Cat D Can't Be That Bad Can It?

Don't forget though that the insurers may well have to consider the costs of providing a courtesy car, which IIRC they don't have to provide if the car is written off?

Someone backed in to my old mans 530d and put a dent on the drivers side rear door. He had a 535d Touring as a courtesy car for a fortnight, and the bill was £1500 for the repair, and £3000 for the courtesy car. :eek:
 
Cat D doesnt mean anything particularly, Ive had a cat d declared and no one ever looked it. They took a few photos from 10 feet away and it was a cat d, that was it.

If it passes an mot and brakes straight from 70 and handles fine then I wouldnt be too suspicious. You could always get an inspection with some sort of warranty. Offer 15k and keep it 10 years with no regrets :)
 
Kingy said:
Don't forget though that the insurers may well have to consider the costs of providing a courtesy car, which IIRC they don't have to provide if the car is written off?
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The approval repairers provide the courtesy cars not the insurer. It doesn't cost the insurer anything.
 
Vanilla said:
Price isn't even that good.....
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It's a pretty fair price. You won't find a 2002 M3 with that much kit and mileage for anywhere near 17k.

Personally though I would get it checked out by BMW and offer him in the region of 16k if everything was in order. Remember that you will take a big hit at resale time because of the Cat-D, but otherwise that is a lot of car for the money.
 
NickXX said:
It's a pretty fair price. You won't find a 2002 M3 with that much kit and mileage for anywhere near 17k.

Personally though I would get it checked out by BMW and offer him in the region of 16k if everything was in order. Remember that you will take a big hit at resale time because of the Cat-D, but otherwise that is a lot of car for the money.
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Thats the main thing I would be worried about, as they are falling in price so much these days, I would hate to think of the resale value on it.

The price is extremely fair, considering the mileage and the kit it has on it. *dreams* If only I could find one the same that wasnt cat D or the same price.
 
One of the guys at work used to own an M3 that was a Cat D.

The one main thing that he got the seller to do before he bought it was get it Autoline ? checked which does a thorough check on all the alignments etc...
 
merlin said:
No. I don't agree with what Saytan said if he was inferring the car got a Cat D simply because it was stolen/recovered.

Don't work like that. Plenty cars get stolen and recovered and no Cat D. It only gets Cat D when repairs approach market value less salvage or it's simply dangerous to repair (then it's C).
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If it's dangerous to repair it would be a Cat B (parts only) or Cat A (crush). A Cat D or C car can be put back on the road, though usualy they would require a Vehicle Identity Check. Cat D is normaly non-structural damage.
 
No it doesnt.

You have to pay to have it tested before it goes back on the road and it needs a normal mot. Otherwise its just a normal car that was written off before repairs
 
NickXX said:
I don't believe it does. I think the biggest problem with Cat D is the resale value.
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agreed

the price refelects the fact that lots of people wont touch them with a barge pole.

buy a cat D and drive it into the ground to the point it wouldnt be worth anything anyway, and you wont lose money :)
 
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