The comments saying that it was embarrassing for the bodyshop are being too kind. If they think it is acceptable to repair a TH-camr's vehicle to such a poor standard then more than likely this shows their true standard of workmanship - and perhaps a 'normal' customer might even get more of a bodge job. Name and Shame the bodyshop.
*Not how they should repair anyone’s car, TH-camr or not. Being a TH-camr means maybe they’re more likely to be found out and called out, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t repair honestly and properly for non TH-camrs. Bad business and morals. Just because it isn’t seen, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be as good as it can be!
Alot of body shops are like this, they just don't take pride in their work anymore. I had a horrendous experience with a known bodyshop, paid well above the normal price for a full respray as it is going to be a show car and they butchered the car, they painted the entire car 3 times and still couldn't get it right. Loads of missing/broken parts, metal heavily rusting where they carried out some welding repairs and they even managed to get over spray all over the leather interior. I've taken them to court for all my money back so I can get another garage to put it right.
That’s what happens when the customers tight or don’t supply the parts Personally I’d of left it off and said whizz it back with the correct liner and fasteners and I’ll voodoo the lot on straight next time
Ive done a few of these before but stopped as it wasnt really worth it. It doesnt remove the marker, as he said it stays on it. Its only HPI that aknowledge the inspection. If someone does another scan on the car, say car vertical it still shows red and cat s
My mums a4 she had for 25 years and 270k miles, loved it and wanted to keep it. She had rhe vehicle hit and the drivers door was dented in, insurers took it to copart and was categorised as Cat B (total loss unsafe to be repaired) massive load of shite this scene, mum was not happy
Never thought being the old sod I am that I'd ever have a TH-cam hero but you are that man. What an amazing prize for some lucky person , well done Cal 👍
I had my car inspection done with Auto Align at Bassingbourn. Trust me when I say that Mark is a diamond geezer! My car is a write off categorised vehicle with frontal damage. Its been repaired but not to a high standard (what did you expect when done in Birmingham) I decided to get the inspection done mainly because of safety as i carry my family in the vehicle and for my peace of mind that I didn't buy a complete lemon. To my satisfaction Mark gave all the information i needed minus £300.00. I recommended every crash damage vehicle gets an inspection done with Auto Align especially Mark. Proper old school car mechanic who knows his trade.
My own Ford Edge was written off with cat. N It was such a surprise to me, but after receiving all documentation it makes sense. Just for the car hire for 8 weeks itself was £10,300 , parts over £8000 and labour another few grands . If the costs will be that high insurers will always write it off . No mercy
Be interested to know from an insurance point of view do you still need to declare it as a Cat S vehicle as even though it's been inspected and repaired it doesn't change the fact the insurance company have previously paid out on the car as a total loss so surely they will still value it lower than another one without history?
In Australia, it costs at least $7500AUD for a VIV inspection, and thats just the first step. Regardless of car the cost is the same. This type of repairs arnt viable here.
What a load of tosh your comment is and it’ only shows you up for being an idiot This is a complete check of the repair , the Vic was an identity check only completely different things altogether
A vic check was noware near as severe as this. It was mainly to check the vin numbers were genuine and un tampered. Vic stood for vehicle identity check.
That’s the idea tho. You’re not supposed to be able to tell. Once it’s repaired it should look sound. Forget the scratch that’s not relevant lol. Look for rough edges inside shuts. Or paint on plastics etc. you’ll soon see the reason I’m sure
Told the wife to hold the Roast dinner !! As need to watch Calvin…. love this guys passion like my old history teacher back when I was 12 !! I’m now 48 … !!! 🤣🤣🤣 rectifying 🤣 self tapping screw .. love an advance MOT … calv great video … 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻
So does this extra test make a Category car holds its valuable? Can you ask a dealer to do this prior to purchase? - reassurance. Or not really going to make much impact
Hey Calvin, what body shop did you use for the damage/spray job? I’ve got a 2013 Mazda 3 1 owner from new with 50k miles all done by my myself. But nearly every panel is scratched 2 big dents and bird poo has eaten some off the bonnet 😅😅😅 safe to say it needs some tlc!
