Dumped cars in your area

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 minutes ago, DodgeRover said:

Has she actually lost it? I thought I saw her out and about near her new place earlier in the week, didn't have her usual plate on the pink range rover though.

Her most recent 'thing' was earlier this month when she was dealt with in her absence at Northampton MC for what reads like no licence therefore also no insurance. Suggestion is that DVLA have pulled her licence on some medical grounds but our beloved* media are scant on the facts.

So it reads like she's no longer disqualified from driving - just never got her licence back after the ban ended.

She may well have wised up and contacted the Northampton court saying 'sorry, I'll come along now and we can all have a chat about it' - so that recent  penalty is rolled back - but it does look like she still has no entitlement to drive.

(Backtracking her driving record does suggest that she is very arrogant and/or very daft)

[auntiemaryscanary]

Whitby

Edit: 6th April. I had a look inside it. It's absolutely chock full of random car parts (used), disassembled pressure washers, a massive length of thick chain etc. It's well down on the shocks.

[maxxo]

The most unexpected sight locally

a Mercury Monterey 

looking very very sorry for itself 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Awith breezeway rear window too.

[Steviemillar]

All of these are on the same street, there are three dead 2007-2010 era Range Rovers further along beside a small repair garage and the guy was outside so couldn’t get pics of those, all are sat on their bump stops of course 

[bunglebus]

Naseby. Various others lurk behind the van

One of the neighbours has this on SORN for the last year

[morrisoxide]

On 13/04/2024 at 13:36, maxxo said:

The most unexpected sight locally

a Mercury Monterey 

looking very very sorry for itself 

That's looking sorry for itself its definitely getting worse every time it pops up on a 'spotted' thread.

Years ago I used to see it at the Fins & Chrome show parked alongside my Dad's mates old 63 Monterey and what is now my 64 Montclair.

Here it is in happier days.🥹

[Joey spud]

I spotted this earlier in a side street in Gillingham.

On sorn and not been mot'd for ten years I would love to know the story behind it.

[Dangermouse]

Wow, it's been there a while

[skoda_fan]

On 19/04/2024 at 18:05, morrisoxide said:

That's looking sorry for itself its definitely getting worse every time it pops up on a 'spotted' thread.

Years ago I used to see it at the Fins & Chrome show parked alongside my Dad's mates old 63 Monterey and what is now my 64 Montclair.

Here it is in happier days.🥹

That's so sad and depressing. How does a cherished car like that end up in such a state. Reinforces the old adage that if you love a car, don't ever sell it. In my experience it's inevitably the kiss of death for it.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Why I own 8 , crayford has been in garage 10 years but atleast it's dry & safe, in the 10 years it was sat outside when I got it roof was in tatters, floors where gone you could see back of dash through scuttle,  I d rather it sat in my garage than get in the same state again.

[Lord Sterling]

A few from me.

Recent spots in Belgium:

Hyundai i20. Looks to have been there for a long time.

This 207 in a local shops carpark that I use to park in too. 207 has been here for a good year or so, it was here in August last year.

UK:

This Polo is by mine, owned by an older gentleman. Hasn't moved now for a good half a year but is still taxed and MoT'd (or least it was last time I checked)

Focus in Halesowen. Been here for ages, not moved since about 2010/11.

75 V6, although it doesn't look abandoned, it hasn't moved for a while.

106, Erdington near a shiter. 

Toyota Avensis. Outside a shop in Selly Oak, Birmingham.

 

[Dick Longbridge]

On 18/03/2024 at 17:44, Dick Longbridge said:

Now by the park in Hastings, apparently. Is that far from where it was last spotted? Currently shown as taxed although no V5 ownership change since 2005. Someone has patched up the smashed windows as a quick fix too - looking at the caravans around it, I'd say someone has helped themselves to it and is currently sleeping in it or something. 

This is it about a week later. I wonder what happened since?

[RoverFolkUs]

For as long as I could care to remember, there was a Fiat Brava parked up in this spot. First image taken from Google maps in 2008

^ It then occured to me the other day when driving past that it's disappeared, possibly into the greenery! 

It's hard to tell because it does admittedly look vacant in images taken around 2018/19 but it's hard to say for sure as there were bushes in the way, and it was hindered by shadows. 

Ever since, it's been completely overgrown. 

Is it still there? Who knows! I'd love to see what state it's in if it's still there 16 years later 

[Split_Pin]

I'll bet its still there!

