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Cat C - VOSA advice needed


CJ

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I am not to clued up on what happens with this and would appreciate advice.

 

My son is still looking to buy a car for when he returns next week and has seen a car advertised that the seller says:

 

MOT CERT PRESANT,NO V5, BUYER WILL HAVE TO ARRANGE A VIC CHECK BEFORE APPLYING FOR A V5, CAR AS HAD A BUMP IN THE REAR END AT SOMETIME IN ITS LIFE HENCE SPARES OR REPAIRS, REPAIRS HAS BEEN DONE BUT THIS MEANS A TRIP TO A VOSA STATION FOR THEM TO CHECK CHASSIE/VIN NUMBERS ECT

 

So, first of all, does this sound dodgy? It is obviously a Cat C but as it is for Josh and dirt cheap (a '98 Tigra for £250) I was not too concerned with that. Should I be? He has posted pics and they all look fine and dandy but as it is not in front of me then it may be masking things - or am I being paranoid?

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The bit about having no V5 is right, as one is not issued until the VIC check has been done.

 

The main issue to me would be, if the person has repaired it why don't they just do the VIC themselves and get a few more £££ for it.

 

I'll have a look in work tomorrow and see if I can find you a cheap PX

 

I just said the exact same thing to Josh. Thank you very much for that my friend and for your help this afternoon. As it happens, the mileage worked out correct (well, according to the MOT site that you can check past MOT's on) but the car itself was rough.

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I just said the exact same thing to Josh. Thank you very much for that my friend and for your help this afternoon. As it happens, the mileage worked out correct (well, according to the MOT site that you can check past MOT's on) but the car itself was rough.

 

No worries at all mate. Like I said sometimes it is innocent.

 

Shame about the car though, would have been real cheap.

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Doesn't sound quite right to me either - he's saying the damage was done 'at some point in it's life', but if he had bought the car then he'd have been sent a letter telling him he needs to go for a VIC for the log book to be issued. The fact he says the damage was done (generically) 'at some point in it's life', suggests he knows little about the history of the vehicle.

 

I might expect someone to admit to saying something along the lines of 'I bought the car, found out it was cat C, but never got around to doing a VIC'.

 

He could, however, simply not have been bothered (I did something similar with an Escort I knew I was going to scrap), or there is something a little more dishonest going on.

 

I'd steer well clear personally.

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For £41 i would be suspicious why he hasn't done it himself.

All info here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/AdviceOnBuyingAndSellingAVehicle/DG_4022107

 

I agree - for the sake of a few quid you would think he would sort it out.

 

 

Oh, sorry i assumed it was a 1.7. Still, its not a 1.0 Fiesta :p

The strange thing is, the 1.4 Tigra and 1.6 saxo are more or less the same price for him to insure (with him as lead driver) as a smaller engined car. Car insurance is a strange game for sure :blink:

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