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"Bona vacantia cases always sound so sad, don't they - a lonely old person, driving fewer than 1,000 miles in a year, with no-one to leave his/her property to. At least the car will have gone to a good home."
Yes they are sad. We have been doing them for about four years in North Manchester. Almost always a man living on his own, with no immediate family and no connection to more distant relatives. We had two very similar cases where the person retired after 40 years in the same job, bought a new car, had paid off the mortgage and died about a month later. From a selfish perspective, my son was too young to consider buying the cars (and they were too expensive for a newly passed driver anyway), but great opportunities and the cash goes to reduce our taxes....
I'm not sure the car will do more than 1,000 miles this year anyway. We need the car for a few weeks as Grandpa (whose car my son drives now) is returning the UK for a couple of months, just as my son has a little job in my office for which he needs wheels. Once Grandpa goes home, son goes away for a gap year so the Fiat will sit around a bit, but next son will start to learn within 12 months.
Anyway thanks for all the advice about polishing headlights. The car itself will need a polish and I think I will send it into the bodshop for 'mopping' and get them to do the headlighs as well. Just heard from my mechanic mate. Car serviced, put on a new battery and had a good look around. He words '....it's a sound car...'
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