jr
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copied from passionfprd, just wondered whast ppls thoughts are on this subject, alot of people reckon its steeling, but then again its all legit, so how can it be, thoughts 
believe it or not around xmas time 2002 it was brought to my attention from someone that there was an esc cossie which and appeared to of been parked up for a very long time,so i went hunted it down and had alook for myself.
well there she was mallard green all parked up didnt think alot of it till had alook at the tax disc and noticed it had run out in may 2000 :eek:
wtf i was thinking :think: it just didnt make sense so i got into action and thought i was gonna do something about this called dvla asked them there advice about what i thought was an abandoned car and how do i claim it :? well they told me what i needed to hear did the relevent things and sent of a V62 (i think that was it) dvla said to me that once thay had recieved my form requesting the log book they would try and get hold of the current owner if he doesnt respond to there request they will issue the log book in my name :eek:
the wait began.........................then early jan 03 guess what arrives thro the post!!!!
the log book for the cossie in ma name :top: :top: :top: well i couldnt believe it :eek:
so went to see if car was still there and yep there it was,now the problem was how was i gonna move the thing with out keys etc becausce the car was parked with the wheels pointing to the kerb and had a massive s/wheel look on it :cry:
I came back to the car next day after sorting out a way of lifting it etc and guess fucking what..................ITS GONE  the fooking cossis gone
well cut a story short etc i just got on with things and thought well was worth a try then about 3 weeks later i get the police at my door one night asking if i own a esc cosworth reg number etc etc.well from what they told me it appeared the car had been involved in an accident and been left in some blokes front garden.well cut a story short managed to convince the police i had nothing to do with it and tracked the car down to a pound and since im the registered keeper now i was gonna see what sort of damage was done and if anything could be salvaged.
i walked into the pound and right at the back was the cossie and as you can see from the pics below it wasnt as bad as i was 1st fearing.To get it home all i had to do was pay the impound fee which came to just under £400 and then pay a mate £50 to get if on a flatbed
well its some story really and even i and ppl i know cant believe it all but had i moved the car the day i got the log book how the story would of been different and wouldnt of cost me £450
when i got it as you can see it had morrets,konis,drilled discs,poly bushes,stainless exhaust and 52k on the clock
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Ojc
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What in the name of god? What fool would leave a Escort Cossie just lying around?
Won't cost much to make it mint either, I reckon the owner has died and everyone forgot about the Cossie parked in the car park.
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jr
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now looks like
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Robbo
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Freaky, cool tho 
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Ojc
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For £450 
Why can't something like that happen to me 
I wonder what happened to it, maybe it got abducted by aliens.
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Ojc
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I'm gobsmacked
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vibrio
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its the equivilent of salvage.
I see nothing wrong with it. if someone abandons their property then after a certain amount of time a person can claim salvage rights on it.
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StuartVRS
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fuck that, im going round now looking for cars that dont move and have ran out of tax, ill make a fortune 
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Mattb
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
its the equivilent of salvage.
I see nothing wrong with it. if someone abandons their property then after a certain amount of time a person can claim salvage rights on it.
agreed..
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ed
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Totally legit, I would do the same if given the chance...
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Adam_B
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guy at work did the same thing on a old merc that was left out the back for about 12 months, went to DVLA, did all the paperwork etc and clened the car up then sold it for a few K.
about 2 months after the original owner came knocking on his door, wanting his car back guy had gone away on a round the world trip type thing for a year and left the car there as he thought it would be safer than outside his own house, dumb fuck absolutly nothing the original owner could do about it, went to court and everything
[Edited on 04-07-2005 by Adam_B]
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ed
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This happens a lot in central London. Business men buy cars and just forget about them when they move onto working in a different country. Getting to be quite a problem for the DVLA. Wouldn't expect it to happen to a car like a Cossie though.
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Rob H
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He gets a cossie for free, then moans he was to pay £450 for release fee's  . Talk about an ungrateful bastard! .
Personally, if it were me, i'd be getting a private plate for it sharpish if its still used in the area where it was stolen from. I recon someones doing time and they've left the car outside a relative or mates house while there in prison. He's gonna be mighty fucked off when he finds out his cars gone, especially if he sees it driving about .
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CRFC
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some car!
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richard_syko
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BASTARD
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jr
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all i can thin of like ollie said is the owner died, becasue i would certaily remember where i left my esscoss, and its not the type of car you just leave lying about
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Krammy
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lucky git!
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mwg
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If only I was so lucky!
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3CorsaMeal
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i see lots of cars in a carpark nr me that are just left.
owners die, or get locked up, taken to hospital and forget these things
i gonna try it next time i see a car i like
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MarkM
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How much would you say its worth now then??
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TNM
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fuck me!
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Ojc
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I would laugh very hard if the owner had been locked up like someone mentioned and he is due out later in the year
Ahh well, at least the criminal got what he deserved
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MarkM
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
How much would you say its worth now then??
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
How much would you say its worth now then??
10-14k
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MarkM
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
How much would you say its worth now then??
10-14k
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