£3K in a dealer, several months on it would be worth 2K now on a private sale even if it were not on the register. And CAT D devalues car by about 30% to a sub 2K car, and makes it very,very difficult to sell.
If they are offering 2.5K its not a bad offer TBH and would take it, as it's a very quick and easy out for fair money.
The dealer is in the wrong, and you could hold out for a better offer, but my experience is dealers can quickly turn off the charm and the nice guy customer service approach and turn into a typical dellboy dealer and turn nasty on you and offer you nothing and tell you to jog on..
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