Car was not destroyed and now being driven

sausagekayak

Hi All,

I have a bit of a situation which is probably my own fault for getting into, I didn't research before getting myself into it and should have known better. Its done now and Im looking for your helpful advice.

Last year my mother was driving my friends car and crashed it. We brought it to a garage and were told we should write it off cause the cost to fix would be more than the car is worth.

That was fine, we were told the car would be destroyed and we accepted that.
Also, my mate has just paid for a years motor tax and we wanted to reclaim it back, I told the mechanic that we needed the certificate of destruction so we could inform the tax office and get the refund back. He kindly offered to refund the cost of 10 months tax while we were waiting for the destruction, the car was due to be picked up the following week to be scrapped. This should have been the first red flag.

Stupidly we thought that was it and never thought of it again until now.

Today my mate got a letter in the post from etoll. There is a missed payment penalty from this month through the M50 on the number plate of the car that was to be destroyed, he checked his account and there is about 10 trips that have been debited from his account.
So obviously the car is being driven and the old way we found out if from the m50 penalty.

What would you guys do? We have rang the tax office and the car is still registered to my mate.

Thanks.

emeldc

Does your mate still have the tax book

Bigus

I'd start with the mechanic and get him to pony up for the tolls, then get an address from him for new owner and backdate change of ownership.

Raging_Ninja

Tell your friend to talk to a real lawyer and see what they say.

Bigus

Raging_Ninja wrote: »

Tell your friend to talk to a real lawyer and see what they say.

No need to incur this expense , DOE shannaon dealing with cases like this daily, simple fix.

LD89

Go to your local Motor Tax office and fill out a "I desposed of form" get it stamped and signed by a commissioner for Oaths and return to motor tax.
This will get the vehicle out of your name to begin with.

sausagekayak

emeldc wrote: »

Does your mate still have the tax book

We handed over a signed tax form to him. Really should have followed up on it.


Thanks all for the info. The mechanic has said he is going to look into it and will get back to us tomorrow.

foggy_lad

sausagekayak wrote: »

We handed over a signed tax form to him. Really should have followed up on it.


Thanks all for the info. The mechanic has said he is going to look into it and will get back to us tomorrow.

The mechanic could well be using the car!!

ohnonotgmail

sausagekayak wrote: »

We handed over a signed tax form to him. Really should have followed up on it.


Thanks all for the info. The mechanic has said he is going to look into it and will get back to us tomorrow.

what is there to look in to? Either he had the car destroyed or he didnt.

slave1

sausagekayak wrote: »

Today my mate got a letter in the post from etoll. There is a missed payment penalty from this month through the M50 on the number plate of the car that was to be destroyed, he checked his account and there is about 10 trips that have been debited from his account.
So obviously the car is being driven and the old way we found out if from the m50 penalty.
Thanks.

Was it the car or the plates, someone could be simply using the plates, outside chance I know......

9935452

slave1 wrote: »

Was it the car or the plates, someone could be simply using the plates, outside chance I know......

Eithre way the car was never destroyed

cplwhisper

But he say is was mechanical or economic write-off....

Eco WO can be fixed by motor trader, they don't have to pay labour and once can is reaccessed then it can be back on the road.

Did he give u very of destruction within 10 working days

sausagekayak

So the mechanic is going to refund all trips through the M50 toll and fix the tax registration so its out of my friends name.
I know he said he'd destroy it and give us a cert of destruction but at this stage my mate is happy to just get the refund and the car out of his name.

Thanks for all the advise.

Car99

You best get him to backdate that incase there are bigger fines/ points coming down the line