Insult to injury

[kent]

My friend had his award winning mx5 stolen from south london last night, sadly they couldnt start it and drive it off so they decided roll it down the road to torch it instead



The problem now is that it has been stolen from where it was abandoned and the owner was hoping to salvage what he could from it
If anyone spots it it breakers yards please get in touch

[dodgerover]

Are you sure it hasn't been grabbed by one of the police's recovery contractors?

[marksparks999]

i would suggest contacting local authority, as if on a public highway its their resposibility to get it removed, police will do so if a danger to the public!

[jd666]

The contractor would be my first thought too, round here they have to act once informed of a vehicle by the police in an hour to get it shifted...

[kent]

chap that owns in is in the met an from what I heard there was no record of it being collected

[will930]

that is completely disgraceful! however i would have stayed with it and towed it home of something

[trouble]

Doesn't look like there was a lot to salvage to be honest

[Al Ramone]

that will be a "crush only" thou won't it? anything burned out is not sutible for parts i thought?

[kent]

I dunno about that, but it would of been nice to of had the option

[crazymonkey]

they're still supposed to inform the owners though arent they?

[composimmonite]

Dec 23, 2011 21:43:48 GMT kent said:

The problem now is that it has been stolen from where it was abandoned and the owner was hoping to salvage what he could from it
If anyone spots it it breakers yards please get in touch

I assume it was insured. Then surely the remains would belong to the insurance company, even if they end up in a breakers yard, so he couldn't salvage / remove any parts until he'd negotiated with them to keep the remains anyway ?


Paul H

[kent]

exactly, if the cars whereabouts was known.
He could sort something out but as it been taken it looks like that option has gone also.

[dodgerover]

Dec 24, 2011 20:18:32 GMT composimmonite said:

Dec 23, 2011 21:43:48 GMT kent said:

The problem now is that it has been stolen from where it was abandoned and the owner was hoping to salvage what he could from it
If anyone spots it it breakers yards please get in touch

I assume it was insured. Then surely the remains would belong to the insurance company, even if they end up in a breakers yard, so he couldn't salvage / remove any parts until he'd negotiated with them to keep the remains anyway ?


Paul H

Nope the remains belong to the owner until any claim is settled, its much better in the owners hands rather than getting bits pilfered while it in a storage yard.

[hellman]

Nope the remains belong to the owner until any claim is settled, its much better in the owners hands rather than getting bits pilfered while it in a storage yard.

thats correct, you can keep your vehicle at home until the claim is settled, unless its a bad rta and police need to inspect it/etc

[skinnylew]

If it had happened in Bexley Borough all ours get taken to RJK Breakers out on the Erith Marshes, might well be where Bromley take theirs as well. Alternatively the Met Impound yard in Charlton is where they also get taken to.
As for the perpetrators take your pick from either Star Lane/Powerscroft Road/Ramsden or any of the other estate type parts round that way had dealings with most of them when I worked in Halfords over there 10 years or so ago including the ones who broke into my car on my drive and tried to steal that