Friend just wont move his car off my drive! Please help.

mikey72

pitkin2020 wrote: »

A good few years ago the scrappies would take anything V5 or not, now its a different matter though. Your far better just getting it out onto the main road without causing any damage to it, report the car to the local police station.....simples

Then see how impressed they are when the ex friend tells them the car was parked safely out of the way, and his "mate" pushed it out into the road to cause an obstruction with an uninsured car.

pitkin2020

mikey72 wrote: »

Then see how impressed they are when the ex friend tells them the car was parked safely out of the way, and his "mate" pushed it out into the road to cause an obstruction with an uninsured car.

Don't be a fool, no one said to push it out into a busy road leaving it strewn across the road did they. I'm sure the OP could use some common sense (something you may lack) and position the car out of the drive and along the kerb. As for it being moved from the drive to the road its their word against his.

mikey72

Well if a fool such as you wouldn't expect the police to check both stories out, and realise a car that has been on the drive for weeks then alledgedly made it's own way out, and was successfully parked despite having the handbrake and steering lock on, then find out the homeowners lied about it, maybe the op will do it, but I don't it'll be likely.

pitkin2020

Regardless if the OP tells the police they moved it or not its not there car and its on there property, they gave the owner notice to move it and he has failed. As long as they use some common sense and move the car to a safe place on the road without causing any damage and not causing any obstructions the rest is irrelevant. Whats the OP going to be charged with, aggravated movement of a motor vehicle??

mikey72

No, but they can have him for parking an uninsured vehicle, and twoc.
I don't mind, it's down to the op tp take your advice or not.

pitkin2020

mikey72 wrote: »

No, but they can have him for parking an uninsured vehicle, and twoc.
I don't mind, it's down to the op tp take your advice or not.

LOL I would love to see either of those stand up in a court. Firstly the OP can't park the car nor can he twoc it. How can you take it if you don't get into again. Either way it would still come down to the owners word against the OP. In most likelyhood the police would do nothing more than remove the car when its reported to them, the owner of the car would then have to file a civil suit against the OP to claim any damages, which they could in turn claim costs for storage, rent etc, swings and roundabouts.

Of the course the OP can make their own mind up as to how they will deal with it. Personally i wouldn't tow it to just outside my house I would pay a recovery firm to remove it and dump at the current address where the driver is living then send him the bill. Oh wait the recovery firm might not touch it though because they could get charged with TWOC!!!

dazzadub

put a clamp sign on the wall, stateing its private property all cars that park here illegally will be clamped, and charged, send him letter stating this etc. if he doesnt pay or remove the car you will have the car removed and crushed.

Outpost

dazzadub wrote: »

put a clamp sign on the wall, stateing its private property all cars that park here illegally will be clamped, and charged, send him letter stating this etc. if he doesnt pay or remove the car you will have the car removed and crushed.

Buy a clamp sign? Or make your own with crayons?

If the 'friend' has disregarded all requests to move the vehicle do you genuinely believe that a silly home-made sign will do anything of consequence?

Please. :rotfl:

mikey72

pitkin2020 wrote: »

LOL I would love to see either of those stand up in a court. Firstly the OP can't park the car nor can he twoc it. How can you take it if you don't get into again. Either way it would still come down to the owners word against the OP. In most likelyhood the police would do nothing more than remove the car when its reported to them, the owner of the car would then have to file a civil suit against the OP to claim any damages, which they could in turn claim costs for storage, rent etc, swings and roundabouts.

Of the course the OP can make their own mind up as to how they will deal with it. Personally i wouldn't tow it to just outside my house I would pay a recovery firm to remove it and dump at the current address where the driver is living then send him the bill. Oh wait the recovery firm might not touch it though because they could get charged with TWOC!!!

So your advice to the op is to do something you wouldn't?
I'm impressed.

pitkin2020

mikey72 wrote: »

So your advice to the op is to do something you wouldn't?
I'm impressed.

The latter advice is the safest option but clearly not the cheapest as you will have to pay for the recovery. Depending on where I lived would depend if I did myself or got some in to do, either way it would be gone. If I lived on a main road where I couldn't park my own car outside the house I would get it towed as it would be very dangerous and stupid to move it any great distance on a trolley jack. If I lived in a reasonably quiet street where I could park my own car outside my own house without it being an obstruction I would use a trolley jack to move it where I have been having to park my own car because some inconsiderate friend has had his hump of junk sat for a few weeks.

Other considerations need to be taken into account like access off the drive, steepness of the drive etc as I can't see the OP's house through my PC screen I would hope they used their own judgement and common sense to decide if moving themselves, getting someone in or doing nothing at all was the best option.

Does that clarification please you sir??