[crosstownk]

Originally Posted by Our man in Havana

The Dept would not inform the Gardaí of someone trying to register a car.

I think it's about change of ownership rather than registration.

[hondasam]

Originally Posted by Our man in Havana

Jaysus. This is Ireland we are talking about. The right hand doesn't talk to the left etc.

The Dept would not inform the Gardaí of someone trying to register a car.

If the car was reported stolen would the dept not know?
If someone wants to change ownership of a stolen car would they not inform the gardai?

[Our man in Havana]

If the car was reported stolen would the dept not know?

Nope.

[Happyman42]

Originally Posted by Kaiser2000

My mother recognized the dog on the street several months later and called into the local Garda station to ask them to retrieve it (they weren't overly keen about this as it was one of their informants that now had the dog)

So the Guards tell you who their informers are if you just call in? Often wondered how the IRA did it.

[mickdw]

The op got a letter from the department of transport. I figure this is the type of letter that allows them to go ahead with the registration if they get no complaint/ no response from the original owner (op)

Now, this means that a registered letter response from the op
will instantly stop the registration. I figure this action together with a copy of these letters to and from the department dropped into the gardai should be sufficient to request the gardai to go and locate your car and retrieve it for you.

[RoverJames]

Originally Posted by Happyman42

So the Guards tell you who their informers are if you just call in? Often wondered how the IRA did it.

It's often not a huge (as in a fair few people would have a fairly good idea) secret you Garda informants are, I would think the Gardai didn't actually tell the chap's mother that nugget of info.

[Kaiser2000]

Originally Posted by Happyman42

So the Guards tell you who their informers are if you just call in? Often wondered how the IRA did it.

Originally Posted by RoverJames

It's often not a huge (as in a fair few people would have a fairly good idea) secret you Garda informants are, I would think the Gardai didn't actually tell the chap's mother that nugget of info.

Indeed.. as I mentioned in that case my mother had to go a bit higher up and the excuse for doing nothing was that he was one of their informers and "sure she wouldn't want the dog back anyway at this stage".

They were later made to retrieve the dog though but weren't too happy about it.

But I digress

[Frynge]

Just to clarify

1. Not a she

2. Car was parked up outside a friends apartment because it wasn't insured and was ment to be a secure car park (evidently it was not)

3. I don't know when it was stolen but got a call from friend asking what I did with the car and then went straight to the Garda and reported it stolen.

4. Got a letter asking essentially would I be contesting the new ownership details of the car.

I'll ring the department in the morning to explain, but I have already faxed a letter to say I am still the owner of the car.
Hope that makes things clearer

[ZENER]

Is it at all possible that the management company for the apartment block saw a car parked there for a long period of time and assumed it was abandoned ? The may have put a notice on the car asking the owner to to contact them and claim ownership ? Without contact from you they would have contacted a recovery company to come take it away.

The above is what happens in the apartments where I live. In fact my Prelude (in storage pending restoration) had such a notice put on it 2 weeks ago. I have seen other cars here towed away after their owners had moved on and left them behind !

What happens to these cars I'm not sure. Could they be sold on perhaps to recover the cost of towing ? Just suggesting that there may be a perfectly innocent reason for all this.

Ken

[ZENER]

Double post - apologies !

[Frynge]

Originally Posted by ZENER

Is it at all possible that the management company for the apartment block saw a car parked there for a long period of time and assumed it was abandoned ? The may have put a notice on the car asking the owner to to contact them and claim ownership ? Without contact from you they would have contacted a recovery company to come take it away.

The above is what happens in the apartments where I live. In fact my Prelude (in storage pending restoration) had such a notice put on it 2 weeks ago. I have seen other cars here towed away after their owners had moved on and left them behind !

What happens to these cars I'm not sure. Could they be sold on perhaps to recover the cost of towing ? Just suggesting that there may be a perfectly innocent reason for all this.

Ken

Nope, I thought that was a possibility at the time but went to the management company to see if they would check the cameras but they didn't work or record, or something to that effect

[Jammy Donut]

Kinda car is it? There was a 99 BMW on DoneDeal with a 'Lost Tax Book' the other day.


Anyway, More than likely the car was stolen and put into storage and then sold off for cheap with no TaxBook..... Whoever bought it, then applied to get the book so Shannon wrote to the previous owner to see I'd they'd be happy about this.

OP ring Shannon try and get through to someone decent and explain it to them, say that the Guards are doing nothing and they just might let slip the persons address Then go and drive past and see if its the car, If is snap a pic into the Guards and demand they go retrieve your car back.

Hope you get it back

[Frynge]

Got onto shannon this morning and gave them the pulse id of the report. the women on the phone seemed to think it was strange that they weren't informed of the theft, but said she would get onto the garda station and pass over the details.

Everyone seems to think i'll get the car back so yay free car (essentially)

[Frynge]

Originally Posted by Jammy Donut

Kinda car is it? There was a 99 BMW on DoneDeal with a 'Lost Tax Book' the other day.

Not the car but any chance you have a link to that ad

[sink]

You should probably let the insurance company know that you've recovered the vehicle, otherwise it may be considered fraud (not sure).