W.A. Police Impounded Vehicles Disposal Auction

[ReaperSS]

Selling off the cars that no ones collected? Doesnt sound legal to me?

http://www.auctions.com.au/auctions/2009/09/10/wa-police-impounded-vehicles-disposal-auction.html#0

[mitchy]

LOL first picture looks like natrad company car :lol: :lol:

i also like that all these "hoon vehicles" are old shitters, no imports, etc!

[Frostitute]

I'll take the VT with clubby kit for.....$300

[Butcher]

Seems like all they have done is legalized theft by wapol.
They dont own the cars so they shouldn't be able to sell them.

[ITGRIPS]

i also like that all these "hoon vehicles" are old shitters, no imports, etc!

that's what i was thinking! 99% of those cars a buckets! but i guess that's why they havent been collected, not worth it........ doesnt look like any bargains there.

[Wozzernux]

Gather up a few hundred bucks with some mates and purchase your own private fleet of bunky shitters for a rally night out in the pines?

[beatle]

well if your car is there, you could probably buy it back cheaper from the auction than paying the impound fee.

[Lump]

i also like that all these "hoon vehicles" are old shitters, no imports, etc!
thats because most of them are from unlic drivers, not 'hoon' offences

[FitzyB]

i know at the police unclaimed auctions some have been nicked, and insurance has been claimed before the vehicle has been recovered, these could have come from something like that perhaps?

[DanWA]

This happens in Collie all the time, dumped cars owners are contacted about removal, if this doesnt happen they are impounded at the council and if not collected they go for "tender".

Can pick up a bush basher of any sort for -$100.

[kiasu]

wasnt someone looking for a cheap 4x4 under 2k :)

http://www.auctions.com.au/data/auctions/29100_preview.jpg

also...LOL


summary of contents

Under instructions from the Western Australia Police
2006 Pagsta Motor Bike

[Drift_R32]

that clubbie look alike was sitting on the freeway with the window down for like a week, thought it was stolen..

[2LV8ETR]

Yup, drive it away just to find the pigs lurking outside the lot with defect book in hand.

[anton]

problem is the possible reserve on items might be the impound cost, wouldnt that be rediculus

[joshg123]

lol at epic backfire from WA police

i dont know a soul that would go out and pay 1.5k or thereabouts for a EA falcon driven by some old coon with no licence

Will all be scrapped, wapol will pick up the bill for towing + storage and law will get quashed

[Matt-AE86]

These cars are usually impounded for other reasons than hooning and such.

[duste]

Would be awesome if there was a mint bargain Japo in there...

[dmwill]

I don't see what is so wrong by this?

The rightful owners would have been notified several times over and over...

Look at the cars, the majority are clearly worth less than the cost of towing/storage fees and the Government has to foot the bill - a cost that gets passed onto us tax payers.

Yes - the whole confiscation thing was not thought through properly. In particular the lack and cost of storage - but you get what you deserve for driving without a licence and or doing something stupid.

[Lump]

problem is the possible reserve on items might be the impound cost, wouldnt that be rediculus

yeah, cant see that happening, govt will just want to fuck em off asap.
low or no reserve pricing maybe

[kiasu]

well this auction was today... 19 cars sold

[Saf]

Gather up a few hundred bucks with some mates and purchase your own private fleet of bunky shitters for a rally night out in the pines?

Yea my thoughts exactly, cept swap pines for St Georges Tce ... id almost smile to have it taken off me for "hooning".

"We had car troubles ... "

"What kinda car troubles ??? "

"I .. belive it was the radiator .. wasnt it Cole ?"

"Yes Rowdy .. i belive it was"

[Jizz-Lebrity]

Got mum to go to this today on my behalf.

Most expensive car sold was an apparently newish good condition Elantra, sold for $1000 before the auction bloke acknowledged her (higher) bid :(

Most cars there were pretty farked, the Excel I saw in the catalogue and was interested in had two door handles, bits missing from the dash & mouldy interior. Sold for $150 like most of the other buckets there...

Everything there was unlicenced, so I didn't end up with anything because that $1000 Elantra was the only thing she was pretty sure would pass the pits without problems.

Sounds like they would have probably all been from unlicenced drivers, all shitters and most arse dragger's as well...

[Denver]

heard something on the radio bout it, 3 cars sold for $50

had to laugh, some cop was crapping on that the people who left these cars have a debt that will be put against them..

good luck getting that one paid..

[fourseven]

had to laugh, some cop was crapping on that the people who left these cars have a debt that will be put against them..

good luck getting that one paid..

There is something in the legislation apparently that allows the WA Police to register the costs involved against the owner with Fines Enforcement.

[DRKWRX]

yeah but how they gonna get the money when they got no money to give :lol: so much for getting shitters of the road......... they should have just scrapped them.

[POTTER]

Hoon's buy cars from police and have demo derby on Perth streets"
^that would be a good news article^

[EL BURITO]

yeah but how they gonna get the money when they got no money to give :lol: so much for getting shitters of the road......... they should have just scrapped them.
fire'ies to practice on would have had more value

[Ryan1080]

Heard on the news that the police are out of pocket as a result of this. Hahaha.

[Lump]

meh, the ones really out of pocket are the drivers that lost their cars & have had to buy new ones or walk :lol:

[ITGRIPS]

the news reckons the average price of the cars sold was $450!! haha!

[evilvl]

yeah but how they gonna get the money when they got no money to give :lol: so much for getting shitters of the road......... they should have just scrapped them.

They'll get their licence suspened until they pay Fines Enforcement. But if they're unlicenced/unregistered drivers anyway I doubt they'll care.

[DISTRBD]

the news reckons the average price of the cars sold was $450!! haha!


On radio yesterday they said a few went for as low as $50 :lol:

[Frenchy]

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26054574-2761,00.html

[ultim8m]

lol wonder if they do them monthly could organise monthly bush bashing events :D $50 a car is cheap enough

[DenZel]

Obviously if the owners cant be fucked getting them back they are going to be shit heaps...

Hopefully they will change the laws......lol....wishful thinking i know.