Been looking at a cheap van which is on hpi as a cat d write off,just wanted to know what cat d means and what other categorys are they

 

Hi M8
Cat D means that the insurer decided not to repair for whatever reason(uneconomical,owner did not want it back,they could bridge the gap with the salvage value...etc etc)this is the category for the lightest damaged vehicle and means that it is repairable but they just did not bother....
there is usually no bother re-insuring these,occasionally the insurance company will ask for an engineers report,but not always.....so if its cheap and it looks repaired ok its probably a decent buy.........
Rob........

 

Cheers m8 its a low mileage van that was repaired 3 years ago by the guy im buying it off it looks and drives A1 hes got all the reciept for the work and the van has fsh so i will probably buy it.

 

thought CAT D meant Destroy never to be allowed back on the road

 

cat A means totally destroy the car

 

No M8............thats cat A....(totally destroyed...fire etc)..........Cat B(break only)....
Cat C(heavy damage)..........And Cat D(light damage).........

 

D is the lowest Cat and A is the worst! D could be only interior missing etc!

 

ahhh

 

Yeah they are right cat d is the lowest so probably was not too bad when written off.

 

Alot of performance cars become Cat D because the trim and wheels have been stolen

 

My 1996 Escort Cossie with 9000 miles is on Cat D.was stolen when 9 mths old with the keys-house was broken into.Was found 4 yrs later in a barn along with a porsche bentley and a ferrari no damage was done to the car and all paperwork was with the car but the insurance had paid out.

Cheers Sean.

 

Spooky old barn then

 

my escort was classed as a cat D write off and that rolled down a motorway embankment, had dents in the roof where it had almost crushed me to death!
there were splits in the sills where the fencing had broken thru into the car and was burried into the rear seats, basically the car was beyond fooked and people seemed to be astounded at how i managed to escape the car alive so id guess CAT D would not allow the car back on the road again! ie Destroyed!

a mate who works for a motor finance company did a check on my car about a month later just out of curiosity to see what it would come up with and it came up 'awaiting to be destroyed'

When the claim had finally paid out and they came to take the car away i was told that the car was only heading to one place due to the severity of its condition and that was to be crushed!

Kelv.

 

he's right you know