Police took my car! :-( Advice?
29-03-2006, 10:47 PM
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Police took my car! :-( Advice?
Got pulled today for not wearing my seatbelt, and when they were checking the tax disk the guy noticed my little black plate with the VIN number or whatever it is you can see through the window was sitting squint, so he checked the bit under the drivers side carpet and said they had been changed and keep saying dot matrix.
Long story short the car was taken off me and he says its a ringer, if it has been stolen whats the chances of getting my suspension, exhaust and alloys back off it? And will I need to buy it back if it has been?
Cheers
Plus when it was going onto the flatbed he caught the tip of the exhaust and squashed it
Can I claim?
Long story short the car was taken off me and he says its a ringer, if it has been stolen whats the chances of getting my suspension, exhaust and alloys back off it? And will I need to buy it back if it has been?
Cheers
Plus when it was going onto the flatbed he caught the tip of the exhaust and squashed it
Can I claim?
29-03-2006, 10:50 PM
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Had it about 6 months, guy that I got it off has a big dealship, hes up for attemted murder the now, and his sons in the jail for ringing cars Think i picked the wrong garage to buy from.
Think i picked the wrong garage to buy from.
29-03-2006, 10:54 PM
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If you got the car from a registered business,then you m-i-g-h-t have a recourse for compensation,but don't quote me on that.... 
I think it's solicitor time........ 
I think it's solicitor time........
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29-03-2006, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rauri
Originally Posted by mk2 escort scott
Bye Bye RS2000 
29-03-2006, 11:08 PM
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the police will have to identify it as a different vehicle,ie if it is a "ringer" they will have to establish the original id of the car it actually is,if they cannot identify it as being a particular car,other than what id is on it now,they will give you it back,may take some time though.
29-03-2006, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by TF Rallyesport
the police will have to identify it as a different vehicle,ie if it is a "ringer" they will have to establish the original id of the car it actually is,if they cannot identify it as being a particular car,other than what id is on it now,they will give you it back,may take some time though.
Stuck driving around In a shagged RS1800 atm, hopefully they'll not find anything wrong with it tho lol
30-03-2006, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by escort mk1
Shame you've had your car taken but come to think of it had you of been wearing your seatbelt and not been breaking the law you wouldn't be having this trouble!!!
30-03-2006, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by escort mk1
Shame you've had your car taken but come to think of it had you of been wearing your seatbelt and not been breaking the law you wouldn't be having this trouble!!!
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30-03-2006, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jock
Originally Posted by escort mk1
Shame you've had your car taken but come to think of it had you of been wearing your seatbelt and not been breaking the law you wouldn't be having this trouble!!!
Mike
Escort Mk1 DOES have a valid point !! Ahem..... Now to the real reason for my post......... I once bought a car transporter trailer,from a small motor trade (whom I knew) and it turned out to be stolen !! The real owner spotted me using it,one day,when I was delivering a car to an auction.. Anyhow,said motor trader Had given me an official receipt.
So,along comes plod and says ''We will be impounding that trailer'' . Oh,No you won't sez I !! Yes,we will,says increasingly annoyed plod......... What he didn't know,was that I'd been to my solicitor,before he arrived and had been told not to release trailer to ANYONE,even the police. ..... Mr Plod did NOT like this,but there was fook all he could do,as I had an official receipt.In the end,the real owner had to 'buy it back' from me,as I was the 'Legal owner' . He wasn't too pleased though!!
Just shows......ALWAYS get a receipt for anything worth anything !!
30-03-2006, 03:33 PM
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Say he was wearing his seatbelt and he happened to have a crash,or worse knocked someone over.How would he have stood legally with it being a ringer. Might be a good thing you got pulled Scott,although i realize it dont seem that way right now.
30-03-2006, 03:52 PM
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Say he was wearing his seatbelt and he happened to have a crash,or worse knocked someone over.How would he have stood legally with it being a ringer. Might be a good thing you got pulled Scott,although i realize it dont seem that way right now.
the person he run over would not have any EXTRA injurys caused by it being a ringer unless the new floor numbers where REALLY stamped in deep
as said though unless they prove the cars ID theres nothing they can do mate, dvla may crush the car though
30-03-2006, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by afcgordon
Say he was wearing his seatbelt and he happened to have a crash,or worse knocked someone over.How would he have stood legally with it being a ringer. Might be a good thing you got pulled Scott,although i realize it dont seem that way right now.
