I sold a car last week… buyer STILL hasn’t collected!!

TBH, I’m probably 15% annoyed at this…it’s not the end of the world as we’ve space on our drive.. but it meand I need to keep shufling cars about to get in and out.

Last wednesday I sold my ‘step daughter’s’ dead (blown engine) vw Bug. It DOES still drive, I guess, but was sold as a non runner.

Anyway.. someone came by fully aware of the situation, but wanted a project. He planned to drive it away at the weekend, which is fine as it’s now his car..

He paid, v5 all transferred, but it’s still sat on our drive!!

I’ll give it till this weekend then tell him I’m going to aprk it on a nearby street. As it’s untaxed and doesn’t have a permit, it’ll be an issue.

Bar doing this, anything else I can do to make him take it away??!!

Like i say..not the end of the world, but it’s just odd behaviour!

DrP

Not knowing the legal side but I’d be hesitant to ‘dump’ it on the street (especially if it will get tickets) until you’ve got the confirmation letter from the DVLA that it’s no longer your responsibility. After all, the buyer knows where you live and the last thing you want is a stand off on the door step with a fistfull of parking fines rammed down your throat!

(That wouldn’t stop you give the buyer a few days notice that you are planning to park it up down the road anyway, though)

If he did the V% transfer online its instant – the email notification is the proof.

I’d do them the courtesy of letting them know but  if your tight on room, I’d be moving it. Not your problem!

Sell it again and let the new owners fight it out.

Get a wheel clamp and start charging him £25/day for storage, clamp removed on payment. Simples 🙂

I’d move it. If you’ve notified the DVLA online that you’ve sold it, it’s no longer your responsibility. Take the insurance off it asap as well if you haven’t already otherwise things could get messy if anything happens to it.

I don’t think I’d risk driving a car I didn’t own without the owners consent on a public road, especially knowing its not taxed and insured- for lost of reasons.
I would however consider setting him a deadline after which you’ll get a scrap man to lift it off your drive

Tell him it’s £100pw to rent your drive.

I imagine he’s just sorting logistics for picking it up. Maybe he went out on the piss at the weekend instead. Would be taking the piss a bit if he didn’t turn up this weekend imo.

Has it been total radio silence?

Could the buyer have gone under a bus?
Worse yet did he maybe fail to fully clear his new project with the SO?

I’d want to know for sure before popping it on the road to pick up parking tickets…

If you move it you will be driving without consent of the owner? Buyer reports you to police and it could get unpleasant.

Have you tried actually talking to him? I know it’s not the STW way, but in polite society it would be courteous to do so. Just give him a phone and ask when he’ll be there to pick it up. He probably never actually had any way of moving it but paid on the day to avoid losing out. I’d bet he’s scrabbling about trying to borrow a trailer from someone.

How long has it already sat there? Is another week really the end of the world? Remember Rule 1 applies to you as well.

Have you tried actually talking to him?

Stop trying to be reasonable. We need frozen sausages and the new owners address!

As there’s a new Beverly Hills Cop film out…

Frozen sausage in the tail-pipe?

As above, it isn’t yours to move and you’ll potentially have insurance problems if you drive it without permission

Maybe he’s going to do the work on your driveway 🙂

Have you tried actually talking to him?

To add more truth to this situation, but to detract from the fun…

Yeah, we’ve exchanged several messages and had a few phone calls since the sale. Apparently ‘severe toothache’ has prevented him collecting the car. For over a week…!

Like I say, I’m VERY unlikely to do anything mean or dodgy! But still…come get your car dude!

DrP

I’ll swap it for a PS4, hold out yer hand!

I think if you move it then it is still your problem.  Tax/insurance/mot I’m less sure about once parked, but parking fines are like speeding tickets,  they’re the responsibility of the person who was in charge of it.  Legally I don’t think you can do anything, if you move it onto the road then whilst taxing and insuring it is someone else responsibility, it would be you driving on the road, with no tax, insurance, MOT and without the owners permission.

Just phone them up and tell them they have to move it.

Arguably, if you were stopped while moving it onto the street, you could be done for theft (it’s no longer yours), no tax and no insurance!!

It’s your very own bug jam. Set up a hotdog stall!

We’ve now got 2 effing VW bugs on our drive!!! One works, one doesn’t and isn’t even mine….

So it seems like I’m stuck with a bug infestation then… will keep the clan updated!!!

DrP

As there’s a new Beverly Hills Cop film out…

Frozen sausage in the tail-pipe?

Dammit, it’s a Beetle – if I’m doing 80s film references, surely it should be a Herbie goes Bananas in the tail-pipe.

Hang-on, that loses the STW call-backs…

Stuff it, I’m ill, that’ll have to do.

Apparently ‘severe toothache’ has prevented him collecting the car. For over a week

Tell him if he comes and collects the car ASAP you’ll write him a prescription for some really strong painkillers.

Just let him know it’s an issue now and that if it isn’t collected by 14/07 you’ll be getting a scrap collector to remove it next week.

Stop trying to be reasonable. We need frozen sausages and the new owners address!

Its all about the piss-frisbee now.

Tell him if he comes and collects the car ASAP you’ll write him a prescription for some really strong painkillers

Yeah, this. Mega painkillers ftw… and getting the car moved.

I’ll swap it for a PS4, hold out yer hand!

Add in a BMX and it’s a deal..

DrP

Contact the buyer and ask if there’s a problem. Let them know it’s not been a cause of a problem so far but you’d rather it were gone. If that’s not led to it going by Sunday,  I’d Contact again and let them know it’ll be moved to a scrap merchant if still there in one more week.

Give them another week if no feedback refund money and scrap car.

As there’s a new Beverly Hills Cop film out…

Frozen sausage in the tail-pipe?

That idea’s bananas.

put mackerel in the glove box

Apparently ‘severe toothache’ has prevented him collecting the car. For over a week…!

Give him until 2.30

Give him until 2.30

Go sit in a corner and think about what you’ve done…

DrP

A week isn’t too bad… I mean you’ve got the money… If it went on for a month I’d be getting irritated.

Am I the only one reading this and seeing a #humblebrag about the size of DrP’s drive?

Why do you need to keep moving it? Surely just park it at the back and leave it there.

We’ve 2 EVs, which need charging, and I was too tight to pay for the 8m cable, so a car needs to be parked nearest the house to charge.

Plus the other bug that comes and goes.

Plus the guy keeps saying “I’ll pick it up tomorrow” so I parked the (dead) bug at the front of the drive… With another car behind.

We needed access to the other car.

All the above reasons = a daily car shuffle

Honestly…my life is like that fox-chicken-grain puzzle sometimes..

DrP

Bet you wish you’d bought the big cable now ?

If we’re wishing…. An EV charger cable isn’t even registering in the top 100 right now ??

DrP

Beat(le)s the buyer of my TRP Spyres paying me over 2 weeks ago but despite various messages to them through here still not providing me a postage address.