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[razzo]

not me but a neighbour, she has an old festa & some bright spark stoved in her rear n/s door with very slight damage to the sill. Car was uneconomical to repair & recorded as a cat D. All this happened a few months ago & now she can't get the car taxed as the DVLA will not send her a reminder until she has the car inspected at a D.O.T. facility, they say to ensure its not a cut & shut. She has not bothered getting it repaired & says it still drives the same as before, car has MOT & is insured but tax ran out yesterday. Just wondered if anyone else can shed any light on this as its the first i have heard of it

[Lazydocker]

not me but a neighbour, she has an old festa & some bright spark stoved in her rear n/s door with very slight damage to the sill. Car was uneconomical to repair & recorded as a cat D. All this happened a few months ago & now she can't get the car taxed as the DVLA will not send her a reminder until she has the car inspected at a D.O.T. facility, they say to ensure its not a cut & shut. She has not bothered getting it repaired & says it still drives the same as before, car has MOT & is insured but tax ran out yesterday. Just wondered if anyone else can shed any light on this as its the first i have heard of it

I didn't think Cat D cars had to be inspected :-/

[omegod]

Must be a CAT C, I have had D's and had no problems taxing

[saltyone]

i purchased a Renault 5 GT on a cat c a few years back and taxed it no problem with green v5c slip at post office . things my be different now ..

cat levels

Category A - Vehicle must be crushed. All of it.
Category B - Vehicle may not be returned to road. Parts may be sold.
Category C - Repairable. Possibly structural damage. Cost of damage (at main dealer prices and labour rates) is more than book value of vehicle.
Category D - Repairable. Probably non-structural damage. May have been economic to repair, but insurer doesn't want to.
Category F - Damaged by fire.
Category X - Repairable. Minor Damage.

[Omega_Dan]

Apart from the HPI showing it as a Cat D it doesnt affect it otherwise.

[albitz]

Yep, must be cat C.

[sierrapaul]

its got to be a cat c so it needs a vic check at a vosa testing station.it costs about 40 quid.if was cat d you would get tax reminder.my mrs mondeo is a cat d and she got reninder last mtall a vic check is,is a check of the cars id you dont have to repair it,takes bout 15mins to do.ive taken bout 30 cars for them when workked for a mate repairing salvage

[russ0205]

Must be a cat c, bought the wife a cat c last year only needed a wing and bumper, good old e/bay. took it for a vosa ceck £60 i paid and it was a joke all they did was check the engine number and chassis number,cat d dosn't need a check,