Red Car Property: Abandoned Mercedes SUV Removed After Three Months

Photo: Gary Vlahakis, August 21, 2015.  The totaled Mercedes SUV abandoned on the Red Car Property on Memorial Day Weekend, was finally removed late this week.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)

Photo: Diane Edwardson, June 12, 2015.  The SUV was parked in the area south of India St, on the Red Car Property, where Rose Scharlin Nursery School is allowed to park 4 cars.  When the crashed SUV first appeared, before putting it on the blog, we sent photos and information to Rose Scharlin and to the property owner's rep.  Neither claimed any knowledge of the SUV's owner.  We repeatedly asked the Red Car Property owner's rep to have the car removed as it was only attracting more problems to the area.  LA City Dept of Building & Safety issued an order to comply to remove the abandoned SUV earlier this month.

Without adequate parking gates to keep vehicles off the property, this type of problem will persist. 

Red Car Property: 2 White Cars Abandoned Behind Homes On Corralitas

Photos: Corralitas Neighbor, August 11, 2015, 6:55 AM.  While out for an early walk this morning, a neighbor found two cars parked in a suspicous place hidden into the hillside behind homes on Corralitas Drive, on the Red Car Property.  Neither car was parked there yesterday morning. 

The Buick, a 4-door white sedan's CA license plate is 4COA887. 

The Subaru, a 4-door white sedan's CA plate is 5UMC525.

Photos with this information were sent to the Red Car Property owner's rep, LAPD Senior Lead Officers Lenny Davis and Gina Chovan, CD13 and nearby neighbors. 

Since this is private property, if the cars are not reported stolen, only the property owner can have them towed.   Since the property is not gated to vehicle traffic as it was some 25 years ago, it periodically becomes a dumping ground for stolen and abandoned vehicles.  The neighbors at these 2 homes are not parking their cars on the property. 

In the meantime the Mercedes SUV abandoned on the Red Car Property south of India, Memorial Day Weekend is still there. The Red Car Property remains a lawless place.


*UPDATE Aug 13, 2015: Cars gone. 
 

Red Car Property: Mercedes Abandoned Memorial Day Weekend, Has Not Moved

Photo: Gary Vlahakis, August 3, 2015.  We first reported this silver Mercedes SUV, CA plates: 6AON271, to the property owner's rep and LAPD Senior Lead Officer Lenny Davis on May 23, 2015. Now it's attracting more trash and dumping.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

City Parking Enforcement refuses to tow cars from private property if they are not stolen.  This car was registered to an address in San Rafael when LAPD SLO Davis checked in May.  At the time, it was not reported stolen.  The Red Car Property owner has to have the car towed. 

In June, it was reported to Building & Safety. The inspector seemed to think this SUV was coming and going from the property.  Right.  My guess is he never went out to see the vehicle. CD13 has requested Building & Safety follow up on the complaint.  There is no lack of photographs on the blog or in my archives.

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At least the Buick abandoned on Corralitas at the Red Car Property was finally removed in the past week.   Parking Enforcement can cite and tow if the car is abandoned on a City Street.  

Note: Despite what many mapping services say, the Red Car Property is NOT Silver Lake Court (an unbuilt City street right-of-way, just west of the property between Silver Lake Ave Stairs, ending north of Roselin Stairs).  The Red Car Property is private property and it is a lawless place. 

Red Car Property: Mercedes SUV Abandoned Memorial Day Weekend, Still There

Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 14, 2015.  Mercedes SUV (CA plates 6AON271) with massive front end damage, abandoned on the Red Car Property south of India Street on Memorial Day Weekend is now attracting dumping trash and graffiti on the windows.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

The Red Car Property is not a place to abandon your cars.  This one was registered to someone in San Rafael (when it was check in May).  

It's starting to look like someone is using the property and our neighborhood to store salvaged vehicles.  The Red Car Property is not zoned for a parking lot, let alone a salvage yard.  This one has been reported to Building & Safety.

Lot C: Abandoned Mercedes SUV Still There

Photo: Diane Edwardson, June 16, 2015.  Silver Mercedes SUV license plate: 6AON271 has not moved since it showed up on the Red Car Property just south of India Street,  May 23, 2015.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

If this is your car, which is registered to an address in San Rafael, please come pick it up immediately.  

We notified the property owner's rep on May 23 and frequently since then.  He wonders why people dump their trash on the Red Car Property.  Perhaps the property owner should take measures to tow the illegally parked cars away, block the property at India and Corralitas to vehicle traffic with a LAFD approved gate and do the brush clearance by May 1, every year.

Lot C: Still Lawless

Photo: Diane Edwardson, June 1, 2015.  That Mercedes SUV was abandoned just south of the India St entrance to the Red Car Property more than 10 days ago.  It's registered to an address in San Rafael.  And as of last Friday, it was not reported stolen.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

The green bins just north of the India St entrance are overflowing with yuccas and tree branches.  It's a good bet the the City will not pick up those overstuffed bins.

Lot C: Is Not A Place To Abandon Your Crashed Cars

 Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 23, 2015.  Saturday morning a Mercedes SUV, license plate 6AON271, showed up on the Red Car Property just south of India Street.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)

The SUV appears to have been in a very bad accident.  Both airbags were deployed, there was windshield damaged, massive front end damage and as of Tuesday, it was still leaking oil onto the Red Car Property.  It appears to have been towed there, but who knows?  Someone discarded their cigarettes in the oil puddle.  Perhaps they were hoping to start a fire.  

Photos and details were sent to the Red Car Property owner's rep, LAPD Senior Lead Officer Lenny Davis, CD13 and Rose Scharlin Nursery School, since this is their unmarked parking area.

Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 26, 2015.  Tuesday morning, the Mercedes SUV was still parked in the same place as was the Nissan Frontier Truck which may have been there since Friday.  

Perhaps it's time to install proper fire gates on the property.  Note: the No Parking sign on the gate still has not been replaced since we pointed it out to the property owner's rep, over a month ago.

Stolen Car Torched on the Red Car Property, Insurance Scam or July 3rd Ritual?

Photo: Diane Edwardson July 8, 2008. A car fire singed the Eucalyptus tree
with 20' high flames. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

July 3, 2008, around 2 A.M., a neighbor awoke to a loud explosion and fire on the Red Car Property between India and the Silver Lake Ave. staircase. A new white Mercedes was fully engulfed in flames. The neighbor immediately called 911 and the LAFD put out the fire before it could spread to other trees or homes. No homes or other private property were damaged. Thankfully, the brush clearance had been done a few months ago by Aztecs Fire Crew.

Perhaps it's just a 3rd of July ritual to torch a brand new car. The photo below from is last year.


Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 4, 2007. Brand new and stolen SUV torched on
July 3, 2007 under the 2 Freeway on Rosebud Ave.

In 18 years, I have never seen an such an incident the Red Car Property. Thieves usually torch stolen cars under the 2 Freeway on Rosebud Ave., where there are no homes nearby. Although, in the past few years, it does not happen too often. It comes in cycles. Our LAPD Senior Lead Officer, Al Polehonki suggests these are usually insurance scams. You can track reported crime in the neighborhood on crime maps on the LAPD website.

If you live adjacent to the Red Car Property and call 911 for fire or criminal activity, be aware that you may have to give directions to emergency services. While Fire Station 56 knows how to get there, they may not be the station responding to the call.