OR & Car

Toad

Hi,

Firstly, let me thank everybody on here for their help. I've not asked many questions but have read through a lot of other peoples' and their answers and feel a lot bettoer about going BR very soon.

A question about my car. It's old and not in great condition but still worth around £1100, to the right buyer of course. As I work from home I think I'm going to have a hard time trying to prove that it is essential due to a bad back and taking the kids 100miles to meet their father "half way" once per month (voluntary access agreement rather than court ordered).

So, I was thinking, if the OR says they want to take it and they offer me the option of buying it back at a cheaper price, I was thinking of sayin "nah, just take it, I'll find something cheaper as and when I can". Is this likely to call their bluff? Bearing in mind the cost of them coming to get it, the fact that it needs a major service and being an 8 seater people carrier, not exactly the hottest vehicle to sell!

I am, of course, assuming that they do send somebody to collect the vehicle and any other assets rather than requiring me to deliver and make my own way home!

any thoughts?

gettingitsorted

Morning toad,

read this thread chuck should be helpful.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=434421

tight_jock

If you are working and need the car for any part of your work (ANY) then you should be allowed to have a vehicle.


Someone would have to collect it.



Then it would be TOAD away................................sorry

:beer:

gettingitsorted

tight_jock wrote: »

If you are working and need the car for any part of your work (ANY) then you should be allowed to have a vehicle.


Someone would have to collect it.



Then it would be TOAD away................................sorry

:beer:

cor those new tablets are doing wonders for you :beer: :beer:
:rotfl:

Toad

tight_jock wrote: »

If you are working and need the car for any part of your work (ANY) then you should be allowed to have a vehicle.


Someone would have to collect it.



Then it would be TOAD away................................sorry

:beer:

Thanks for that... actually, I laughed my head off!

I do need it to get to the office for work, maybe once every two months and I am on 24hr call out to drive to London, Birmingham or Manchester if we has a catestrophic hardware failure. However, in almost 2 years in the job, I've never yet been called out, so, in some ways, one could say a call is well over due.

Thanks again

Tony

Toad

gettingitsorted wrote: »

Morning toad,

read this thread chuck should be helpful.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=434421

HI gis and thanks,

D'oh, only just realised 'who' you are, I was at your house last night!

Now is my chance to thank you publicly for all the help you've given me 'off line', in real life! Thank You!

As soon as my pay hits my account this month, I'm off down the County Court to file these papers.

Tony

gettingitsorted

Toad wrote: »

HI gis and thanks,

D'oh, only just realised 'who' you are, I was at your house last night!

Now is my chance to thank you publicly for all the help you've given me 'off line', in real life! Thank You!

As soon as my pay hits my account this month, I'm off down the County Court to file these papers.

Tony

your welcome .:rotfl:

Addicted2Chocolate

no dont call their bluff, the OR will incurr a cost to have a unroadworthy car scrapped if necessary.

savagevixen

Addicted2Chocolate wrote: »

no dont call their bluff, the OR will incurr a cost to have a unroadworthy car scrapped if necessary.

Indeed, until I filled out the BR forms, I completely forgot abou OH's mondeo. SORN for 1 year and full of spiders and wildlife. We had taken it round to the garage to see whether it was worth MOTing or scrapping.
Lovely kind OR arranged it's collection and scrapping as it was our 'asset' that became her responsibility. Glad she didn't do that with the other vehicles!:rotfl:

Mike_St_Helens

Toad wrote: »

HI gis and thanks,

D'oh, only just realised 'who' you are, I was at your house last night!

Now is my chance to thank you publicly for all the help you've given me 'off line', in real life! Thank You!

As soon as my pay hits my account this month, I'm off down the County Court to file these papers.

Tony

GIS - Is there an 'occupation' your not telling us about, havinng lone males visiting you ?:rotfl:

Bollinge

I had a a car worth about £1300, with about 100k on it, and they let me keep it no problem.

I am self-employed.