I`v never heard of a cat N or S [old C or D] being removed from a salvage vehicle. You might get a marker against it on hpi saying it`s been inspected, but they won`t remove it from register
Hey calvin do us a favour next time ur on camera with will ask him about a twin engined nova it was sick and im sure it was him who built it he featured on max power doing drag race with it back in the day
Calv I love how you’re so as it happens. Not this fakery you see. If someone’s dropped the ball, you tell people, while remaining respectful of the ball dropper.
i get what you are saying but is that dropping the ball? no its being a bodge outfit, this car was going for an inspection, and they still shoved self tapping screws in there is no excuse this is a business and getting paid for the work. sorry but that's shoddy either the staff need replacing or the boss man runs his business like this. either way stay clear and find someone who doesn't own self tapping screws for bodging cars, and the clips were in the undertray they re fitted it and didn't even attach it, so you can only imagine what happens to big hidden jobs. shambles.
@@FostersStella1 I hear your point too. Yes the detail wasn’t great, but again it depends on their brief. Many customers will want a low budget job and as such if you can use a self tapping screw over a £5 main dealer fixing, that’ll be done. With regards to the rear part of the under tray, that didn’t look apart of accident damage, not that far back and the sump untouched anyway. So therefore when doing a repair how far do you go, you certainly wouldn’t be fixing pre existing damage, unless that was specified too.
If you took the car to Darkside they would never bodge the body work job like that, that was taken to some crap bodyshop, you can see Calvin was pissed off 😮
Great video Calvin, I'm sorry but no excuses, the body shop bodged that car, and even knowing it was going for a inspection. stay clear Calvin can you really imagine what they do to normal customers cars, leaving the undertray loose is one thing and shows the lack of care, but to start putting self tapping screws in places is a no go very disappointing and showed them for what they really are, i don't care what anyone says no excuses for that, such minor things and bodged like that, what must bigger jobs be done like, especially the hidden bits on peoples cars! keep up the good work Calv
Calvin, usually you tell us all about each service that you used so would you like to share with us the reputable "bodyshop" you've used for this video so that all the viewers can support the "bodyshop" that you used?
Curious.. if you won this...crashed it...(not that you would) would the insurance pay out still an adjusted value for previous cat s.. or would they pay out as normal as an not previously crashed car,,,? with condition inspected..marker Its the little things that make a car perfect ..respect to Mark and Will.. And Mr C for a great vid... N x
I think this is a good idea, i know its always on the history but at least you know its not been bodged by some fella in his back garden. Must put a little more value on it?
Who edited this it’s not like your usual videos was a bit hard to watch😢just all over the place doesn’t matter obviously but I know when one of my favourite channels has changed something without letting me know😂sorry Calv😂edit; realised you said this too - Not exactly removed just says inspected afterwards but well worth it with a cat S though nice easy sale when people see that! This Friday going to be a nice one with this and the corsa going💯✅
Body shops are joke in uk,as repairing damaged cars my self every single bit screw or clips always get replaced with new ones from dealer.body shop try to hide as much as they can,they just don’t care.
Should go to the insurer and ask why it was Cat S in the first place. Too many good cars are being written off and its costing us all in higher premiums. 😮
Can’t understand why the bodyshop would do such a good job with the paintwork, then spoil the whole job with that wheel arch liner bodge. The rivets being painted was minor, but still a very fine detail I would personally notice and get all OCD about 😆
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That old geeza is exactly how you’d expect an inspector to look 😂
Had mad big ears.
Guy looks like a nonce
These type of test should be mandatory for every cat S car. It would stop the bodge repairs instantly.
I still wonder why the Vic test was scrapped
The comments saying that it was embarrassing for the bodyshop are being too kind. If they think it is acceptable to repair a TH-camr's vehicle to such a poor standard then more than likely this shows their true standard of workmanship - and perhaps a 'normal' customer might even get more of a bodge job. Name and Shame the bodyshop.
*Not how they should repair anyone’s car, TH-camr or not. Being a TH-camr means maybe they’re more likely to be found out and called out, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t repair honestly and properly for non TH-camrs. Bad business and morals.
Just because it isn’t seen, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be as good as it can be!
It's minor little stuff stop crying like girls Calvin aint
Alot of body shops are like this, they just don't take pride in their work anymore. I had a horrendous experience with a known bodyshop, paid well above the normal price for a full respray as it is going to be a show car and they butchered the car, they painted the entire car 3 times and still couldn't get it right. Loads of missing/broken parts, metal heavily rusting where they carried out some welding repairs and they even managed to get over spray all over the leather interior. I've taken them to court for all my money back so I can get another garage to put it right.
worse part is the right guard and bumper alignment. shocking alignment.
