How hard can it be?

[ChemicalChaos]

There seems to be a double case of hard of thinking going on in Chester:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2901633/Th...

Firstly, you have a car that is on the tax and insurance databases.... How the hell can the owner not be traced in this day and age?
Secondly, why crush a perfectly good car? Why not send it to auction to recover the costs?

[Swanny87]

Maybe they found the owner but since parking it they died and they don't have any next of kin? I agree that they should probably auction it.

[Sump]

Lol at the luxury Car bit.

[rustyabarth]

Am i the only one thinking how has the grass got there?

[xRIEx]

article said:

The 2004 manual BMW, that would cost around £23,000 to buy brand new,

Can you buy a 2004 BMW brand new?

[soad]

The grass under the bonnet signifies that it is one of BMW's latest eco-models using a renewable fuel.

[iloveboost]

soad said:

The grass under the bonnet signifies that it is one of BMW's latest eco-models using a renewable fuel.

The new BMW eco drive: making the world a little greener every time you drive. Pot plants optional.

[wiliferus]

ChemicalChaos said:

There seems to be a double case of hard of thinking going on in Chester:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2901633/Th...

Firstly, you have a car that is on the tax and insurance databases.... How the hell can the owner not be traced in this day and age?
Secondly, why crush a perfectly good car? Why not send it to auction to recover the costs?

Ok, so it's taxed and insured. Police visit that address, RO no longer lives there, new tenant has no idea who used to live there or any forwarding address. Add to that a Polish sounding name.

Your move...

[Mound Dawg]

Daily Fail said:

luxury car

A ten year old 320I? Really?

[blueg33]

I bet if it wasn't taxed they would be able to write to the owners home address, they seem pretty quick at doing that

Why 3 parking tickets? Thats just dumb, its the same event of over staying

[Muddle238]

Obviously a mobile cannabis factory gone wrong, planted the wrong type of seed and then abandoned..

[Howard-]

Why would they crush it, just because they cannot trace its owner?

How wasteful.

[Vipers]

Bung it in the bad parking thread as well.

[soad]

Howard- said:

Why would they crush it, just because they cannot trace its owner?

How wasteful.

Have to love the City Council.

[mgtony]

Why isn't it the same case as most councils where it would have been towed (sometimes within 24 hours on a short stay only bay). Owners doesn't come to collect for the specified time so goes to auction.

[Toaster Pilot]

Howard- said:

Why would they crush it, just because they cannot trace its owner?

How wasteful.

It'll most likely be sold to a breaker's yard or such - my local one had a couple of cars partially disassembled the other day with huge "SEIZED BY POLICE FOR NO INSURANCE" stickers on

[Lugy]

Looks nicer than some of the cars I've been smoking around in, how would you go about claiming it?

Seriously though, why not auction it and give the proceeds to a charity or community project? This country seems to have become very wasteful these days.

[Horse Pop]

rustyabarth said:

Am i the only one thinking how has the grass got there?

Wouldn't surprise me if a local busybody had done it tbh.

I walk past this a couple of times a week.

At one point it did have baked beans / pooh smeared on windscreen.

The local paper ran a story on it and interviewed a resident around there who felt it was "giving the wrong impression".

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-che...

They don't appear to enforce those notices. There's a Laguna I've never seen move just round the corner. That had a notice on the windscreen briefly during winter 2013 but it's still there.

[RobinBanks]

Horse Pop said:

Wouldn't surprise me if a local busybody had done it tbh.

I walk past this a couple of times a week.

At one point it did have baked beans / pooh smeared on windscreen.

The local paper ran a story on it and interviewed a resident around there who felt it was "giving the wrong impression".

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-che...

They don't appear to enforce those notices. There's a Laguna I've never seen move just round the corner. That had a notice on the windscreen briefly during winter 2013 but it's still there.

That resident says that the police won't do anything until it's vandalised.

So why not key it and slash the tyres if you want them to do something?

[marmitemania]

Lugy said:

Looks nicer than some of the cars I've been smoking around in, how would you go about claiming it?

Seriously though, why not auction it and give the proceeds to a charity or community project? This country seems to have become very wasteful these days.

By the time you have taken the auction fee, replacement battery, the cost of replacement keys, (I assume they are not with the car) paying someone to get it to the auction, this all hinges on whether or not the car actually runs of course. I think you would make around £2.51 pence on a good day with the wind behind you. Chain through the windows and a Hiab on to a lorry is the only end for this car.