cat-b write off question
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cat-b write off question
been offered a car that comes back as a cat-b write off, i've allways been under the impression that it never can be returned to the road, but this has been reshelled (keeping the written off reg) & just taxed etc.... i am planning on avoiding it like the plauge but now wondering how it got taxed etc..........
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Originally Posted by GUZZLER
been offered a car that comes back as a cat-b write off, i've allways been under the impression that it never can be returned to the road, but this has been reshelled (keeping the written off reg) & just taxed etc.... i am planning on avoiding it like the plauge but now wondering how it got taxed etc..........
cat a and b can't be put back on the roads and have got to be sold in bits or crushed
if it's cat b then there has got to be history
if you want to chase it up and see what exactly happened to it to give it the cat b then dig a littl e rather than buyit and then work out why it's difficult to insure/tax/etc
if it's cat b then there has got to be history
if you want to chase it up and see what exactly happened to it to give it the cat b then dig a littl e rather than buyit and then work out why it's difficult to insure/tax/etc
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CAt B's san only be stripped for parts by a registered dealer. It shouldnt be on the road at all. UNLESS and this is a BIG UNLESS it was rebuilt into a new shell using at least 70% of the donor vehicles car then it could take over that registration.
I would always avoid them like a plague though.
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I would always avoid them like a plague though.
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i know cat D is minor, cat C needs an inspection but cat A & B are not to back on the road, i couldn't figure out how they got it taxed 
maybe its moody tax!
maybe its moody tax!
Originally Posted by dojj
cat a and b can't be put back on the roads and have got to be sold in bits or crushed
Originally Posted by GUZZLER
i know cat D is minor, cat C needs an inspection but cat A & B are not to back on the road, i couldn't figure out how they got it taxed maybe its moody tax!
maybe its moody tax!
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Originally Posted by martin-reyland
Originally Posted by GUZZLER
i know cat D is minor, cat C needs an inspection but cat A & B are not to back on the road, i couldn't figure out how they got it taxed maybe its moody tax!
maybe its moody tax!cheers Martin, i might offer shite breaking money for it
Originally Posted by martin-reyland
Originally Posted by dojj
cat a and b can't be put back on the roads and have got to be sold in bits or crushed
everyone and every site always state that cat b's should be bit's and the shell crushed
if this isn't the case then it looks like we have all been misled
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Originally Posted by martin-reyland
Originally Posted by dojj
cat a and b can't be put back on the roads and have got to be sold in bits or crushed
Originally Posted by AA Website
Category A
A vehicle which should be totally crushed, including all its spare parts.
Category B
A vehicle from which spare parts may be salvaged, but the bodyshell should be crushed and the car should never return to the road.
Category C
An extensively damaged vehicle which the insurer has decided not to repair, but which could be repaired and returned to the road.
Category D
A damaged vehicle which the insurer has decided not to repair, but which could be repaired and returned to the road.
Category F
A vehicle damaged by fire, which the insurer has decided not to repair.
Theft
These vehicles have not been recovered and ownership rests with the insurer who made the total loss payment. They are able to repossess the car as soon as it is identified, even if it has been bought innocently.
Originally Posted by Another car website
Vehicles that have to be dismantled.
* Cat A: Vehicle totally wrecked or burnt out.
* Cat B: Vehicle has heavy damage and to be broken only.
Vehicles that can be resold
* Cat C: Vehicles of this category are vehicles which the retail repair costs were over the cost of the pre accident value .They will need a VIC test carried out on them, this is done at the local DVLA testing station and would cost around ÂŁ26.50
* Cat D: Vehicles of this category are vehicles which the retail repair costs were below the pre_accident value of the vehicle.
Originally Posted by dojj
Originally Posted by martin-reyland
Originally Posted by dojj
cat a and b can't be put back on the roads and have got to be sold in bits or crushed
everyone and every site always state that cat b's should be bit's and the shell crushed
if this isn't the case then it looks like we have all been misled
rather than must in them lists
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Sorry to but in but the FACT is!!
Category B The vehicle may not be resold. It will have been damaged beyond economical repair, usually with major structural damage. The DVLA will require "Notification of Destruction" but parts can be removed and sold on.
Category B The vehicle may not be resold. It will have been damaged beyond economical repair, usually with major structural damage. The DVLA will require "Notification of Destruction" but parts can be removed and sold on.
damaged beyond economical repair.....
doesnt mean YOU cant repair it though does it ,it just means its not financialy viable from an insurance point of view, if you want to repair it who are they to tell you if its viable or not?
people always take "beyond ECONOMICAL repair" to mean the car is fooked, but in the real world it means nothing of the sort, if the car had been 6 months newer it may well have been repaired by the insurance company anyway
you should see some of the things insurance companys have allowed me to repair
some cat b's are nowhwere near that bad but if its viable it ok as far as they are concerened
i edited to say...
im not saying cat b's can be repaired btw ,im just stating what the term beyond economical repair means
doesnt mean YOU cant repair it though does it ,it just means its not financialy viable from an insurance point of view, if you want to repair it who are they to tell you if its viable or not?
people always take "beyond ECONOMICAL repair" to mean the car is fooked, but in the real world it means nothing of the sort, if the car had been 6 months newer it may well have been repaired by the insurance company anyway
you should see some of the things insurance companys have allowed me to repair
some cat b's are nowhwere near that bad but if its viable it ok as far as they are concerenedi edited to say...
im not saying cat b's can be repaired btw ,im just stating what the term beyond economical repair means
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http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/mso06a.pdf
Sorry for been a geek but i'm an insurance assessor
Read the above it will tell you what you all need to know
Sorry for been a geek but i'm an insurance assessor
Read the above it will tell you what you all need to know
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