I received a notice in the mail from the city that my car was abandoned on a public street and it has been towed to a city yard with a $25 fee per day. The VIN and description match a 2011 Mazda 6 I previously owned but traded in about 2 years ago to a Honda dealership when I bought another car. The car had over 200,000 miles when I traded it but otherwise it ran okay. The notice said it had front and rear damage and missing hubcaps. I Google street viewed the location and it’s in a very very slummy area about 15 miles away.
I left a voicemail for the code enforcement official whose phone # was on the notice but haven’t received a response yet.
My guess is it may have been auctioned, or sold on the lot of one of many sketchy buy here pay here lots and never registered?. The notice does not list any plates on the car so I’m assuming it never had plates or they were removed or it had temp paper tags which are a plague on this city.
Do dealerships not notify the DMV when you trade in a car? I do not have a copy of the signed over title. All I have proving I traded the car is that all the vehicle information is noted on the retail purchase agreement on the new car showing that I traded it in.
What gives?
I left a voicemail for the code enforcement official whose phone # was on the notice but haven’t received a response yet.
My guess is it may have been auctioned, or sold on the lot of one of many sketchy buy here pay here lots and never registered?. The notice does not list any plates on the car so I’m assuming it never had plates or they were removed or it had temp paper tags which are a plague on this city.
Do dealerships not notify the DMV when you trade in a car? I do not have a copy of the signed over title. All I have proving I traded the car is that all the vehicle information is noted on the retail purchase agreement on the new car showing that I traded it in.
What gives?
