Cat N cars

Carrerasax

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So what are the big down sides of a repaired car,

I’m considering a 2020 ish Peugeot 308 and a cat N one is £8k but normal £12k
As I expect to run it for 10 years if I can, won’t be worth much more than nothing
I’ll have it checked to make sure it’s not been bodge repaired , seller says it was n/s/f wing damage, but 35% less is a big drop🤔🤔
 
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If it’s been done properly it’s exactly as you say, a good saving. It’s only when you come to move it on you obviously get less but if keeping it you won’t experience that 👍

Edit: it is a long time since I have messed around with vehicles now so May be worth asking insurance as well just in case it affects cover and/or premiums these days.
 
Always going be members of the "walk away" mentality but personally I think they are a great way of getting a car at a knock down price, both of our last two cars were CAT S.
My daughter has just purchased a 2023 CAT S Skoda with just 1500miles on the clock, retail new was £18,500, without the repair the value would be somewhere around the £14-15k mark and she paid £9500. no increase on the insurance premium for her BTW.
Yes when it comes to selling it she wont get as much for it but if she keeps it for 15-20 years then the difference in price isn't going to be anything like the 5k she's already saved.
 
As above repaired to a decent standard ....
It's can be a useful saving ....
Obviously IF you are reselling then it would be worth proportionally less than a none cat car ...
BUT as a buy and use till end of useful life of the vehicle then YOU get the saving end of .
 
merl said:
Always going be members of the "walk away" mentality but personally I think they are a great way of getting a car at a knock down price, both of our last two cars were CAT S.
My daughter has just purchased a 2023 CAT S Skoda with just 1500miles on the clock, retail new was £18,500, without the repair the value would be somewhere around the £14-15k mark and she paid £9500. no increase on the insurance premium for her BTW.
Yes when it comes to selling it she wont get as much for it but if she keeps it for 15-20 years then the difference in price isn't going to be anything like the 5k she's already saved.
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Surprised we haven't heard from him yet
 
Carrerasax said:
So what are the big down sides of a repaired car,

I’m considering a 2020 ish Peugeot 308 and a cat N one is £8k but normal £12k
As I expect to run it for 10 years if I can, won’t be worth much more than nothing
I’ll have it checked to make sure it’s not been bodge repaired , seller says it was n/s/f wing damage, but 35% less is a big drop🤔🤔
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The damage on a write off vehicle MUST be recorded by the insurance company so it's possible to find accurate details of the damage. This includes pictures taken of the damage.
 
Cat N is none structural damage, so it will only have had light panel damage.
Yes when the time comes to sell it you won’t get as much as a none cat car, but you aren’t paying as much when you buy it.
I used to buy and repair accident damaged cars, and remember one guy that bought one off me it was only a month old when it got written off, I repaired it using all genuine parts, sold it at almost half the price it was when new a month earlier, so a saving to the buyer of over £9,000,
I advertised it as having been accident repaired, showed him photos of the vehicle before it was repaired.
Then about 9 or 10 years later I got a phone call from the same guy, he had traded the car in for a new car at a dealers and because it was on the register they knocked £500 off the trade in price that they had firs offered him,
And he was asking if I was willing to make up the difference by giving him the £500, which I said I would do if he was going to give me the £9,000 he had saved when he bought the car from me.
 
I have came across many cars which were badly damaged and repaired but not recorded, either diy fix or by a mate who does this for a living at home, paid into back pocket job, give any wagon you buy a good lock over, telltail is paint to smooth, there should be a wave efect as you look along any panels, all panels should be the same, door jam gaps etc another give away or over spray.
This is one i sorted after cutting the front left hand corner of and welding a new section from a doner car. ;) red skoda sold.jpg
 
Carrerasax said:
So what are the big down sides of a repaired car,

I’m considering a 2020 ish Peugeot 308 and a cat N one is £8k but normal £12k
As I expect to run it for 10 years if I can, won’t be worth much more than nothing
I’ll have it checked to make sure it’s not been bodge repaired , seller says it was n/s/f wing damage, but 35% less is a big drop🤔🤔
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If you’re planning to keep it until ‘end of life’, the salvage value will be the same!

My neighbour was selling a clapped out Honda CRV for £300… I kept it on site for a few months, pulling trailers around, then sold it for scrap for £500. It was collected FOC and paid within an hour… All they were interested in was that the cat converter was still there! 😏
 
As others have said a good way to save a substantial amount of money my two daughters and us all run cat cars ,makes no difference to insurance,our last 4 cars were all cat s. One was written off a couple of months after we bought it other drivers insurance paid us about 35%more than we bought it for without any fuss.our pvc was also cat s.ive found when your name has been in the v5for a few years it gives potential buyers more confidence less walk away and a less er discounted price can be achieved
 
I bought this as a write off, repaired it, just plastic parts and sold it on after riding it for a few months, I didn't make a lot on it but I enjoyed sourcing and fitting it all, I forget what cat it was, it was around 2002, the side you can see was the damaged side.

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My best mate mends write off every day and they all go back on the road, some are very serious, but that's the business he's in
 
Nice pan , obviously your legs are alot longer than mine! I had to have a seat made in america for mine and i was still on tip toes with that 😀
 
A cracking bike, I swapped it for my first Harley, an FXRP in Scarborough I took it up to 140 on the A64 and figured that was enough on a A road.
 
My MOT station was fine with no CC on my 2.8jtd vans.
 
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