Those arch liner fixings were embarrassing for the body shop.
And the bumper fitment is stil crap...
That’s what happens when the customers tight or don’t supply the parts
Personally I’d of left it off and said whizz it back with the correct liner and fasteners and I’ll voodoo the lot on straight next time
Ive done a few of these before but stopped as it wasnt really worth it. It doesnt remove the marker, as he said it stays on it. Its only HPI that aknowledge the inspection. If someone does another scan on the car, say car vertical it still shows red and cat s
Wing didn’t line up with the bumper either….new body shop required
Thought exactly the same. Even after it was supposedly "fixed", it was still sitting out of place.
Yeah, miles out of line, why do a video when it’s still not right?
£13995 for a 60plate saab with 106kmiles I want what he is smoking
Ffs man the self tapper 😂, its not a fiberglass bodykit on a corsa B from 1999 😂😂
I worked in a bodyshop for many years, and if we allowed that standard of work out of the door, you'd be up the road looking for a new job.
My mums a4 she had for 25 years and 270k miles, loved it and wanted to keep it. She had rhe vehicle hit and the drivers door was dented in, insurers took it to copart and was categorised as Cat B (total loss unsafe to be repaired) massive load of shite this scene, mum was not happy
It must have done more that the door to get a cat B
Cannot not miss a episode of Calvin'sCarDiary....its NEEDED!
Relentless effort and modesty are truly commendable. Well done.
Up ya bum.
‘Biggest ever karate kick’ ‘Bruce Lee everyone in the nose’ honestly got another hernia from that😂😂
Never thought being the old sod I am that I'd ever have a TH-cam hero but you are that man.
What an amazing prize for some lucky person , well done Cal 👍
Thought we were getting an M3 story video at 6pm tonight! 😢
I had my car inspection done with Auto Align at Bassingbourn. Trust me when I say that Mark is a diamond geezer!
My car is a write off categorised vehicle with frontal damage. Its been repaired but not to a high standard (what did you expect when done in Birmingham)
I decided to get the inspection done mainly because of safety as i carry my family in the vehicle and for my peace of mind that I didn't buy a complete lemon. To my satisfaction Mark gave all the information i needed minus £300.00. I recommended every crash damage vehicle gets an inspection done with Auto Align especially Mark. Proper old school car mechanic who knows his trade.
Glad you got the M3 back!
Thanks mate! Absolute result 💯
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My own Ford Edge was written off with cat. N
It was such a surprise to me, but after receiving all documentation it makes sense. Just for the car hire for 8 weeks itself was £10,300 , parts over £8000 and labour another few grands .
If the costs will be that high insurers will always write it off . No mercy
Absolutely terrible for the body shop to do that, makes you wonder what things they do to other cars
That bumper not lining up would drive me mental
Where the bumper meet the drivers side wing is off, it’s all flush in the Nearside but the Offside is not. It sticks out.
Wow how embarrassing for the body shop, and they knew it was on TH-cam plus getting inspected 😢. Great video mate keep up the good work and thanks ❤
I live in Royston! And often on that industrial park! 👍
"aaah right.. Bloody Hell" 😂😂😂 Calvin reminded me of Ron from Harry potter movies
4.27 😃 that noise in the background . Someone watching brucie bonus
The guys at 2stroke are awesome, used to buy parts from them years ago when I had Saab Carlsson’s
That was a rare car 👌
@@Ashf79 yes, had a 900 Carlsson and a 9000 Carlsson saloon. Would love to have either back. Old Saabs we’re great cars
Good to see my hometown on a video. Very informative this video is 🙌🏻
Bodyshop needs a word! Strong!
Be interested to know from an insurance point of view do you still need to declare it as a Cat S vehicle as even though it's been inspected and repaired it doesn't change the fact the insurance company have previously paid out on the car as a total loss so surely they will still value it lower than another one without history?
Interesting upload , What is the price of the inspection?
In Australia, it costs at least $7500AUD for a VIV inspection, and thats just the first step. Regardless of car the cost is the same.
This type of repairs arnt viable here.
