AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
In my work car park (which is locked but anyone with a key can get access to - and these aren't really hard to come by for anyone who works on the railway) there is what I would imagine is an abandoned car. Its a renault megane coupe, the tax ran out on the 31st December 2007. I read you can claim abandoned cars, but is this applicable to private property?
|
Colin
Member
Registered: 4th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
It has to be sat on the public road, with expired tax, & you apply for the V5 which the owner recieves a letter to contest if its not actually abandoned.
My guess is that its broken down & been left until the owner decides what to do with it.
|
baza31
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
never heard of claiming cars. Maybe if you owned the land you could send off for a logbook for it
|
eastbourne racer
Member
Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: eastbourne, east sussex
User status: Offline
|
there is also a corsa thats been left for a couple of months in a near by industrial estate, i wana chav the arch trims and bonnet but i dont just want to steal them, can i take the stuff then if it comes back to me say that its been left and no bodys claimed it so i pinched some bits b4 it went to the scrappers?
|
mattk
Member
Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
which is locked but anyone with a key can get access to
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
Cheers colin, it could well be that, just seems odd as no-one I work with seems to have any ideas whose it is.
If you were to apply for the V5 would the current owner be given your details?
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by mattk
quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
which is locked but anyone with a key can get access to
lol yeh, joys of working on the railways is that all keys are pretty much standard issue across all of the british rail network
|
Corsa Sport Gav
Member
Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
User status: Offline
|
didnt some one do this with a cossie?
|
jr
Member
Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
yes gav, i posted it up ages ago
|
Corsa Sport Gav
Member
Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
User status: Offline
|
thought so
|
Rob R
Member
Registered: 31st May 03
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
he got the logbook, it got chored the same day before he had it recovered and was wrapped up in someones front garden wall 
|
Ste L
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
quote:
Originally posted by mattk
quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
which is locked but anyone with a key can get access to
lol yeh, joys of working on the railways is that all keys are pretty much standard issue across all of the british rail network
i think the smiley was more of a piss taking
meaning, anyone who has a set of key's can get in, which is quiet obvious
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
a bit of googling and found me this:
quote:
A fairly common question, so time to put together a sticky FAQ on this I think...
How to go about it:
Firstly call the Police first to check the car has not been involved in criminal activity, and mention it has been left as though it were abandoned.
If clean, go to the post office and apply for the V5, via the V62 form. Previously free, you now need to pay DVLA £20.
The form is also downloadable on-line right-click, save as (http://www.direct.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/05/09/04010509.pdf).
On receipt, the DVLA will write to the previous registered keeper informing them that someone is trying to re-register the vehicle and if that’s OK with them.
If (and only if) the registered owner does not object, you will be issued with a V5 log book.
Clearly you cannot technically move the car prior to being allocated a V5, since the owner could say ‘I want it’ and by default you’d be in the possession of a stolen car. However some will say move the car first to avoid it being vandalized etc. This is very inadvisable.
Timescale between applying for V5 via V62 and actually receiving it – unknown. Anyone?
Comments welcome on this from anyone with more info – I’ll add anymore useful info that comes up, tidy the thread and close it as an FAQ in due course.
DVLA info page here (http://www.direct.gov.uk/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/AdviceOnBuyingAndSellingAVehicle/AdviceOnBuyingAndSellingArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4022404&chk=icYOWC)
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Ste L
i think the smiley was more of a piss taking
meaning, anyone who has a set of key's can get in, which is quiet obvious
lol i can't help being silly, but what i was getting at is its not hard to get access
|
Colin
Member
Registered: 4th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
Cheers colin, it could well be that, just seems odd as no-one I work with seems to have any ideas whose it is.
If you were to apply for the V5 would the current owner be given your details?
Nope they get a letter informing them someone has attemptied to claim ownership of the car & should they wish to refuse then contact within so many days. If they dont bother then the cars yours to collect.
Like I said though it has to be on the public road with no tax!
I remember a story several years ago when guy got an Escort Cossie for £250 (£50 flatbed & £200 for new locks or something daft!) That will be a 1 off & I imagine the owner was either dead or in jail
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Like I said though it has to be on the public road with no tax!
Shame, could have been a nice little earner fixed up lol
|
Colin
Member
Registered: 4th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
Snip the handbreak cable's & push it out onto the road
|
eastbourne racer
Member
Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: eastbourne, east sussex
User status: Offline
|
is an industrial estate a public road?
|
eastbourne racer
Member
Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: eastbourne, east sussex
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Snip the handbreak cable's & push it out onto the road
what we just sed hahah
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Snip the handbreak cable's & push it out onto the road
 lol yeh noone will no any different then haha. doesn't seem worth the hassle tbh lol, might be worth poking my nose round a bit and trying to find the owner - then again anything could be wrong with it tbh lol
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
doesnt have to be on the road. Someone left a car at the back of our works, which is private. The old boy that makes brews at work went thru all that stuff for claiming the V5 and after about 6 months it came through and he sold the car.
Funny thing is a few months on some guy came into work going where the fuck is my car, i left it in the yard! He had been in Australia for a year!
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
doesnt have to be on the road. Someone left a car at the back of our works, which is private. The old boy that makes brews at work went thru all that stuff for claiming the V5 and after about 6 months it came through and he sold the car.
Funny thing is a few months on some guy came into work going where the fuck is my car, i left it in the yard! He had been in Australia for a year!
oh? pmsl!
|
Colin
Member
Registered: 4th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
Surely has to be on the road, otherwise anyone could go round looking for cars parked up on private ground, on drives & applying for the V5's 
|
eastbourne racer
Member
Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: eastbourne, east sussex
User status: Offline
|
im off to find some cars that take my fancie, never no in 6months time i could get a letter from the dvla saying i now am the registered keeper of a Porsche lol
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
The yard is open for deliveries 8am - 5pm but it gets locked at night, it belongs to my works and they rent a few units out to mechanics and a metal fabrication place. Its not hard to get into but its not public road.
Yes you could colin, but as said the DVLA or whoever contact the registered keeper.....
|
