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Hi all,
Something really wierd has occurred. I live in flats with a communual parking area. Since Friday morning, some #@%& has eractically parked a Peug 206 across the car park, locked it and buggered off! The cars a heap, so I think its been abandoned (I'm betting its failed an MOT). Its been parked such that it stops four residence accessing their garages.
I rang the bacon, only they say as its on private land they cant do anything!!!!
I was gonna try the council in the morning. The polish guy next door wants to smash the window and the steering lock and dump it on the roadside. I know that would be criminal damage, but it seems like a good idea to me!
Has anyone got any clever ideas - what can we do?
Thanks!
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Advice Sought On Abandoned Car!
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 04:24 PM
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 05:10 PM
Hi Tgr
As flats, its leasehold. I guess that means the property owners? (as opposed to residents?)
As flats, its leasehold. I guess that means the property owners? (as opposed to residents?)
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 05:46 PM
I had this once - someone left a car outside my house for a week. I phoned the police and they said they would only attend if it was left insecure (ie unlocked); as I said it looked locked they said they wouldn't come. They did come a couple of days later and had a look, though. They said everything seemed to be in order (which I later assumed meant that it was registered as well as taxed and insured) and left.
A couple of days after that the car was gone - I never did see the driver!
I don't get the 'its on private land' bit because they would come out if an offence were committed on private land...
A couple of days after that the car was gone - I never did see the driver!
I don't get the 'its on private land' bit because they would come out if an offence were committed on private land...
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 05:52 PM
QUOTE (Spleen @ Jul 20 2008, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi Tgr
As flats, its leasehold. I guess that means the property owners? (as opposed to residents?)
As flats, its leasehold. I guess that means the property owners? (as opposed to residents?)
Yip, will be management company that does all the maintenance. Should be in your contract somewhere.
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 05:56 PM
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I don't get the 'its on private land' bit because they would come out if an offence were committed on private land...
I was thinking this too.
If I murder Peter in the garden will I get away with it as it's private land?
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 06:00 PM
The info missing here is
If a potential Crown offence has been made, such as murder, the police can respond. Traffic offences, such as abandoned cars are civil offences, no police jurisdiction.
Thats why to get the police to respond, someone has to break the window and pinch the stereo. Then becomes a Crown offence
If a potential Crown offence has been made, such as murder, the police can respond. Traffic offences, such as abandoned cars are civil offences, no police jurisdiction.
Thats why to get the police to respond, someone has to break the window and pinch the stereo. Then becomes a Crown offence
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 06:02 PM
Possibly under some old Feudal law Yvonne but I don't recommend trying it! As Matt said, its the landowners responsibility to get rid of the car, I just hope that some turd doesn't try setting fire to it in the meantime.
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 06:13 PM
Ah well, never mind, it was worth asking
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 06:13 PM
could you not bounce it to a less pain in the backside location ?
small car like this could be bounceable
small car like this could be bounceable
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Posted 20 July 2008 - 10:48 PM
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could you not bounce it to a less pain in the backside location ?
small car like this could be bounceable
small car like this could be bounceable
Yep...just manhandle it out of the way.
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Posted 21 July 2008 - 10:47 AM
Should be easy enough as long as the wheelarches don't come away in your hands.
Good luck.
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Posted 21 July 2008 - 11:00 AM
you can borrow the rollers that ed uses to shift cars about in his studio for photography and use them to shift the car away 
(providing he lends them to you first 
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Posted 21 July 2008 - 11:21 AM
bouncing a car is not lifting it. You just have peeps at each end and push and bounce and it will move irrospective of the handbrake etc.
Have done this on a 2CV
Have done this on a 2CV
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Posted 21 July 2008 - 11:49 AM
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bouncing a car is not lifting it. You just have peeps at each end and push and bounce and it will move irrospective of the handbrake etc.
Have done this on a 2CV
Have done this on a 2CV
I moved the back of my 2CV by myself...was just tidying up my parking
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Posted 21 July 2008 - 11:55 AM
if its on fire the police will come. Smash the window, then call the police, saying its a fire hazard as you've heard kids sayin 'come on, lets get some petrol'
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Posted 21 July 2008 - 12:43 PM
Lift or tow it, if you have a good clutch.........
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