cloned car impounded?
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I've just bought myself a new car through a private sale checked v5 and vin number and all looked bang on to me, all history was with the vehicle including the sale pack and servicing etc, hpi checked and everything came back all clear.
One week of ownership later and I got a letter from Birmingham police saying that they've impounded my vehicle as it was being driven by somebody with no insurance and as its currently at my property in Scotland leads me to believe that one of these is clearly an imposter.
Does anyone have any experience of their car being cloned and did the situation ever get resolved? I'm praying that its not me whose got the clone but that's a position I'm just going to have to deal with tomorrow when the traffic police pay me a visit here, I'm not keen to miss wages and a trip down to Birmingham to sort this out.
One week of ownership later and I got a letter from Birmingham police saying that they've impounded my vehicle as it was being driven by somebody with no insurance and as its currently at my property in Scotland leads me to believe that one of these is clearly an imposter.
Does anyone have any experience of their car being cloned and did the situation ever get resolved? I'm praying that its not me whose got the clone but that's a position I'm just going to have to deal with tomorrow when the traffic police pay me a visit here, I'm not keen to miss wages and a trip down to Birmingham to sort this out.
Sounds like some scrote has had a set of plates made up same as yours.
I had a speeding nip come through for me, done by a static speed camera but at the time of the offence I was out of the country.
Checked photo of car taken by camera and while yes it was a Range Rover it was clearly not my one told the authorities and heard no more about it.
I had a speeding nip come through for me, done by a static speed camera but at the time of the offence I was out of the country.
Checked photo of car taken by camera and while yes it was a Range Rover it was clearly not my one told the authorities and heard no more about it.
RustyRuss said:
That's what I'm thinking the only thing that worries me is that surely the police when they impounded it would have noticed that it was a clone.
If its a straight forward just swap the plates, then they may have done checks. If however, its a proper clone, with VIN number etc, then it takes longer to do.It would normally be checked by a vehicle examiner and depending on how busy they are, will depend how long it takes, so they may not have completed all the checks.
You're looking at this the wrong way...
Pay the fine & the cost of the impound, collect the car, put it on a private plate reg & get new V5 with correct VIN nr for car, sell it & profit. You'd surely clear £10,000's on a Range Rover?
I know, I know, it's a stolen vehicle and it's a/immoral and b/ deserves to go back to the rightful owner never mind c/the OP would get knicked whereas the original scroat won't, but a man at the end of a s
tty week at work can dream can't he?
Pay the fine & the cost of the impound, collect the car, put it on a private plate reg & get new V5 with correct VIN nr for car, sell it & profit. You'd surely clear £10,000's on a Range Rover?
I know, I know, it's a stolen vehicle and it's a/immoral and b/ deserves to go back to the rightful owner never mind c/the OP would get knicked whereas the original scroat won't, but a man at the end of a s
tty week at work can dream can't he?Collectingbrass said:
Pay the fine & the cost of the impound, collect the car, put it on a private plate reg & get new V5 with correct VIN nr for car, sell it & profit. You'd surely clear £10,000's on a Range Rover?
Given it's Range Rover, another way to look at it is you've got a complete parts bin on wheels 
AlfaRSpider said:
I'm lost... Where did the OP say it was a Range Rover? 
I think they're getting mixed up with gruffalo's post regarding HIS Range Rover!pinchmeimdreamin said:
If the car was in Scotland how come the Birmingham police have Impounded it
HIS car is in Scotland, the CLONE is in Birmingham!
Not had this problem myselfbut had a friend who did. He bought an Isuzu Trooper somewhere in the North of England and took it back to Inverness, he had it for 2 to 3 years, I know i MOTd it at least twice and it was allways taxed when one night policearrived at his door and impounded it as apparently ther were 2 indetical Troopers with same reg number. After about 6 months the outcome was that they couldnt actually identify his vehicle but thought that the other was the genuine vehicle and his was handed over to the local fire brigade to cut up as practice for crash rescue.
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