Spotted Ordinary Abandoned Vehicles
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glazbagun said:
That is amazing. I know there was a time they were underappreciated, but not buy people who owned them! I wonder what its story is, threw a big bill and never got around to it?
apparently the front end of that is smashed.. and the guy uses it as his spare parts car for his other NSX or so the story goes.
saaby93 said:
Welshbeef said:
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
What do you think is the most common reason behind having a car rotting away right in front of your house?
Im sure a mental health issue has to be near the top.
Doing jail time Im sure a mental health issue has to be near the top.
Lost licence
Something seriously wrong with it and no funds to fix it
Health issues
Put it on hold whilst caring for another sick person/wife/child.
Accident / life changing accident.
It was to launder £ it’s done it’s job.
Cannot get insured
Coke and hookers
Booze and vice.
I bet the majority of us have something in our homes that needs attention, but we no longer notice it. When my best mate bought their current home, the kitchen walls were fluorescent pink. After a few months, you stopped noticing it.
I suspect that the reasons are a compound of this and one or more of the above.
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
What do you think is the most common reason behind having a car rotting away right in front of your house?
Im sure a mental health issue has to be near the top.
I'm sure for most people, there is an expensive fail such as a gearbox or a blown turbo or something. Repairing it is a bit out of reach but far cheaper than selling a dud and buying a replacement so they park it up to get it sorted in a few weeks when they have the cash. A few weeks turns into a couple of months. Then, they can't do without a car so buy a cheap replacement and therefore fixing the broken one becomes less of a priority but still worth doing, but maybe next year as now it seems, there is more to do to get it back and running than the original fault that took it off the road. Then before you know it, you have a dead 15 year old Merc C Class or Volvo or Renault on the drive of a perfectly reasonable suburban semi, way too far gone for any kind of economic repair.Im sure a mental health issue has to be near the top.
Dapster said:
I'm sure for most people, there is an expensive fail such as a gearbox or a blown turbo or something. Repairing it is a bit out of reach but far cheaper than selling a dud and buying a replacement so they park it up to get it sorted in a few weeks when they have the cash. A few weeks turns into a couple of months. Then, they can't do without a car so buy a cheap replacement and therefore fixing the broken one becomes less of a priority but still worth doing, but maybe next year as now it seems, there is more to do to get it back and running than the original fault that took it off the road. Then before you know it, you have a dead 15 year old Merc C Class or Volvo or Renault on the drive of a perfectly reasonable suburban semi, way too far gone for any kind of economic repair.
That's my Dad, and people of his generation. "I'll fix that one day, it will not be scrapped". Bless him, he'll go first.It's not uncommon, I'm just like this myself with my Porsche 944 - had some rust that needed doing, found more rust, took it off the road as it turned into more of a project than anticipated. That was in 2008... I do still intend to restore it (as that's what it is now, a restoration rather than repair), but life just moves on and time and commitments change. It is at least protected under a cover - I look forward to the day when I can actually get it in the garage and start working on it at my leisure (once the garage is finished...) 
There are a lot of dreamers out there who buy something they can't really afford to run, it breaks, and then they have a head full of "one day I'll XYZ" as the thing rots outside their house.
You see it on the owners threads on here when someone comes in with a car 9/10ths of the way to the grave and bold "plans" and an obvious lack of ability/resources such that you have to consider them dreams rather than plans. You then get 2 pages of pictures of them cleaning it and changing the oil and filter and then all goes silent; those are the cars that later feature on this thread.
You see it on the owners threads on here when someone comes in with a car 9/10ths of the way to the grave and bold "plans" and an obvious lack of ability/resources such that you have to consider them dreams rather than plans. You then get 2 pages of pictures of them cleaning it and changing the oil and filter and then all goes silent; those are the cars that later feature on this thread.
glazbagun said:
andyb66 said:
S16KBW said:
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
Woah that is so cool, wonder what the story is there?https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/416194
A couple fairly local to me
This is near Peat Inn, a few miles from St Andrews. There used to be a handful of 1970s Jap cars parked out front but they've mostly been moved. Having said that looking at the satellite view there are 30 or 40 cars behind the sheds and around the garden at the back
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2762323,-2.873265,...
A Porsche 924 in Falkland.
It's been there for years and was preceded by a Mk2 (mid-late 90s) Astra Cabriolet
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2523889,-3.2022464...
This is near Peat Inn, a few miles from St Andrews. There used to be a handful of 1970s Jap cars parked out front but they've mostly been moved. Having said that looking at the satellite view there are 30 or 40 cars behind the sheds and around the garden at the back
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2762323,-2.873265,...
A Porsche 924 in Falkland.
It's been there for years and was preceded by a Mk2 (mid-late 90s) Astra Cabriolet
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2523889,-3.2022464...
5 In a Row said:
A couple fairly local to me
This is near Peat Inn, a few miles from St Andrews. There used to be a handful of 1970s Jap cars parked out front but they've mostly been moved. Having said that looking at the satellite view there are 30 or 40 cars behind the sheds and around the garden at the back
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2762323,-2.873265,...
A Porsche 924 in Falkland.
It's been there for years and was preceded by a Mk2 (mid-late 90s) Astra Cabriolet
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2523889,-3.2022464...
You weren't kidding! Quite a stash there...This is near Peat Inn, a few miles from St Andrews. There used to be a handful of 1970s Jap cars parked out front but they've mostly been moved. Having said that looking at the satellite view there are 30 or 40 cars behind the sheds and around the garden at the back
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2762323,-2.873265,...
A Porsche 924 in Falkland.
It's been there for years and was preceded by a Mk2 (mid-late 90s) Astra Cabriolet
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2523889,-3.2022464...
M4cruiser said:
Just like me too. I have an old car which I will fix one day ...
And me... I noticed a small rust hole in the engine bay that needed to be fixed so I has a closer look.It's now currently parked under a cover on axle stands with the engine out and all the front suspension / steering / brakes off so that we can get into the bay and the arches to weld all the other bits that I found when poking around with a screw driver. It's been like this for over a year...
M4cruiser said:
BFleming said:
That's my Dad, and people of his generation. "I'll fix that one day, it will not be scrapped". Bless him, he'll go first.
Just like me too. I have an old car which I will fix one day ...BFleming said:
That's my Dad, and people of his generation. "I'll fix that one day, it will not be scrapped". Bless him, he'll go first.
It's the "it will not be scrapped" bit that is tough for some people. Phoning up a scrapyard and arranging for your car to be towed away and crushed is not something you do lightly, especially if it's something you've owned since new or maybe something inherited from a relative that you promised you'd look after.More fodder for the thread here - a sad faded Merc SL and a W124 estate which don't look to have moved for a while.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3220593,-0.22948...
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
What do you think is the most common reason behind having a car rotting away right in front of your house?
Im sure a mental health issue has to be near the top.
It might be most common, I wouldn't know. I do know in my case it was because I could - no whining neighbours or complaining partner. I haven't been sectioned yet. The cars are gone now but I might have more when I next move subject to the no whining/complaining people referred to above. Or nosey Internet geeks... Im sure a mental health issue has to be near the top.
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