OR call yesterday - car being taken

JustinCredibleGillespie

Don't give up hope SS. Try & stay positive. You aren't out of options just yet

JCG

xx

P.S Keep updating & let us know how you get on

singingsister

JustinCredibleGillespie wrote: »

Don't give up hope SS. Try & stay positive. You aren't out of options just yet

JCG

xx

P.S Keep updating & let us know how you get on

Thank you.

fermi

ivorsgirl wrote: »

I'm about to petition for BR and need to clarify the issue with cars. In August, my partner bought a second car ostensibly for my use. It is his, invoice from the garage made out to him etc.

I'll move this to it's own thread.

Here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3669763

bcljnk

Similar thing happened to my hubby with his motorcycle.....he used it for work...his only vehicle....but was off sick for 6 months so put it on SORN...but they took it off him, they picked up the bike and have not been in contact since, even though it was briefly mentioned that he could buy the bike back, which we cant afford to do anyway, they still havn't been in touch!!!
The thing with hubbys vehicle was that he also travelled like you 7 miles each way to work, 5 days a week, with no bus when on his early morning alternate weekly shift.....they just said they were taking it (appears it was because it was on SORN they classed it as not needed and an asset), even though hubby had only just gone back to work and was going to get the bike back on the road.
They told he because i had a car he had to use that, regradless of whether i needed it, they just assumed he could and should use it:mad:
Good luck anyway, seems theres no hard and fast rules with going BR!!!

bcljnk

oh also forgot to mention....re nil tax....has anyone ever not had to pay this, hubbys 'reciever man' forgot the name lol said because its such a little amount not to bother with it!!!
So he hasnt got to pay it to moonbeaver!!!!

debtinfo

bcljnk wrote: »

Good luck anyway, seems theres no hard and fast rules with going BR!!!

Yes there are, and the hard and fast rule is that they cant exempt an unroadworthy vehicle, you just fall on the wrong side of the rule

Ineedaname

BCL - Maybe the crucial fact that he has already gone back to work and not yet put the bike back on the road was one which the OR latched onto. If his need was so great then he would have had to put the bike back on the road before being able to return to work... Sorry, not what you wanted to hear, but I should think that was quite a key bit of information.

j.sharp

Try this new website for a valuation they are quite fair, UKCARBUYER com

singingsister wrote: »

So we had our OR calls yesterday.

They want our car. Which means we either have to find over a thousand pounds to give the OR for the value of our car or we have to loose the car meaning I have to hand in my notice at work as it's not accessible without a car.

One thing I don't understand is that they just accepted the value we put on our SOA. We could have made that up. The valuation I got was online from WeBuyAnyCar. My dad thinks I should take the car somewhere to get it valued and see if it's valued less than the online valuation I got (especially considering the massive dent in the door which happened in the snow last year). I mean seriously, by the time they get the interior of the car cleaned properly from baby sick and baby cr*p, get rid of all the key marks over the paintwork where the car has been keyed and get a new passenger rear door - I reckon it will cost more than the cars value. Especially as it's a 6 year old car!

What's really harsh is the OR said they don't care if they get the car or the cash equivelent of the car. Makes everything I worked for to get the car and pay it off worthless.

Me needing it for work and for us to take our daughter to nursery seemingly isn't a reason for us to keep the car.

They didn't mention us having to lose our mobile phones which relieved me. I was worried that as our contracts are £35 a month each they'd say we had to go PAYG. But they didn't.

The only other thing is I'm getting a nil tax code and the money I would pay tax goes to the OR rather than to the inland revenue. Although they can't set it up that the OR gets the money straight from my pay before I see it (like tax). I have to arrange with moonbeavers that I set up a SO for the amount of tax to pay them each month. Very annoying.

My dad is trying to see if he can pull some money out of his pension to buy our car. But we don't know. However we can appeal (like there's any point) or we have 14 days from the receipt of the letter to either pay up or get the car taken away.



Sarah

mandyl

hi sarah
just wanted to send you a hug x

bcljnk

Ineedaname wrote: »

BCL - Maybe the crucial fact that he has already gone back to work and not yet put the bike back on the road was one which the OR latched onto. If his need was so great then he would have had to put the bike back on the road before being able to return to work... Sorry, not what you wanted to hear, but I should think that was quite a key bit of information.

i see where you are coming from, and how reciever could have seen it, but the reason it yet wasnt back on the road was purely a phased transition into riding and driving of my car, so for the time being i was taking him, he had a good 6 months off work, with severe depression which lasted a good 8 months, which also included the comunity physciatric nurse visiting, and he was advised not to drive whilst off, then move slowly into getting back on the road, so in reality he did indeed need the bike at a later stage, but looking at it black and white i see the recievers view hence why we just gave in and let it get taken away, my only concern is we have heard absolutly nothing since it was taken (which isnt a problem as not got the funds to buy it back now anyway), just seemed wierd after they kept saying we 'could' buy it back.