Cheap Exige S???

[jj]

I would be more inclined to guess they are hoping to cash in on the euro-buyers who either dont know or dont bother about accident damage.

The guy I sold one of my old cars (not damaged) to also bought a few Cat D elises off ebay, takes them over to Holland, and then its up to the continental buyers to work out or spot the fact they have been crashed and repaired. He was buying them at cat D rates, and undamaged cars like mine, and then just selling them all for full retail.

[seriouslylotus]

Also know as hillside repairs, buy lots and lots of damaged loti and 'repair'!!! Think they sell alot of them abroad- hpi for them more difficult if the dont know our system..
Like iuts been said
Buyer beware

[Edin430]

seriouslylotus - glad to see you have joined SE! i have been browsing a few parts from your site recently for my Exige

[robin]

I would have no problem either buying a repaired damaged car from somebody like robin who knows his stuff and in being a decent guy and could be relied upon to take his time and effort ...

Luckily that's not a problem anybody will have anytime soon - I don't have the time to do anything to my own cars, let alone buying in crash damaged ones to add to the fleet If I did have the time, I would be out driving whichever of them actually works rather than fixing them

Cheers,
Robin

[philthy]

I would never by another damaged and recorded car as resale is an absolute nightmare.

Bought non recorded cars too and they just never feel right.

just my 2p.

[Rag_It]

I have HPI checked a few cars of late and quite a few showed up as CAT C/CAT D...........some of which were bought by people on this forum.

Worringly do said people know they have bought a CAt C or CAT D car?!!!!

[H8OAG]

Rag it
Wrote
Worringly do said people know they have bought a CAt C or CAT D car?!!!!

Nope..........

I have had a quick scan of my "book" and made the following observations:-

I have run a check on 12 reasonably local cars that I was considering a bid on within the past 16 weeks

4 are on VCAR as Cat D
1 is on VCAR as Cat C

A staggering 8 out of the 12 had outstanding finance on them

I know of one particular CAT D car that was purchased by a trader

I would not like to openly state how many have entered SE but would encourage recent purchasers to check their reg numbers on any of the vehicle check websites for their own comfort........or displeasure as the case may be

[Scotty C]

if i was buying a car it would be nice to know IF it had been in a crash.

Not all smashed cars are repaired with a claim. Always worth knowing a cars history and buying it from someone you know. (Well apart from Mcape )

I have no worries about buying a Cat d or C car, i would just like to know what sort of damage had been done.

My next lotus was a cat C

[flip flop]

I'm such a puff,

had mine checked prev and after reading the above checked it again - Dear Mr H8OAG Im holding you responsible for my 3 Scottish Pounds - altho i'll happily let it go for the piece of mind knowing its okay.

cheers

[Kayfur]

I would not like to openly state how many have entered SE but would encourage recent purchasers to check their reg numbers on any of the vehicle check websites for their own comfort........or displeasure as the case may be

You had me worried for a minute , even though I bought my 135R in 2005 and I was 99.99% sure it was OK I
thought I'd better check anyway for piece of mind.

I used this site https://www.mycarcheck.com/ Response only takes a few seconds.

Kevin.

PS It's all clear

[RDH]

I used this site https://www.mycarcheck.com/ Response only takes a few seconds.

I did the same Kevin - and mine's in the clear too!
Iain do you have shares in any of these HPI sites - as I'm sure they've just taken several SE £s over the last few days.

[LotusLee]

Me too and just as I thought mine came back all clear too. Anyone else getting paranoid ?

I used this site https://www.mycarcheck.com/ Response only takes a few seconds.

I did the same Kevin - and mine's in the clear too!
Iain do you have shares in any of these HPI sites - as I'm sure they've just taken several SE £s over the last few days. [/quote

[Andy G]

My next lotus was a cat C

You bought another one?

[Scotty C]

My next lotus was a cat C

You bought another one?

No it belong to Junks, he's holding it for me until June 2011 (well until he finishes off his other Europa). Already been talking to Randy, think it will dick a lot of cars once its finished think i need to remove the stripes thou.

[Rag_It]

Negative Mr C, leave the stripes!