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I've only ever sold one cat d which had paint stipper damage and had been re-sprayed, the chap that bought it couldnt give a monkeys as the lower than average screen price was already a deal maker. This kind of damage would not deter me selling a car and most people would be OK about it.

A passionate post Jim. Your comments are duly noted. Thanks for contributing.

I was out on a magazine photoshoot with a classic 911 and took some iPhone photos which I uploaded to Facebook and Twitter. I've since had three enquiries on that car, direct from Facebook, plus someone looking for another Porsche. That's before I have marketed the car in traditional ways. Social media works!

Have done waiting on reply thanks for the tip . lot of buyers looking , had a Peugeot just finish a 7 day make an offer on eBay got 433 views 35 watchers that is more than usual , but no sale . Have the car priced £2,300 below book price and £3,000 below any other of same type on eBay. Will try eBay auction as just sold a 2012 BMW 320 d for good money on auction instead of buy it now are make an offer!

Ah. You can see how I was confused. I am so sorry for implying bias where there is clearly none. I dunno, I think motor industry executives say a lot that should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Certainly agree that too many consider social media as just for kids. A report out yesterday, from McAfee, found that 80% of 50-75 year olds regularly use social media (pinewoodte.ch/1agbRzp). Critically looking at the age range, it's clear that a 50 year old would use social media differently to a 75 year old, but it certainly raises awareness that social media is simply a way of communicating. The 30 year old somethings in the 1990s who started to regularly use email and a mobile phone are now the 50 year old somethings using Facebook and Twitter. And in fact, some could argue that they are more likely to use them as research tools, and part of their search process, than 16-24 years old posting photos and chatting with friends.

Here @ BCA we do sell Cat C and Cat D but not in there own specific auction, if your interested the best thing to do would be to contact your local branch who would be able to let you know which sales have Cat C and Cat D in them.

Exactly, people need to be educated that you don't need a diesel if all you need a car for is a trip to the shops and back!

Do I think Vauxhall will overtake Ford in the UK by 2016? Of course not. But I fear you've let some sort of personal issues pervade your writing. You're a good journalist, but you can't let such biases affect what could have otherwise been a more balanced and analytical piece. You say you can't see any punter spending their own cash on a current Vauxhall model, but more than 200,000 have been sold this year so far and they are not all fleet sales, so what are you saying? That these people are stupid? I don't drive a Vauxhall, but from an outsiders perspective it really is puzzling why there is so much negativity against Vauxhall as a brand. I know you edit the Nissan Insider website and I can't help but feel that if Nissan's UK MD had said something like this, you'd probably have called it 'brave' or 'ambitious' - and Vauxhall outsells Nissan in the UK two-to-one. Tell me I'm wrong...

DPF's are certainly an issue ,we've had a couple of cars where the car simply is not being used enough! I've advised numerous customers who have been in to buy a diesel and told them they shouldn't and explained the reasons. Once they understand they make the right decision that is not to buy a diesel for the 3/4000 miles - short journeys they do! think some sales staff have to TELL the customers what the consequences are rather than just sell them a car which is going to cause them issues in the future, not only that a very unhappy customer who will take his business else where!

Footfall is OK for the time of year and a little above last year so 6% more stock above last year should be OK. There might be a clue in the Network Q £500 offer of retail support, it states 10,000 cars in the 'Q' divide that number by the list of dealers and whilst perhaps not overstocked, Network Q cars are late plate and dealers prefer £4-8k stock and that should be circa 50%. So late plate overstock could be the issue. Not overstocking but poor mix?

I think plenty of people have seen the deal that BCA did for WBAC... i wouldn;t count on many more of those type of deals mind...

Hi guys We've just had a read through this thread. We do in fact cover Category D vehicles. The only thing you'll find different to booking a warranty on one of your vehicles that isn't Cat D is that we reduce the repair limit by 25%. So say the Cat D car you are selling is £10,000, the maximum repair limit for that particular car would be £7,500. Hope this all makes sense! Thanks, Warrantywise

You'd only ever be able to sell to private sellers at an auction, reason being no one else will touch them! The idea of setting up your own website to sell them is a good one, another idea might be to back it up with some kind of warranty provided by yourself, personally I'd be quite happy to buy a Cat D if I knew I could take it back within 2 years should the repair work need redoing...

I've written magazine articles on Cat D Porsches. Generally they are worth 20% less than equivalent non-recorded cars and can be a great buy. The interesting thing is damage to a new and high value car will be repaired, with no record appearing in the history, whereas the same damage on an older less valuable car results in a record, even if the car's properly repaired. It's not a route I would go down, but I have heard about people exporting Cat D cars as a way of losing the history. Phil

Cue all the jokes about Italian stainless steel corroding! I always thought that stainless steel was supposed to be resistant to corrosion but I've learned something new today. The Lamborghini problem is actually Stress Corrosion Cracking, and can happen to any stainless steel in a suitably bad environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_corrosion_cracking http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/stress.pdf For £150k, I'd want titanium!

Without twitter i would probably of never found sites such as yours, and i'm sure i read a buyers guide from said site visit that was invaluable to a first time Porsche customer. Love social media as it does work.