Where cars go to die.
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Back in '72 it was 'just' an outdated racing car. Not a multi-million dollar investment!
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i died a little inside looking at that xj220.
Forget about the X220 look at the poor 037.
The M3, Merc Evo and a unused RS200 was bought by a massive car enthusiast. Can remember seeing him posting on a linked enthusiast forum.
His collection was amazing.
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I am fairly sure that came up on an R32 forum, it had the common timing chain stretch so was traded in under the scrapage scheme which got the owner more cash than fixing it and selling it on (it must have been a rough example as I would still have thought it was worth more fixing and selling on)
Some of the other cars also look they have been in a sand/dust storm and wouldn't take a lot to clean up.
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IIRC there was a follow up which explained it was just parked outside a garage where it was being serviced.
read various comments on Piston heads saying apparently the dust was caused by a building demolition.
Everybody is so keen to peddle the "abandonned car" story, but nobody seems to be interested in covering the actual story - its all in internet forum discussions
You say that, but in reality you wouldn't.
You'd be too busy driving it and enjoying it to spend hours a day cleaning it every day.
I find the notion that only expensive cars should be cleaned like this very strange. Very similar to how I find the notion that nice cars must be washed religiously or your not properly looking after your car very weird. Cars are built to be enjoyed and drive, not ornaments.
Fair play to those that do, but that doesn't make you any less for not doing it. Eyedots used dirty F40 is brilliant to see - an F40 being used properly and not sat in a garage kept pristine clean and never driven for fear of making it dirty again.
You'd be too busy driving it and enjoying it to spend hours a day cleaning it every day.
I find the notion that only expensive cars should be cleaned like this very strange. Very similar to how I find the notion that nice cars must be washed religiously or your not properly looking after your car very weird. Cars are built to be enjoyed and drive, not ornaments.
Fair play to those that do, but that doesn't make you any less for not doing it. Eyedots used dirty F40 is brilliant to see - an F40 being used properly and not sat in a garage kept pristine clean and never driven for fear of making it dirty again.
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