How can this be fair?

Have you knocked on all your neighbours doors and asked if they know whose it is?

But surely parking it on a private drive and stripping it there would just draw attention to it. It would draw far less attention if it were parked in a remote country layby.

Is the battery still in? The handbrake might work if the battery is still connected

For everyone wondering why its been stripped so fast it might be stripped to order the actual owner might be on holiday and unaware its gone there was a scam years ago with airport parking cars dissappear while your on holiday your none the wiser until you land

Do some posters not realise that the car is on the OP’s private driveway. Even if it’s blocking the garage, it is not on public land so nothing to do with the police.

OP - I can’t believe you saw someone in the vehicle, on your driveway and you didn’t ask him why he was there or tell him to piss off.

Wait for the thieves to come back and ask them to Hotwire it so you can drive it forward

Ask Google how to release the handbrake and put into neutral for that make/model - there is a way otherwise how would it get onto a tow truck if broken down and non starting. E.g. for my car it was to push and hold gearstick over to N. Then push it onto the road.

Well it’s not nice now… according to the op within 48 hours it’s been stripped!!

Is it a nice car? To have a button handbrake it can’t be that old? And then it begs the question why on earth would someone abandon it on your drive?!

Id ring the police and tell them you urgently need your car out. Theoretically you can’t get to work, children to school, to visit sick relatives etc!

Honestly, phone the police again in a panic and say an unknown abandoned vehicle is blocking your exit, you are stuck and need to travel to your elderly parents urgently.

Don’t talk about the council, keep repeating its obstructing your vehicle/exit. It is a police issue! Don’t let them fob you off.

Meanwhile, doors hve been opened, car ransacked , fuse box nicked etc.

what kind of an area do you live in that this happened within a day of it being parked on your driveway?

I still don't understand why you didn't tell him to get his car off your drive and wait to make sure he'd left or ask him what the hell he thought he was doing parking there in the first place. Do you live near an airport or train station? Have you asked if any of the neighbours know whose car it is? Is it common where you live for cars on driveways to be ransacked? You don't seem surprised this has happened.

Post a pic! Shame him

So to be clear… you car is in your garage but you can’t exit the garage because this car is parked outside it?

Why did you not have more of an issue with the owner when you arrived home and they were on your private drive way. It be telling them to get the F off and taking video evidence and phoning the police infront of them if they refused?

as for the situation now, I would be calling the police and telling them if they don’t come and get involved I will be lifting the handbrake and letting it roll off my driveway and then they’ll be forced to deal with it crashed in the middle of the road!

Did you not ask him why he thought it acceptable to park on a private driveway in front of someone’s garage? I would have waited outside until he had moved it. I had some cheeky fucker park on my drive once, he never did it again.

I’m also confused. If some random stranger is parked on your drive you tell them to move in no uncertain terms!

I'm a bit confused. Who did you speak to on Sunday? Was the owner in the process of leaving the car on your drive when you returned from your bike ride? Do you know who the owner is?

Very unjust. Google who your local councillors are in your ward. Go onto the council website - find your councillor. You will see the email addresses on this. Google the local police station local ward Sargent and their email. Google neighbourhood manager, town centre manager, environmental heath, street safety team / officers.

write an email everyone on email above. Say the car has been abandoned, broken into and people are gathering outside your home and making you feel unsafe.
cc img ward councillors makes anything in council happen faster.

the long and short of it tho is that councils police have no money. Getting rid of s car costs money and if you want it gone asap you’ll probably need to pay for it to be moved / towed/ taken to the car crusher place or whatever it is called ;)

Goodness the reading and comprehension skills of people replying to the OP is awful!

The whole cul de sac reported daily to the council as it was a battered old van, no tax, insurance or mot. We eventually got the local mp involved!

In these situations being honest certainly doesn’t help. The neighbour who’s drive it was blocking didn’t have a car, but her daily carers did, the ambulance transport for hospital appointments etc!