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Thoughts on this crashed Hyundai?
Was going to buy a I 20. 2012 hyundai 3 door found out it was a Category c write off then imported car,looks good now n mechanic said its all good but im still not convinced I should buy price is 5000
Our answer:
Hi Siobhan,
Well, it is cheap for an i20 of that age, so if the price is your be-all and end-all, then you might be OK going for it – provided it really has been professionally repaired and looks a solid car. You might need someone mechanically savvy to inspect it for you, just to check, if you don’t feel confident doing it yourself. However, we’d really say avoid it, because there are plenty of good used hatchbacks from 2012 for €5,000 that won’t have been crash-damaged previously.
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