Spotted Ordinary Abandoned Vehicles
Discussion
GTI16V said:
That’s surprisingly very fresh beneath the green, and the mot history on it Is unusually good too.
I’d take a punt at that if it was a semi high roof as I always liked these “new generation” Transits
Just checked it, it’s a petrol Auto, mega rare
Edited by martin mrt on Friday 3rd May 02:01
I see a battered, rusty K reg Volvo when I go to visit family in Spennymoor (parked in front of an equally battered green garage door). It mustn’t have moved in about ten years...or so I thought.
Never get the chance to take a picture so thought I’d Google Earth it. Lo and behold, it was moved and there was another banger on the drive instead!
MarkwG said:
RSVR101 said:
williamp said:
Found these two tonight. I wonder if the owner wanted to know just how different 1980s black 2+2 coupes could be!
[Img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32808313797_9ef860b6e7_c.jpg[/thumb]
Poor Kit....[Img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32808313797_9ef860b6e7_c.jpg[/thumb]
martin mrt said:
Just checked it, it’s a petrol Auto, mega rare
Doesn’t sound like a good combination in 1992, a petrol engine with a lack of torque and a slushmatic? Must have been hateful to drive Edited by martin mrt on Friday 3rd May 02:01
Always liked the smiley Transits too, they were good workhorses, but I wouldn’t have this one for free!
The game has moved on. The new automatic gearboxes (Merc 9G-Tronic) and petrol engines mean that it doesn’t sound that bad of a combo anymore, but holy crap that combo looked s
te in 1992.sleepera6 said:
martin mrt said:
Just checked it, it’s a petrol Auto, mega rare
Doesn’t sound like a good combination in 1992, a petrol engine with a lack of torque and a slushmatic? Must have been hateful to drive Edited by martin mrt on Friday 3rd May 02:01
Always liked the smiley Transits too, they were good workhorses, but I wouldn’t have this one for free!
The game has moved on. The new automatic gearboxes (Merc 9G-Tronic) and petrol engines mean that it doesn’t sound that bad of a combo anymore, but holy crap that combo looked s
te in 1992.I moved house with an ex Harrods smiley Transit some 8 years ago, it was Auto and despite it being rather dated it was nowhere near as bad as you would think.
2.0 Petrol Transits weren’t exactly slow in 1992 compared to a 308 T1 Mercedes for example, but a manual box was/is better.
SilverHarrier said:
Do you have a shot of this from further away? It looks well and truly buried!!!The Brummie said:
I know a guy who has a MK1 Capri 3000GT XLR on his drive.
Been sat unloved for years. He won’t sell it & he won’t allow anyone to photograph it.
I’d like to picture him as an eccentric who chases anyone who dares take a picture. Been sat unloved for years. He won’t sell it & he won’t allow anyone to photograph it.
vodkamartini1 said:
SilverHarrier said:
Do you have a shot of this from further away? It looks well and truly buried!!!The Brummie said:
I know a guy who has a MK1 Capri 3000GT XLR on his drive.
Been sat unloved for years. He won’t sell it & he won’t allow anyone to photograph it.
I’d like to picture him as an eccentric who chases anyone who dares take a picture. Been sat unloved for years. He won’t sell it & he won’t allow anyone to photograph it.
k off’ reply!!!!The Brummie said:
vodkamartini1 said:
The Brummie said:
I know a guy who has a MK1 Capri 3000GT XLR on his drive.
Been sat unloved for years. He won’t sell it & he won’t allow anyone to photograph it.
I’d like to picture him as an eccentric who chases anyone who dares take a picture. Been sat unloved for years. He won’t sell it & he won’t allow anyone to photograph it.
k off’ reply!!!!
This mk5 hasn’t moved in a few years.
Lady owner sadly passed away to due cancer and her adult children haven’t sorted out house etc.
Whoever fitted the tyres did a damn good job, all hold air still. It’s rather rusty on the sills and back arches though so I don’t see it ever going back on the road.
My current position takes me in and around Edinburgh on a fairly regular basis and the sheer number of "abandoned" cars is staggering. Anything and everything from tun of the mill 10yr+ family hatches to Metros, assorted vans, some higher spec prestige stuff, old sports cars... there are also some areas where it seems the done thing to have the previous car dumped in the garden. I should really take some pictures or try and remember where there are and look on Streetview but I think I'd be there all day. Alarming amount of seemingly abandoned caravans too and yet nobody seems to be bothering much.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/47381765@N04/4691219...
There's this Mk4 Astra that appears to have been parked up after a not so bad MOT fail in 2008 and not moved since..
Looks worse from the back..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/47381765@N04/4777624...
There's this Mk4 Astra that appears to have been parked up after a not so bad MOT fail in 2008 and not moved since..
Looks worse from the back..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/47381765@N04/4777624...
This SEAT Arosa has been abandoned near me for as long as I can remember. It's looking quite a bit sadder now, several years out of MOT. It couldn't have been all that old when it was parked up. Did 100 miles between it's last two MOT's and hasn't had one since 2010. It's a 2003 car.
Edited by cmvtec on Wednesday 15th May 00:30
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