A perfect example of why it is ridiculous for the tag to stay with the car instead of the person. A car can be tracked by VIN, no need to keep the tag with it and track things that way.

 

that sucks man! id be so pissed! i hope you get it worked out soon bro, that shouldnt be your problem

 

man... what a tease. i thought it said "boosted" in the thread title. ugh.

 

If you just purchased the car, the DMV may not have processed the title change yet. California is a strange place, is there some law in the state that makes the new owner responsible for any previous owners tickets. Check with the DMV. If no, call down to whatever agency is listed on the notice on your car and explain the situation. You may need to fill out some form stating the car was transferred after the previous tickets were issued. I am sure they have run into this before. In the mean time you’re stuck. Don’t go cutting off the boot or the state will go after you for costs plus a fine.

 

id torch that shit off

 

id torch that shit off

That reminds of that one episode of The Simpsons when Homer tries to take the boot off his car but he can't :lol:. Not a bad idea though, torch that shitty little lock off.

 

^^ yeah, those things scratch rims like crazy. i'm interested what happened on the other side of the rim too since the lock is double sided. they better not have damaged the cv boots.

 

You should see if you can take the wheel off like that Honda CRX guy.

 

See if you kept a copy of the paperwork that you received when you paid for the car. Read the fine print. Depending on how you did it and the state that you are in there may be some verbiage that says the seller is responsible for any expenses prior to the date of sale. If so, you could have him pay it IF you can persuade him to do so (Lawyers are usually more expensive than the problem). However, if the state insists that they are your tickets, and for the sake of expediency, you may want to just go ahead and pay it off. More expensive but less hassle. Offer to the powers that be to pay off the fines but that the previous owner should be caught for the interest and penalties. If you can keep your cool they sometimes will negotiate... Make sure that they don't transfer the information to your record. Take him to small claims court if you want to spend the time involved.

Kep

 

You should see if you can take the wheel off like that Honda CRX guy.

YEAH! :clap: :ugh3: :clap:

 

How'd he do that?

 

^lmao, i wonder too

 

lol. Sorry to here about this

 

That is too funny^^................ Sucks for you though..

 

dam sux to see that...hope u get things cleared up soon

 

wait....so the license plate goes WITH the car???


over here in Ontario, parking tickets go with the license, that is "rented/leased" by a person and goes from car to car

 

you are not responsible, the tickets were issued against the car when he was the owner, you are in no way liable for his actions. If the dmv gives you any lip, find a lawyer friend to help you out.

 

ok, finally back home. after a whole bunch of hassles i got the boot off without having to pay a single dime.

eye8 -> the liscence plate stays with the car. however, after everything today i went to the DMV, surrendered the current plates and paid for new plates and put them on.

Now here's the stupid Los Angeles parking system: the previous owner received 5 tickets totaling over 600 USD from 2005 but he hasn't paid them. So it takes them almost a year to track down the car and boot it. When they boot it, they don't check whether the owner is still the same person or not. So i went to the regional office to request a hearing. Got my hearing but had to go to the downtown branch. After my eharing, I had to go back to the local branch to get them to remove the boot. All that took around 4 hours... And when I asked if they're gonna bill the previous owner they said "maybe, don't know for sure yet, possibly wait until he registers a new vehicle for himself and gets another ticket."

pure stupidity......

 

Good to see you got it sorted!

 

Didn't Homer Simpson figure this out already?

 

YEAH! :clap: :ugh3: :clap:

Yeah that's the one! :lol: I could have sworn it was CRX though.

 

If you end up gettin any scratches on ya rims, I'd be puttin that back on the Authority, as they didn't check to see who the current owner of the car is (plates and all) and have booted the car. Now, if they found out that it was yourself that owned it, they most likely wouldn't have booted it, and wouldn't have had to fart around gettin the damn thing off.

I haven't seen any of them here in Australia though. They'll just hit ya up with a fine in the letterbox. If not, a letter to go to court, and get fined more!

There's always room for revenge!

 

I'm curious....since it seems that they booted your steelie.....what did they do with your hubcap?

 

at that point i had all my hubcaps off. still on the balcony drying. i washed them seperately from the car so they were off when it got booted.

 

^actually hes leaving them off because hes hardcore and rocks steelies like that:lol: