Hi people

right just a quick question, there is a car round the corner from me parked in
a flat parking lot, chapped a few doors in the flat and they say it belongs to
the people on the top floors mates who dont live there anymore ......
and it has been sat there for the past 5years.

so who do i phone to find out who owns this car
so i can sort out a deal.

any idea's where i stand????

thanks Martin

 

just phone a scap company advertising anywere, say its yours been sat years pls take it away as it has to be gone by tomorrow or your getting a £400 fine, say lost keeys etc but they casn have it for free, it will be gone within the day, oh and use a spare payg sim, it will be gone within the day just ring a couple adverts in your local rags

 

Perhaps the OP wants to get the car signed in his name (That old trick)

 

cant do that i want it LOL
looks a realy nice wee car and just seems a waste..

 

oh just re read the add, if its been sat there that long get it moved to somewere you know and apply for logbook, that is of course if it has been sat like you say and owners way long gone, they obv dont care about it

 

i thought that but is that not classed as theft???

 

What car is it?

 

2001 fiesta zetec, a sound car for my old man

 

i dont mind paying a few hundred for it just trying to find the
owner, could i call dvla would they say who ownes it...

 

Apply for the log book in your name. If you get it in the post then get a new lockset and away you go!

 

No the DVLA won't say, thats against data protection.

Beware if there are any debts tied to the car you will take those on too

 

who could i get those details off?

 

exactly how i got hold the escos that time afew yrs ago......certainly worked for me

 

Contact the DVLA and ask them if they can contact the owner on your behalf. If they say they can get them to pass on your contact details so that the owner can then contact you direct and hopefully strike a deal. Remember to do a HPI check on the car before committing to the deal.

 

What was the situation regarding the Escos? Was it abandoned and you managed to claim it or what?

 

parked up on public road,tax expired by 2 years,claimed log book throu dvla,4 weeks later log book arives and rest is history...........

 

So you basically got a free Escos? You jammy bastard, am i jealous or what - well done mate, didn't know you could do that.

 

well not totally free had to pay for a 1st class stamp......

did a thread on here bout it many years ago,usually gets bumped up every 6 months lol

 

Result !!! If ever you want to sell it i'll give you a grand for it, that way you've made a good profit and i've got one of my "must have before i die" cars.

 

I think i read that thread and it ended up been sold to a mate if i remember correctly

 

cool i will do that today, thanks for the help

 

Not any more, think the law changed about that.

Claiming the car through the logbook is still theft, although you are the registered keeper you are not the OWNER. So whoever actually owns the car is well within their rights to come get it back.

At least your doing it the right way

 

Easiest way is to apply for the logbook, they will issue a letter to the current registered keeper stating that someone has applied to get the registration docs (IIRC they have 2 weeks to reply before they issue it in your name). Then when you get the docs, the previous details are on there.

 

put a note on it and wait for response.....or get one of those comunity police bods to do a vehicle check on his radio or even better a normal copper...i applied for a log book from dvla when i saw something i liked but had not moved for over 5 yrs got it through the post job done never heard anything else.........

 

Its all well and good until the owner of the car is let out of jail after serving time for murder to come get his car back

 

somehow i doubt a 2001 fiesta will be on the top of his list after release

 

Ops you would shit yourself wouldnt you lol.

 

Would be if the body's still in the boot

 

FPMSL.....

 

Maybe it's Derek Birds Car?

 

there was a car trader down our way single bloke who died, he had over 40 cars, some in garages some being painted some in auction houses, the ones that were taxed were scattered about in our area just parked up, he allways left the docs in the glove box as it was easier for him. according to his friends only 5 were ever found, i expect dvla removed em after a while dodgy garages kept some maybe a few someone claimed who knows lol, deffo a good 50 odd grands worth of cars dissapeared

 

PM me the Reg martin and I will do a HPI check for ya. then if it all good aply for a V5

 

thanks tom

right anyway after a day of phoning alot of people this is where i am

phoned the dvla as said they cant issue details or pass on details but they
have sent a form out that i have to fill in and pay the massive £2.50 and after 14days
they willl send the previous owners contact details, they also told me to
call the local police and council to try and get some info that way.
the police said the same data protection and that, and its off the road
so could do anything,
called the local council and it isnt there estate turns out there were a few
housing companies been in there over the years so no joy that way.

was at the flat and rang all 4 bells but no answer mybe try again tonight.

so i dont know should i wait for these details to come through or just apply
for the details?

thanks for all the help people

 

If you apply for the docs the keeper won't get your details they just get told someone is applying for the docs but you wil get there's on the docs as the previous keeper lol

 

I think realistically, the old keeper wont even get the letter - I very much doubt they changed the cars location to their new home, and then left the car at the old place.

Most likely the DVLA will send a letter to one of the flats were the car is (Old owners place) and they wont hear anything back so the car will be yours (As a registered keeper).

 

HPI done all good martin PM sent.

 

thanks mate pm'd back

the dvla are sending me a form so i can get the current owners details.
should i fill out that form or just apply for the docs ???

 

I would personally put a private plate on it if you did get it. What if this pervious owner saw you driving it and remembered it was still his?

 

My misses mate just had similar.

She banged her car up drink driving years back. Banned for a good few years so parked it at her flat and it has sat ever since. the other month it vanished (a few months before she was due to get it back on the road)

The car wasn't registered to that flat as she had only just moved in when she bumped it, the flats belonged to a friend so wasn't registered as living there and pretty much nobody knew it was her car.

She found out who took it and they had to pay her for the car in the end to avoid 'unwated complications'.

Not to say this is the case, but if it is parked on private land then I would think it is theft when you actually take the car.

 

thanks for that, as it was one of my worries and
see thats the thing i dont mind paying for the car its just trying to get
a hold of the owner thats the problem, is there any other method that
i havnt used to get contact details ?