Too good to be true???

[Zed Baron]

Cat S doesn’t mean it can’t be sold. I mean insurance write cars off so easily these days, it’s a scam in my view.

But Cat S are ' having been determined to have some sort of structural damage', I personally wouldn't want to be driving around in a car thats structural integrity may of been compromised, especially if you can't guarantee the quality/experience of the repair/repairer.

 

[deltasierra]

Insurance companies write a low value car off so that there is no further liability either for future accidents or quality of repair. If another company decides to repair the damage they are not liable, Cat N covers light panel damage and paintwork, Cat S suspension damage, subframes and other expensive and time consuming damage to fix.

I might buy a Cat N or S if the price was right but I would expect to sell it for salvage price.

 

[deltasierra]

Insurance companies write a low value car off so that there is no further liability either for future accidents or quality of repair, if another company decides to repair the damage they are not liable, Cat N covers light panel damage and paintwork, Cat S suspension damage, subframes and other expensive and time consuming damage to fix.

I might buy a Cat N or S if the price was right but I would expect to sell it for salvage price.

 

[Mr Tidy]

I might buy a Cat N if I saw photos of the damage and knew what work had been done, but it would have to be cheap!

But I'd consider either if the Cat marker was applied when the car was getting old and of relatively low value. After my 330i got rear-ended in April it is now a Cat S because it needs a new rear bumper cover and the TP insurers recommended repairer managed to quote over £2K for repairs.

Still it only cost me £500 to keep it.

 

[MikeyH]

That’s a Tidy sum,