Buying a Cat c

Elward · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:46 pm

just seen on a forum i used to go on a boy is selling his cat c black zetec-s ive met him in person and seen the car in last years ford fair and its very clean he's asking about Â£1300 for it just had a brand new mot and its going in for its vic check, got some added extra's like bluefin chip st170 brake upgrade and some little exterior mods overall its a very clean example and ive always loved zetec-s's but ive seen the damage and it can be seen here were he had a rear ender and it bust the bumper and creased the boot floor also in the pic it shows some overspray which he says will be gone before the buyer hands over the cash so what you think guys? heres the link.

The Ad:
http://fiestaguides.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6532

Crash damage and project log.

http://fiestaguides.co.uk/phpBB2/viewto ... &start=780

The Loumiester · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:30 pm

links dont work, do you have to be a member to view them?
as a rule people say dont buy anything thats had a crash but if you trust the work done on it then its up to you.

Ry · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:55 pm

http://category-d.com/cat-c/

At the right price, even I would buy a Cat C car.

Elward · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:59 pm

Chris · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:14 pm

1 year no claims, 19, Â£160 a month

So yeah it will

But get it!

big g1985 · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:31 pm

i would have a look on zsoc.com as theres a few going for that price and un damaged

si-george · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:28 am

my cars cat-d :/

Op · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:39 pm

i had a cat c zetec s. for 3 weeks. never again.

it was off the road for a few years but now its taxed again.

it was bent to hell. and full of filler.

DanFraser · **Joined:** Sat May 01, 2010 3:40 pm **Posts:** 877

Some are shocking, but it tends to be newer cars being cat-c'd that are horrid, usually because of the higher repair costs compared to the value of the car means something is really bad, yet something that is older and lower value can have a wing and a door bent to be written off as the high repair cost for insurance purposes get's it cat-c'd, yet it'd cost a tiny fraction in diy terms.

Percy · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:17 pm

My Saxo was a cat C, it was perfectly straight with no problems.

Op · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:25 pm

The Loumiester · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:41 pm

i thought saxo's where cat c when they rolled out the show room :lolz:

only joking

Percy · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:45 pm

Ry · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:35 pm

Just goes to show, Cat C's can be fine generally, but the quality of the repair work has to be there, which sometimes it isn't.

I think if people knew how many unregistered crashed cars were out there that were Cat D or worse, it would put a few of buying used cars full stop if they shudder at the thought of repaired minor cosmetic damage :lol:

Percy · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:16 pm

Yet again true, its ends up my C2 has been in a crash, purely cosmetic damage from the look of it, only found out the wing wasn't original after the accident I had.

EvilDes · Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:46 am

That's the thing, you never know if a car has been in an accident and repaired anyway, without it being declared on the insurance.

My first Si was cat D after an old bloke pulled out in front of me, but there's no way I was driving it again after it had been in a shunt. The force of the impact was quite bad, got whiplash and bad back (which I still suffer from now), and yet it was only cat D! Shame really as that Si was the cleanest I've ever seen, no rust anywhere, mint bodywork, totally standard.

happypaul · Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:06 pm

All depends on how bad the car is.

I would happily go for a cat c is nothing was stupidly bent out of shape.

I've had 2 CAT C cars now, one being my 5 door Fiesta, which was CAT C'd for front end damage.. And the RS1800 shell was a CAT C, for a rear quarter.

fiestasiphil · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:00 pm

my white fiesta was a cat c due to vandelism damage

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