If it was only written off as being uneconomical to repair then there is nothing wrong with it being repaired and returned to the road.

 

QUOTE (GSBellew @ Jul 23 2010, 07:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>If it was only written off as being uneconomical to repair then there is nothing wrong with it being repaired and returned to the road.
Thanks.
Was thinking the same for a moment but I was under the impression that once written off, the car should not be on the road regardless of the damage occured in the past..

 

If it's an insurance write off it can still be put back on the road, if it was just uneconomical to repair.

Edit; too late

 

all it takes is for it to be nct'd or an engineers report and even a car declared as destroyed could be back on the road.
it happened one of the lads i know.
he bough a crashed car to repair and put a new engine in,m in the meantime the previous owner sent the book off as it having been crushed as an end of life car,
but obviously it wasnt as he had the car and was in the process of fixing it.

it took a bit of ball ache for him to get down to exactly what he had to do but basically, he needed to pass an nct or engineers report and the book would be re issued.

 

tax book and chassis number swapped no doubt

 

QUOTE (mk3 tdi @ Jul 24 2010, 01:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>tax book and chassis number swapped no doubt

Are you sure, dont think thats the case

 

QUOTE (Mk TDI @ Jul 24 2010, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Are you sure, dont think thats the case

well of course im not sure, but is worth thinking about, it goes on the whole time, people buy the plates and number off a scrapped motor (or indeed buy the whole motor) and put them on a stolen car with no id. or ive seen it done in one case on uk reg car that the person didnt want to pay vrt on, he could do it as the car wasnt declared wrote off by insurance

 

i wouldn't bother wasting my time thinking about it.

 

my previous car was wrote off and is back up for sale on donedeal at the moment. the insurance company told me it wasnt worth fixing but the guy who collected it to me it would be back on the road in weeks!

i dont know how bad a car has to be damaged for it to be not let back on the road. i think in some cases its ok to fix a car that has been damaged as long as its inspected and certified road legal and of course stated to the potential buyer.