so would a mot check/fail if the car hadn’t been fixed properly?
CAT S car on a mot
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Hi. I’m currently looking to get a new car. And I seen a Peugeot 308 about a 1/3 of the price but it is a cat s - and the current owner said he has no idea what happened to the car, he’s assured me that it drives fine and that is has passed an MOT after the crash
so would a mot check/fail if the car hadn’t been fixed properly? -
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Cat 'S' cars have sustained damage to their structural frame, but can be repaired and re-sold. Here is some advice I copied that looks useful:
From your post, I am guessing that this is a 'private' sale. Personally I would walk away. -
Cat S is the same as Cat D tho..my old Lexus was a cat D and it only had bumper damage.. Insurance paid it off and I repaired it privately. You never know..
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What is Category S?
Cars written off in Category S have suffered structural damage, such as damaged bumpers, a twisted chassis or a collapsed crumple zone. The good news is that it is possible for these cars to be repaired and put back on the road; the bad news it could cost an arm and a leg.
The OP has no idea what the damage was.
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Come to think of it why don't you just do a free MOT history check on the car? I used this site which gave me the info on my write off AFTER I bought my BMW a year later. Was fuming tbh but least I got the date and was able to match MOT after the write off. Its https://www.checkcardetails.co.uk