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How to Remove an Abandoned Vehicle

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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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Long story short my apartment complex has a parking lot that is filled with abandoned vehicles. I'm tired of looking at them and it's starting to look trashy. Apartment management won't tow them as they have a right not to. It's their property after all and towing would cost them money.

It's mostly trashy cars that are totaled, flat tires, tinted windows, caved in hoods, missing lights...etc. For what we pay they should have these cars long gone..

Any ideas on what I could do to force managements hand to remove them?

Spray paint "Help me" on all sides to get people complaining? Light them on fire? Cut the brake lines and roll them into areas where they block? Kidding...but these scrap heaps need to go.
Jan 5 2024 4:02PM
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Non_State_Actor
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See if there are any city programs to reduce "blight" in your area and contact them for leads?
Jan 5 2024 6:25PM
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Non_State_Actor
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Also depending on how bored the local police department is on any given day you could call the non-emergency number and see if the want to run the plate numbers if you think there might be a possible stolen vehicle or a vehicle with a bunch of fines on it that could be a target for impoundment.
Jan 5 2024 7:30PM
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X_MEMESWERVE_XX
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I vote for “cut the brake lines and move them to inconvenient locations”
Jan 5 2024 8:28PM
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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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Non_State_ActorAlso depending on how bored the local police department is on any given day you could call the non-emergency number and see if the want to run the plate numbers if you think there might be a possible stolen vehicle or a vehicle with a bunch of fines on it that could be a target for impoundment.


We tried this first but they say it's private property so it's on the property owner to deal with it. I've looked up the vins on each vehicle and none of them are reported stolen.
Jan 5 2024 9:46PM
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Casey
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Just set them on fire
Jan 5 2024 9:55PM
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jompcock
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I see this as an opportunity. Cars have oil, oil is slippery, slippery can cause you to fall, falling can lead to strange neck pains that require many visits to the doctor and typically settle out of court for large sums of money.
Jan 5 2024 10:16PM
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Non_State_Actor
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STEEZUS_CHRI5TWe tried this first but they say it's private property so it's on the property owner to deal with it. I've looked up the vins on each vehicle and none of them are reported stolen.

Not bored enough, I guess.
Jan 5 2024 10:31PM
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WoFIowz
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Can they be claimed as the property of the apartment complex after a certain time? If yes, I wonder if they could have a junk yard come pick up the cars and pay the complex for scrap.
Jan 7 2024 12:17AM
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arnie_grape
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USE THEM AS STORAGE FOR YOUR BELONGINGS
Jan 10 2024 4:08PM
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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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arnie_grapeUSE THEM AS STORAGE FOR YOUR BELONGINGS


I'll leave all my firearms with the scratched off serial no.'s in them. That or milk.
Jan 10 2024 5:21PM
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mikem
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part em out and sell the parts.
Jan 10 2024 6:16PM
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theabortionator
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Chances of being located at the top of the hill going toward a cliff?

If not burn them
Jan 11 2024 7:31AM
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MichiganCatFart
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mikempart em out and sell the parts.

Dude literally has a chop shop sitting right outside his door. It’s cat chopping time
Jan 11 2024 10:21AM
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maaattt
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Post them on Craigslist for 100 bucks each
Jan 12 2024 6:11PM
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Static
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get a set of wheel dollies ($100-$300) and gently roll them into the street
Jan 13 2024 12:36PM
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PeppermillReno
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You shouldn’t be worrying about someone else’s vehicles parked on private property.


Some folks are just inclined to have car graveyards if they have the room for them. Unless you are willing to risk a felony I’d just deal.
Jan 13 2024 2:47PM
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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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PeppermillRenoYou shouldn’t be worrying about someone else’s vehicles parked on private property.


Some folks are just inclined to have car graveyards if they have the room for them. Unless you are willing to risk a felony I’d just deal.


I get that but it's our parking lot and I pay for it. It's not a dump for randoms who don't live here.
Jan 17 2024 5:43PM
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C.R.E.A.M
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CaseyJust set them on fire


Yea I actually think this is legit
Jan 17 2024 5:49PM
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PacificRimJob
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start up your own pick and pull operation and get people to come tear them to shreds or take them.
Jan 22 2024 11:18AM
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Jems
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pay crackhead
Jan 22 2024 11:26AM
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-eREKTion-
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Unethical solution: Spray-paint swastikas on all the cars. Everyone in the complex will immediately file complaints.
Jan 22 2024 10:05PM
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partyandBS
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depending on state, you can acquire abandon assets after a certain amount of time. if you went through the process for all at once it may be easier to do. get a homie with a flat bed and haul multiple at a time to the scrap yard. should be able to get $500 a pop.

the tow companies typically charge the individual the car is registered to and not the complex. If you called several tow companies and over a few weeks they would impound them with out suspecting that they were all abandoned. they likely have better resources to handle asset disposal anyway.
Jan 23 2024 12:17AM
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iH8pow
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You have to make that lemonade. Sell the cats. Maybe wheels, find out what’s worth $$, part them out while you wait to get everything arranged to sell them for scrap. If they actually belong to someone rightfully, they’ll stop leaving them there once parts start disappearing
Jan 23 2024 10:01AM
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skierman
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Move to a suburb with an overbearing HOA, you weasley fuck.
Jan 23 2024 11:10AM
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NoMasCork
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Take off everything valuable and sell it online (Catalytic Converters sell for quite a bit due to precious metals)... Take advantage of the free money.
Jan 23 2024 11:16AM
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