RobSheffield Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Just looking online but all the info is mind blowing My dad is looking at a car thats been brought to a local classic car specialist as 'damaged but repairable and unrecorded' I did a quick iphone check on 'mycarcheck' application, it came back as 'Cat C but VIC passed Does that mean its not a cat C now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 That's a bit confusing as it seems that the car hasn't been recorded as a write off, but the report says it's a Cat C and has passed it's VIC test. For it to have passed it's VIC test it has to be fit to go back on the road. Has it been repaired yet Rob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 That's a bit confusing as it seems that the car hasn't been recorded as a write off, but the report says it's a Cat C and has passed it's VIC test. For it to have passed it's VIC test it has to be fit to go back on the road. Has it been repaired yet Rob? The part where it 'wasnt recorded' was the people at the specialists, not always terribly honest or accurate The Cat C shows from June, and the damage at the moment is just a broken rear bumper plastic, or so it appears (could be more beneath) Im wondering if the car was damaged in June and left since as insurance companies went back and forth (with it being a rear damage, likely) or if it was fixed, had the necessary checks done to 'remove' the cat C and then had more damage recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 A VIC test has nothing to do with how well a car is repaired Its a big con. It will always be a CAT C that cant be taken off. Sounds like it was a CAT C repaired then hit again and unrecorded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Sounds like it was a CAT C repaired then hit again and unrecorded? Think thats the case Advised my dad hours ago to just leave it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Vic test is just to check that its the same car and not been rung. Cat C can be very minor damage if the cost to repair is deemed more than the car is worth. Also (IF) the car has been repaired (properly) then it does not really matter unless he was buying it to try and sell it on for profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 It should say on the log book when it had passed the VIC check and that its been damaged/repaired. As supraloopy says it could of been minor damaged, even just a few scratches to be a CAT C. But it will always be a CAT C and therefore harder to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wantthatone Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 can anyone clarify & be 100% on this please, if i bought a cat c & new from a dealer it was a cat c, the cat c was over 10 years ago, would there be any info on the log book regarding the cat c? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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