Well you pay a lower price initially so the car being worth less doesn't really matter like you I'd never buy one without pictures etc I'd like to know where repairs have been done so that I can check the standard they have been completed to.
Technical New Diary of my 1.2 Lounge Cat D Repair
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Technical New Diary of my 1.2 Lounge Cat D Repair
Well you pay a lower price initially so the car being worth less doesn't really matter like you I'd never buy one without pictures etc I'd like to know where repairs have been done so that I can check the standard they have been completed to.
I show pictures if asked, and if they are teetering I offer them.
It doesn't cost any more to insure one, makes no difference at all. There are a few companies that won't cover them, but vast majority do and they just want to know.
Ive seen many that have been part ex'd, as insurance you just wouldn't get as much for it.
You shouldn't be put off.
So how does the law work in the uk? If the new owner has a problem with the car related to your repairs do they have any recourse or is it caveat emptor / buyer beware once you've disclosed its a cat d?
Same as buying any car, makes no difference. Dealers must declare to buyers that it's a write off, but private sellers don't. That doesn't sit right with me and is dishonest as far as I'm concerned so I always declare it. If someone did an HPI check it would come up anyway.
It all depends on whether the vendor is classed as a trader or private seller. Traders have a legal obligation that any vehicle they sell must be 'of satisfactory quality and fit for purpose' (whatever that means) and must disclose its status if previously written off by an insurer; private sellers have no such obligation, but must still avoid misrepresenting or misdescribing the car.
There's plenty of grey area here, but in the absence of other factors, case history suggests that anyone selling more than four cars per year would likely be regarded as a trader by HMRC, Trading Standards, and the insurance companies (private car policies generally exclude liability for any use connected with the motor trade).
In practice, it's hard to get Trading Standards to take any kind of enforcement action agaist small car traders running a micro business from home, so I'd advise buyers to treat cars sold by such sellers as if they were a private sale, where caveat emptor most definitely applies.
All that said, I have a great deal of respect for typecastboy's honesty, openness and the contribution he makes to this forum.
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TrevC
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Me too, and I'd happily dip my toe in the Cat D waters with one of his cars at the right price. Don't need another 500 at present, though!
Went to get the car MoTd today. It doesn't run out until August but I like to sell the cars with a full year. It failed the MoT as the near side front wheel wasn't round (their words). They showed me it spinning and it was definately out of true. Can't detect it driving though.
Came home ordered a good condition one with a good tyre for £59 on eBay.
That my friends is why I MoT them once repaired. It must have got damaged in the accident and I didn't even realise.
Came home ordered a good condition one with a good tyre for £59 on eBay.
That my friends is why I MoT them once repaired. It must have got damaged in the accident and I didn't even realise.
TP1964
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Typecastboy, I'm pretty sure the Italian badge is fitted to the wrong side of the car, I fitted ours & it came with a template, the slope of the badge follows the bonnet & wing shut line. (sorry if this comes across as picky
Typecastboy, I'm pretty sure the Italian badge is fitted to the wrong side of the car, I fitted ours & it came with a template, the slope of the badge follows the bonnet & wing shut line. (sorry if this comes across as picky
I guess they're handed; it looks like you might have swapped them left & right. At least you've got the flag the right way round.
Unfortunately once you see it, it looks completely wrong. We've all done something like this, somewhere, sometime - I once hung two complete rolls of wallpaper, carefully trimming and pattern matching, before my mate came in and told me I'd hung it upside down :bang::bang::bang:.
Time for the heat gun? Careful with that fresh paint.
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Damn it, I did wonder when I put them on. I put them on the last one like that too. They can stay on it for this one. I'll know now for next time. Appreciate you pointing it out, but I hate you now!!
TP1964
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Damn it, I did wonder when I put them on. I put them on the last one like that too. They can stay on it for this one. I'll know now for next time. Appreciate you pointing it out, but I hate you now!!
It's ok, I don't mind you hating me as I have very slopey shoulders, in any case I can't hate you as you've saved a few 500's from being parted out .
