dumped car

[liz budd]

A bashed-up German car has been parked selfishly, but not illegally outside our house, and has not moved for nearly 2 months. The police say there's nothing they can do, but I would like to contact the owner to ask if it could be moved so it doesn't take up 2 precious spaces. How do I track down the owner of a German car. It probably belongs to a student, who is not allowed to use it in term-time. If so, maybe the parents could provide an address over here. Liz Budd

[vittoria]

I often see notices on cars, that say that the car appears to be abandoned and that, if it is not claimed within a certain period of time, the Council will remove it. You could try and report an apparently abandoned car to your local Council. Good luck.

[vittoria]

Rereading your message, I suspect the German car was stolen, taken for a ride and abandoned. If it happened to me, I would try the Council.

[liz budd]

The car hasn't been dumped. It spent 8 weeks here in the autumn and then disappeared. Now its here again and will now doubt leave at the end of term. Meanwhile, my question was - how does one track down foreign registration numbers?

[vittoria]

How about trying the German Consulate? You say it belongs to a student, if you have an idea of which college it is, you could try the college. However, I still think reporting it to the Council as abandoned is the simplest option for you because once the owner/keeper sees the notice on the car saying that if it is not claimed, it will be removed, they will probably hurry up and move it - and if they don't, the Council will. Either way you get what you want.

[Smiley Girly]

i think that is bull **** that they did that i will try and fiind a web site for you so you can find them ok