Abandoned car, taxed but no MOT - no one wants to know!

[MikeLowry]

Parking space is at a bit of a premium on the street I live on as most people have drives, and for a while now I have noticed a blue Mercedes coupe which hasn't moved for some months. The tyres are now flat and bits of trim are hanging off. No idea whose it is, the guy whose house it is outside of doesn't drive. Apart from taking up valuable space as well as being an eyesore, it's MOT expired in April but it is still taxed.

I went onto the local council website to report it, where it says cars without an MOT need to be reported to the police. Spoke to the police on LiveChat who said it's not a police concern and that I should report it to the council as an abandoned vehicle Tried to report it to the council where I am informed that, as it's taxed, its not considered abandoned!

TLDR - Don't bother with an MOT, no one seems to care if you don't have one!

[MikeLowry]

MarJay said:

Is it yours? Is it negatively affecting your day to day life?

If no, then forget it. It doesn't sound illegal. Did you wonder why it might be taxed but not MOT'd?

Obviously it isn't mine, I was however, under the impression that having a valid MOT is a legal requirement in order to park a car on a public road, so it is very mildly irritating to know that I spend time and money every year to stay on the right side of the law, when no-one really seems to care whether I do or not, AND I have to walk past the eyesore every day! I'm not the only one on the street who thinks so but no-one knows whose it is.

[MikeLowry]

texaxile said:

Was waiting for that as well lol.

There is an easier solution, but it falls outside the law.

[MikeLowry]

Pericoloso said:

Could be MOT exempt and tax is FOC.
What year is this car approximately ?

A pic was posted in classics spotted recently,MOT ran out 8 years ago.
In the meantime,it's now exempt from the test and back in use.

Its a 2001 C Class hatchback thing. Looks distinctly unloved.

[MikeLowry]

Condi said:

Weekendrebuild said:

Am I the only one who finds these threads a tad pathetic .. grassing up someone for something so minor , To me if parking bothers you so much buy a proper house with off street parking. I personally would never park my cars on the road when at home don’t even leave vans on the road !

It is pathetic. Yes its annoying, but so are many things in life and if your biggest concern is that you have to walk a bit further to your house its a sad state of affairs. Its also sad people are that worked up about it that they feel 'someone else should do something'.

EG this....

redguy said:

Had this with a car near work.

Taxed, but no MOT - I reported it to the DVLA, residents reported it to the council and DVLA....and so it went on.

Car was parked in the same position for around 6 months. Only then did the owner turn up and drive it away! In the meantime, same story.....nobody wanted to know.

My sympathies OP!

Ummm.... so someone actually owned it, knew it was there, and chose to simply park his car there for 6 months. So what? Really, so what? Worth making a fuss about? Jesus....

I'm not particularly worked up about it to be honest, as I said before it's slightly irritating to know that I spend time and money every year to have an MOTed car, when no-one seems to care whether cars are MOTed or not. Pathetic? Maybe in your opinion, but spending 10 minutes at a computer to try and make my immediate environment a marginally better place isn't a huge investment of my time and effort, nor is it a huge waste if nothing comes of it, which is what has happened in this case.