Dumped car - what supposed to do?

[B92 8NW]

Someone has dumped a car out the front of my house, been there two weeks.

Who do you call to get it removed?

[carjunkieanon]

Have you let the police know? - If its stolen they might find the owner.

Failing that, aren't there business that buy old cars for scrap? you might get $400.

[subasurf]

Yeah I say strip it and tow it to the wreckers :p

[djam1]

Sell it on ebay??

[Basil135]

Ring the police, and then ring the local council.

One of them will list the vehicle, and then tow it away if not claimed by the owner within 7 days.

Failing that, you might be able to claim salvage rights.....:angel:

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Basil is correct.

If the car has number plates ring the Police and report it. If unregistered the Police will come and remove the number plates (the council can't act against a car with number plates, except to issue parking infringements).

Then, notify the coucil that there is a dumped car outside your house. The ranger or regulations inspector will come and seek identifying information on the car, apply a notice to the windscreen or elsewhere informing the owner to remove the vehicle within a particular timeframe.

If the vehicle is not claimed by the owner, the council will arrange to have it removed to a salvage yard. Usually some place like Pick and Pay Less, where they sell items off the vehicle without actually owning it and the reason you offen can't buy an engine from places like that.

Salvage rights are very difficult unless the car is parked outside your house in international waters.

If you remove anything from the car or move it your back yard you can be charged with steal by finding, the same as if you stole the car in the first place.

Don't try to sell it on ebay, as the first person to come to your door may be the Police.

Diana

[Basil135]

Basil is correct.

Salvage rights are very difficult unless the car is parked outside your house in international waters.


Diana

It's only 7nm from the coast, IIRC... not that far really.;)


Just make sure you have your Epirb with you:D

[DeeJay]

This used to happen a fair bit when i lived in East St Kilda near Ripponlea railway station. Parking was tight & you usually could pick it was stolen ( wires ripped out/unlocked, maybe broken window) so i used get a mate to steer it, hook up the Landie, & tow it up the road- problem solved:angel:

[Sleepy]

Salvage rights are very difficult unless the car is parked outside your house in international waters.


:Rolling::Rolling:

[Bigbjorn]

In Brisbane not a damn thing will be done if the car is still registered, not reported stolen, and lawfully parked. When the rego runs out then the council will act. The council worker will door knock the vicinity in an attempt to locate an owner, place an abandoned vehicle sticker on the windscreen, and in a couple of weeks will tow it away if no response. These vehicles are eventually sold at auction.

[B92 8NW]

In Brisbane not a damn thing will be done if the car is still registered, not reported stolen, and lawfully parked. When the rego runs out then the council will act.

That is more or less exactly the case - it mustn't be any different down here:(

[subasurf]

Tow it to someplace secure and chop it. That's what I'd do.

[abaddonxi]

Can't remember how many times this has happened outside the old place, just called the police and it's usually gone in a couple of days.

Simon

[LandyAndy]

Over here the go is REPORT it to the Police. Firstly they wack a dirty big sticker on it saying "this vehicle has been reported" they then check rego details etc,remove the plates if its unregoed and contact the owners.
If it isnt shifted the Police then contact us to remove it/impound it.If its damaged already or not a nice car we use the forks to lift it into a sidetipper and off at the other end:twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:.
Andrew

[cjc_td5]

Can it be deemed a hazard to traffic?
If so the Council will usually remove it pronto.

[George130]

Revers into it and ring the police saying they hit your parked car and fled on foot?:twisted:

Legaly you have to report it and just wait.


If you don't mind the rist and it's unlocked push it into the middle of the road and just go back to bed.:wasntme:

[martinozcmax]

[QUOTE=Lotz-A-Landies;972379]Basil is correct.


Salvage rights are very difficult unless the car is parked outside your house in international waters.

ROTFLMAO :D :D :D fantastic !

[loanrangie]

If you don't mind the rist and it's unlocked push it into the middle of the road and just go back to bed.:wasntme:

Thats funny ................................. probably what i'd do ;). Thats what bullbars are for arent they ?

[graceysdad]

Yep if its still got rego leave it alone, you can get knee deep in poo poo if you shift it or have it towed away, council and the feds will see it goes sooner or later,

[mjm295]

drop a lit match in it and open some popcorn.:twisted:

[Bushwanderer]

When petrol was at its most expensive, apparently there was a trend of people stealing a car for its number plates! :eek:

They would park the stolen vehicle in a back street, remove the plates and fit them to their own vehicle, before filling up at a servo & driving off without paying.

You can see why some servos want you to pay before filling up. :nazilock:

Best Wishes,
Peter

[Chenz]

I work for a Council and as soon as we put the sticker on the abondoned car the locals think beauty free garbage skip and within a few days it is full of rubbish.

I am not talking out west here people but an area close to the city that has a footy team with a tiger for a mascot.

We then get the scrap guys to come and get the car but they won't take it if it has rubbish in it so we clean it out. By the time they come back a few days later it is full again and round and round we go until they run out of rubbish or the truck is waiting while my guys pull the crap out of it.

[Andy-M]

Call the police, a couple of days get a neighbour to call the police, repeat until the car is removed.

Trust me this works well!


Cheers Andy

PS: don't touch it or do anything that may be illegal, you are the complainant, don't end up the offender.

[Bigbjorn]

The plain fact of the matter is that if the vehicle is registered and lawfully parked, then the owner has every right to leave it there no matter how it inconveniences you.

[rovercare]

The plain fact of the matter is that if the vehicle is registered and lawfully parked, then the owner has every right to leave it there no matter how it inconveniences you.

Correct, I came across a dude a few years ago, he's rangie sitting dormant out the front.....would of been there 4-5years atleast!

When I asked him about selling etc, he was proud of how the neighbours continously complained, the coucil letters etc and how he continued to pay the reg, so it could legally sit out the front forever more:D

[mjm295]

When I had a lodger he used to park outside the neighbours opposite, the lodger would arrive on Monday and not move his car until Friday when he headed home (walked to work etc) I know the guy wasn't happy, but the car was legally parked. After about 8 weeks, the guy opposite stopped parking on his drive and started parking outside my house......

I had to tell the lodger to find some where else to park.

In your situation, I still say burn it....

[Ralph1Malph]

When I had a lodger he used to park outside the neighbours opposite, the lodger would arrive on Monday and not move his car until Friday when he headed home (walked to work etc) I know the guy wasn't happy, but the car was legally parked. After about 8 weeks, the guy opposite stopped parking on his drive and started parking outside my house...

My uncle used to live in a narrow but two way inner city street many years ago and the neighbors accross the road used to park all four wheels on the road, whereas most others would mount the curb. My uncle started doing the same, in effect blocking the road to through traffic. I believe the police became involved but all was sorted he told me.

Ralph

[Disco95]

This happened to me some time back in country Qld, the council had been called and didn't want to know about it, the police were called and not interested.
A buddy and I ended up stealing the thing........TWICE :eek:
An extremely hilarious drunken story ending with a front tooth, piece of fishing line and a door knob;)