quick question if a car has been registered as a cat d car, how bad would the damage have been as in is it mid or high level of accident damage ?


thanks for any thoughts

 

mine is cat d stolen recovered

 

minimal i think as ive bought cat d's before from the breakers and there isnt much damage not structural anyway, normally fairly easy repair.

 

cat d's can be anything really,, from a scratch to a frontend, ive dealt in a few in my time,

basically
cat c: damage exceeds total value of vehicle.
cat D: doesnt exceed total value of vehicle.
cat A must be scraped (everything)
cat B: parts only not to be put bk on the road.
cat X:stolen recovered (although cat D can be a stolen recovered)
cat U: unrecorded.. ( whys it a cat u if its unrecorded?)

cat D: can also be engine failure.

hope this helps.

 

as above, also worth noting a cat d can be far far worse than a cat c can, i have know cars put a on a cat c for scratched wing and broken indicator, and have seen many cat d's with the front ends missing.

 

thats also a good point....
i was looking at buying a ford ka,, a damaged 1 to repair and sell on,,
campare these to..
1. 2004 ford ka, needed: wing, headlight, plastic arch that was it!
2. 53 reg ford ka needed: both headlights, slam panel, bumper, rad,both wings & bonnet + whatever other brackets & clips

number 1 was a cat C?? number 2 was a cat D??

dont no how they work it out??

 

id go for a cat d mate saves all the messing about with a vic check , vic checks are a pain in the **** imo