Hey all, i am after a fabia vrs, my third in time. But this one has cropped up on ebay. Should i be interested or put off by this. Photos going on tonight apparently, and 122,000 miles is correct.

Dan

Ebay number 290755030614

Edited 15 August, 201213 yr by superdan

Hey all, i am after a fabia vrs, my third in time. But this one has cropped up on ebay. Should i be interested or put off by this. Photos going on tonight apparently, and 122,000 miles is correct.

Dan

Which one?

Just edited it with the item number

Only light damage to bolt on parts, but bad enough to be a Cat C and need a VIC test, all for £4000? Am I missing something? There is tonnes of sub 100,000 mile fabias on auto trader for less than £4000 that havent been in a smash.

my family have bought a stolen repaired car before, and we kept it for years...

we saw pics of it after the crash though, and had it independantly inspected (it doesn't cost much to have this done!) before we bought...

up to you, I would ask for pics of it before the repair, and have it independantly inspected... but i wouldnt let it put me off...

as matt said though... there are cheaper non crashed ones... buy one off a member from here, and you would get a full history.

Dont get me wrong, i`d consider a accident repaired car, but i`d want very detailed pictures and a very honest owner. Someone saying how light the damage is then goes on to say its a Cat C and needed a vic test doesnt scream honest seller to me tbh. If for the same money I could get a car with less miles on for the same or less money that wasnt crashed I know which I`d go for every time. Even more so after recently seeing a "crash repaired" E46 M3 that had a serious rust problem due to poor repairs.

Thanks for the advice all. I haven't even considered a crash damaged car before, just the SE and the price caught my attention, but given what was said about it i think I'll give it a miss

Thanks again

Dan

What kinda budget your got? After a SE in particular? Any particular colour?

I wasn't after an se purely down to the cost, basically i have about 3700 to spend, waiting for pay to come in from Olympics beginning of September. I would prefer red, then silver, then black. Yellow isn't even a consideration.

I live in the west midlands. This will be my fourth fabia, two of which were vrs. Exciting times!

pretty sure thats who i bought my crash damaged fabia off.

I wasn't after an se purely down to the cost, basically i have about 3700 to spend, waiting for pay to come in from Olympics beginning of September. I would prefer red, then silver, then black. Yellow isn't even a consideration.

I live in the west midlands. This will be my fourth fabia, two of which were vrs. Exciting times!

I recently bought my vrs, a 54 plate with 83000 miles fof £3000. You can get a good car with your budget that hasnt been crashed or damaged mate, good lucj

when i wrote off my roomster, talking the the assessor about options to buy it back etc i was told

if i repaired it then no VIC test was required, but if it wasn't me who repaired it and was sold via the trade it would need one, seemed a bit strange but was what i was told

going to put mine up for sale if interested.

Which is that then ktp? Have any pictures on here?

I don't see it being a Cat C if it was 'only bolt-on parts' that were damaged. No insurer is going to fork out thousands in a write-off payout if they could just spend a grand and fix it. Smells like something that's come out of the back end of a bull, to me.

Got to love how he's also making out like the high mileage makes it 'much quicker' and therefore better than low-mileage ones. He seems to be overlooking the likelihood that the suspension will be knackered etc.

A Brisky member with a 122,000-mile Fabia vRS put a thread up recently about replacing the suspension and the difference it made. If you hadn't already decided to give this one a swerve I'd add my e-voice to the crowd telling you to!

EDIT: This one, in fact: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/246957-back-in-love-with-my-car/

Edited 16 August, 201213 yr by No.733

I have decided to swerve away from him, but thanks again. Still on the look out!

I don't see it being a Cat C if it was 'only bolt-on parts' that were damaged. No insurer is going to fork out thousands in a write-off payout if they could just spend a grand and fix it. Smells like something that's come out of the back end of a bull, to me.

Got to love how he's also making out like the high mileage makes it 'much quicker' and therefore better than low-mileage ones. He seems to be overlooking the likelihood that the suspension will be knackered etc.

A Brisky member with a 122,000-mile Fabia vRS put a thread up recently about replacing the suspension and the difference it made. If you hadn't already decided to give this one a swerve I'd add my e-voice to the crowd telling you to!

EDIT: This one, in fact: http://www.briskoda....ve-with-my-car/

I've had many repaired Cat D and Cat C cars and it is entirely true that a car can be Cat C just with panel damage, I've seen cars cat C's just because of a damaged bumper, all depends on cost of parts and labour and as a garage doesn't do any dismantling to check the extent of damage the estimate they provide is always going to be "worst case"

A cat C car has to have a VIC check, that's the law, so not sure why that would cause suspicion?

Thanks to a few rouge repairers and badly repaired cars they all have a bad name which can affect their value badly, but be careful and you can get an absolute bargain, they aren't all cut'n shut with a weld across the roof!

when i wrote off my roomster, talking the the assessor about options to buy it back etc i was told

if i repaired it then no VIC test was required, but if it wasn't me who repaired it and was sold via the trade it would need one, seemed a bit strange but was what i was told

If it's cat C it needs a vic check whoever repairs it, unless it's a commercial vehicle as they don't need a VIC. Cat D don't need a VIC.

i bought my vrs for £4000, never been in a crash, full vw history with only 64k on the clock, i suggest you keep looking lol

I was under the impression cat D can be bolt on/ paint etc.. but cat C has significant structural damage hense requiring a VIC test.. any kind of chassis damage etc will make it a cat C.

Yeah I was under the impression that a Cat D is what the car is when its just too expensive to fix for the insurance company to bother with, a non economical repair. What escalates the damage to a Cat C?

Monkeykler's vrs sold on here last week with 54k on it for £2300... I couldn't believe it either

There are 5 categories to consider and these include:

Category A means it is junk and thus the money spend on collection and development of the parts or vehicle will be greater than any profit you could make. Only suitable for parts and most the time not even worth doing

Category B basically means if you bought the vehicle you would salvage the parts and the cost of doing so will be less than what you could sell them for thus would make profit

Category C ensures the vehicle itself can be repaired but if you did this via a retailer and not on your own then it may exceed the pre accident (PAV) value. Therefore you should ensure you can repair the vehicle for a cheaper price before purchasing a C category. Category C also means the vehicle may need a vehicle identity check (£35 to check the chassis number)

Category D means the vehicle is 100% repairable and the cost of doing so will be less than the pre accident value and thus you can expect a profit if you were to sell, or get the car at a cheaper price

Category X is the best salvage since they have not been recorded as damaged and thus you can sell the vehicle for greater profits. Normally these cars are stolen recovery or minimal damaged cars and need little if any work.

My old vRS estate is for sale now. Up for £5k which considering it now has leather and a new engine and turbo is a steal. If I had the money I'd love it back.

Don't let cat c put you off, insurance companies write cars off for next to nothing, well they used to, its less hassle for them. I own a cat c 06 seat leon 2.0 tdi which I brought from copart, damage was a wing and airbags, and windscreen due to airbags. Nothing more, nothing less. Insurance companies now however want to repair cars, even if the damage is structural, there doing anything tio save the pennies now! Most people moaning about cat c cars have never brought a damaged car in there life, and just comment from horror stories, horror stories can come from the never damaged straight cars, let alone damaged!