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Offline gadge

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Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« on: June 21, 2009, 04:52:37 pm »
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2009, 05:04:57 pm »
I would want a proper garage report on it first.But if it checks out & you fancy it don't see why not.
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2009, 05:58:06 pm »
I'd never touch one, but thats just me.

It should be a cheaper than 9k if on cat D, you should knock 25% off retail.  My almost perfect car cost £9500 from a VW dealer.
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2009, 06:24:54 pm »
I would, but I reckon that's way too expensive.
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2009, 06:35:27 pm »
Me personally wouldn't, just dislike them and echoing what others have said thats too expensive for cat D.
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 06:52:52 pm »
Not if my life depended on it!
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2009, 06:58:51 pm »
Like others, I wouldn't.

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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2009, 07:03:38 pm »
Nope, never, ever, ever!!
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2009, 07:15:04 pm »
Quote from: Strat on June 21, 2009, 06:52:52 pm
Not if my life depended on it!

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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2009, 07:37:45 pm »
i'll leave it alone then  :happy2:
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2009, 09:32:37 pm »
you would be  :surprised: to see what they cat d as my dad buys them all the time  :signLOL: he got a rover that was cat d for small crease in the bumper and they said it would not start  :surprised: new battery all it needed  :signLOL: he has had loads like that when insurance can not be arsed to fix as value of car is not worth the price to fix so if you can find out what has happened to the car that would help. VWR have a mk5 that was wrote off from a rear end bump that put a crease in the boot floor  :confused: insurance wrote it off  :chicken: they do get wrote off for some strange things
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2009, 09:33:51 pm »
seems pricey for a cat D   :scared:
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2009, 09:42:54 pm »
omg im a total n00b - what is CAT D ??????????????????????????  :ashamed: :ashamed: :ashamed: :ashamed:
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2009, 10:21:45 pm »
Cat D is the lowest/lightest form of insurance write off.

Its great for buying a cheap 5-8 year old hatchback, I've seen some that have just needed a headlamp and a bumper refit, but newish cars are repairred wherever possible, they only get written off if it was something too costly or time consuming.

There is only one exception, some insurance will give you a new car if your car is under a year old and in a shunt.  These days its pretty rare but it could've been written off that way.
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Re: Would you buy a CAT D golf?
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2009, 10:37:58 pm »
that ar is worth about 7k tops, i only payed 7.5k for mine with 60k miles on and it is fully spec'd bar xenons and 1 or 2 other bits, way to expensive, if the car hs been recorded as cat d then it was not worth repairing, so when they tell you it was bumper and bonnet and wings dont listen to them, as that s what all people say!
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