Abandoned exotic cars. This will make you weep.

[RyanSmith]

Look at this thread.

It is amazing what people dump these days.

Warning. There are some Lotuses on there.

http://www.supercarforums.co.uk/chatforum/viewtopic.php?t=30

[Tony K]

I got as far as the thread starter's avatar, and, uhhh . . . what was that you were talking about? Cars or something?

[matk]

I think I'm in love with the first Avatar!

Edit - Tony you beat me to it!

[gwilhelm]

Yummy.... the avatar is the only good thing about that thread...

Its so sad to see those exotics wasting away...

[red vtec]

wasn't someone oh here looking at restoring the JPS shown on there?

[OwenGT3]

Avatar gets my vote!

Owen

[talon]

That's enough to make a grown man cry.

Ohh yeah, and the pics of the cars almost made me cry as much as the avatar

Edited December 28, 2007 by talon

[Jussi]

Wow, lots of exotics, just sitting on outside

Although I just couldn't take my eys from that first avatar

[Autocross7]

The way I see it, without that good looking and distracting Avatar I'd be really sad at the site of the other photo's. I had a really good article about the cars in Iraq owned by Uday... but I cannot find it now!!! Looters and and such took out most of them, but Sadam reportedly fire bombed one of his garages when he got upset with Uday over Uday's "taking" of some girl that was the daughter of a diplomat...

Sad state those cars... hmmmm... sad, sad... Oh look! there is that avatar agin!

Cameron

Edited December 28, 2007 by Autocross7

[mr.oogieboogie]

spank you very much

[docf]

one mans trash is another mans treasure.. i see a handful of fantastic restoration projects there. Wonder how much that dilapidated miura would sell for???

[iainskea]

Shame about those cars, no respect for a thing of beauty.

The Avatar though...I can see 'our' site admin needs to race his avatar up a little.

Iain

[USAndretti42]

Quite a few cars on there are worth good money even in their dilapidated state so it makes you wonder why their owners just let them rot. I can only guess that they have dreams of eventually restoring them but have neither the money or the time to actually do it.

A guy at Cosworth knew of an Aston Martin DB5 in someones greenhouse near Northampton but the owner would not sell not would the owner who had one sat on his drive with ivy growing over it. Total waste.

And as for the Iraqi cars being looted or, in the case of the Lamborghini LM002, being blown up by US troops. That's criminal.

[Mark Blanchard]

These are the one's that got me. Dreadful sight . I guess there's a good reason why Sadam's sons Ferrari 575 is all smashed up. But the others though :

[Advantage]

How about something a little more contemporary? Recently posted on SELOC, it's been parked there for about 18 months...

[cbclotus]

Hi all ,hope i dont see a picture of my S3 on here .LOL As it needs a respray ,Also needs the interior doing .Hopefully see some progress this year .Cheers all Mike

[Mark Blanchard]

Here is another horror:

And some more from that site:

[Simon350S]

wasn't someone oh here looking at restoring the JPS shown on there?

Yes thats the same one....

Not sure what the result of the inquiries to buy were, they originally said no, but don't know if its been moved on since.....

Simon

[mangel]

Still waiting for a picture of my S4 to pop up before I bought it, it loked very similar to the elise!!!!

[Bibs]

I'd still be interested in tracking down that JPS for LEF. If anyone has any more details, a location would be great, I'd like to follow it up

[Kimbers]

NOW THATS A BOOTY!! I've arrived!

What was that about cars?

[Paul C]

There must be some incredible and doubtless some very sad stories attached

to some of those cars.

A husband or son dies? the wife/parents can't bear to sell their lost one's pride and joy?

so many cars stay unused in garages and driveways due to such sad scenarios...

[RyanSmith]

Does anyone know the story behind that Esprit on page 12.

Seems such a new car to be dumped.

And nobody has pinched the wheels.

http://www.supercarforums.co.uk/chatforum/viewtopic.php?t=30

[Paul C]

Looks like a BRG/LRG S4s minus it's wing (probably removed for engine work that

perhaps did not get to happen?). I know of a green S4s a few years back that had

a real legacy of engine problems, thought it got sorted, possibly this one though?

Could be an early V8 mind, as they had splits for a bit i think, and some had no wings.

[Bibs]

There is an S4s out the back of the Motorsport section of the factory which has been there for 6/7 years. If I remember correctly, a dealer sent it to the factory for some work and the owner/dealer got into a dispute over the bill and it's been there ever since. That's a mint car and a crying shame.