meXEco Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 What are peoples thoughts or experiences with cat S/N newish cars? Thinking of getting something new (new to me not brand new) as a daily, and usually these cars are significantly cheaper than their non classed counterparts. Looking in particular at cat N as non structural. I understand some insurers don't like them, and if i were to use Go Compare etc. for a quote would that flag up on their system as a cat N and be taken into consideration, or do i have to state it's a cat N myself as i can't see anywhere to enter this. I would keep the car for quite a while not buying for a quick flip, so what are your thoughts please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colr6 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 I’ve done/ owned a few cat s vehicles. Never had a problem with ins even when they were written off again, full market value payout. My last one was a transit connect van 600 mls, still got it 48k later saved me 7 k on new. A lot of people have this miss conception of written off cars as been a good candidate for a cut and shut job. When you see the cars that are written off, most are purely for the cost of labour reasons and the replace not repair capabilities of a lot of the repair shops. I borrowed a jig to do my escort and the body shop I got it from said it was 6 yrs since he used it, if a car needs jigging it’s written off !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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