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Can I appeal a Cat B decision?

Can I appeal against a Category B decision, which my insurer has issued on my Daihatsu Fourtrak after it was stolen and then recovered. The car is fine, but has a broken side window and damaged ignition barrel. Can you help? The insurer has said my car will be crushed, but I want to save it if I can

Asked on 7 November 2013 by michelle-bevan

Answered by Honest John
A Cat B has to be crushed. But from what you describe your car should be a Cat D, not a Cat B so maybe some clerk at the insurers was hard of hearing when the assessor made his report.
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