COE open CAT VS CAT A, B

• liverpool0808

  24 Feb 06, 18:37

  hi ppl
  
  Could any bro over here tell me what's the different between the open CAT and CAT A,B?
  If i buy an import car, will there be any different when selling?
  
  Thanks...
• cornyfish2000

  24 Feb 06, 19:29

  Originally posted by liverpool0808:

  hi ppl
  
  Could any bro over here tell me what's the different between the open CAT and CAT A,B?
  If i buy an import car, will there be any different when selling?
  
  Thanks...

  Cat A COEs are for cars below 1600cc.
  Cat B COEs are for cars above 1600cc.
  These COEs are non-transferable, meaning, you bid them under your name and thus cannot be sold.
  
  Open Cat COEs may be used for any class of vehicle.
  They are transferable, meaning they can be bought, sold and transferred freely. So if you are really desperate to get your car quickly, you can always buy an open cat COE to register your new car.
  
  Open cat COEs are usually more expensive than cat A or cat B COEs.
  
  Hmm.. what do you mean by 'import car'?
  
  
• Ponders

  24 Feb 06, 23:09

  Do note also that your future COE rebate is based on the category your car is in.
  
  So if you got an OPEN Cat COE for March 2006 for $14000. But March 2006 Cat A COE is $10000. They will base your rebate on $10000. not $14000.
  
  This became a big case when the Dec 1997 Open Cat people got a big shock to find out their CAT B is based on $50 only.
  
  At that point of time i think COEs were going for $40-50k?
• liverpool0808

  25 Feb 06, 01:27

  thanks alot bro...
• liverpool0808

  25 Feb 06, 01:33

  cornyfish2000
  
  wat i mean is, does car bought from parallel importer must have a open CAT coe?
• fondue

  25 Feb 06, 01:36

  Originally posted by Ponders:

  Do note also that your future COE rebate is based on the category your car is in.
  
  So if you got an OPEN Cat COE for March 2006 for $14000. But March 2006 Cat A COE is $10000. They will base your rebate on $10000. not $14000.
  
  This became a big case when the Dec 1997 Open Cat people got a big shock to find out their CAT B is based on $50 only.
  
  At that point of time i think COEs were going for $40-50k?

  So what happen when the Cat E COE is lower than Cat B ? i.e. Cat B 10489, Cat E 10400.
• Ponders

  25 Feb 06, 01:44

  Originally posted by fondue:

  So what happen when the Cat E COE is lower than Cat B ? i.e. Cat B 10489, Cat E 10400.

  LTA not that stupid, ball always in their court one, got this phrase "Whichever is lower"
  
  anyway... the $89 difference you go divide into 3650 days. Your rebate i think difference by few cents. haah
  
  
• Ponders

  25 Feb 06, 01:46

  Originally posted by liverpool0808:

  cornyfish2000
  
  wat i mean is, does car bought from parallel importer must have a open CAT coe?

  No. not a must that they must buy for you Open Cat.
  
  It is just that their nature of business is so unpredictable on what car they will be selling next, they will tend to bid Open Cat most of the time.
  
  
• liverpool0808

  26 Feb 06, 02:50

  thanks alot ppl...