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FergusM · Sep 6th, 2007, 03:47 PM

What about this http://www.mini2.com/forum/general-d...on-please.html

JAMIE1131 · Sep 6th, 2007, 06:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Jonmorgan (original)

saying that is all well and good but even when you buy from a dealership you would never know how it was driven before by the previous owner.. for all you know it could have been thrashed around the streets..

no one knows how a 2nd car has been treated unless they have 1st hand experience of the person buying from

You get a very good Idea by looking a service history, stone chips in paint, condition of interior and know a bit about the previous owner. A car being stolen makes all of this information useless. If you were coming to look at my car with a view to buying it you'd see it has full service history, the interior is mint, all the tyres are in good condition and the same brand, all signs its been looked after. If you then found out it had been stolen recovered you would have to assume all that has been wasted, anything could have happened to it when its in the hands of the thieving scum, it could well have overheated and done serious damage to the engine internals shortening its life. Granted this could well have happened to my car, but its a lot less likely.

Suj999 · Sep 6th, 2007, 06:27 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

[ re: CAT X] Who told you that rubbish?

Any damage less serious than a Category D write-off is just a repair, and isn't registered anywhere!

lol yes its not registered, but doesn't mean it doesn't exsist.... trust me that there is a CAT X, its a group of cars that gets bought by traders before being and repaired and sold off to people just like yourself who believe that there is no CAT X

especially on new cars, the CAT X are rather easy way to make money!

Ohh.. and there is a CAT F too..

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Sep 6th, 2007, 06:19 PM	#22 (permalink)
JAMIE1131 MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Earl Shilton, Leics. Local Time: 03:29 AM Posts: 792 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Jonmorgan (original) saying that is all well and good but even when you buy from a dealership you would never know how it was driven before by the previous owner.. for all you know it could have been thrashed around the streets.. no one knows how a 2nd car has been treated unless they have 1st hand experience of the person buying from You get a very good Idea by looking a service history, stone chips in paint, condition of interior and know a bit about the previous owner. A car being stolen makes all of this information useless. If you were coming to look at my car with a view to buying it you'd see it has full service history, the interior is mint, all the tyres are in good condition and the same brand, all signs its been looked after. If you then found out it had been stolen recovered you would have to assume all that has been wasted, anything could have happened to it when its in the hands of the thieving scum, it could well have overheated and done serious damage to the engine internals shortening its life. Granted this could well have happened to my car, but its a lot less likely.

Sep 6th, 2007, 06:27 PM	#23 (permalink)
Suj999 MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Essex Local Time: 03:29 AM Posts: 106 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original) [ re: CAT X] Who told you that rubbish? Any damage less serious than a Category D write-off is just a repair, and isn't registered anywhere! lol yes its not registered, but doesn't mean it doesn't exsist.... trust me that there is a CAT X, its a group of cars that gets bought by traders before being and repaired and sold off to people just like yourself who believe that there is no CAT X especially on new cars, the CAT X are rather easy way to make money! Ohh.. and there is a CAT F too..

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