Buying a Toyota carolla 06 that was crash repaired

raher1

Hi
I am buying a toyota corolla 1.4 crash repair its a 06 and it had some sort of crash. The seller pointed out I there a paint job done on the side and new light put iand bonnet is a bit uneven. It passed nct last April. He the seller also a mechanic says he doesn't see any damage. The repair was done down the passenger side. It drives ok. The passenger side wing mirror mechanism isn't working. The window operating system is damaged. The seller isn't the most confident seller of a car. What should I do, buy or walk away?

acronym Chilli

raher1 wrote: »

Hi
I am buying a toyota corolla 1.4 crash repair its a 06 and it had some sort of crash. The seller pointed out I there a paint job done on the side and new light put iand bonnet is a bit uneven. It passed nct last April. He the seller also a mechanic says he doesn't see any damage. The repair was done down the passenger side. It drives ok. The passenger side wing mirror mechanism isn't working. The window operating system is damaged. The seller isn't the most confident seller of a car. What should I do, buy or walk away?

What price are you getting it for?
What sort of a buyer/owner are you? From the way you've written your post, and the fact you're asking the question in the first place, I'm guessing you're more of a "just drive it, don't want a 'project'" sort of owner. I'd therefore tend to lean in the direction of saying "walk by".

However, if this really is a very cheap car, answer might change. You'd also want to get a mechanic to have a look at it I'd say (your post is a little unclear on who the mechanic was who looked at it).

Duke O Smiley

Absolutely walk away.

There are 200 2006 Corollas for sale on Donedeal at the moment. You're spoiled for choice, so why go for a lemon?

bazz26

It would not be unusual for a 10 year old car to have had some body repair work done at some stage. However there are a million or so Corollas out there for sale, why dwell on this one with more questions than answers? Don't be blinded by a low price.

Atlantic Dawn

Sounds like a half ass repair was done seeing as the mirror and windows are not functioning.

Make sure that before you make a decision to buy it that you run a full car history check and also contact your insurer to see that the car is possible to be insured and not blacklisted because of the crash damage.

colm_mcm

Why bother. 06 corollas are worth relatively small money, so why get a rough one.