ExH left his car in my garage

AdrianC

After six months, and ignoring multiple attempts to contact him about it, it'll be hard for him to claim that he retains any interest in owning it.
£25 and a V62 will get a V5C in your name. That'll then allow it to be sold or scrapped, depending on value. If there's no key, and the car is of non-trivial value, then one can be ordered through a main dealer - although that might not be cheap, and might require substantial parts of the security to be replaced.

It's not hard to move it - wheel dollies have already been linked, and every vaguely competent tow firm/scrappy will have a set. All it takes is sufficient access to all four wheels to jack up and insert.
If you want to DIY it, then...
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/wheel-dollies/wd4000-450kg-wheel-dollies-set-of-four

forgotmyname

If the tow company think a steering lock is an issue you called the wrong people.

Dragging a car from an embankment thats on its roof is a task, pulling a car with wheels from a garage is easy work.

scd3scd4

I think a few of us were talking about doing it ourselves/self help.


Stands to reason an equipped vehicle will make a simple job of it.


I watched the Royal Engineers and REME pull broken down Tanks from ditches..........they made that look easy too.

unforeseen

You really need to get legal advice before doing anything as you could be liable for any damage you cause. Also I believe certain steps in the way of notice and other things need to be done to keep everything legal

CardinalWolsey

pinkshoes wrote: »

I think delivering it to his new property would be fair.

I think that after having stored it for free for six months, I would be informing the registered keeper that you will make the vehicle available for collection from date X by moving it out of the garage and on to the road, from where they can make their own arrangements.

That might spur some movement from your ex (but as per other comments, based upon the car's value, which no-one yet knows).

vikingaero

Ask a friendly garage if you can borrow their wheel dollies.

theoretica

Is it definitely and legally his car under the terms of divorce? Was it bought when you were married?

---lee---

A properly equipped beavertail type recovery truck would easily drag this out, even in a tight spot as they have the ability to control the direction of the winch pull.

Once out, choose one of the many methods above to move it somewhere public where the DVLA will take care of the rest.

interstellaflyer

marlot wrote: »

If you want to get it out without damaging it, I'd use a pair of car dollies https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro-craft-400kg-wheel-dollies-2-pack/77671

But not sure on the legal aspects - and presumably its not taxed or insured, so it can't be left on the road.

Yep, not sure on the legality in this case but any vehicle recovery company should have no problem moving a vehicle in the same situation as the OP describes. I had to have my Renault Megane recovered following and keycard/Card reader issue and all they did was jack the car up and put a dolly under each wheel, I doubt from start to finish the job took more than 15 mins it was that easy.

unforeseen

---lee--- wrote: »

A properly equipped beavertail type recovery truck would easily drag this out, even in a tight spot as they have the ability to control the direction of the winch pull.

Once out, choose one of the many methods above to move it somewhere public where the DVLA will take care of the rest.

Even to the extent of getting it through a gap probably one foot wider than the car with no control over the direction the front wheels face?