Abandoned II - Automobiles.

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Following on from the abandoned thread where we have ghost-towns, derelict hospitals and submarine bases etc, here we have abandoned automobiles. I saw a programme once where they went around underground carparks below apartment blocks in London (residences of the very rich usually), and they were finding cars that had mileage that indicated that they had been used the once and then left, they were taking some of them and cleaning them up and then shrinkwrapping them.

here are various cars left in various places....

Dubai airport seems quite popular tbh as expat workers do one and just leave them at the airport..

There is a "regular astonishing sight" at Dubai's international airport, says Mark Hollingsworth in ES Magazine: dozens of luxury cars – Mercedes, Porsches, BMWs, etc – abandoned with their keys still in the ignition. In some cases, notes of apology are taped to the windscreens.

The owners of these vehicles are mainly British expatriates, who have left in a hurry because they faced "crippling debts" as a result of Dubai's financial meltdown and their own profligate behaviour. Many of them, says Hollingsworth, have defaulted on loans; rather than risk arrest and jail, they drove at top speed to the airport where they jumped on the first flight to London.

in a residential district called Al-Barsha, a Porsche Boxster is parked with keys in the ignition. On the passenger seat are documents for a 144,000-dirham ($39,200) loan taken out at a Dubai bank.

 

[spikeman]

From the other thread:

 

[Dylan]

These are all from a barn on a farm in Portugal. Various rumours and myths on how someone came across these, but regardless, it is quite a find for whoever it was!!!

http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

A barnfind...

In greece you see quite a few of these that have been found in barns, left by the germans, they either do them up or just use them in the state they find them.

 

[HirsuteBlue]

Bit macabre really.
Heard about a T-ford original found in a barn a few years ago.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

here you are Carlos mate, put the top gear 1's in here.

 

[Fensta]

Seems a shame that such nice cars are sitting in a building not being used. Also quite sickening to see 1 person have such a massive collection, overly rich mofo's.

 

[Groucho]

These are all from a barn on a farm in Portugal. Various rumours and myths on how someone came across these, but regardless, it is quite a find for whoever it was!!!

http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/

Someone was telling me about this last week - an American wanted to buy a small retirement farm in Spain/Portugal and found this via an agent. He subsequently bought it for the going rate - out of my price range but not wildly expensive for a run of the mill farm.

When he and his brother in law went over to see the place, the barn was welded shut. When they opened it, the found the (deceased) previous owners' stash. He'd been a car dealer, and had never sold a car he'd taken in part-exchange.

The deeds to the farm stated the new owner also owned the cars as they were contents.

Lucky for some, eh?

 

[Pat's Van]

Following on from the abandoned thread where we have ghost-towns, derelict hospitals and submarine bases etc, here we have abandoned automobiles. I saw a programme once where they went around underground carparks below apartment blocks in London (residences of the very rich usually), and they were finding cars that had mileage that indicated that they had been used the once and then left, they were taking some of them and cleaning them up and then shrinkwrapping them.

here are various cars left in various places....

Dubai airport seems quite popular tbh as expat workers do one and just leave them at the airport..

in a residential district called Al-Barsha, a Porsche Boxster is parked with keys in the ignition. On the passenger seat are documents for a 144,000-dirham ($39,200) loan taken out at a Dubai bank.

that's coz they'll throw you in the nick and throw away the key if you default on loans over there lid

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Someone was telling me about this last week - an American wanted to buy a small retirement farm in Spain/Portugal and found this via an agent. He subsequently bought it for the going rate - out of my price range but not wildly expensive for a run of the mill farm.

When he and his brother in law went over to see the place, the barn was welded shut. When they opened it, the found the (deceased) previous owners' stash. He'd been a car dealer, and had never sold a car he'd taken in part-exchange.

The deeds to the farm stated the new owner also owned the cars as they were contents.

Lucky for some, eh?

Yeah there was 180 cars in there. He used to keep the more interesting part ex's and the value of the collection is into £m's.

 

[Hellerad]

If @Allezfan were an abandoned car, what abandoned car would he be?

@ijjysmith @Bungle @bluemangroup @Moomin @Bryan @FTY @Walken @tommye @Kurt @AdamDex @Baines' left foot

 

[Kiwi]

If @Allezfan were an abandoned car, what abandoned car would he be?

@ijjysmith @Bungle @bluemangroup @Moomin @Bryan @FTY @Walken @tommye @Kurt @AdamDex @Baines' left foot

 

[bluemangroup]

If @Allezfan were an abandoned car, what abandoned car would he be?

@ijjysmith @Bungle @bluemangroup @Moomin @Bryan @FTY @Walken @tommye @Kurt @AdamDex @Baines' left foot

A rusty old hatchback with the boot wide open.

 

[Kurt.]

A dame lar !!


( see what I did there )

 

[Tramps_mate]

Yeah there was 180 cars in there. He used to keep the more interesting part ex's and the value of the collection is into £m's.

Pretty sure it was a hoax the main story. Its a real barn, but not lost.. @Groucho

http://www.ridelust.com/email-hoax-...ection-found-in-abondoned-barn-true-or-false/

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp