There's a motor I'm interested in. It's on Category D (stolen recovered). The price is 50% lower as a result. What are the pitfalls in owning a car like this?
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Originally posted by King Cnvt View PostThere's a motor I'm interested in. It's on Category D (stolen recovered). The price is 50% lower as a result. What are the pitfalls in owning a car like this?B00med! -
A/ It could be knackered, especially if not all damage was evident and repaired
B/ It will be worthless much quicker than a normal car.
I wouldn't touch one, tend to have been hurriedly repaired by back street bodge it merchantsThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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When the original owner gets out from prison, Bubba is going to want his car back, and he's gonna need a new "ho" and vehicle to start his business empire again.
The only question you need to ask yourself is, "Would I look good in a wig and a boob tube ?"
HTHOf all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View PostA/ It could be knackered, especially if not all damage was evident and repaired
B/ It will be worthless much quicker than a normal car.
I wouldn't touch one, tend to have been hurriedly repaired by back street bodge it merchants
The only way I would be remotly interested is with a complete AA inspection and having full details of what had happened to the car..Comment
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostWhen the original owner gets out from prison, Bubba is going to want his car back, and he's gonna need a new "ho" and vehicle to start his business empire again.
The only question you need to ask yourself is, "Would I look good in a wig and a boob tube ?"
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Originally posted by badger7579 View PostI agree, I've known a few people who have bought cat D cars from salvage merchants, fixed them up as cheap as possible and then flogged them to unsuspecting public.
The only way I would be remotly interested is with a complete AA inspection and having full details of what had happened to the car..
Has the engine been hammered? Is the gearbox damaged? Could the clutch need replacing?
They reckon the average rally is the equvalent of 100,000 road miles wear and tear, and look what they replace on a toughened car. You are probably buying a car that has done at least the equivalent a couple of stages very badly. AvoidThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Originally posted by King Cnvt View PostThere's a motor I'm interested in. It's on Category D (stolen recovered). The price is 50% lower as a result. What are the pitfalls in owning a car like this?Comment
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Originally posted by badger7579 View PostI agree, I've known a few people who have bought cat D cars from salvage merchants, fixed them up as cheap as possible and then flogged them to unsuspecting public.
The only way I would be remotly interested is with a complete AA inspection and having full details of what had happened to the car..
Resale is the problem, and everybody checks this stuff these days. But then it also lulls people into a false sense of security: there's no reason at all why a car that isn't listed hasn't been in an accident, yet that's exactly what people think they're checking.
My £1000 car has been in an accident: it has a dent in the back, but I don't really care.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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