Hi, I have the chance to buy a Nissan Primera 2.2 dci 2005 for £5990 but it has a CAT C Insurance mark on it and has been fully repaired, how bad is this? should i buy or avoid at all cost? Don't know what sort of damage it had. Oh and also it has a V.I.C passed certificate. Car has done 13000 miles.
Thanks..
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It should be OK if inspected, but I would try to get photos of the damage before the repair.
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Car will have virtually nil resale value as the market for this type of vehicle is very very small. You could be buying a very big can of worms.
Personally i'd look elsewhere.
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thats a lot of money for a cat c
it will have been bad..............
is it a garage? selling?
bodyshop?
part time trader that meddles?
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Don't know what sort of damage it had.
To give you *some* idea:-
Cat C is defined as: - REPAIRABLE but repair costs exceed the vehicle?s pre accident value (PAV)
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Hi, I have the chance to buy a Nissan Primera 2.2 dci 2005 for £5990 but it has a CAT C Insurance mark on it and has been fully repaired, how bad is this? should i buy or avoid at all cost? Don't know what sort of damage it had. Oh and also it has a V.I.C passed certificate. Car has done 13000 miles. Thanks..
A VIC is a vehicle Identity check which checks that it isn't stolen or another vehilcle masquerading as this identity it doesn't check the quality of repairs.
Whilst I have no issues with Cat d or C's ths seems expensive for a mainstream car. Although a lot would be how long you want to keep it.
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I bought a 2 year old Passat many years ago in the same position. All the documentation was tip top and I bought it fully aware of everything. Mechanically it was a good car, but I never felt the body was right. The boot always leaked a bit. It was OK but I would not do it again. I resold it 2 years later for the market price, but the chap who bought it didn't know or care about it's big crash.
Really risky, and why bother, there are 2 million second hand cars for sale in the UK.
Buying a car is always risky. This justs adds to the risk and worry.
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