BMW dealership frozen in time...
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Megaflow said:
There is something more than a little odd about that place. Apparently stood untouched for 23 years, yet the cars all have inflated tyres and looked like the were washed and waxed yesterday, with not a hint of dust?
Abandoned fiat dealership in denmark.. http://www.theautounion.net/index.php?topic=2937.0 in the main showroom some are quite clean?
Megaflow said:
There is something more than a little odd about that place. Apparently stood untouched for 23 years, yet the cars all have inflated tyres and looked like the were washed and waxed yesterday, with not a hint of dust?
If nothing living has entered the showroom over those 23 years, and it's a solid - well sealed building, then there will be very little/no dust at all.If that place has been abandoned for all that time, how has it not been broken into, vandalised or had the cars stolen?
It seems unlikey that once the owners left the place, at least one undesirable of the local population didn't notice that there was no activity there over the 20-odd years and help themselves to a nice shiney new 6 series.
And I don't understand how this has just been "discovered" now. Has the place been invisible since 1988 and only just reappeared? I assume it's on a main road of some sort, and that people have driven past it consistently over the last 2 decades?
Very odd.
It seems unlikey that once the owners left the place, at least one undesirable of the local population didn't notice that there was no activity there over the 20-odd years and help themselves to a nice shiney new 6 series.
And I don't understand how this has just been "discovered" now. Has the place been invisible since 1988 and only just reappeared? I assume it's on a main road of some sort, and that people have driven past it consistently over the last 2 decades?
Very odd.
F1GTRUeno said:
Aren't there supposed to be abandoned dealers in the sealed off area of Famagusta in Cyprus? Just seventies cars and buildings left untouched since they all got kicked out.
Apparently, yes. In the Varosha district which was abandoned and now patrolled by Turkish military - http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/000985.html makes reference to it, citing a Lonely Planet guidebook. Will have a search ad see what more I can find.Edit: There's more references to that abandoned dealership in here: http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8971...
Old Gregg said:
If that place has been abandoned for all that time, how has it not been broken into, vandalised or had the cars stolen?
It seems unlikey that once the owners left the place, at least one undesirable of the local population didn't notice that there was no activity there over the 20-odd years and help themselves to a nice shiney new 6 series.
It saddens me to say this, but if it was in the UK, then yes the place would no doubt have been trashed 23 minutes after the owners alledgedly left, let alone 23 years!It seems unlikey that once the owners left the place, at least one undesirable of the local population didn't notice that there was no activity there over the 20-odd years and help themselves to a nice shiney new 6 series.
Maybe it's a bit out of the way. Hardly ideal for a car dealership but maybe...
Its there on Google Street View
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Royal+Windsor+Driv...
It may have been abandoned but the building has been looked after
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Royal+Windsor+Driv...
It may have been abandoned but the building has been looked after
Was on Jalopnik a few weeks back: http://jalopnik.com/5830318/the-man-behind-the-gho...
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