Spotted Ordinary Abandoned Vehicles

[Origin Unknown]

Dapster said:

Looks like the Battersea Dogs home for dying barges. 8 series and XC90.



Plus a W140 Merc and an E38?? under the arch. The Touring is in use. The others have been there in various states of decay for the last decade.

I think I posted these a couple of years back, North Circular near Ealing, right? I've been commuting that journey for 11 years and they've been there for as long as that. Little short of unnecessary waste.

[Dapster]

Origin Unknown said:

I think I posted these a couple of years back, North Circular near Ealing, right? I've been commuting that journey for 11 years and they've been there for as long as that. Little short of unnecessary waste.

Exactly - just up from the BP station towards Ealing. The Merc has some nice looking AMG monobloc wheels - if they are genuine, they're worth more than all the dead barges put together!

[Dapster]

Regular users of the North Circular near Wembley may have seen these sad old barges

Insignia hasn't moved for more than 18 months



Opposite Ikea, this thing was in daily use for at least a decade before being parked up for around 3 or 4 years

[Teebs]

Dapster said:

Regular users of the North Circular near Wembley may have seen these sad old barges

Insignia hasn't moved for more than 18 months



Opposite Ikea, this thing was in daily use for at least a decade before being parked up for around 3 or 4 years

I see that every week on the way to stay at Wembley. It's so dirty now!

[WarrenB]

The Land Rover and the 405 haven't moved for a long time...



Earliest pic on Google is March 2009, but they were there at least a couple of years before that...



The Transit and Disco never seemed to move much either until about 18 months ago, not sure if they were used very sparingly and parked in the same way or just not used at all.

[A.J.M]

This has been in south queensferry for some time.

[Mike1990]

Corsa VXR Nurburgring near by me. It’s a Taxed and got a full ticket, but judging by the amount of crap on and around it, plus a green scummy roof suggests it’s been there a while.

[Spare tyre]

Gompo said:

I noticed these yesterday, more captured for the intrigue of the collection rather than this thread. Not looking particularly abandoned, but the Micra on the right has been off the road for about 18 months. Note the 3rd blue Micra very much out of action near the house.



I took a look on Streetview to see if I could workout more of a timeline and there's a 4th Micra at the gates; albeit in a different blue.

Is that Southampton ish area?

[couzens]

Capri hiding away in Farnborough.

[Dapster]

Both Mini's out of MOT, 996 looks well at one with nature. Behind an under the arches MOT place - probably the result of a monumental bork?



Matt blue 900, late model W123 and a pre facelift R107 SL under the tarp (the Saab's MOT expired a year and a half ago, the Merc's a runner)

Edited by Dapster on Tuesday 10th May 22:50

[Gompo]

Spare tyre said:

Is that Southampton ish area?

No; about 200 miles north. Just to add, I passed another time and there appears to be a couple of K12 Micra hatches up the drive too.

[FatboyKim]

Honda Del Sol if I'm not mistaken?

[MarkwG]

FatboyKim said:

Honda Del Sol if I'm not mistaken?

You're not - fun cars, hope it lives again.

[carinaman]

Dapster said:

Regular users of the North Circular near Wembley may have seen these sad old barges

Insignia hasn't moved for more than 18 months

I'd bet £1K that's Covid related, they fell for the scare tactics and/or they're clinically vulnerable.

[beambeam1]

MarkwG said:

FatboyKim said:

Honda Del Sol if I'm not mistaken?

You're not - fun cars, hope it lives again.

Funky roof operation with these things as well.

[Dcadders]

beambeam1 said:

MarkwG said:

FatboyKim said:

Honda Del Sol if I'm not mistaken?

You're not - fun cars, hope it lives again.

Funky roof operation with these things as well.

I used to walk past a Honda dealer when these were new and remember really wanting one of them for the cool roof mechanics

[Composer62]

Dcadders said:

beambeam1 said:

MarkwG said:

FatboyKim said:

Honda Del Sol if I'm not mistaken?

You're not - fun cars, hope it lives again.

Funky roof operation with these things as well.

I used to walk past a Honda dealer when these were new and remember really wanting one of them for the cool roof mechanics

Preceded the Merc SLK folding hard top by a fair bit as I recall.

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