Category C car - A quick question!!

[Creole]

I am in the process of buying a car but apparently the dealer said the car was a cat C in 2003 please can someone explain to me please what this means and if it's safe to buy? The car is a T reg polo.

Grateful for any help or advise.
Thanks

Category C - Repairable salvage. Usually applies to vehicles with significant (structural) damage, where cost of repairs exceeds book value. Can be sold complete to Trade or Public. Recorded as "Category C" at DVLA. Category C vehicles' V5 documents are returned to DVLA. You re-apply, to DVLA or at your local VRO, for registration on the original identity once you have fixed it up, MOTed it and want to Tax it. Re-registration removes the Category C classification, but evidence it was at one time Category C remains on the vehicle's record at DVLA (and HPI and AA and the others).

sounds like it would be perfectly safe, but I would think that you should expect to pay less for it than a car not rated category c.

definitions here . Personally I wouldn't, give the choice, but if procedures have been followed correctly it sounds like it should be safe.

hiya

i bought a car from a dealer that was a cat b write off and i was unaware of this. a cat b should not even be on the raod. please do a hpi check and make sure the dealer is telling you the truth and tread with caution. i would not pay too much for any car that has a cat against it.