What does the seller mean, when he states the vehicle is on a 'V'....????



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-SUBAR...item27dacfa8df

 

answered my own question... :/

VCAR = vehicle condition alert register

V-Car means the car has been an insurance write-off at some point during it's life.

This could through an accident, theft and recovery or flooding.

There are four categories.

Category A (Worst) : Example: a burned out shell, CANNOT be put back on the road.

Category B : Example: Very bad accident damage, car CANNOT be put back on the road but parts can be re-used.

Category C : Example : Severe accident damage, car CAN be put back on the road.

Category D : Example : Theft Recovery/Flooding/minor/moderate accident damage, car CAN be put back on the road.

Unless you know the history of this car down to the last bolt or you are desperate for a cheap car whatever problems may be lurking, my advice would be to walk away...............

 

Just a quick add-on - some Cat C and D's are write-offs as 'uneconomic to repair' often because of expensive brand-new parts. If you're sure of the reason for write-off and are prepared to use second-hand parts then you could get a bargain, although of course the eventaul selling price would have to be lowered to reflect the car's history.

Coincidentally one of my mates showed me a photo of his latest car on the weekend.

An 04 Skyline.

All it needs is a nearside door, the current one being crumpled where a tractor's weights hit it side on reversing out of a field.

Well, it needs a door.
He needs $1,100 to ship a second hand one (costing I think he said $1,800) from the States.

No wonder it was "uneconomic to repair".

 

Don't touch it with a bargepole, there are plenty of other examples for sale that won't come with all the potential hassle of a VCAR vehicle. It's not like they rarely come up for sale and rarity is the only reason I would ever consider a vehcile on the VCAR!

 

I made the mistake of buying a cat d once, bmw 330,
drove diagonally.

 

I was looking to buy this lol, It was a cat c write off, It had a new wing/bumper/headlight & bonnet if I remember rightly.

 

How can they write it off for just that little list. Even at the dearest body shop that won't equate to even £5000, which is roughly half what the car is worth if its not on the register.

When was it damaged ???

 

I don't know when it was damaged pal, I asked a few basic questions to start with and here's the answer I got,.


Hi it was damaged in a accident in 2011 it required a wing bumper headlight grills fogs its a cat c

- ady786_2011
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im not steering well clear...

 

 

so this vehicle has been up for sale before!!!
not for me.. il pass on this....