Someone hit my car the other week and it will be going into the garage next week for assessment. I have a feeling it will be wrote off as it is only worth a couple of hundred quid.
If I decide to buy it back, does anyone know the process for getting it back on the road. I know obviously repairing the damage but I understand it has to be inspected. Is this just by a normal MOT garage or do you have to take it to one of the DVLA places where you take a kit car to be first registered.
2007-05-30 05:24:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
If your car is declared a write off by your insurer they will advise DVLA of the category and list the damage.
Cat A = Vehicle must never go back on the road, no parts of the vehicle may be reused.
Cat B = As Cat A but parts can be reused.
Cat C = Can be restored and put back on the road but must be inspected by VOSA before being used on the road. VOSA will issue a Certificate if VIC test (Vehicle Identification Check) passed which is then taken to the DVLA which accompanies your application for a V5c Registration Document (£19 - V62).
Cat D = Very light damage but uneconomical to repair, can be put back on the road (may not need a VIC test as damage usually cosmetic).
One things for sure don't get caught driving a Cat A or Cat B on the road (if repaired) or a Cat C / D without a VIC test otherwise you will win a 12 month holiday at HM's pleasure!
2007-05-30 08:23:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends how it's declared a write-off. There are various categories.
I have a friend with a written-off Mondeo. Some turd had poured paint-stripper or similar all over it, and the cost of the respray was going to be more than the car was worth so the insurance company declared it a Category D write-off. Cat D write-offs do not require a VIC Inspection. So my buddy, who is a professional body-repair man, resprayed it himself, having bought it back for a nominal sum.
Categories A,B & C do require a VIC test.
2007-05-30 07:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couple of hundred quid? Must be special to you to want to get it back on the road. I agree with the above answer, but check your insurance policy. You may have automatic rights to the wreckage. I make sure that I do in all the policies I take out, 'cause the cars I buy are practically impossible to write off, so I know I could fix 'em back up!
2007-05-30 05:56:31 · answer #3 · answered by Mounso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there are consulting engineers who will test the car.
You may find it difficult to insure it having been a write off
Having done this after my daughter wrote my car offf against a gatepost at home I would be inclined to say sod it, it's luck has run out, bite the bullet and buy another car t
2007-05-30 07:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it has to pass an inspection by a vehicle examiner and also D V L A have to be notified so they can state on the log book that it has been a write off
and as to repairing the car all depends on the classification of the write off some write off are classed as beyond repair
2007-05-30 05:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by dave n kez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-30 05:21:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wasnt a red mazda was it?
on the a49?
2007-05-30 06:41:30 · answer #7 · answered by princess12341005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