It is important to remember that the insurance categories are only guidelines, not law. Anything can be repaired to a satisfactory standard, if time/cost are not that important to whoever is repairing it.
What is slightly baffling though is that an insurer will write a vehicle off and give it a category A or B status, but then not ensure that the vehicle is destroyed through whichever channel it sells the salvage through.
I have personally seen vehicles reappear on the road that have once had a Certificate of Destruction issued to them. I am not talking about a stolen vehicle being rung to another (written off) identity, I am talking about the original car reappearing in a repaired condition. How they can slip through the net I am yet to find out...
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