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Neighbour parked on my drive

306 replies

maltesersplease · 20/06/2019 15:50

In February, neighbour/friend gets clamped and fined for no tax, MOT, insurance. Asks if she can park on my drive a few days until she can afford to sort it all out.

We fell out over something else a few weeks ago over something much more serious, and don't speak anymore. Don't need to drip feed, this part's irrelevant.

The car is still on my drive. I've asked her to move it, she says she will SORN it. Car doesn't start either so I can't just move it myself. If she SORNs it, she will never move it! It's still not taxed or MOTd.

So now I seem to be stuck with it on my drive. Each of the police, DVLA and council have told me it's one of the other responsibilities.

I'm feeling really irritated by life in general and if I wasn't worried it would harm a person, I'd have taken the handbrake off it by now!

(This isn't AIBU to remove the handbrake, it's more of a "I'm really fed up can anyone help please?).

OP posts:
Jaxhog · 20/06/2019 21:33

As someone else has suggested, report it to the finance company that you don't believe it is taxed, insured or MOT'd .

Original poster
maltesersplease · 20/06/2019 21:39

I've just been reading about this. Never knew it was part of a finance agreement to have insurance in place. I think I've found my arguments point.

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BobbyBrewstersMagicTorch · 20/06/2019 21:45

It's not a criminal offence for ANYONE to park on your drive, odlly enough. It's a civil offence and you would need to take them to court. If you damage the car in any way, then that's a criminal offence.

sheshootssheimplores · 20/06/2019 21:45

Well contacting the finance company seems to be your best bet but how could you get that information?

eddielizzard · 20/06/2019 21:48

Do you know who the financing company is tho?

CurtainsOpen · 20/06/2019 21:50

Knock door.

"Move your car off my drive"

Whatthefoxgoingon · 20/06/2019 21:55

Oi Americans!

SORN means statutory off-road notification.

Not an MN acronym, ya plonkers! Grin

I’m just teasing you, we love you really Flowers

Whatthefoxgoingon · 20/06/2019 21:56

I’d stick a for sale sign on it for sure....

mrscee · 20/06/2019 21:59

Our local council won't remove cars off private land it is down to the land owner and if the car is owned then they wouldn't touch it anyway. It's only abandoned vehicles they deal with on the road

WhoKnewBeefStew · 20/06/2019 22:12

I'd speak to my local garage and get them to move it onto the road, even if it ended up costing a few quid to get them out to do it

SoupDragon · 20/06/2019 22:34

I had to look up SORN on Google

Oh, that must have been terrible for you Sad

minisoksmakehardwork · 20/06/2019 22:35

Local person broke down and pushed car into car park. Few hours later police track owner down as their car was in the middle of the road. Apparently car park owner admitted to pushing it into road.

The police were called because to all intents and purposes, the car looked to have been abandoned in the middle of the road. As far as I am aware (from Facebook ranting), the car park owner was not charged with obstructing the highway. But the car owner did have to pay to remove their car from the pound.

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maltesersplease · 20/06/2019 22:43

@minisoksmakehardwork also a very tempting idea...

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ilikepurple · 20/06/2019 22:44

Do you rent your property. If so ring you landlord.

Lemonlady22 · 20/06/2019 22:57

if its on finance it is technically not her car...it still belongs to the finance company.....tell them its been abandoned on your drive for 4 months without tax insurance and an mot...its their problem!

PepsiLola · 20/06/2019 23:04

Make sure you open your car door into hers!

Skittlesandbeer · 20/06/2019 23:13

Just wanted to suggest that you don’t really have an abandoned car issue, but a CF neighbour issue.

All these technical/legal solutions aren’t the only avenues to follow.

Basically, as with all CFs, life has to be made far more inconvenient for them, so they consider doing the ‘right thing’. I’d concentrate on that. Of course, I’m a lot sneakier and meaner than you, OP. Not only would that car be gone, she’d have voluntarily mowed my lawn and polished MY car by now.

Start small, and consider that she may not know the legal ins and outs. Tell her you’ve talked to the finance company, and they were very interested (even if you haven’t) and her credit rating is about to disappear forever. Tell her police, council, solicitor have given you the green light to have it towed, rolled into the road or whatever you like.

It’s a mind game, not a car issue.

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maltesersplease · 20/06/2019 23:30

@Skittlesandbeer you've hit the nail on the head. She's been CF in many ways.

But she also does know the law, and would know I was making it up. She also doesn't care. She has no credit rating; this isn't the only problem she has.

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GreenTulips · 20/06/2019 23:38

Can you remove it one piece at a time?

She might not notice!

If it’s a nice car maybe some criminal gangs might be interested ...... not that I’d know any

TheSerenDipitY · 20/06/2019 23:40

just call her finance company and tell them all the details and tell them she has refused to remove the car and in 5 days you will be calling a tow truck and having it dumped on the road, and if they want the car back they best get in first.... and then follow thru, call a fucken tow truck and have it removed and dumped on the road in front of her house... and then call the council and tell them a car with no MOT or insurance is parked on the road... fuck her

ThePerturbedPenguin · 20/06/2019 23:49

Get it off you drive! If they can’t prove you moved it, surely you can’t get in trouble with anyone?

CanuckBC · 21/06/2019 06:38

This is just crazy! She is a CF of the nth degree. I truly don’t understand how no one can help you get rid of car that isn’t yours from your driveway.

It just wouldn’t happen here. It would be removed by by-laws of police here. I believe anyway!

Then again, I have never heard of such a thing happening in Canada where I live. I worked very closely with law enforcement for 20 odd some years and outside of regular parking complaints, the odd blocked car etc. Never once someone just leaving there car on someone’s driveway.

Auramigraine · 21/06/2019 06:53

Aww OP what a piece of work she is leaving this down to you. Ditto to ringing finance company again today, the next person might be more helpful and if not, hang up and ring again, hopefully it will be a big enough company that you will eventually get through to someone to help. Failing that the only other option I can see is to put a for sale sign on it and her phone number and address as contact. If she even has the cheek to argue it, say the sign is staying until she moves it. Maybe even advertise it on Facebook etc x

SoupDragon · 21/06/2019 07:07

It may have been a PITA to get it onto the drive but it won't be impossible to get it off.

newmomof1 · 21/06/2019 07:13

Assuming she has another car on her drive, clamp that one and tell her you won't remove the clamp til the car is gone off your drive

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