was not a cat c until a search on it today, but it still remains a top quality car in better condition than most, the previous seller sold it at under its value, which I don’t intend to do.
My insurance company did not tell me or penalise me for it being a cat c, I have today had a look all over the car and there is no sign of any repairs, it’s a professional job.
This car has had over 20k spent since new.
The cars had 16k spent on it on a new front & rear some time ago, I still have the receipts and to my knowledge it was not a cat c until a search on it today, but it still remains a top quality car in better condition than most, the previous seller sold it at under its value, which I don’t intend to do.
My insurance company did not tell me or penalise me for it being a cat c, I have today had a look all over the car and there is no sign of any repairs, it’s a professional job.
This car has had over 20k spent since new.
mac123yre said:
My car the Chim
The cars had 16k spent on it on a new front & rear some time ago, I still have the receipts and to my knowledge it was not a cat c until a search on it today, but it still remains a top quality car in better condition than most, the previous seller sold it at under its value, which I don’t intend to do.
My insurance company did not tell me or penalise me for it being a cat c, I have today had a look all over the car and there is no sign of any repairs, it’s a professional job.
This car has had over 20k spent since new.
Hi Alan, no one on here is trying to do you or your car down in any way. You state to your knowledge the car was not a cat c till a search was done on it today. Sorry that statement is wrong. The car would have been declared a cat c when it first suffered damage. You say its had a new front and rear either one of these would have been costly enough for the insurance to declare a cat c loss.Was this fact not disclosed to yourself when you bought it? Did you not do any checks on it? Im sure the car is in excellent condition now, but the fact that it is a cat c would have an effect on its market value, and this, if known, should be declared by the seller, as much as any would be buyer should do a vin check to verify this. We try to help and look out for each other on these forums. This includes anybody looking to buy and asking for assistance with the history of any car.No doubt if the particular chimaera in question comes up for sale in the future and a question is posted about its history, we will all be queing up to declare it a cat c.The cars had 16k spent on it on a new front & rear some time ago, I still have the receipts and to my knowledge it was not a cat c until a search on it today, but it still remains a top quality car in better condition than most, the previous seller sold it at under its value, which I don’t intend to do.
My insurance company did not tell me or penalise me for it being a cat c, I have today had a look all over the car and there is no sign of any repairs, it’s a professional job.
This car has had over 20k spent since new.
Personally i would not hesitate in buying a TVR that had been declared cat c or d, but that should be reflected in the asking price, regards Tom.
Personally would have no real prob having a cat C/D if repairs done well and it sounds like Alan has loads of recipts for the work done, also I think it matters less and less the older the car gets. I have been speaking to Alan about doing a deal for car and without stating the obvious using the forum search and a bit of common sense it was actually quite easy to find the cars history.
All said it does sound like a good car that has been well looked after and improved by both Alan and the previous owner.
All said it does sound like a good car that has been well looked after and improved by both Alan and the previous owner.
You going for it then mate? It wouldn't put me off either especially as it was cat c in 2002! But being a cat c It wasn't worth the asking price of my car so I wasn't going to do a straight swap with the seller for it. Good luck mate. The owner seemed like a nice enough chap on the phone.
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