whitesupratt Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I have a J plate peugeot 405 estate that I was given about 5 months ago. It failed an MOT as it needs rear brakes, the owner just bought a new car for the family and gave the pug to me. I have had it parked in my residents car park outside my flat. Its SORN, and registered in my name and my address, which is where its parked. I came home from drinking in london on thursday night, to notice a sign on the window 'this vehicle has been abandoned on public open land and will be removed and destroyed in 24hrs by the council' etc etc! How can they possibly do that, someone has clearly complained, but how is this an abandoned car when it is SORN, registered with me, and parked at its address. did they check nothing!!!!! I was going to pretend id never seen the notice and report it stolen... Any ideas?Im not bothered about it being destroyed, was going to get rid anyway! but want to prove point which is why i let them take it away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 If you're lease contract is the same as mine it will say that the car has to be in a roadworthy condition. Having it SORN obviously means it's not. Check your lease mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Does your residents car park actually count as the public road? In which case it shouldn't have been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesupratt Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 well thats a lot crap if thats right, so if that was a Jag with a failed MOT due to bald tyre or something, they can just take it and trash it? its my property! thats ludicras! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Well that's the thing mate with lease's. It's not your property, your just kinda long term renting it. I had an exact same problem. At the end of the day they had me over a barrell. I'd signed the lease, they didn't force me to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesupratt Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 i mean, the car is mine. They cant just take it and smash it surely? jeeze im not going to let this lie. out of principle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 If you take the notice off the car I think that they touch it. Might be worth giving them a bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyhawk Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I had exactly the same thing; I have an old Rover, which is in perfectly fine condition (with a current MOT), but because I haven't used it for ages, I registered it as off the road (SORN), rather than getting it taxed. I came down stairs a couple of months ago to find a notice on the car from the managing agents of the flats, saying that it was in contravention to the lease, and that the council have been notified, and that it will be taken away within 7 days! Now, while I agree that the lease does state the whole "road worthy" condition, the car park is a private road; there's a huge sign at the entrance saying so, and it has a barrier stopping the general public from using it, so what exactly do my managing agents expect the council to do? I left it, and it's still there now! The managing agents here (Peverel) are useless though, they concentrate on petty things, like people putting washing near the windows, or parking their push bikes near the communal doors, but do absolutely nothing about the fact that motorbikes are being stolen from the "supposedly" secure garage (I have had three stolen in the last year!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Sorry but I think they are right, theres nothing worse than having limited communal parking and having someone take up a space with some old banger they don't use (in your case for 5months). They arn't meant for 'storing' your cars afterall, otherwise where would it stop? As stated already, its not your land. My 2p, no offense intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens747 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I don't care what these people say .... in my book it's theft of a vehicle by a growing communist government. If you took someone's car away without permission you would have ur ass dragged to the court. And a gowing number of busy bodies who want to stick their nose in other peoples business ...... :respect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Are you parking your proper car elsewhere while that one is taking up your allocated space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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