written off vehicle re register

yeah but thats why they have to have road worthy inspection again to make sure they are ok. it was just water damage, surely the insurance company can see that it doesnt make the car 'unsound'. and the odometer is a digital type, so maybe hard to re adjust.......dunno

Brian,
Please Explain.

Insurance Co's often write off a vehicle when the commercial cost of repairs exceeds the insured value.

That is totally different to a vehicle involved in a serious crash situation. This vehicle is also written off but also is classified "unrepairable wrecking purposes only". If one of these is rebuilt/repaired you may well be correct.
Otherwise you are not.

Disco.

Brian
Writing cars off after water damage is common but there is a difference. Fresh water damage is usually classified as a repairable write off while salt water is a statutory write off meaning the body and its number can never be registered again.

I have attended many Pickles and Fowels damaged car auctions in recent years and this information is always written on the windscreen.

Read the original post again, please. Move your lips if needs be.
The vehicle was WRITTEN OFF.
OK?
Brian Purdue

Brian,
I refer you to my original follow up to your post.
THAT STILL APPLIES
There are classes of "WRITTEN OFF"
1. Written Off, never to be repaired or licenced. Wrecking purposes only.
2. Written Off, Cost of commercial repair exceeds insured value.
May be repaired,inspected and relicenced but can only be reinsured third party only.


Disco.

thanks folks for your follows. i was under the impression that a car dealer CANNOT change the speedo (not reading) but a private seller can ( buy at buyers risk) . thats stops dealers selling restored write offs.
and it was fresh running water ina creek at gin gin, so no salt.

Hi Wayne, you are correct about comprehensive insurance, but you can still insure the vehicle 1/3 party against property damage.
Qubert, doesnt matter wether a dealer is selling or been sold privately you cant alter a speedo reading, even if the speedo has to be replaced is must be either wound up or down to the original klms, other wise you would have the dishonest ones saying they had to put a new speedo in and we would end up with the second hand car market flooded with vehicles indicating the wrong klms on the odometer and can guarantee they would be below the original klms. The digital speedo's can be alterted so correct klms are shown on the odometer.........Regards Steve M

Not all speedos Can be adjusted after they have been used. Replacement ford speedos usualy can only be adjusted once from new.

We brought a repairerable write off vehicle for daughters 1st car,a rav4 for $2700 2 yrs ago now, which only had hail damage, the car has been great for her.Yes we can insure it but only 3rd party property unless hail damage is repaired, but my understanding in nsw is that a dealer cannot resell a repairable write off vehicle,so therefore we could not trade it to a dealer.
We are now waiting on the next hail storm to arive so we can buy daughter no 2 her 1st car!

There is a bit ofa contradiction going on here.

Wherehegon posted:
“you cant alter a speedo reading, even if the speedo has to be replaced is must be either wound up or down to the original klms’

If you are able to alter the speedo when you install it so as to pass the licensing requirements – what’s to stop you altering it after its been licensed?

Dennis, there is nothing stopping you from fitting a new /second hand speedo at any time BUT it must have the correct klms put on it. The klms are now recorded with the RTA when you reregister a vehicle. I had a REVS check on the prado I own now, it showed the klms per year. wether the vehicle has been written off at any time and also told me any previous owners which in my case was one only. It's about time that this is available to any buyers (has so in Victoria for a while) hopefully it will stop the shonky sellers out there. There is nothing stopping you from running 2 speedos and changing them around eg do 50 thou on one then change back to the original do say 5k then put the one with 50 on it back in. This way when registering every year the pink slip will only indicate 5k a year this is providing your not stupid enough to have the log book/serive books dated and stamped. hence why I wont touch a vehicle without logs/service books, there are other telltale signs of higher klms but there are suckers out there that wouldnt pick up on it. Big fines for playing with speedos eg winding them back or disconecting them and so there should be................Regards Steve

Yeh I agree.
On my last two vehicles, which I purchased new, I keep the log books up to scratch. You need to for warranty issues anyway.
A number of years ago when I was scratching for a quid - I brought a second hand car at a vehicle auction - It turned out to be a disaster - It had been a write off, which some enterprising individual had used to manufacture a new car. They had cut the back section off one vehicle and welded it to the front section of another. I never found out until the cops put it over the pits when I transfered it to my name.
Relying on the speedo reading alone is a risk when buying secondhand vehicles - there are shonks out there that will get around any system.
Regards Dennis

you win the prize burnsey...

there is also a certicficate that must be carried, analogue that is...

Thats odd, what if you buy 2 speedos with low km??? hehehe