Spotted Ordinary Abandoned Vehicles

[thebigmacmoomin]

johnnyBv8 said:

This came up on my FB newsfeed this weekend - sounds like quite a few cars - 911s, a Merc, mk2 Golf and what looks like a Lancia Delta in these pics:





https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww....

That's a Jonny Smith The Late Brake Show barn find video from last year.

[Dan Singh]

Dapster said:

A8 on Albanian plates languishing on a South London estate. Wonder what tales it could tell...

An alternative to using the rubber boat mode of transport to enter the UK?

[Macron]

Dude got some serious MGF love...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/132212249

[Benmac]

Macron said:

Dude got some serious MGF love...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/132212249

I do like how they’re fairly neatly parked generally but then there are random stragglers seemingly anywhere on the lawn. Judging by the other cars on the drive he could just have a thing for the rover k series.

[PistonRings]

I think this place fits this thread...

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8699232,1.063238,3...

Use the "See more dates" function

[Hammer67]

[finlo]

Hammer67 said:

Ordinary?

[Its Just Adz]

Macron said:

Dude got some serious MGF love...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/132212249

300bhp's home??

[MKnight702]

I pass this on my way in to work.

[Its Just Adz]

This is strange, 4 Transits all with wheels removed. Seem to be used for storage.

[Krikkit]

Benmac said:

Macron said:

Dude got some serious MGF love...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/132212249

I do like how they’re fairly neatly parked generally but then there are random stragglers seemingly anywhere on the lawn. Judging by the other cars on the drive he could just have a thing for the rover k series.

Definitely a K-series lunatic, what a strange combination in such a valuable place.

Its Just Adz said:

This is strange, 4 Transits all with wheels removed. Seem to be used for storage.

Cheaper than a half-length container

[M4cruiser]

An odd one, can't understand why this has been abandoned at a service station on the M3.
The parking charge must be stacking up ....

[C70R]

M4cruiser said:

An odd one, can't understand why this has been abandoned at a service station on the M3.
The parking charge must be stacking up ....

Looks to be accident damage at the rear. Potentially that might explain how it got there, but not why it's still there.

[Krikkit]

Probably stolen and on fake plates.

[alex.baker89]

M4cruiser said:

An odd one, can't understand why this has been abandoned at a service station on the M3.
The parking charge must be stacking up ....

Both tax & MOT have recently expired, meaning it must have been there since before Christmas 2022! MOT history shows it's fairly low mileage (62k). As someone else said, must be due to an accident and they obviously aren't in a hurry to pick it up.

[Dapster]

Still has a ticket and a pretty blemish free MOT history. MOT expires in June but the car hasn't moved for more than a year....



March 22

Edited by Dapster on Sunday 26th March 20:58

[Penny Whistle]

Dapster said:

Still has a ticket and a pretty blemish free MOT history. MOT expires in June but the car hasn't moved for more than a year....

If the MoT expired last June then surely if will have moved since it passed, less than a year ago ?

[Dapster]

Penny Whistle said:

If the MoT expired last June then surely if will have moved since it passed, less than a year ago ?

My point exactly. You can see the car is in exactly the same position a year ago - I drive past it most days and I know it’s not moved.

[Missy Charm]

Dapster said:

Penny Whistle said:

If the MoT expired last June then surely if will have moved since it passed, less than a year ago ?

My point exactly. You can see the car is in exactly the same position a year ago - I drive past it most days and I know it’s not moved.

It's more likely that the car has moved and has, subsequently, been returned to the same place. Perhaps the owner lives in the house behind.

There's someone in my road who does similar with a flash car. It sits at the kerb outside theirs for month after month but, once in a blue moon, goes somewhere and then gets returned to the same place. I have never seen the car move, but know it does because the owners, despite their habitual on-road parking, have a drive and occasionally put said car on it. I assume they do that if the favoured space isn't available after one of the very rare runs out. They then seem to wait for the space to become free and then return the car to it, leaving their drive empty.

Edited by Missy Charm on Sunday 26th March 22:25

[CoolHands]

Dapster said:

Still has a ticket and a pretty blemish free MOT history. MOT expires in June but the car hasn't moved for more than a year....

Edited by Dapster on Sunday 26th March 20:58

Back wheel looks damaged, although it hard to see properly with low res pic