Possible Abandoned Cars on Road

berocca2016 · 27-10-2022 1:35pm #1

Hi all,

just wondering is there any way of finding out owners of cars.

There has been an Auris parked on the road for about two years, and oddly enough a Saab 9-5 for about 5 months. Neither having moved, the Saab was in immaculate condition and staying to look a bit forlorn. Have checked with the Gardai to see are they stolen to no avail.

Is there anyway to trace the legal owners ? As essentially they are just rotting away.

Thanks

elperello · 27-10-2022 1:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058269292/possible-abandoned-cars-on-road

If you want them gone contact the local authority.

Viscount Aggro · 27-10-2022 1:43pm

Hint: if they have no reg. plates, then council can remove them

User1998 · 27-10-2022 1:46pm

No theres no way for you personally to trace the owner

Wishbone Ash · 27-10-2022 4:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119800434#Comment_119800434

Reg plates are irrelevant. I had several non movers removed from my street by Fingal Co Co and all had reg plates. Used Fix My Street and they were usually gone within a day or two.

Larbre34 · 27-10-2022 4:53pm

You have no reason to need to know the owner's details, just report the cars to the Council and they'll take the appropriate action.

berocca2016 · 28-10-2022 8:18am

Thanks all! Reported !

magicbastarder · 28-10-2022 8:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119801176#Comment_119801176

dublin city council (albeit fifteen years ago) told me they could do nothing if there were plates on the car. so there is a nugget of truth in that nugget.

Arnout · 28-10-2022 1:14pm

Even if the vehicle in question is uninsured, untaxed and/or un-NCT-d (if that's a word)?

Is there an option online to see if a vehicle is stolen (based on the reg)?

Miscreant · 28-10-2022 1:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119804556#Comment_119804556

Answer to your first question: Your local council will be able to advise on this.

Answer to your second question: No.

User1998 · 28-10-2022 3:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119804636#Comment_119804636

Answer to second question is Yes. A vehicle history check will show if a vehicle has been reported stolen.

User1998 · 28-10-2022 3:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119801176#Comment_119801176

I think this only works if the car is untaxed. I think if the car is taxed you would have to remove the reg plates if you wanted it taken away

L1011 · 28-10-2022 3:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119803158#Comment_119803158

Extremely lazy councils say all sorts of stuff. It's more that they will definitely be interested in a vehicle with no plates rather than the plates being some magic protector

If the tax is out they should tow it. Kildare will either do it or fob you off to AGS depending what mood they're in

heffsarmy · 28-10-2022 3:23pm

My neighbor called the guards last week, a car was dumped in Estate 8wks ago, within 2 hours they had a tow truck and took it away. The guard told him they are removing abandoned cars on the run up to Halloween, the car in question had no tax nor insurance since 2020.

FazyLucker · 28-10-2022 3:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119805072#Comment_119805072

I had a similar one, needed a car outside our house removed as it had sat there for months (albeit legally, taxed, insured, etc) but the wheels were all flat, etc.

Called the Garda station who got in touch with the owner asking to move it.

They said if he didn't, they could organise a tow truck to move it. Where or how far, I am not sure. But they were very helpful.

magicbastarder · 28-10-2022 7:22pm

i actually just rang the gardai about a car which is parked outside a shop about 100m from us and clearly hasn't been moved in a couple of months. partly due to this thread, i checked whether the tax and insurance were in date; and whoever parked the car clearly removed the tax, insurance and NCT discs before leaving it.

Wishbone Ash · 28-10-2022 8:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119805045#Comment_119805045

Yes, I should have clarified that the cars I had requested to be removed were long out of tax. I've my eye on two more which are untaxed and haven't moved for over a year or more. Might be a little more complicated as I know who owns them. He has about 10 vehicles scattered around several streets.

Wishbone Ash · 28-10-2022 9:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058269292/possible-abandoned-cars-on-road

Re the Saab - is it red in colour?

berocca2016 · 29-10-2022 9:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119806414#Comment_119806414

Greeny grey I am afraid! Rare old car these days.

magicbastarder · 29-10-2022 9:38am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119806365#Comment_119806365

is he a dealer? i heard DCC had a long-running non battle with a dealer (i think on dorset street) who used to abandon cars around the area hoping the council would get rid of them for him, so they were wary of lifting cars there for fear they were doing him a favour.

Wishbone Ash · 29-10-2022 1:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119807519#Comment_119807519

No, he's not a dealer but just seems to have an interest in cars over 20/30 years old. The problem is that he doesn't do them up or look after them so they deteriorate rapidly especially as it right beside the sea. One is a lovely XJ8 Jag which has moss/algae all over it.