[The Vicar]

This is outside my door in Rome. The sign in the window says its not abandoned, but it hasn't moved in a year or so:

[chaseracer]

On 21/04/2024 at 21:37, Lord Sterling said:

Focus in Halesowen. Been here for ages, not moved since about 2010/11.

Can't have been more than five or six years old when parked up.

[Lord Sterling]

On 21/04/2024 at 23:47, Dick Longbridge said:

This is it about a week later. I wonder what happened since?

Not so long back, PWY39W looked like this:

It's sad how buses get very into a very bad state in such a short space of time.  However I guess this looks like the bus may be undergoing another resto in some manner?

[Lord Sterling]

On 29/04/2024 at 08:17, chaseracer said:

Can't have been more than five or six years old when parked up.

About 9 to 10 years old.  KS07 UPC is the plate:

Looking at Google Maps for 2008, the owner appeared to have an older Focus saloon:

Here is the Focus when it first appeared in 2011. Bear in mind, it did move a little after then.

Shame really as despite me not being much of a fan of Fords,  the Focus really was a great package. Cheap to buy, no frills motoring. 

Plus this one is petrol so ULEZ free.

[bunglebus]

I'm not sure if this is out of use, but it's going green nicely

[rml2345]

Spotted this whilst in Inverness a couple of weeks ago, sat outside some nice hotels on the river front. Looks pretty ripe and despite the stickers it sat there for the 5 days we were there. 

[Pieman]

On 29/03/2024 at 22:44, EyesWeldedShut said:

(Backtracking her driving record does suggest that she is very arrogant and/or very daft)

I think it's the latter - I remember when she was interviewed by Clarkson on Top Gear many moons ago, and she blatantly didn't have a clue what he was saying to her.  She just doesn't seem able to think for herself at all, sadly.

[RoverFolkUs]

3 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

About 9 to 10 years old.  KS07 UPC is the plate:

Looking at Google Maps for 2008, the owner appeared to have an older Focus saloon:

Here is the Focus when it first appeared in 2011. Bear in mind, it did move a little after then.

Shame really as despite me not being much of a fan of Fords,  the Focus really was a great package. Cheap to buy, no frills motoring. 

Plus this one is petrol so ULEZ free.

MOT history states 11k miles on the clock at the last test! 

Total car check states that's it's an Auto as well. 

I would suspect elderly owner that has given up driving, or perhaps deceased and their spouse doesn't want to let it go? 

As crazy as this is going to sound, if it's an auto with 11k miles then that's probably a 4-5 grand car with enough polish, tyre shine and an immaculate forecourt 🤣

[AnthonyG]

14 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Not so long back, PWY39W looked like this:

It's sad how buses get very into a very bad state in such a short space of time.  However I guess this looks like the bus may be undergoing another resto in some manner?

If the film ad was current when that pic was taken its from 15 years ago, so not really that recent.

Unless that pic is of it in preservation and they couldn’t be arsed to remove it, or the last bus company name?

[bunglebus]

I see this every time I leave the toy fair

[Marshall2810]

Saw this old cav in Mansfield yesterday, couldn't get the reg if I drive by again I'll look.

[Angrydicky]

On 01/05/2024 at 22:48, RoverFolkUs said:

MOT history states 11k miles on the clock at the last test! 

Total car check states that's it's an Auto as well. 

I would suspect elderly owner that has given up driving, or perhaps deceased and their spouse doesn't want to let it go? 

As crazy as this is going to sound, if it's an auto with 11k miles then that's probably a 4-5 grand car with enough polish, tyre shine and an immaculate forecourt 🤣

Reminds me of an old lady I used to deliver to, she was well in her 80s and had a Ford Fusion (2004-ish) turning green on the drive of her bungalow, with weeds growing around it, just like that Focus. 

I asked her about it and she said she didn’t want to sell it as she hoped she might be able to get it back on the road and start using it again. She said there were people knocking on the door wanting to buy it all the time. 
There was no way she was going to be driving again, she walked very slowly on a zimmer frame, but lived in hope I guess.

I looked the car up on the mot history and it had some tiny mileage like 6,000 miles and I think that was an auto too.

[adw1977]

These Sherpas have been dumped here for some time.

[chaseracer]

Really?  They look almost factory... 😉😁

[auntiemaryscanary]

In the corner of the MOT test centre yard.