Yeah, that's for when you currently own the car though...

Other option is for when you have 'reasonable cause' to need a current owner's details, e.g. they've done a hit and run; you've run into them; you're a wheelclamper etc. etc. I'm trying to track down an old Beetle, which I know still exists but is SORN'd - I *could* try my luck and see if the DVLA are pretty slack on establishing 'reasonable cause', so was wondering if Yeti went down that route.

I do everything by the book me

I do everything by the book me

LOL !!! :lol:

Few years back I was parked in a car park on a sunday night trying to work out where the feck I was, literally the only car in a 300 space car park. Nipped in to a shop, got directions, came back out and some bloke told me that someone had reversed into my car and driven off. Both him and a couple who were walking past agreed, gave me descriptions of the car, driver and passenger. The car's reg number and direction of travel, along with their names, addresses and phone numbers as witnesses and a camera phone picture of the car driving off. I went back in the shop and asked and the car park was coverred by CCTV, but they'd only produce it for the police

I phoned the local police, explained all that and they told me there was nothing they could do, but that I should report to the nearest police station with my documents within 7 days. I called them a set of useless nice people who were scared of doing police work and put the phone down.

The next day I got a spare indicator from a scrapyard, pulled the wing out and didn't cry about the cracked bumper.

About a week or so later, someone smashed in every panel and all the windows on the car that had backed into me with a sledgehammer.... No idea who did that like

Worst bit is, if they'd have stopped and said sorry, I'd have probably just said buy me a pack of beers and don't worry about it, shit happens.

A few months later, someone explained about the Motor Insurer's Beureux and untraced drivers claims. Bit annoying really, if I'd have claimed through them it'd have saved me buying an indicator and slipping someone £50 to find me an address from a reg number (and getting paint on my sledgehammer ).

Its good that you were able to get some payback. Id love to even have the slightest information on the person who had done my car over, but if i find out then i may have to borrow your sledge hammer.