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Old 05-05-2024, 07:18 PM   #31
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Default Re: This is why we have a WOVR for repairable write offs

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Always do a PPSR check on any car you buy $2 well spent, if you have any inkling that the car is a repairable write off and does not show on a PPSR, then get a independent inspection done.

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My Caprice was incorrectly on the stolen vehicle register, which came up on a PPSR search I did on it years after I bought it, had it registered and was driving it around Melbourne without any inkling of an issue.

Involved NSW Police and VIC Police to get this sorted.

Number plate was stolen from it in May 2000 in Sydney, and reported to the police back then, then at some point when systems migrated over the years and the national stolen vehicle register became a thing, that stolen number plate report had been turned into 'stolen vehicle' report when it came out in the new system.

NSW Police were dumbfounded that no one here in VIC had questioned it, no drama with VicRoads or Vic Police, and it was clearly on the national stolen vehicle register, as a stolen vehicle.

Bankstown Police basically said, lets get this shit cleared up, we just need to sight the VIN and we can clear the record, go to your local police and get them to sight the VIN and then call us, and we'll sort it out.

I go to my local police with my PPSR in hand and Caprice in their car park, I walk in, they don't even know what the PPSR is, they search up the national stolen vehicle register, see my Caprice on it, then tell me, yes it is registered as a stolen vehicle, but its a matter for NSW Police and that they won't be doing anything to help - well **** you then

So I went to another police branch, who were more than happy to help me out, came out, looked at the VIN, called and emailed Bankstown Police saying they've seen the car and sighted the VIN, and CC'd me in the response.

Between Sunbury and Bankstown police they got it off the national stolen vehicle register for me.

As far as repairable write offs go, would probably buy one as a work vehicle like a ute, probably not as a daily though - there's no way with how complex cars are these days you can repair anything properly, no matter how good you are.

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Old 05-05-2024, 08:41 PM   #32
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Default Re: This is why we have a WOVR for repairable write offs

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As far as repairable write offs go, would probably buy one as a work vehicle like a ute, probably not as a daily though - there's no way with how complex cars are these days you can repair anything properly, no matter how good you are.
See this is the misunderstanding of what a WOVR vehicle is, cars are written off for non accident damage, it could have smashed glass, the wheels have been nicked, etc.

The thing with WOVR is that they indiscriminately put every economical write off on the register, I had a little A class Mercedes with a broken sunroof glass, it was on the WOVR because the glass for the roof was more than the car was insured for if you buy it new, but second hand it was $100, cheap fix, cheap car, also bought a stolen recovered S class, it had a few minor scratches, obviously the repaint that would have been quoted was more than the insured value. I just washed and detailed it, went for WOVR inspection with a stat dec saying I washed it, passed licence and on-sold within 3 days for a tidy profit.

Its unfortunate that all write offs get tarred with the same brush, I'm sure there are damaged cars sold on Gumtree / Facebook that are repaired to a sub standard that are not on the WOVR, at least with the WOVR they can ensure a standard of repair.
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There is at least one car in the WOVR which was mis-fuelled by putting diesel into a petrol car. Not vice-versa. That’s all which landed it there.

These repaired write-offs, they’re death traps.
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