The scrap dealer on Fosterstown North near Swords used to block the cycle track with his cars .One time I asked the Gardai why they can't be towed away and they said that it would play into his hands. He left them there hoping they'd be removed. Seems like a lazy attitude all the same as they could be towed away and the scrap dealer invoiced for them.

elperello · 29-10-2022 1:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119808198#Comment_119808198

Parking on a cycle lane is now an €80 fine.

ofcork · 29-10-2022 4:58pm

We had one in our estate last year reported many times didnt get removed until someone put a block through the back window.

elperello · 29-10-2022 5:03pm

If the local authority are slow to respond it may help to contact a councillor.

Hotblack Desiato · 31-10-2022 3:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119806365#Comment_119806365

Feck him, the public streets are not a suitable storage place for his untaxed private property, it'd serve him right if they're towed.

FazyLucker · 31-10-2022 3:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119815815#Comment_119815815

I'd imagine that might cause him more problems than the original problem is causing him......

Viscount Aggro · 31-10-2022 3:48pm

I have noticed a trend...

In a shopping centre car park, I walked around, roughly 50% of cars with expired tax / NCT.

magicbastarder · 31-10-2022 5:03pm

expired NCT would not be a shocker, mine looked out of date for ages as my NCT was extended by six months due to covid, but they didn't post me out a new disc to state this. and add to that that if you try to book a test through standard channels, it's a seven month wait in dublin.

FazyLucker · 31-10-2022 6:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119816213#Comment_119816213

I think that problem with the NCT wait is now gone though thankfully.

User1998 · 31-10-2022 7:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119816517#Comment_119816517

Not at all. Its still a 7 month wait if you try book a test the traditional way.

magicbastarder · 31-10-2022 8:16pm

indeed; i checked earlier for my nearest centre (ballymun, dublin) and the date offered was may 24th.

i applied for a cancellation and it was a seven week wait (they state it should be less than 4 weeks)

FazyLucker · 31-10-2022 10:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119816876#Comment_119816876

That's odd. I got it a few weeks ago and it was booked for a few days later.

I thought those issues had gone away. Ringing them also works.

berocca2016 · 15-11-2022 1:37pm

Notice went on both cars by the council ! One is gone because owner finally got it scrapped. The poor Saab is scheduled for pick up in two days.

Council is very efficient.

magicbastarder · 15-11-2022 2:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119817398#Comment_119817398

there was an article last week i think, in one of the papers about a pragmatic approach being taken by insurers, etc. on out of date NCT.

but the article quoted a next available slot time in one NCT centre as being one month or so away - which was almost certainly the next available cancellation the time the article was written; which is lazy reporting.

FazyLucker · 15-11-2022 2:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119877407#Comment_119877407

Yeah, experiences are varying a lot. If you ring them, you can get ones for next day. Lazy reporting for sure.

magicbastarder · 15-11-2022 3:21pm

suggesting the NCT centres are booked up to just one month away, is like suggesting you're only charging €50 for a pair of nike air jordans, when you're actually only offering that price to the first 15 people through the door.

and FWIW, i rang them; and waited seven weeks for a cancellation. you must have been very lucky if you rang them and got a next day slot.

FazyLucker · 15-11-2022 3:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119877755#Comment_119877755

Yeah, I think the key is to ring them every couple of days. You'll get lucky.....eventually. I was also lucky in that there was 5-6 centres within my radius. I'd imagine it would be different if focusing on only one.

mikeecho · 16-11-2022 3:23am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119808223#Comment_119808223

Wait until you find out, that some cycle lanes, aren't official cycle lanes.

pcardin · 18-11-2022 3:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119816517#Comment_119816517

yeah, gone to a ditch. Banana Republic. Booked my NCT in October, date in late May 2023. I mean, how tf this is acceptable, explainable, or even possible in the modern world?! Applied for emergency twice, no response (coz everyone is applying for emergency). Most EU countries, its either a large network of licensed garages, or an establishment (just like NCT) where you drive to anytime it suits you, pay your fee, cue up and all is done within 30 min. Only in Ireland every childish non-problem becomes a national issue.

back on topic, I live in estate that also has been littered with a number of ditched cars. Parked there for years, nothing happens. If a visitor arrives and parks outside, clampers are happy to come and clamp fairly quick, if you ditch a car, nobody cares.

FazyLucker · 22-11-2022 11:42am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119890458#Comment_119890458

Try ringing them.

DaveyDave · 22-11-2022 10:13pm

I reported a van and car abandoned in the cul-de-sac beside my sister's house, they didn't waste any time as in less than a month the car was lifted and the van was moved to the owners garden.

I reported another car which had a thick layer of dirt/moss, flat tyre etc and they replied saying it was reported before and the owner claimed it wasn't abandoned so I had to take it up with Gardai as it was still on public road with expired discs. It ended up disappearing a few weeks later so I presume the owner got the finger out and did something about it.

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