They_all_do_that_sir Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Dumped and Council Aware boggo spec 1999 Impreza 1.6 LX, ACZ 2578 - with usual teenage dreamer mods - in the far corner of Tesco Carrick's carpark. Still listed as taxed until June and MOT through to October, surprisingly. 20180302_175730.jpg 20180302_175714.jpg 20180302_175750.jpg 20180302_175802.jpg 20180302_175738.jpg 20180302_175700.jpg ACZ 2578 - Tax Check 3 Mar 2018.png I've a feeling that the very last mystery this Scooby Doo's going to be solving is 'Just What Happens Inside The Fragger?'.Seen that, is it gone? I have a strange affection for these boggo impreza models Sent from my F3211 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Seen that, is it gone? I have a strange affection for these boggo impreza modelsYeah, it hung around for another month or so after I'd snapped it, but now goneski... just found it weird that a relatively cult car with long tax and MOT would end up abandoned - and would have thought there was always reasonable value in a scrapper, even if just for panels from the rally school boys. There also used to be a completely bASe spec early Impreza in Pogweasel pink knocking around Carrick, with the very small grille which only the pov versions were gifted, but haven't seen that for a right while now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Yeah, it hung around for another month or so after I'd snapped it, but now goneski... just found it weird that a relatively cult car with long tax and MOT would end up abandoned - and would have thought there was always reasonable value in a scrapper, even if just for panels from the rally school boys. There also used to be a completely bASe spec early Impreza in Pogweasel pink knocking around Carrick, with the very small grille which only the pov versions were gifted, but haven't seen that for a right while now...Bet it had no insurance, common trick to cancel within the 14 days so you've insurance showing to get tax..... I'd say even as a big standard 1.6 the insurance on that would be steep enough for a 17 year old Sent from my F3211 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 ^^^ More than likely - I was being quoted north of £2000 TPO for a 1.6 Cortina while still in 6th form... and that was in 1996. Shudder to think what a rally-heritage scratter like that one would come in at. Yow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Bet it had no insurance, common trick to cancel within the 14 days so you've insurance showing to get tax..... I'd say even as a big standard 1.6 the insurance on that would be steep enough for a 17 year old Sent from my F3211 using Tapatalk Insurance isn't checked to get tax, hasn't been since 2014 IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 ^^^ Different rules in Northern Ireland, weirdly! It's why I couldn't tax the Subaru straightaway when I bought it last month - not possible for me to tax it online as a new owner, because insurance details won't appear against cars registered to Northern Ireland addresses. No idea why, but I had to take paper stuff into a central Post Office for the privilege of handing over £170-odd. JJ0063 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shonky Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 There's an absolutely délicieux abandoned 2007 Renault Megane in convertible flavour dumped right outside my house, with a whacked front end. The thing that makes it irrésistable? A bodged matte black wrap. I'll get a photo. irrésistible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Reasonably tidy looking '05 Primera abandoned half on the pavement just down from my house. Where it's parked is just off the main A143 road, I'd say it has suffered some kind of mechanical failure and has pulled off the road and been left there. It's been there a couple of months now, and has gained a notice from Mid Suffolk D.C stating it will be removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 found a heap of tin in the woods .... not quite a car but it had wheels !! D Spares & Tyres, Sudsprint, Faker and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Wtf is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I tink it was a mobile water tank as it was still plumb in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 On the Bexhill bypass this week I saw a Freelander dumped on the side of the road and last month I saw a MGtf so I guess the road must be a K series killer.So anyone driving a K series motor remember to keep a bottle of Kseal in the glovebox and a spare 5 litre can of coolant in the the boot if your driving along that road.Or just tow that mobile water tank. Scruffy Bodger, Paul Dupart, Rave and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 MOT expired November 2016. IMG_20180424_145848.jpgWhere is this?? I know who owns this car!!! I cannot believe my eyes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txe4 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Randomly seen on a side street while walking to temporary-work in London. Out of MOT for 8 months, which I didn't think you could get away with anymore Thought this was lovely: Coprolalia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 That's been towed there and left I'll bet. No V5 so can't weigh it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Where is this?? I know who owns this car!!! I cannot believe my eyes!! Just outside Ashford. https://goo.gl/maps/NNpfdSi16kH2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 That's been towed there and left I'll bet. No V5 so can't weigh it.Eh? Weighed several cars in without V5s overrun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Eh? Weighed several cars in without V5sYeh me too - they just want a copy of your license thats all and a squiggle then the cheque is run off the printer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Been sitting there a while: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 That's an actual brand-new car that's been dumped isn't it? Wonder what it's story is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 That's an actual brand-new car that's been dumped isn't it? Wonder what it's story is.Not brand new. At least a decade old, so prime AS chod category. Clearly been in a collision (but where?) then brought to this spot by the Great North Road and left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Possible scenario: Driver has stroke or heart attack whilst driving, get carted off in an ambulance and remains too ill or too dead to go and collect or arrange collection of car which is the least of their worries The Reverend Bluejeans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Next time I pass by there - generally Friday evening - I'll stop and see what the mileage reading is....assuming it's one of those cars that displays it with the ignition off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 That's been towed there and left I'll bet. No V5 so can't weigh it.Coopers in Sheffield buy without a V5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Next time I pass by there - generally Friday evening - I'll stop and see what the mileage reading is....assuming it's one of those cars that displays it with the ignition off.Saab appears too good to be dumped. Low miles and ticketed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Probably just left there after a prang awaiting collection. Depends if FC or TPF&T as to whether the owner can get the insurance to recover or has to fork out himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Exactly. The owner likely has more pressing matters to attend. If it's taxed, tested and not illegally parked he or she can leave it there indefinitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Exactly. The owner likely has more pressing matters to attend. If it's taxed, tested and not illegally parked he or she can leave it there indefinitely.Not really. It'd need to be roadworthy* to leave there indefinitely. * Front end is currently hanging off. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 These 2 that have appearedin this thread in 2016 and 2017 , have gone.Apparentlly they both got a Council Notice stuck on them and dissapeared a couple of days later, whether by the owner or someone helping themselves. Wish I'd had the plumbs to drag em away and apply for the logbooks.Don't know how easy it is these days, mind. Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Crumbs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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