Paul has got an old car sat on his drive that he wants rid of.
Danny comes to Paul and says he really needs a car, he'll give Paul £40 today and £40 a week for the next nine weeks.
Paul doubts if anyone else is going to come and give them £400 for the car, so Paul say 'yes' and signs the car over to Danny.
Danny buggers off in the car and Paul doesn't see him again.
Danny is now the legal owner of the car, Paul sold it to them.
They've not stolen it so police aren't involved.
The best Paul can hope for is to go to court and convince them to let him have the car back. But that could take months.
In the mean time, Paul has to hope Danny doesn't wreck the car, because then it will be worthless even if he gets it back. And Danny hasn't shown any signs of looking after it so far.
Now, Danny has the car and the paperwork to prove it.
Paul has a long battle to get his car or his cash, but his argument is with Danny, not the car itself or the people who put the last set of tyres on it or anyone Danny carries in it as a passenger.
In the mean time, if anyone else puts petrol in the car, Danny may promise to do the school run for them, but in reality, Danny can use it as he wants. If he then doesn't do the school run, instead drives his mates to Newcastle for a weekend away, they just lose the fuel money too. So who's going to put fuel in the car while Danny still owns it?
Obviously, this has nothing to do with anything in the real world. After all, who'd sell a car in that manner, with no guarantees? Good plot for an East Enders episode, especially if someone ends up being called
a slag by Danny Dyer... ...
did you know Danny's related to royalty? He probably used that to convince Paul to sell him the car on the never-never.https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... nk-you-are