Crazy... Wonder how much of the councils time and money has been spent because this is a 'special' car.
Why don't the police confiscate any untaxed, uninsured or unroad worthy cars, give the owners a chance to make amends. If the owners pay up for tax etc plus a fine they get to keep their car. If the owners don't pay tax etc they lose the car, but the police get to sell it at auction, or give/tranfer it to a scap yard.
It is true the above is probably not a good use of police time, but I feel it's a good use of societies resources.
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I think I'll target that area for selling cars. An '84 roller abandoned for 3 years worth £12,000? There'll be plenty more, run of the mill, valuable cars in the holding yard than this.
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why they have to "crush" cars is beyond me, its done for spite, why cant they give them to old people or student nurses or summet if they are road worthy
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I can't really see what's wrong (providing the legislation is in place) with re-registering the cars, and putting them into auction, if they are likely to make back the costs or more. Scrapping a perfectly good car really makes no sense, as this example shows.
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Why give the proceeds to charity? Surely it should go into council funds to offset the council tax?
Supposing I disapprove of the charity to which they intend to give the money?
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Under a block of flat's in Birmingham -- been there for three years - perhaps owner is not in a position to claim the car. Could be he/she is on holiday at HM pleasure with a few years left on vacation.? and it hasn't been vandalised -Yet!
To my mind any car on road with no tax or insurance should be crushed immediately no ifs or buts - send a strong message out to those flouting the law - I have paid mine for the last 40 yrs and my insurance goes up every year due to uninsured drivers etc
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When they seized the assets of Mr Big the drug dealer, did they demolish his house and crush his yacht?
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DXP55, Whilst I agree that any non-taxed etc car should be conficated from its owners, without compensation, why deprive the rest of society by curshing a useful car?
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While I agree with you on usefulness of some cars the idea is to make an instant point - no tax car gone -- if you want the council to sell them on it is all more expense to council and tax payer and i would think it would cost more to run system than it would make.- if you have a third party that would buy them from council that is a way these mainly suspect cars could end up back on road.
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Really quite simple - the LA just advertises each car for sale by tender - traders etc. look at the car and bid or not. In the current market it'd be worth a scrappy's while to bid £25 on almost anything.
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......if you want the council to sell them on it is all more expense to council and tax payer and i would think it would cost more to run system than it would make......
Isn´t the equivalent system for selling on seized criminal assets losing 3 pounds for every pound it takes?
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Let's be honest about this shall we. When was the last time a council took something like this on, actually turned in a profit?
After a risk assessment together with a health & safety review, passing it on to to environmental health department, who in turn do their assessment, hire an outside contractor, who probably sub-contracts anyway, and then sets up up a commitee to decide whether there is any legal factors, liability etc, blah, blah, as the item cannot be given away without product liability... need I go on?
You can hear the money just glug it's way down the financial drain.
You know it makes sense.
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......if you want the council to sell them on it is all more expense to council and tax payer and i would think it would cost more to run system than it would make......
Even a local authority ought to be able to cover the costs of selling a £12,000 Rolls. Or they could just give it to me if they find the process too difficult.
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Scrapping a perfectly good car really makes no sense, as this example shows.
Not exactly environmentally friendly either! (As THEY are always telling us!!)
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Oh, and if they would just do the common sense thing and replace road tax with a small increase on fuel (say 1-2p a litre), they would not be faced with this 'dilemma' would they?
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why they have to "crush" cars is beyond me, its done for spite, why cant they give them to old people or student nurses or summet if they are road worthy
SPITE. Yes you are right I am sure.
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There were two items on the TV London news this week re crushed cars.
They interviewed the owners of both who were more than a little annoyed.
One car had a smashed side window and the other had the wheels stolen.
A certain London borough decided they were dumped and crushed them within seven days.
The council were requested to reconsider or review the time period between them removing the vehicle and crushing it.
The implication was that the council did not try hard enough to trace the owner.
I do not recall any mention of the VED state of the vehicles.
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I very much doubt whether many decent cars get crushed. Anything I've either reported myself or seen the stickers on, you say within seconds of seeing it that it's not worth keeping. If it was decent enough and able to get through an MOT, chances are it wouln't have been abandoned in the first place. That said, even some of the worst no-MOT heaps can fetch £50 to £100 on eBay, which I wouldn't pass up on if I was in that position. On the other hand, if these abandoned cars have a shady status and can't be sold openly, it's another reason for getting them off the streets.
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If that's the same report I saw about the smashed side window, the owners were on holiday in Australia for three weeks.
They got home the same day the car was being crushed, but a bureaucratic mess sent them round all the wrong places and by the time they reached the correct yard it was too late.
The irony was, the car had been broken in to and had initially been removed in order to keep it safe!
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scrapyard owners dont crush cars as such any way , they take all the bits off first then crush the shell , and they want £20.00 for a piece of door glass!!!
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scrapyard owners dont crush cars as such any way , they take all the bits off first then crush the shell , and they want £20.00 for a piece of door glass!!!
an old saying but true saying
ive got it.......... you want it..........you pay...........
man friend of a friend had a scrapyard full of yank cars and a customer came in for a laminated screen maybe 20/25 years ago
price quoted £150 (rare as hens wassnames in this country this screen)
wanting man complained at price
seller smashed said screen
end of story
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