Originally Posted by
jameswrx
It's interesting reading people say "no way, why risk family" for cat D.
It seems to carry a bad stigma to some but I think that may be just down to ignorance on the subject.
We're essentially talking about a system here that relates repair cost to vehicle value. Unless bought new people who would never risk a write off may well be driving around in a repaired car that would have been written off if it'd had a lower value to repair ratio.
Mr A might have a £40k Range Rover and be part of an accident. Ins company repair it at a cost of £8k after it breaks a lower wishbone, drop link, alloy and has a bumper scrape.
Mr B has a £15k Range Rover and has the same accident and the ins company put it cat D as its uneconomical to repair.
Both these vehicles get sold on and one buyer may never know of their vehicles past, the other knows what had happened. The new owner of the higher value range may well be saying "no way would I even go in that thing" to his mate who bought the cat D one, little does he know he's essentially doing the same thing.
I've been in the motor trade many years and been involved in buying and selling from and to the trade, seen many a nasty repair on HPI clear cars.
My advice would be to have it inspected. If you're ok with cat D and it's been repaired correctly there's no reason to discount it just because of the stigma associated.