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Aug 1, 2022 1:42 AM
SherwanAtlantic
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vectorsprint
Its not a collection. These aren't collections. These are hoards. The owner is a hoarder.
lostinamapfactory
It's one of those legendary London traffic jams
CHUNKYPOPS
The thing that destroys this world is not greed, its envy. So stfu if you don't know what happened to the owner.
SmashySashimi
If I remember correctly, pigeon poop is pretty corrosive.
Noxious89123
Bird poop in general. Paintwork will be ruined. Clean it off and you'll still see splats etched into the paint work.
umbrellacorped3
Its yours now lol
OhIfIMust
Finders, keepers!
Vergenbuurg
As crazy as it sounds, those VW combis/transporters/Type 2s are some of the most valuable vehicles there.
ironwill2008
Wow. that is a LOT of bird shyte.
LiterallyLordSatan
This looks like someone built a warehouse around part of a highway than promptly forgot about all of it.
gionathano
itsallaboutthecones
Sounds like a hell of a movie idea, of you ask me. Which you didn't!
ThomasThundersword
i mean that 1 ep of DR who has that same vibe. in New new york.
Stackr1
Never had a BMW and not even a fan in general. But the body style on that one is by far my favourite. Looks aggressive standing still.
ardtay
Zipbang
Who?
ardtay
Dr. Who.
brizio
Damn. That Ammo guy is gonna be busy.
badtouchpanda
I doubt it’s been long, the Mercedes MOT was due in 2017
WackyTicTacCasualty
GhostMasterFlash
Not abandoned and recently auctioned off, I believe last year. https://youtu.be/cdhf2YslmhI
SJohnson23
Nah, this is the queue outside Dover.
ridureyu
Someone killed a Jay Leno!
Motosapien
Jay drives all of his cars
Captkiller
Neglected sure, abandoned not so much.
KindOfACreep
Can I buy some ?
Dannyalcatraz
A friend of mine was wealthy, but died with an estate in disarray…and no will. No records, either. He had storage units all over Texas,
Dannyalcatraz
all sold at auction because the executor couldn’t find them all in time to pay the bills. Same kind of thing could have happened here.
Imalwaysready
Advice to everyone, have full and complete records for your loved ones. Please.
Dannyalcatraz
Even if you don’t think you have anything worth a damn.
rivitingone
I think I saw this Dr who episode already
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
Gridlock. One of my least favorite eps, except for David Tennant covered in kittens. And I do t get how You Are Not Alone could conceivably>
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
OhIfIMust
Best I can do is tree fiddy.
sylent365
What are you? GameStop?
JustAddMud
This is the set of the first Gone in 60 Seconds movie
Travelcedric
The building reminds me of an airship hangar
woozle
nice
iMakestuffz
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9954655/Massive-hoard-174-classic-cars-sit-North-London-warehouse.html
RideTheStimutacs
Did they have to drive through a really obscure part of the woods to find the barn and then watch a cutscene first?
Peachos
They weren't abandoned they were a single dude's collection stored in a warehouse owned by like BBC or something who wanted the warehouse
PrincePiggo
Something's fucky... https://www.thedrive.com/news/42301/a-collection-of-174-classic-cars-is-for-sale-in-london-but-weve-got-questions
Peachos
back. It was in the news. Might've been a local council owned warehouse & BBc covered it, nonetheless they weren't abandoned.
LandiniusMaximus
Thank you.. clearly OP didn't bother looking into it and just wrote a BS headline for the post..
Peachos
That happens with Stevie the Wonder Dog too, hyperplasia but gets posted as blind... I can't stand the laziness.
TruthIsOffensive
How does this get abandoned? Did a guy buy the cars in secret because he was afraid his wife would hit the roof?
noobskills
Think about all the stuff that you have forgot you owned and you don't even own that much stuff. Or someone hiding collection from wife.
mycatsings
I thought the top photo was the 610 freeway in Houston at 4:00PM
SeriousIy
They also bought an industrial warehouse in secrete so the wife didnt get mad.
JustPissingAgainstTheWindYOLO
What I'm surprised is how didn't they vandalize the place
JustAFlamingoInDisguise
Theres a block on the wheel of one car, and that sort of real estate space in London doesent get left unused for long. Doubt its abandoned
tankerofquetzals
For real. We're talking a few millions' worth of real estate here.
Heibrin
Someone inform the Met the classics stolen in the 80's have been found.
GingerLaird
Movie props..?
betmcc19721
Yeah, if I had to liquidate all those cars the first place I'd call are movie props & costume houses.
hamper10
not a single flat tire. not abandoned but ageing. like wine in a cellar. rich people are odd but their mating rituals are odder
SerialChickenLover
Especially because they often involve children.
smurfdeth
lrateyourrig
Good ops
IrateMeatAndMeatAccessories
That sounds like a weird way to say 20G's is 20G's... or any hole's a goal, but mine is more expensive.
Lifedontenjoyme
Pic 4 has a flat tire
somnif
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9954655/Massive-hoard-174-classic-cars-sit-North-London-warehouse.html Not abandoned
Wolfos
Only a million for 174 cars? :o
somnif
Most of them appear to just be normal, every day road cars. A few luxury items like a Porsche or Mercedes, but mostly just... cars.
somnif
And most are in pretty rough condition, so, yeah.
FBKatB3tadotcom1
Some rarer cars in this lot, like the Riley ELF, built on the mini production lines and rebadged with higher quality interiors and some
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
So a businessman is selling them because he can't use the warehouse anymore.
somnif
That seems to be the state of things, yeah.
shitheadtookmyname
Kids/heirs dont live near, dont care. My grandpa has about 100 in hidden barns. If my dad dies before selling all, i don't know what I'll do
orbitn
I'll help you
bigbadgrizzly
Is it a collection of its abandoned?
somnif
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9954655/Massive-hoard-174-classic-cars-sit-North-London-warehouse.html
bigbadgrizzly
Oh I hate spelling errors
BlueAngel3141
He kept buying cars with the steering wheel on the wrong side. What else were they going to do with defective cars like that? /s
Betterbecauseofthem
I don't understand how someone abandons buildings, vehicles, etc.
