once cars been classed as cat D write off does it remain on the list permently or does it come off after certain amount of time? or can you get it removed from list at all?

 

its on there forever mate!you can go to a dvla apporved station to get the car checked over(it will show up on the hpi that it has been checked and its all ok!)but apart from this there is nothing you can do

 

from what i heard it stays on all its life and there used to be a loophole were you export it to ireland and then back and it got a new clean life but this has now been stopped

 

defo on for life
didn't know the irish thing was stopped now
i know an escos on a q plate that went to ireland for a while then came back and got treated to a k reg courtesy of the dvla

 

Cat D is to my knowledge not on a list, I have bought lots over the years, never needed a check by anybody other than mot if that was out, never a mention from dvla or anyone else.
The age plate doesn't always work as I had a "Y" reg mk2 escort first registered in 1980, HHK366Y.
tabetha

 

Cat D doesnt need and inspection after repair but stays on for life. Cat c write off would need inspection to make sure identitiy of car as alot of people were nicking a car then swaping the chassis nos and its a check just to make sure thats that hasnt happened and to cut down on car crime but still stays on. If they checked to find this and couldnt identify the year of the shell if say you shell changed it then could go on a q. Cat d means really that repairable but insurance decided not to repair cat c normally means stuctural damage but beyond economical repair but can go back on the road. Cat a/b cannott go back on the road and will only sell to a breaker. It has an impact on insurance as if you buy a cat c then write it off they would pay less out so be carefull. Cat c cars normally re sell for alot less as cat d people dont see to be so fussed about.

Hope this helps all this information is on the dvla website. and quite helpfull.

Cheers

 

My other half's Mazda was awarded cat C status for a crease in the door! Until you have a VIC test completed, you won't receive tax reminders, but as long as it has an MOT it's allowed on the road.

 

after 3 years the car 'heals' itself so takes itself off the register

sorry

 

Apparently Poland is now used

 

3 years then heals it self

so why are there so many old rs's that were wrote off in the 90's still recorded ?

these abcd's etc change from time to time, you could years ago autolign a right off and get them reclassified but it got stopped. i stopped buying rightoffs when it went to cat c's needing vic checks that took to long to get a slot and checked out just so i could get a logbook, vans on a cat c don't get vic checked and a mark on the logbook,whereas cars get a permanent marker if cat c, i just can't be bothered trying to sell a car with "i'm a rightoff" on the documents, at the mo cat d or cat x seem the best of the lot as they don't have anything on the docs.

 

thanks for the info guys! well one thing for sure deffo wont be repairing the saff now as theres no point throwing money at it and then for it to be on the list for remainder of its life.So i will break it and by another

 

Tis true, but only if kept in the dark

 

my cat c vic marker on logbook diaapeared when i put a private plate on lol

 

and also you have to drive the car to the vic test and you can without tax disc to and from station !!!! fact...

 

theres always somebody jumps in with 2 feet , he was having a joke..................

 

some of the stuff i see spouted on here lately its hard to tell

 

the driving to and from test stations has always been allowed even normal mot stations so long as test is booked