drewsp38
Active Member
Hello,
Just wanted to bring something to everyones attention.
the other day i was looking round ebay as you do when i came accross this car,
Range Rover TD6, SALVAGE CAT B (item number 180208173488 )
After reading the advert i gave the guy a call to ask what the damage was as in the pictures there did not seem to be much, just damage to the dash and some to the head rests.
He told me that the car was on a cat B wright off because it had been stolen and they could not trace the history, ie vin numbers etc.
Having brought a car in the past that tuned out of be nicked and loosing all my money i new that on most cars these days there are a number of ways of tracing the car from other numbers and the ecu. so thinking i could grab myself a bargin i looked into the cart B side of things. This is where it got VERY Gray.
Category B - the vehicle may be broken for parts but it must never be returned to the road due to the structual damage.
To do this they NEED to know the id of the car otherwise there is nothing to put on the list.
As this car had non i gave the guy another call to be sure it was on a CAT B and not a cat D he then said that the car may not be on the list at all and was just saying that to cover his back.
I said "GREAT", as you have the key and the car runs fine i should be able to trace the cars id, he then got very defensive,
"well thats upto you if you want to trace it, but lets just say if you did someone could turn up and have a claim on the car and you could loose it"
to which i said, "what is the car still stolen then?"
and the phone just went dead.
Dont get me wrong, i could be wrong about this,I dont know may be he got a flat battery or somthing! lol
the bidding has now finished on ebay he got 6k for it. i did mean to say something on here sooner but ive been fighting with mine for the last few days!
you can still see the ad by entering the item number above in the search on ebay, take a look and see what you think!
Drew
REMEBER, if it seems to good to be true, it normally is!
Just wanted to bring something to everyones attention.
the other day i was looking round ebay as you do when i came accross this car,
Range Rover TD6, SALVAGE CAT B (item number 180208173488 )
After reading the advert i gave the guy a call to ask what the damage was as in the pictures there did not seem to be much, just damage to the dash and some to the head rests.
He told me that the car was on a cat B wright off because it had been stolen and they could not trace the history, ie vin numbers etc.
Having brought a car in the past that tuned out of be nicked and loosing all my money i new that on most cars these days there are a number of ways of tracing the car from other numbers and the ecu. so thinking i could grab myself a bargin i looked into the cart B side of things. This is where it got VERY Gray.
Category B - the vehicle may be broken for parts but it must never be returned to the road due to the structual damage.
To do this they NEED to know the id of the car otherwise there is nothing to put on the list.
As this car had non i gave the guy another call to be sure it was on a CAT B and not a cat D he then said that the car may not be on the list at all and was just saying that to cover his back.
I said "GREAT", as you have the key and the car runs fine i should be able to trace the cars id, he then got very defensive,
"well thats upto you if you want to trace it, but lets just say if you did someone could turn up and have a claim on the car and you could loose it"
to which i said, "what is the car still stolen then?"
and the phone just went dead.
Dont get me wrong, i could be wrong about this,I dont know may be he got a flat battery or somthing! lol
the bidding has now finished on ebay he got 6k for it. i did mean to say something on here sooner but ive been fighting with mine for the last few days!
you can still see the ad by entering the item number above in the search on ebay, take a look and see what you think!
Drew
REMEBER, if it seems to good to be true, it normally is!