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Condition alert on car report

  • 23-07-2014 6:36pm
    #1
    Jack Skellington
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭


    Hi guys, any help on this would be great

    So I just checked up on a car that I was hopefully going to buy tomorrow and got a condition alert under write off and condition data.

    I'm going to get it checked out by a mechanic anyway and it has it's NCT but can anyone tell me what this might be or could it be anything?

    Should I even bother getting it checked out by a mechanic? :confused:


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  • #2
    RossieMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭RossieMan


    Jack Skellington wrote: »
    Hi guys, any help on this would be great

    So I just checked up on a car that I was hopefully going to buy tomorrow and got a condition alert under write off and condition data.

    I'm going to get it checked out by a mechanic anyway and it has it's NCT but can anyone tell me what this might be or could it be anything?

    Should I even bother getting it checked out by a mechanic? :confused:

    No.


  • #3
    Jack Skellington
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭Jack Skellington


    RossieMan wrote: »
    No.

    Do you mind explaining I'm a car noob


  • #4
    RossieMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭RossieMan


    If there's even a small chance a car has been wrote off, it should send you running for the hills. Don't see the point wasting time getting it looked at.

    I presume you paid to have a look at the history of the car?


  • #5
    Jack Skellington
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭Jack Skellington


    Yeh paid 35 euro for the check which I'm glad I did now, it just says may have been subject to an insurance write off, anyway I don't think I'll be going any further with it so many thanks for the reply


  • #6
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    It depends on the car and the nature of the write off. A car will be considered to be an economic write off if the cost of repairs is something like 60% of the value of the car, so for a cheaper car this could mean relatively minor cosmetic damage. If the car has been repaired properly, the seller is open and honest about this, and the price reflects the write off then I wouldnt necessarily say walk away immediately. Just get it properly checked over.


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  • #7
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    bear in mind re-selling it will be hard


  • #8
    Jack Skellington
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭Jack Skellington


    djimi wrote: »
    It depends on the car and the nature of the write off. A car will be considered to be an economic write off if the cost of repairs is something like 60% of the value of the car, so for a cheaper car this could mean relatively minor cosmetic damage. If the car has been repaired properly, the seller is open and honest about this, and the price reflects the write off then I wouldnt necessarily say walk away immediately. Just get it properly checked over.

    Cheers for that, ended up saying no thanks anyway, it may have been something minor but I'm not in a rush really, can hold out for something better.


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