Can't get car after relationship breakup. Advice?

JustAnotherSaver

Just been told this one today & while i only have 1 side & knowing the other person i can believe it to be the accurate side, i don't agree with what's going on & wondered what could be done so we can offer help.

Right, this couple have split up & it's got messy over a car apparently. The car is on lease or whatever it's called at £200pm. The car is in the blokes name. All paperwork in the blokes name.

The woman claimed to have been paying towards the car so she had rights except this is nonsense - all payments came out of the blokes account.

He's said he wants the car back (but he's not getting it). He's removed the woman from the insurance so she's now no longer insured on it.

He went to the police to report it stolen but apparently they're not interested. The female police officer he spoke to threw her hands in the air & just said she didn't want to hear it & she'd advised the woman to just take out temporary insurance on it.

This bloke told the police officer you can't do that as it's not her car & she's driving it illegally.

The police aren't interested in following this up & there's nothing he can do about it.

He again asked for the car back but is getting told stories such as it now needs a fuel tank replacing (while not impossible, highly improbable, especially considering the timing).

The car is not at the womans or her new fellas (who she cheated on this bloke with). Her new fella is in the car sales business so will have contacts all over the place no doubt & will have plenty of places you could 'hide' a car. This woman has recently been to the doctors & is saying that she's suffering from stress brought on by this pursuit of the car & she wants to be left alone.

All sounds a bit petty to me, but anyway, i'd like to know what the bloke can do in this situation since the police don't really seem interested.

On the flip side, apparently when the woman went to the police saying the bloke wasn't giving up concert tickets that had been delivered, they went to his place giving the strong arm routine (he actually didn't have them). When it comes to something actually illegal, they don't seem interested in pursuing it.

DUTR

Why should the police be interested in a civil matter?
Anyways, who's account are the payments coming from?
Who's name is the registered keeper?
Is it a case the person wants the car back through spite?
Personally don't get involved in the drama, stick with the facts.

gilbert_and_sullivan

I'm afraid i can't be of any help here, your friend (presumably) needs the services of a lawyer and it's going to cost.

As a general comment, it's leopards and spots, people don't turn into nasty materialistic grabbing thieving parasites overnight (either sex), if you live with someone for a period of time you have a good idea of their behaviour, honour, morals and principles, so what i'm getting at is don't put yourself into the situation if you're married to a vindictive petty thief, by allowing them to make your life, (when they've drained you dry and moved on to victim number whatever), a misery by having financial commitments such as cars on the knock that they can use as weapons to beat you with.

topdaddy_2

Cancel the lease. Then its the lease companys problem.

Babbawah

But . . . but . . . according to most folks/shills on here . . . leasing a car is absolutely the bestest thing that can ever happen to a motorist.

This bloke should thank his lucky stars that the lease company allowed him to be a customer in the first place. He should 'man up' & happily pay for his ex to continue to enjoy the pleasure of this favourable relationship of car, lease company & ex V ex.

Goddamit, there's losers out there, that lease Co's won't touch, who would die to be in the same position as this bloke.



P.S. Could you please forward me the details of which Police force got involved on the concert ticket issue . . . only there's this concert that I can't get tickets for & maybe they can help !

facade

Can he contact the lease company and transfer the lease to her?

Stopping payments won't work: they will come after him.

Get legal advice.

Also he needs to get the registration in her name PDQ, before the parking tickets start rolling in.

My brothers wife left and took the car, that was registered in his name, and the parking tickets arrived like confetti.
He ended up paying them (they were council tickets) as he was too dopey to write to DVLA to get shot of the car. (Claims he didn't know her address...)

Babbawah

facade wrote: »

Can he contact the lease company and transfer the lease to her?

Stopping payments won't work: they will come after him.

Whatever interplanetary spaceship you're on needs to stop, let you off, so you may consider the full impact of exactly what you're implying.

Babbawah

facade wrote: »

Also he needs to get the registration in her name PDQ, before the parking tickets start rolling in.

Damn & blast it. You have have just blown the secret method that the rest of use to avoid parking tickets.

Surely now they must close this loophole.

facade

Babbawah wrote: »

Whatever interplanetary spaceship you're on needs to stop, let you off, so you may consider the full impact of exactly what you're implying.

Go on, I'll bite

He likely won't see the car again, and he is paying a £200 a month lease with either a balloon payment to come, or a car to return that he doesn't have.
He doesn't have many options with the lease in his name, and his signature on the agreement.

Doubtless she will view it as part of her "settlement" and not accept a change anyway

Armorica

If he's the registered owner, contact the police again and insist on being given a crime number as she has stolen the car.

Could speak to DVLA and get the car transferred to her name.

The lease is tricky. Is it secured against the car i.e. if he stopped paying, would they seize the car?

scotsbob

Why not just go and take the car back? Hire a low loader if necessary.