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VRT seizures

  • 10-01-2007 8:54pm
    #1
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know what happens to a car if the revenue commisioners take it off someone and they don't pay the vrt?
    Do they sell them off and if so where?
    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    They're usually left in compounds with the windows and sunroofs open so that they fill up with water etc., so they are of no use to anyone and eventually scrapped. I remember going up to look at a 3 year old Mercedes that was impounded by the customs a few years ago with a view to buying it from the owner and when we went up to look at it the sunroof had been left open and the car was full of water and bird ****e. It wasn't the only one, most of the cars were in a similar state. When we opened the drivers door the water just poured out of it. It was an absolute disgrace, even if the cars were auctioned off someone would benefit and the state would make money but as usual they don't give a ****e.:(


  • #3
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Please tell me your joking. Surely they have a duty of care to the owners until they are sold?


  • #4
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Captain Slow IRL


    It's surprising that such a money hungry organisation can overlook such an obvious source of income!


  • #5
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    Thought they weren't sold, and instead crushed?


  • #6
    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    my dads friends audi a8 was seized as vrt wasnt paid ontime but it was given back 1 year later perfect and not crushed


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  • #7
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    If it isnt paid in a certain time they should crush it and drop the cube in your driveway, that way they wont have to worry bout storing it long term.

    Or just sell them all to generate revenue.


  • #8
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I heard somewhere that they were crushed as it would have been possible for the VRT evader to have harassed the new owner.


  • #9
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,093 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    kbannon wrote:
    I heard somewhere that they were crushed as it would have been possible for the VRT evader to have harassed the new owner.

    How would the evader find the new owner? The car would be on the road with an Irish reg!

    Mostly, people stump up the VRT (and possibly a penalty?) to get their car back. It's in the UK that cars seized for smuggling get crushed.

    Not your ornery onager



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