I'd thought that myself, ment to ask the police if my insureance would have been void if it had been found to be stolen after an accident.
Was about to put a 6 point cage in and coilovers, lucky I didnt lol
30-03-2006, 08:52 PM
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Similar thing happened to my dad a few years back.
He got a letter for speeding from a place he'd never been even.
Got intot he details of it and turned out his car had been used in a murder and the plate had been changed.
He had a receipt for buying the car in good faith and it all got sorted although he did have to change the plates (to what was supposed to be on the car)
He got a letter for speeding from a place he'd never been even.
Got intot he details of it and turned out his car had been used in a murder and the plate had been changed.
He had a receipt for buying the car in good faith and it all got sorted although he did have to change the plates (to what was supposed to be on the car)
30-03-2006, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by datar18
Originally Posted by TF Rallyesport
the car in his siggy wont have a vin tag on the dash now will it!!
Had all new sills, floors and all that so no rust on it 
30-03-2006, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mk2 escort scott
Originally Posted by datar18
Originally Posted by TF Rallyesport
the car in his siggy wont have a vin tag on the dash now will it!!
Had all new sills, floors and all that so no rust on it
31-03-2006, 06:25 AM
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you said you aint got no receipts, have you got the link to the eay engineless car? if so print the add out, any photos? or speak to the seller and ask him if he has any pictures, that show the parts youve added ?
might help in getting your parts back?
might help in getting your parts back?
31-03-2006, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Simbo
which dealership was this mate, if you dont want to put it on on here pm me,
01-04-2006, 08:43 AM
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if you have no Work Receipts or sale ones
you will get nothing back
but they may take your finger prints
to check behind the number plates ...
people fit them with out gloves on VERY SLOPPY
they live WE LEARN
hope yours arnt behind there 
you may be asked WHY THEY ARE
good luck may your god go with you
you will get nothing back
but they may take your finger prints
to check behind the number plates ...
people fit them with out gloves on VERY SLOPPY
they live WE LEARN
hope yours arnt behind there you may be asked WHY THEY ARE
good luck
may your god go with you
01-04-2006, 09:17 AM
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if it comes back 2 you it will end up on a q plate as well because theres no proof of oragin
YOU EVER SEEN CSI
01-04-2006, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jaycos
if it comes back 2 you it will end up on a q plate as well because theres no proof of oragin
YOU EVER SEEN CSI
01-04-2006, 09:45 AM
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if you can get the original sale from ebay you should be able to get your bits back
the bill of sale for the car though, thats the tricky one, if you've still got the recipt then you shold be fine, if you ain't they might have plenty of time on their hands taking bits to peices to work otu what is and isn't yours
as soeone mentinoed, if you do get it back you may have to Q plate it
my mate had the same thing ages ago when he bought a cavalier
went to the car auction, couldn't find what he wanted, guy by the door said "buy this, cheaper than in there, job jobbed" so he handed over £3k and off he went
when he came round to see me with his new car i said "but if it's a 1.8 why has it got a 1.6 engine in it? why is there no ignition lock? the numbers on the windows are different to the reg plate, etc etc"
2 weeks later dibble came and took the car and he got sod all
the bill of sale for the car though, thats the tricky one, if you've still got the recipt then you shold be fine, if you ain't they might have plenty of time on their hands taking bits to peices to work otu what is and isn't yours
as soeone mentinoed, if you do get it back you may have to Q plate it
my mate had the same thing ages ago when he bought a cavalier
went to the car auction, couldn't find what he wanted, guy by the door said "buy this, cheaper than in there, job jobbed" so he handed over £3k and off he went
when he came round to see me with his new car i said "but if it's a 1.8 why has it got a 1.6 engine in it? why is there no ignition lock? the numbers on the windows are different to the reg plate, etc etc"
2 weeks later dibble came and took the car and he got sod all