Road tax car clamped.

Half_way

Misteek said:

Hi what I'm trying  to say is... the cars broken therefore she doesn't want it back. They can keep it. Therefore would she still have to pay the 100 to release the car and any other fines etc?

If the vehicle has broken down and is beyond repair - i9e the repair will cost more than the vehicle is worth, then the fine and release fee+tax will have to be paid.

 If it goes to a council pound then there will be a storage fee ontop of that to pay.

 The cheapest option is to pay the fine+release fee+tax and get the thing off the road and onto private land, or disposal on the same day it's unclamped.

 It wont be taken away free of charge, it will be taken away with extra charges on top, doing nothing will just cost more

Neil49

Start googling car breakers yards (or something like that) asap and get it shifted

Coupon-mad

Leaving it dumped and trying to run away from the cost of removing it is - in my view - akin to fly tipping.

She should have sold it for scrap value but it is too late now.

fisherjim

Like the rest of us she needs to pay what it costs like it or not why does she think "they can keep it" does she think that will absolve her of the costs it won't.

If not taxed and insured that's a further fine.

The maximum fine for abandoning a vehicle is £2500, plus if the council remove and store it all the associated costs, plus there could be a further fixed penalty of £200

As it is already clamped she will have to deal with the authorities to get this over with, sorry I have no sympathy.

Misteek

Half_way said:

Misteek said:

Hi what I'm trying  to say is... the cars broken therefore she doesn't want it back. They can keep it. Therefore would she still have to pay the 100 to release the car and any other fines etc?

If the vehicle has broken down and is beyond repair - i9e the repair will cost more than the vehicle is worth, then the fine and release fee+tax will have to be paid.

 If it goes to a council pound then there will be a storage fee ontop of that to pay.

 The cheapest option is to pay the fine+release fee+tax and get the thing off the road and onto private land, or disposal on the same day it's unclamped.

 It wont be taken away free of charge, it will be taken away with extra charges on top, doing nothing will just cost more

Thank  you so much. I know the clamping and storage have seperate costs to release.

How long does she have to get it unclamped ? And does it cost more to wait longer? She trying to get her finances together.

CliveOfIndia

Misteek said:

How long does she have to get it unclamped ? And does it cost more to wait longer?

I'm not sure offhand, but it'll almost certainly be detailed on the ticket that was presumably attached to the windscreen.

I'm assuming it's still sat on the road?  If she doesn't pay the fine within the specified period, the car will be taken away to a storage compound, she'll then have to pay storage fees on top (it's usually a daily fee, so the longer it's in the pound the more she'll have to pay to release it).

ParkingMad

This website has all the info you need:

https://www.gov.uk/get-a-clamped-or-impounded-vehicle-released