Dumped cars in your area

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

Feck me, that did its final job well... 😳

Walked away after rolling several times apparently

[Saabnut]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Feck me, that did its final job well... 😳

What do you mean? It was dinged by a supermarket trolley at Asda!  

[chaseracer]

26 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

What do you mean? It was dinged by a supermarket trolley at Asda!  

Aberdeen...? 😉

[bunglebus]

On 30/12/2020 at 17:57, bunglebus said:

Time limit in this car park is 2.5 hours. This Polish registered Merc has been there at least 2.5 months and is starting to disintegrate 

 

That one eventually disappeared and has been replaced by another

Which is as crispy as a Findus pancake

[Lord Sterling]

Some spots from the last few months:

Isle of Wight:

Bromsgrove:

Kidderminster:

Worcester (?) I don't think it was even abandoned, just a little unloved, but it stood out to me:

Tamworth but only on Google Maps (during a seasion of boredom at work). I intend to pop up there for a bimble in one of my rare occasions of having spare money, time and fuel in my car:

[Skut]

This collapsing Volvo has been in Broughty Ferry beach car park for at least a year. Gaffer taped hole in windscreen and full of the owners unwanted junk.  

 

 

[UltraWomble]

 

This popped up on y youtube feed - I love the way they burn out the interior of the old cars

[davocano]

The family silver could do with a polish.

 

[bunglebus]

One for the number plate thread too ^

[davocano]

24 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

One for the number plate thread too ^

It was either this thread or that one; I stand by my decision.

[Three Speed]

This has been sitting there for several weeks. Maybe the Denver boot and collection of tickets mean the end is nigh. 

[mitsisigma01]

I was going to ask you if it was one of yours, being not far away from your house!!! 

Why would somebody just leave it at the roadside with the price of scrap at the moment that's probably a couple of hundred quids worth 😕

[somewhatfoolish]

Denver boot? What's the etymology of that phrase?

5 hours ago, Three Speed said:

This has been sitting there for several weeks. Maybe the Denver boot and collection of tickets mean the end is nigh. 

 

[mitsisigma01]

Mot'd til next March, probably had a Renner FTP but showing as uninsured 

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Denver boot? What's the etymology of that phrase?

 

I didn't know either: 'In the United States, the device became known as a "Denver boot" after the city of Denver, Colorado, which was the first place in the country to employ them, mostly to force the payment of outstanding parking tickets.' says Wiki

[Skut]

Rotting Golf somewhere in Dundee hill town.

[auntiemaryscanary]

In works car park, moss growing round it too. The sticker on the rear "you are parked in an authorised place" having no effect.

I guess this is empty...

[UltraWomble]

What is the craic with regards cars dumped on private land - how does the landowner become the legal owner so that he can scrap them?

I once helped a GP remove a couple of dumped cars off his land back in the days when scrapped cars were worth nowt. Strikes me as these days there would be worth a few quid, so rather than drag them out onto the road you could drag them off to the scrappers.

[mitsisigma01]

Most scrappers insist on V5 proof and you have to show photo /proof of address id. 

[bunglebus]

I thought this was on air suspension or summut, but rusty discs and no tax since the 5th say possibly dumped in a pay and display car park

 

[Three Speed]

18 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Mot'd til next March, probably had a Renner FTP but showing as uninsured 

Gooner now gone.

[stuboy]

12 hours ago, Three Speed said:

Gooner now gone.

ironically it too is not going home..........

[AnthonyG]

6 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

What is the craic with regards cars dumped on private land - how does the landowner become the legal owner so that he can scrap them?

I once helped a GP remove a couple of dumped cars off his land back in the days when scrapped cars were worth nowt. Strikes me as these days there would be worth a few quid, so rather than drag them out onto the road you could drag them off to the scrappers.

It can be done but takes absolutely ages - the only abandoned one we had in our flat parking was also Polish registered so even more complicated as there was no way of finding how who the ‘owner’ was. 

I think it involves contacting the DVLA to establish who the keeper is, sending them a letter, then a reminder etc. After a certain period of time has elapsed the ‘ownership’ of the car must be transferred somehow to the landlord so they can arrange disposal of it.

I have no idea how our management company dealt with the Polish Daewoo, it was unlocked and did occasionally have homeless people sleeping in it so I suspect they were given permission by the police or council to remove it on health and/or nuisance grounds. 

At the end of the day, if the owner lived in one of the flats, they would have been breaking the terms of the lease by keeping an untaxed/unroadworthy car on the premises (wording and restrictions will vary, but there’s usually a clause about any vehicles being ‘legal’ and kept in reasonable condition i.e. if you are not using on the road it must be on SORN and not allowed to fall to pieces).

So the management company could easily argue - to someone who might have been away for absolutely ages and returned to no car - that no compensation was due for the loss of the vehicle as you were breaking the terms of your lease. 

[goosey]

10 hours ago, Skut said:

Rotting Golf somewhere in Dundee hill town.

Always feels strange seeing rusty cars that I still regard as quite newish then realising their 17 years old 😳

[auntiemaryscanary]

6 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

What is the craic with regards cars dumped on private land - how does the landowner become the legal owner so that he can scrap them?

I once helped a GP remove a couple of dumped cars off his land back in the days when scrapped cars were worth nowt. Strikes me as these days there would be worth a few quid, so rather than drag them out onto the road you could drag them off to the scrappers.

My 1st thought the Merc had to be worth a few quid, and it is according to CTB - £384. 2nd thought get the scrappy in for easy* money. 

Certainly not worth losing my job for though. God knows how long it will take work to legally remove it. MOT expired December.

 

[Steviemillar]

These two are parked up at a block of pensioner flats beside me, neither have moved this year from what I can see however the Skoda is taxed until Sept and the MX 5’s MOT only ran out a couple of weeks ago, 

 

 

[Talbot]

On 7/12/2021 at 1:03 PM, auntiemaryscanary said:

In works car park, moss growing round it too. The sticker on the rear "you are parked in an authorised place" having no effect.

I guess this is empty...

Clucking Bell:

That's an E300 TD, with half the miles on it that mine has, and likely to have a lot of very useful parts on it that I could very much do with.

Any chance of finding who the owner is?

[bunglebus]

Southend Audi definitely left for dead

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Along the way from Hendon School.....

 

[SteersWithThrottle]

On 7/12/2021 at 3:28 PM, UltraWomble said:

What is the craic with regards cars dumped on private land - how does the landowner become the legal owner so that he can scrap them?

I once helped a GP remove a couple of dumped cars off his land back in the days when scrapped cars were worth nowt. Strikes me as these days there would be worth a few quid, so rather than drag them out onto the road you could drag them off to the scrappers.

If you really need the space and don't care about the scrap money I'd just get someone with an appropriate vehicle to drag it onto the nearest public road (without damaging it of course) and then report it for being untaxed.