Basically a Vic test wat they used to do with cat c cars back in day but now removes the cat c if repaired to factory specs . Seems good idear tbh
What a load of tosh your comment is and it’ only shows you up for being an idiot
This is a complete check of the repair , the Vic was an identity check only completely different things altogether
A vic check was noware near as severe as this. It was mainly to check the vin numbers were genuine and un tampered. Vic stood for vehicle identity check.
What does car vertical show for this car (pre/post this video)?
Just checked - still shows as categorised
Pulled the fingers out their bums😂😂😂. You don't rarely see or hear Calvin upset. I don't blame him
Great video I didn’t know ya could get salvage cars inspected then the hpi report changed 😊
Every insurance company will be now looking for this guy 😂
I got an a4 that was cat S last year and you couldnt tell why, the only damage was a scratch on the near side rear.
Probably because the insurance cost to repair by an Audi/Audi approved garage would have been wild and into the thousands .
@@TM240xshouldn't be Cat S then. If there's no structural damage it should be Cat N
That’s the idea tho. You’re not supposed to be able to tell. Once it’s repaired it should look sound. Forget the scratch that’s not relevant lol. Look for rough edges inside shuts. Or paint on plastics etc. you’ll soon see the reason I’m sure
If only you made this video before I sold you that corsa 😢🤣
Right side bumper to Guard is not sitting right.
Told the wife to hold the Roast dinner !! As need to watch Calvin…. love this guys passion like my old history teacher back when I was 12 !! I’m now 48 … !!! 🤣🤣🤣 rectifying 🤣 self tapping screw .. love an advance MOT … calv great video … 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Enjoying the content on the channel well done everyone 👍👍👍
Brilliant video again,but wish to point out the painter was not wearing air fed face mask while painting, he's only one set of lungs.
Was that a pattern wing? - alignment at the front is very annoying to look at!
Your videos are always informative, excellent content. Keep up the good work Bonny Lad
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On most HPI that car will come up as HPI CLEAR! I just done one on cap HPI and it’s clear lol, how much is this inspection?? Thanks
So does this extra test make a Category car holds its valuable?
Can you ask a dealer to do this prior to purchase? - reassurance.
Or not really going to make much impact
Would that inspection be enough to get the manufacturer to honour a warranty again or is that a pipedream??
I think insde boot lining is missing also from the car.
Hey Calvin, what body shop did you use for the damage/spray job?
I’ve got a 2013 Mazda 3 1 owner from new with 50k miles all done by my myself.
But nearly every panel is scratched 2 big dents and bird poo has eaten some off the bonnet 😅😅😅 safe to say it needs some tlc!
I`v never heard of a cat N or S [old C or D] being removed from a salvage vehicle. You might get a marker against it on hpi saying it`s been inspected, but they won`t remove it from register
Bloody hell forgot about the M5.....what about the bloody touring?! lol
Love the content keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍 ❤❤
I just spent the last 2 weeks working at Bassingbourn barracks 😂 lovely little place!
Spent 12 weeks of my life there back in 2002, not so fond memories. 😂
Would the car if it passed still show up as a Cat S on AutoTrader?
Yes as they use Experian Autocheck
Guys an absolute nerd , Invoice for painting 2 tiny little pop rivets .
VCAR *Vehicle Condition Alert Register*
On the vcar sounds nice don’t it
Hey calvin do us a favour next time ur on camera with will ask him about a twin engined nova it was sick and im sure it was him who built it he featured on max power doing drag race with it back in the day
Calv I love how you’re so as it happens. Not this fakery you see. If someone’s dropped the ball, you tell people, while remaining respectful of the ball dropper.
i get what you are saying but is that dropping the ball? no its being a bodge outfit, this car was going for an inspection, and they still shoved self tapping screws in there is no excuse this is a business and getting paid for the work. sorry but that's shoddy either the staff need replacing or the boss man runs his business like this. either way stay clear and find someone who doesn't own self tapping screws for bodging cars, and the clips were in the undertray they re fitted it and didn't even attach it, so you can only imagine what happens to big hidden jobs. shambles.
@@FostersStella1 I hear your point too. Yes the detail wasn’t great, but again it depends on their brief. Many customers will want a low budget job and as such if you can use a self tapping screw over a £5 main dealer fixing, that’ll be done. With regards to the rear part of the under tray, that didn’t look apart of accident damage, not that far back and the sump untouched anyway. So therefore when doing a repair how far do you go, you certainly wouldn’t be fixing pre existing damage, unless that was specified too.
even after the body shop fixed their very shoddy work, that wing still looked well out of line, you should never use them again.
