There's a 2001 Audi S6 local which was cat D in 2002.
That must have still been worth a shed load of money, so a big claim?
No service history, so maybe identity changed or something, as kind of car to keep all that?
Not too clued up.

 

So what is the question then

 

Cat D is usually quite a small problem... and like you said, a year old Audi S6 is likely to have been worth a fair wedge of cash so would be worth finding out why it was written off. Is there a place you can do this??

It could have been stolen and the Insurance Company had paid out on it before it was recovered??

Would have to be really cheap to tempt me though, cars like these which are HPi clear are pretty unloved at the moment.


Cheers,
Grant

 

cat d is for cars that can be repaired and doesn't need a vic check and doesn't need to reapply for a v5 as its still with the car

 

A year old S6 having been an uneconomical (I believe) repair sounds fairly substantial doesn't it?
Suppose has been on road 6 years since.

It's £7K.

 

Like you said, it has been on the road for 6 years.................Thats 6 years worth of MOT's so it should be ok

 

cat d is anything from a scratch to anything non structual

 

it should have service history atleast from 2002 onwards, unless its been clocked recently or something and history binned

 

Maybe flood damage? Hydrauliced the engine? Knackered ECUs? Interior? Ecu would cost a few grand.

 

Only way I can think it was written off as a Cat D car at that age/value was that it was stolen to order... locked away somewhere... insurance paid out... and then discovered by the 5/0 at a later date.

IMO its a bit pricey though, unless minimal miles and big spec.


Cheers,
Grant

 

A scratch on a 20k + car wouldn't make it an uneconomical repair though.

 

a previous owner could have misplaced history due to a house move or something

 

does it really make any difference, you judge a listed car on its appearance, its bout do of been hit somewere or possibly as above stolen recovered but 99 percent of the advertised stolen recovered were hit it just sounds better to sell it that way lol

just check it all over and make sure all the gadgets work etc

 

it would if a pissed off ex keyd every panel so as in a full respray in the eyes of the insurers

 

Makes a lot of difference unless cheap enough all things considered, which it isn't considering a year older 70k mile one is 2k more.
Thought it was cheap enough, must have been thinking rs6 prices

Be alright at 5k I reckon.

 

Cat C is when the car is beyond economical repair. Cat D is when the cost of courtesy car etc, bumps the cost of repairs above a third (I think)_ or 2 thirds over the value of the car.

 

Ah right when you said scratch didn't think of one 100 foot long covering every panel, lol.

Gone off the fucker now, doesn't sound so appealing anymore

 

If less than 1 year old and the owner had a policy with a new car replacement, the insurance company may have been obliged to write it off if the repair was more than the salvage worth, i.e. 50%, 60%.

i.e. car has been vandalised or trim bits stolen (wheels, bumpers, headlamps, etc..). Car is valued @ £25k, repairs come to £10k. Insured person has a policy with a "new car replacement" in the first year. Standard salvage percentage is 50%. That would make a write-off @ £12,500. With £2,500 or less in the pot, if the insured said that they no longer wished to have the car, it would be down to the inspecting engineers' discretion.

We had a similar case where I work. Car had been stolen and recovered the next day local. Had only done 50 miles or so since being stolen, couple of slightly kerbed alloys "which were not damaged before it was stolen" and that sort of thing. Repair bill was well under the write-off value, but owner had a "new car replacement" policy with Zurich (I believe it was). Engineer wanted it repaired until the owner asked in the insurance company was willing to pay for ANYTHING that went wrong should it not be covered under warranty for the remainder of the the time it was owned, i.e. engine issues, etc... as it could have been "ragged" everywhere. Owner was not prepared to accept the car unless they were prepared to cover it, so it got written off and a new car supplied by the insurance company.

I know the owner of the car now and it is fine, always has been. Just needed a new lockset as there was a key still unaccounted for originally.

Sounds silly, but it does happen.

 

Interesting!
This one has most recent mot and that's it apparently, so fuck knows what true mileage could be - unaware of mileage on it, but could be well off I guess, just don't know.
A bit cheaper and would be worth having and flogging for peanuts after couple years or something.

 

ask him for the document ref number from the v5 and with the reg number you can look up prev mots online

 

sounds fishy 2 me, cat d on a 20k car hmmmm not the useual done thing. find out more info, why and wen it was written off and work done since etc

 

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk...cleRegLetter=H

Looks nice...
Presume last owner didn't have it long if put private plate on it and only has one mot??

 

either that or its been damaged again, ive had plenty cars that are listed twice lol

 

Oh I don't know!

Be worth a punt if cheaper, really would
Drive past the place on way home from work, tempting.

 

It is cheap, just under double the price of a 98' S4.

 

2K less than a same age S6 with 70k miles and fsh though.

 

Wouldnt you be able to trace any history through the dealerships, like some of the guys on here know how to trace BMW history?

 

Dont think so would be 4 years worth of mot's as even if its written off still doesn't need mot'd till 3 years old!

 

Good point, not sure how much info you get - mileage etc?
Think bmw stopped doing it, not sure.

 

prev mots as i said, should go back to 2006 or 7, if its all of a sudden got no history if clocked chances are its just been done

 

No history would mean the owner would of claimed for it and just left it in the insurers hands to sell on. Maybe try and track down previous owner via the log book? See if they can put light on the car?