just rung up a motor . bit of a weird one , he says its on the hpi in april as a Cat C , he got it 6 weeks ago and he wasnt told this . he checked on the hpi for some reason and it came up . so he then thought it would need a vic test . . . . . . . . . . ?? so he rung up the dvla and they said it doesnt ????

know he has the mot which is till feb next year , the tax in the window runs out at the end of july and he has the log book (havent checked whos name its in but he says it doesnt say anything about it on the log book ?)

know if i buy it , am i gonna get stitched when i try to tax it , cos it will come up as needing a VIC ??

how can he have the mot , tax and log book ??

can i check on the net tonight ??

dont want to wait till monday to ring them lol

 

not 100% sure but i think cat d need vic but cat c ok ,though it could be the other way round

 

just googled it and i,m wong! but it may be that it has already had the vic as it has logbook etc

 

cat c needs a vic check

and if he was the owner when it got damaged he will still have all the docs until it changes owners, you will need to re mot it and vic it

 

Cat C vehicles need a VIC test. Once done, the logbook WILL say something like:

My Sierra 2000e has this as it was Cat-C'd due to being hit in a rear door, which made it uneconomical to repair for the insurance company.

Category D vehicles do NOT need a VIC test. Any Category B vehicles WILL not be allowed back onto the road except in special circumstances.

Category A vehicles are crushers only.

 

if dvla says it doesnt need a vic then it doesnt, you can ring them and ask also

taxing it etc wont be a prob as you have a v5 or atleast will have the new keeper bit which is fine, if the cars sound and a good price go for it

 

and it will say on the log book (substansionly damaged/repaird)

 

what if a car is on the "V reg?" before these cat D,C was brought in etc?is there anyway to get it off this?

 

he said he bought it and new nothing until he hpi'd it ?

i thought if you crashed it then it was a Cat c , to get your money from insureance , they want all the docs back first ??

it was Cat c before he bought it ? but he has all the docs ?

as for trusting him about the dvla , i just trusted someones word over my last car cos im a honest bloke my self ..................... but it turned out he lied through his teeth to get the cash out my hands , but thats a story foranother day (it was a member off here !)

 

quite regular these days if your car is involved the insurance company pay out and leave the car to you to dispose of, so basicly these ppl resell the car in a damaged state or keep using them as is, if the car needs a vic when the logbook is sent off to go into the new blokes name he gets a letter saying, the car is registered into your name but before a logbook can be issued it must be vic'd

some cat c's do slip through the net and dont need a vic, cat d's dont need one


its nothing to panic over, you can ring dvla yourself if it needs one its only 36 quid

 

the bloke had the advert for Ł2049 cat c . just checked and its changed now Cat d and its Ł2400 ?

i hpi'd it and its cat c and hasnt got a registered vic test ?

i reckon he had just changed the ad to stop putting people off .

 

why are you fussing so much? if your really that interested call the dvla tell them you just bought a damaged car and ask if it needs a vic, if it does its a bartering point and will be wrote on logbook at bottom, if it doesnt then mateys telling the truth


if the cars worth it and priced well go for it.


id say a good quarter if not third of the cars on the road are right offs, prob 70 percent of them the owners dont even know it.

i do lots salvage allways declare it though, but then i only do ka's corsa's etc... easy sellers

 

the dvla is shut today lol

 

it also depends how long ago it was made a cat c if it was b4 all this vic test stuff it will be ok i can't remember when they changed it now that bit they put on the bottom of the log book wrecks me they couldn't make it sound worse!

 

if you tex the reg number to 83600 it will tell you if it is needed

 

VIC came out during the year 2003.

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cant believe its been that long i'm getting old lol cheers mate

 

that text check is a load of balls much better off with rac check only a fiver and it covers outstanding finance