Merky600
I watch ghost stuff on YTube. “This haunted, abandoned house here, empty for five years….” Me: “Ghost-shmost, where & how much?”
VibratingNipples
bankrupt or recently decease and then forgotten about
Snooj
They die.
navagon
Some buildings are abandoned as they're impossible to affordably maintain and/or in a location that's not worth developing.
Cheomesh
Evidently a lot of the vacants in Baltimore are owned by large trusts that are only aware of them in a spreadsheet or deceased people
catrov
In 1960s Baltimore took houses that were 6 months behind on prop taxes and resold them for $1 to folks to fix up. Homesteading. Worked great
Cheomesh
Yeah, it's why Federal Hill is the way it is (nice place). They're apparently no longer allowed to do this.
dataengineer
It's pretty easy if you're making ~600+k/yr. You kinda just lose track of the silly shit you buy.
RoryBory
I'd be happy with finally being able to stop gawping every time I hold a hundred dollar bill. The blue band makes my goblin brain chirp
Cheomesh
Pft, I see your $100 and raise you TWO $50 bills!
Btch128
May have died suddenly and didn't have any family
DeakVanNyke
or the opposite - had too much family and no one could agree how to split the fortune so it decayed while they were in stalemate ?
Btch128
That as well. Family is bullshit when it comes to this stuff
Dimension09
What a waste. Just letting perfectly good vehicles rot and the building could have been used. This is just greed
Copperbrat
Probably hoarding, which is a form of illness.
Imalwaysready
No.
paulguy119
I've had many family members pass and leave barns full of decades old project cars and parts.
ErikLehnsherrWasRight
https://youtu.be/5DeT5TS2_cs
iMakestuffz
Thanks
SwaggyD1
Yeah let’s be mad about it, that’ll make a difference
DrunkBobRoss
The owner may have gotten too old to arrange for their disposal, and might not have had anyone to turn to for help.
Btch128
Or they died suddenly in a tragic accident
HenryLongfellowIII
Taking transit.
Btch128
I don't know. I've seen some crazy shit where ppl had collections of some sort and just dropped dead and the fam didn't know what to do w/it
Cheomesh
Seen that in artifact collections and memorabilia before.
dataengineer
..... have you an reason why Jerry Seinfeld was sued by the city of New York?
ciscoxing626
I thought so too but it cuts both ways, maybe they wouldn't exist anymore without the warehousing?
gesel
Or maybe doing what he can to lower global carbon emissions.
ErikLehnsherrWasRight
Wait till you hear about cars in Malaysia
SirMisterDudeBroPhD
tell us about the cars in Malaysia
madeejit
They have cars in Malaysia.
Valentino46
Cheomesh
One would imagine tax is paid on the building still, so something other than greed may be at work.
Lulabel73
How is it greed? It costs money to keep them. Also the cars are still there if they were on the road they’d be mostly junk by now.
RustledYourJimmies
I think the point is that in the last 30 years they could have been used by someone and been useful to society. Instead they are dead & gone
Lulabel73
There’s no shortage of cars and these are now up for sale not sent to the junk yard.Besides all these haven’t been polluting the environment
RustledYourJimmies
The fact you can’t see this as a waste is so irrational to me. No reason to argue a point on a internet post though. Have a blessed day.
Lulabel73
You just called someone rich and stupid. You re right I can’t argue with that logic. I’d much rather be so smart I’m poor. Bye bye
CorneliusTunt
More than a few collectors built collections by taking cars that were somehow less than desirable at the time and cramming them into cheap
CorneliusTunt
spaces. Generally, this is a plus for car people because it kept that many more (fill in the blank) around. Then either they die or lose the
CorneliusTunt
space, which sends those back into the hands of other car people. The latter supposedly happened here:
CorneliusTunt
https://www.thedrive.com/news/42301/a-collection-of-174-classic-cars-is-for-sale-in-london-but-weve-got-questions
ItHurtsToSquirt
Hoarding. It’s a mental illness.
RaZorHamZteR
What is the difference between hoarding and collecting? The size of the item? Maybe how many you have? Where you store it perhaps? >
GrumpyOldMillennial
Hoarding is amassing with no regard for condition or care. Collecting is preservation and restoration.
RaZorHamZteR
> and when do you think it turns into a mental illness?
alltinyshrimps1
If you are lying to yourself about your ability to care for what you have, and continue to collect making the problem of care worse
Drew442
Old guys who amass car collections do this more often than people think. If you ask them they plan on restoring every one of those cars.
Laurpud
Can confirm. Husband has a barn full of old cars
zHurk777
And say they worked hard for the money that they used to buy the cars, all while complaining about worker pay & taxes.
evildadunit
Maybe not a resto, but yea
Valentino46
faultysage
Most of these don't even look like they needed restoration when they were bought
Mechwarrior719
They do now. Every rubber belt, seal, gasket, and hose will be rotted to uselessness and the drivetrains will be seized with corrosion.
Mechwarrior719
And that’s assuming the frames and bodies are immaculate.
cyanideremark
Can confirm. As an aging guy; I do this on a much smaller scale with old bicycles.
Cheomesh
What ya got good?
kodiak931155
As an old bicycle i can confirm i do this with aging guys
itsallaboutthecones
I do it with computers.... Your collection is vastly more endearing and potentially useful.
NZSheeps
But I'm going to use those computers .... one day
itsallaboutthecones