[How to stop cats getting on my car?]

Get yourself a Ford Ka instead as they don't like cats either .

See link :

[Catalytic convertors]

just a query nix, what about gt-4 cats? or are they the same as the gt ones

No mate, the GT4 one has a larger flange on it ( Oh er ) and bigger bore.

[Catalytic convertors]

At the moment I have no 1.8 cats in unfortunatly.

I have got 2.0 litre ones, but they are a different size. I normally sell them for around the 30 pound mark when I have them in.

I may be able to get you one if it end up being the cat though. So just let me know.

[Buying Cat D and Vehicle Inspections]

isnt it also against the value of the car

Yes it is Dan. I forgot to put that in the post I did.

But I was kinda making the point on my thread that a car can have very very little damage to get registered as a Cat C and can have more damage and then get registered a Cat D. ( Again as we have said this is to do with the value of the car though )

[Buying Cat D and Vehicle Inspections]

As Tony said above, it is only cat C cars that require a VIC check. I buy a lot of cat C and cat D cars and TBH they are only panel damaged usually.

Cat D cars aren't registered on the log books, but it will show up a s a cat D if you do a vehicle history check on it.

Cat C cars have " This car has been substantially repaired on ......... date and has had a VIC inspection carried out " or words to that effect on the logbook .

The VIC check is only to compare the chassis number with the details on the DVLA's system and not really to check the quality of the repair that has been carried out.

My own gen7 is a Cat D. I bought it that way and fixed it up. Here is what a CAT D can look like:

My own car when I bought it damaged

But on the other hand I have bought cat C cars that have hardly any damage such as this:

( Tiny dent on front wing but classed as a Cat C )

So half of the time it really does depend on the inspector at the time as to how he determins the category.

[Celica's and their owners]

Here are a couple of me and my dog in my old gen7.

These are the only pics I have of me atually with one of my Celicas.

And this is my white GT. It is a bit different now, but not had chance to take any pics lately.

Plus on this pic its filthy as well.

Found another pic of me and my little boy. This was the morning I traded the gen7 in. I wanted one last pic before she went