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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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20th Apr 04 at 15:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Been to look at a corsa sport 1.4 16v wiv 45,000 on the clock, and the guy at the garage sed it has been in a small accident and it had been insurance repaired. He said it was a knock on the drivers side rear wind which has been replaced and knocked the wheel a bit but has all been repaired. im unsure about this car as its very nice and i like it alot but dont know if the accident damage will affect the car in the long run andwhen i come to sell it , it will hinder the price. anyone else bought a repaired car.
Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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20th Apr 04 at 15:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'm amazed at the honesty of this person, if it was repaied under insurance and wasn't written off they don't have to tell you about it
Colin
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20th Apr 04 at 15:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Get an AA check if you want it but your unsure of the repairs.
ed_jones
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20th Apr 04 at 15:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

he sed to me they have to tell you know by law as they are a garage sales as if anything was to go wrong regarding that previous accident they get it from the law i think
ed_jones
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20th Apr 04 at 15:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeh, on the back wing the side strip didnt meet the door strip like it should stright on it looked as if it was pointing towards the car colin j
Red_SXi
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20th Apr 04 at 15:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

if the car wasn't written off they don't have to tell you anything.
ed_jones
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20th Apr 04 at 15:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

didnt know that, prefer it if they tell you though as you want to know whta your buying
ed
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20th Apr 04 at 15:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Mine was involved in a crash before I bought it. The only thing I had was some slight bonnet damage where that pannel wasn't replaced. I have had no problems with mine at all, never broke down, and only had rust in the usual corsa places - B pillars and under the bonnet a tiny bit... If the car wan't written off there should be no probs with it. Do an HPI check to be safe.
ed_jones
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20th Apr 04 at 15:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

whats involved in a HPI check and does it cost like the AA test
Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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20th Apr 04 at 15:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i bet 60%of the people on here have accident damaged/ repaired cars, you wont have a clue if ya cars been messed up in the past and fixed, could be a small bump to a major repair, as long as its fixed by a good company the results will be as good as when it came out the factory
ed
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20th Apr 04 at 15:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by ed_jones
whats involved in a HPI check and does it cost like the AA test

An AA test is an HPI check, it just checks most of the things that have happened in the past to the car...
But yea, an accident damaged ar is ok to buy as it was repaired. Evenbetter that it was repaired by the insurance company, cos they approve the repair workshops that do the work...
ed_jones
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20th Apr 04 at 15:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ok, il go back and see if i can get me dad to haggle down the price at least. should i try ringing the insurance company up to see what job has been done of it or sumit.
ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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20th Apr 04 at 19:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
if the car wasn't written off they don't have to tell you anything.


If it was they only have to tell you if you ask!
Korsa
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Registered: 25th Jan 03
Location: Cardiff S.Wales Drives :Blue/Purple Corsa
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20th Apr 04 at 19:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

how much is one of those tests?
Greg_M
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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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20th Apr 04 at 19:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i think my cars accident damage, not that i care. but i think it is cos there are tiny craks in the bottom of the boot floor.
Corsalad87
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Registered: 17th Jan 04
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20th Apr 04 at 19:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mine was accident damaged but prof repaired previous to me buying!!! got it for cheap!!! maybe because it had accident dam!!! but it was professionally done n i got offered £500 more than i [ayed for it two weeks after i bought it
leni
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20th Apr 04 at 19:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I bought my car like this 3 years back


for £2000 and cost me £500 to get on the road! Sold it 3 years later with 30k more on the clock for £2200

I had no complaints!
ed_jones
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21st Apr 04 at 17:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thats good
combatvauxhall
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Registered: 3rd May 02
Location: Seer Green-Too close to winkers!!!
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21st Apr 04 at 18:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ask the bloke for details of the type of repair the cars had, from wot you described its bodged( Bumpstrips not meating up!!) An AA check and HPI wont mean shit if its been bodged to look good, underneath itll still be damaged structural damage, suspension etc!

 
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