payna Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 feedback looks suitably dubious too..... style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBR Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 CAT B means it can only be used for parts! So It cant be a cat B and be legalSo i just made up the hpi report then? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The subtle modder Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 i remember on 5th gear wen the crashed a cat d focus against a normal focus and the damage was imence! id hate to see how worse off that cat B would be.No offence here but your quick summarisation is what puts people of crash repaired vehicles, i have done many and all to a good standard as all have been for mine or close familys use, the last one in fact was for my brother and he has always carried his young son in it since his birth and i wouldnt dream of risking my nephews life if i thought the car was unsafe it wouldnt leave my drivethe fact is they used a very poorly repaired car against an original one and as i have said many times before if you have no experience of qualification in doing body repair then DO NOT buy a crash repairable as this is what cause the death traps on the roads, that and the tests carried out after are crapto keep on the same subject many will have seen the minis or in daz's case lupo with the backend of the car cut out and a bike engine put in its place totally altering the car to quite an extent, the driven wheels, drivetrain the lot is changed now nearly all of these cars require no test to be done and with many insurers even an engineers report isnt needed so no one will be checking there quality of worki would'nt hold your breath i asked last nighti too have reported but usual crap ebay they are too interetsed in the selling fees to worry about someone getting ripped off or killed, i cant begine to imagine how sever the accident was to be a cat B that 100% insurance loss IIRC so either way it had a hell of a lot replacedwayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 i put all this up on another forum and one of the guys rightly pointed out the lovely onboard paddling pool in the drivers side footwell ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthie Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Anyone asked for pictures of it before the repair so they can see the damage that has been repaired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penry Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 (edited) This case is totally different, the car for one can never be put on the road. And the seller doesnt have before/after pics, or wont say who repaired it. This is the type that IS dangerous. For all most people know, they could be driving a car around which was CAT X, once sat in a scrap yard but is now their pride and joy. Edited April 1, 2008 by penry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Item you're bidding on: 2003 VOLKSWAGEN LUPO GTI BLUE Current bid: £1,700.00 Your maximum bid: £50,000.00You are the current high bidder Another user may still outbid you style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linz Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Has anybody called the mobile number and spoken to the seller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 No one going to out bid me then? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTomKelly Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Listing has now been removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Check this outhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=017this was in my watched items list, same car, same photos, different seller.Mmmmm!The car may have now been removed from ebay, but some poor unsuspectecting person will buy it from another source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Bunch of tossers.Im calling the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Check this outhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=017this was in my watched items list, same car, same photos, different seller.Mmmmm!The car may have now been removed from ebay, but some poor unsuspectecting person will buy it from another source. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> Thats shocking, so someone has just paid nearly £5K for that.What could a CAT B be? i would have thought it would have been well knackered, like the roof all bent, maybe a rollover.COuld it have been flood damaged and had a front impact at the same time? Just seems odd to me that it dont look toooo badly damaged, and it it was really badly damaged there would be no money in it to repair it.Obviously i can see its had a shockingly bad repair and it shouldnt be on the road but it dont look like it should have been a CATB.@Tigz, i hope you didnt really bid £50K style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Recorded against VRM and VIN Recorded on VCAR Vehicle Recorded As DVLA SCRAPPED MARKER On Condition Alert Regstr Description VOLKSWAGEN LUPO GTI Date 29/03/2005 Is that the date it was recorded damaged on?So it was crashed over two years ago style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> Wheres it been since then, surely any car not fit for the road would have been founded and destroyed by now, hope its not been on the road badly repaired for two years style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" /> Id hate to fine out how many wrecked cars are driving around on our roads, must be lots and lots id imagine.But i agree about slightly damaged cars, id quite hapily buy a CATD car if i had pics of before when it was damaged.Although id have to think again about buying a CAT C, i doubt i would actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossjohnc Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 The fact that it's not too badly damaged looking makes me even more concerned.Anyone had a raven blue nicked recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penry Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 (edited) EDIT: I sound like del boy! Edited April 1, 2008 by penry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 The fact that it's not too badly damaged looking makes me even more concerned.Anyone had a raven blue nicked recently?no but one of the guys on here had parts from a raven blue one nicked remember ? that was about a year or two ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Pozza had his wheels and tow eyes nicked aaaaagggggeeeees ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stig247 Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 pozza was from either bradford or halifax or somewhere local so is this car style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) Pozza sold his car on WITH towing eye covers didnt he? i seem to remember considering his car when he was selling it. Edited August 3, 2007 by nfbr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The subtle modder Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Nice to see ebay actually listened, to us in the end, mine and mitches and other's endless complaints obviously got the message across style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> disapointing to hear its been for sale by a different seller before though spoke to girl at my mates works the other day when i was about to go and look at a 172 she noticed the HPI check paperwork in my hand (was about to HPi when it when i got there) and she said "whats one of them?" i explained and she told me how she had just brought a 04 MG ZR for £4k with 30k miles on it it was quite a good buy IMO, i then relised she hadnt had it checked at all, now this car was worth every penny she paid (orevious owner lost license so needed it gone)now this is the type of buyer this seller is aiming for, No offence to women her (because i certainly dont mean it that way) but women in general are very impulisve buyers, they see what they want and get it and dont like to wait and an offer of £4.5k to take it off his drivway im sure this seller would have obliged style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" />i think jons idea of a stolen car is possible, the car doesnt look overly out of shape although i did kinda work it out the other day, cat B is 100% loss so not worth even thinking of repair, now imagine a heavy front on, you need the following new from dealers plus fitting with VATnew engine, gearbox, 2 chassis legs, alu bonnet, bumper, 2x exenon head lamps, 2 alu wings, 2x bottom arms, antiroll bar, front fibre cassin, coolant radthat is easily 100% of an 03's value BUT buy the car for 1k get a second hand engine and box for £400, and front end panels and arms for £300 from a breakers and for £2k roughly all in youve got a car to sell on for the hoped £5k with £3k profit style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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