If you took the car to Darkside they would never bodge the body work job like that, that was taken to some crap bodyshop, you can see Calvin was pissed off 😮
Great video Calvin, I'm sorry but no excuses, the body shop bodged that car, and even knowing it was going for a inspection. stay clear Calvin can you really imagine what they do to normal customers cars, leaving the undertray loose is one thing and shows the lack of care, but to start putting self tapping screws in places is a no go very disappointing and showed them for what they really are, i don't care what anyone says no excuses for that, such minor things and bodged like that, what must bigger jobs be done like, especially the hidden bits on peoples cars! keep up the good work Calv
The muppet spraying the car with no mask on at the beginning tells me all I need to know about the standard of work
Calvin, usually you tell us all about each service that you used so would you like to share with us the reputable "bodyshop" you've used for this video so that all the viewers can support the "bodyshop" that you used?
Name and shame the body shop, that’s appalling
Curious.. if you won this...crashed it...(not that you would)
would the insurance pay out still an adjusted value for previous cat s..
or would they pay out as normal as an not previously crashed car,,,? with condition inspected..marker
Its the little things that make a car perfect ..respect to Mark and Will..
And Mr C for a great vid...
N x
Drew pritchard removed a damaged car marker on one of his cars so it can be done
The main question how much did it cost and was it worth all the hassle in the long run 👍
So if I get my cat n repaired and take it to these guys would they remove the marker from it?
I think this is a good idea, i know its always on the history but at least you know its not been bodged by some fella in his back garden. Must put a little more value on it?
Very Informative 😎
New body shop I think Calvin !
I cant believe they left the wheel arch lining like that, especially for youtuber car!
Looks perfect he said yes on passenger side
Bumper is no where near in line with the wing! Looks terrible.
That bumper and wing didnt line up at all even after the shoddy repair 🤣🤣
Feel like the comments about the bodyshop being bodgers are a bit harsh, they’ve done a decent job of the paintwork they’re only minor issues.
Look good for plant of dreams when it goes on
I don't no if u can now but if you brought a private plate and stuck it on a car get a new logbook it's not on there saying its categorised 👍👍👍👍👍
So can you now sell this as HPI clear?
No point as the marker will still show on the v5
How did you get the m3 back Calvin?
Calvin wishes he never went there 🤣 having people over for silly things if you ask me
Who edited this it’s not like your usual videos was a bit hard to watch😢just all over the place doesn’t matter obviously but I know when one of my favourite channels has changed something without letting me know😂sorry Calv😂edit; realised you said this too - Not exactly removed just says inspected afterwards but well worth it with a cat S though nice easy sale when people see that! This Friday going to be a nice one with this and the corsa going💯✅
I thought it was a good video tbh in a different sort of edited way
Body shops are joke in uk,as repairing damaged cars my self every single bit screw or clips always get replaced with new ones from dealer.body shop try to hide as much as they can,they just don’t care.
The prices wow.14k for a 60 plate 93 and 6k for a pre facelift 93,I got a preface lift aero 93 55reg 2 stroke u wanna buy it 😂😂
Well done Calvin
Should go to the insurer and ask why it was Cat S in the first place. Too many good cars are being written off and its costing us all in higher premiums. 😮
All one big con to screw us over
if every youtuber starts taking their restored cars to this inspection , there is not going to be much more restoring content
Can’t understand why the bodyshop would do such a good job with the paintwork, then spoil the whole job with that wheel arch liner bodge.
The rivets being painted was minor, but still a very fine detail I would personally notice and get all OCD about 😆
Out of sight and because they can. Bunch of cowboys
Lovely jubbly Calvin such a nice car 👍🏻
This company workload is going to go through the roof after the video lol
I wonder if insurance companies will then recognise it as a non Cat car 🤔
Still has the marker on it.
And there’s the problem with the entire industry
Very embarrassing for the Body Shop. Nice plasterboard screw tho.
The wing/bumper alignment was terrible
Why that even saw co- parts I don’t no, surly you would buy it back , 👐
Very nice little car 👌🏻
2nd post … love will from VRS …👍🏻👍🏻
That bumper to wing alignment is dog 💩