Split_Pin Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 DVLA says 3litre diesel 4 motion. Registered 08/06/2006 so only 8 years OTR. What is strange is that only 2011 amd 2012 mots are on the Database, nothing prior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 private plates seem to do that, you can't see the history for the old reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The only abandoned, rather than dumped cars that I see near me are outside premises related to fixing vehicles, like this Astra, untaxed since February. Its probably on private land but someone will be getting letters. Diesel so probably some sort of major failure, usual acronyms apply. Quote from last MOT: 4039 Advisory notice item(s)no oil in engine before test😳 Lacquer Peel and Rusty_Rocket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 It's odd to see cars newer than your own dumped, ready for scrap! Bamboocarman, chaseracer and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Last car I recall seeing dumped was a Lancia Prisma in a Tesco car park. It wasn't there long, but there are a fair number of breakers round here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It's odd to see cars newer than your own dumped, ready for scrap!Yes, I find that weird too. No dumped cars round my way, too posh! Most would probably think my 406 is such if I leave it parked anywhere! DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 That astras brand new! The sills and arch is worse than my 2001 kia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Red Golf on NL-plates, no MOT 12-2012, no insurance, not on sorn and not exported...the owner will be paying a lot of tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 That astras brand new! The sills and arch is worse than my 2001 kia. Exactly, it's not even seen it's 10th birthday yet FFS. Sad to say, for some idiots, the process of neglecting a car starts the moment they pick up the keys and continues until the poor bloody thing gives up and dies whereupon the car is therefore 'A load of crap' rather than the owner being that.You'd need a second mortgage to get enough cash together to buy these half-wits a clue. The Reverend Bluejeans, oldcars and In The Pit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 DVLA says 3litre diesel 4 motion. Registered 08/06/2006 so only 8 years OTR. What is strange is that only 2011 amd 2012 mots are on the Database, nothing prior. Original reg for the Phaeton was LS06 SZC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Passed approx 6 abandoned cars on the A30 today, special note was a Laguna 2 halfway up a bank and through a hedge! Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 How did you find that out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Now scrap prices have plummeted I have seen 3 dumped cars This is the most recent one, I cannot work out what it is but it made me smile anyway, Spotted in a posh area very near Wolverhampton What's dumped in your area? Very odd, never seen that before. It actually reminds me of an early 90s Crimewatch appeal I saw recently where cut-up carcasses of brand new sporty Fiestas, Escorts etc.. were found strewn across a field (somewhere up North I think?) Interesting to be found near Wolvs too, not too far from here. Carrying on the Midlands theme, personally, I've not seen a lot of street dumped/abandoned stuff for years and very rarely come across them in the UK. So far, all I can find through my albums are these: Odd dashboard seen a few years ago in some grass just off a small country through lane, keep thinking BINI but vents say a Ford product, possibly Fiesta? Saw this in Pershore a few years ago, by where PlasticVanDanAndManJanCanTheNissanMan lives: This was by the first unit to a crummy old industrial estate: The place was a former Vauxhall breakers. Spotted this Punto some years back with a notice slapped on it's screen: Earlier this year I spotted this sad case of a Clio: Thats about it. Though I guess what with the price of scrap being on it's arse we'll see more cases of dumped cars. Still, doesn't seem to deter the scrap men. A few days ago whilst in Stourport I saw a large hiab truck rolling by with a clean R-reg Saab 900 on the back with a large dirty 4x4 chassis plonked on top of it fotorabia and worldofceri 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I saw that Fiesta too! Was the Zafira in Rowley Regis? Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sealtainn Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 That dashboard is Alfa 156 as I recognise the centre heater vent groovylee and Lord Sterling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sealtainn Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Lord Sterling and fatharris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I saw that Fiesta too! Was the Zafira in Rowley Regis? Yes-ish, Zafira was in Cradley Heath, just off Powke Lane. There is Steve Tolkien there, the old tat car hoarder. That dashboard is Alfa 156 as I recognise the centre heater vent Brilliant! Cheers for that. I was thinking of picking it up and stashing it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I saw a transporter in a lay by full of what I initially thought were banger racing cars, such was the condition of them. But no, mid 2000s foci, meganes, astrays etc, all utterly smashed up! We have had a chrysler pt cruiser dumped in our car park at home for 4 months now with the engine hanging out. The bloke who gets angry about the parking is in talks with his mate at the council to get it moved apparently. There's also a BMW that's been sat where I used to park my xm for 7 months now. Again, matey is angry about that too. We know who they belong to as well, and he doesn't live round here, and is a prick so I expressed my agreement with angry car park matey as I serviced his golf the other weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo3002 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 so do these cars owners get billed when towed away or what or will they have filled out the v5 in someone elses name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 so do these cars owners get billed when towed away or what or will they have filled out the v5 in someone elses nameDepends entirely on the circumstances, there are loads of reasons why a car may dumped for so long. Sometimes an owner may have fallen ill/gone missing/spending time at her Majesty's pleasure or simply wants nothing to do with the car due to mechanical/electrical failure. It is up to the Police or council/land owner to find out who the owner is and attempt to bill them, if they cannot be found then the car is taken into possession of the land owner/recovery company and sold on/scrapped. A similar thing happened with an old Merc C-class that was left in a carpark in Birmingham for 2 or 3 years or summat: It apparently ran up £14k worth of parking "fines" or whatever. Owners of the carpark couldn't trace the owner so the Merc was eventually taken away and probably scrapped. Merc owners probably did transfer the V5 into a non-entity's name or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I think I figured out what the cut up shell was! Lacquer Peel, KruJoe, D Spares & Tyres and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I don't think it is. I thought it could be the older uggers Cayenne but it isn't that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Yes I know of Steve, only met him couple of times though.he has a great collection of tat, he has been having a bit of a clearout, trying to only have British stuff in his collection I wouldn't mind going up there again, its been a couple of years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Why go to the effort of cutting it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Fits in a transit.... dugong, anonymous user and Aston Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Yes I know of Steve, only met him couple of times though.he has a great collection of tat, he has been having a bit of a clearout, trying to only have British stuff in his collection I wouldn't mind going up there again, its been a couple of yearsI spoke to Steve recently. He was thinking of having a clearout but has never done anything about it. He wants to actually keep all of his stock and get around to them at some point. He has lost some storage recently and is looking for alternative storage. He tried to get me involved in his business a couple of years ago but I felt that I was doing the work asked with no comeback at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I don't think it is. I thought it could be the older uggers Cayenne but it isn't that either. what about ? chaseracer and dave21478 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 How did you find that out! www.ukvehicle.com Lord Sterling and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 If it is Porsche Cayenne then it might be worth a trip out with my battery grinder, surely a rear quarter for one of those has a value on eBay! If a cop saw me would I be breaking the law?? Theft? Handling waste without a license? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 what about ? ^^^winner.I think. scaryoldcortina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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