What's going on here - wheel clamp

[Spare tyre]

Spotted this today in a public car park in south sea Portsmouth

Doesn't look very heavy duty so assuming not Dvla

Security focused owner?

[Iva Barchetta]

Doesn't look very sturdy at all.

A thief would probably see it as a challenge to snap it off and drive away.

DVLA use big yellow ones which cover the wheel nuts.

[kowalski655]

Saw a bailiff use one like that on a car on that Cant Pay We'll Take It Away TV show.Guy tried to drive off with it & knackered his wheel arch,so maybe someone is trying to get cash from him

[anonymous-user]

looks like a debt collector one.

[red_slr]

I used to have a similar one, would put it on in car parks - back the the mid 90s when cars were being nicked left right and centre.

[Daston]

New corsa that parks near us had one of them on it a few months back. I wondered if the car was on finance and they had missed a few payments.

[Trabi601]

IS the E90 one of the BMWs easily stolen using an OBDII hack?

That may explain the clamp.

[TarpaTow]

That looks like a Classic BM to me, so it'll be highly sought after and the owner obviously wants to look after it. If it was mine I'd probably use one if those metal locks that covers the steering wheel as well.

[Iva Barchetta]

TarpaTow said:

That looks like a Classic BM to me, so it'll be highly sought after and the owner obviously wants to look after it. If it was mine I'd probably use one if those metal locks that covers the steering wheel as well.

Classic ?

It's on a "58"

[KungFuPanda]

With crap wheels on at that.

[KungFuPanda]

Actually, if it was a debt collector one, there would be nothing to stop you removing a wheel and letting him know where he could collect the clamp from thereby negating the intention to permanently deprive.

[TheRainMaker]

KungFuPanda said:

Actually, if it was a debt collector one, there would be nothing to stop you removing a wheel and letting him know where he could collect the clamp from thereby negating the intention to permanently deprive.

Nope, but if they found you in a random carpark, I think they are going to be back for it, probably with a tow truck

[Spare tyre]

Can debt collectors clamp stuff

[Mafioso]

Iva Barchetta said:

TarpaTow said:

That looks like a Classic BM to me, so it'll be highly sought after and the owner obviously wants to look after it. If it was mine I'd probably use one if those metal locks that covers the steering wheel as well.

Classic ?

It's on a "58"

[Jim AK]

Spare tyre said:

Can debt collectors clamp stuff

High Court ones (Enforcers) can do just about anything they like!

[Jimmy Recard]

If that was my car, I would just put the spare wheel on and have the clamp cut off at my leisure. It might not even be secure - easy to pry it off?

[oilspill]

would have been quicker to google it
interesting to bring it up though

it's a 'Hao de le' anti-theft device

https://www.amazon.co.uk/FDS-Vehicle-Security-Devi...

Edited by oilspill on Monday 26th September 12:22

Edited by oilspill on Monday 26th September 12:24

[E36GUY]

Jimmy Recard said:

If that was my car, I would just put the spare wheel on and have the clamp cut off at my leisure. It might not even be secure - easy to pry it off?

58 plate BMW. Does it even have a spare?

[spookly]

Jim AK said:

Spare tyre said:

Can debt collectors clamp stuff

High Court ones (Enforcers) can do just about anything they like!

Yep. if they have identified it as your property and verified that (they can get it wrong) then because they are seizing it, it is no longer your property anyway as they are taking it away to pay for your debts which by this point you would have been ordered to pay by a court and would have failed to pay.

So, the short answer is.... yes. If it is being seized it isn't yours anymore.

[Jimmy Recard]

E36GUY said:

58 plate BMW. Does it even have a spare?

Good point. I didn't think of that.

OK then, if it was my car, I'd still do that because my car has a spare