Sad to think that if a car is likely abandoned, security would not even notify the police to check it out? Surely this can’t be the case, can it?? Has anyone ran the plates to cross reference missing persons?
In the US, after a certain amount of time has passed it can be declared abandoned and the airport authority can auction it off. Requires a lot of paperwork and letters being sent to the registered owner going unanswered.
I mean yes but I would also check that duffel bag on the drivers side on the floor. Whatever is in there could have been damp or had moisture at some point. Which could be what is causing that mold growth on the seat. Maybe it’s just nasty clothes maybe it’s something else. I just find it odd that the seat has been moved up so far, almost squishing that bag. Idk maybe it’s just me but I tend to take my luggage with me whilst traveling, not leave it under my steering wheel. I also watched wayyy to many true crime docs/ crime scene cleanup videos during Covid lockdown, I’m suspicious of everything.
Call me ignorant, but what's with the steering wheel angle? Looks more like a van or truck steering wheel position, almost horizontal like that. Is it just an effect from the photo? Can somebody identify what kind of Renault is this?
In the 90’s I took a long weekend and left a company truck in the short term parking at a small airport in Mexico, I was reassigned whilst I was out, gave the keys to my replacement who resigned before he ever returned, no clue what happened to that truck but I am assuming that it disappeared piece by piece fairly quickly. In 2012 someone left an Enzo Ferrari in the Dubai airport car park, no one ever claimed ownership.
There's a lot more than one abandoned supercar in Dubai. It's jail time for not paying your debts in the UAE; people will flee the country if they're bankrupt.
I never parking in a Airport. You guys don't you record whose vehicle it is, some information about the name of the person and the flight you are going to take?
The one that won best airport in the country this year haha. Don't think legally there's much they can do, and it's one space out of thousands. The airport is owned by councils so in their mind they probably just think "imagine if they come back for it we can charge thousands" lol.
There was a car like this that sat in the parking garage at my university for 5 years. It was a early 2000s silver Dodge Stratus. Sat abandoned in a parking spot nestled between the wall and the elevator. Windows were eventually so dirty you couldn't even see into the car. I still wonder if it's still in the park garage to this day lol.
The owner may be dead and the car can't be moved until an inquest into the owners death can take place and their estate sorted out. I've seen this before though it is an unusual situation.
Many years ago I noticed a car parked in a remote corner of the apartment complex where I lived. I must have walked past it a thousand times over the months on my frequent Slurpee and snack runs to the 7-11. Eventually curiosity got the better of me and I walked over to take a look. The first thing I noticed was the lack of a plate. Inside, the car was completely empty and spotlessly clean. One of the things I also noticed were the neat lines vacuumed into the carpet. My brother detailed cars as his first job in his teens so I knew that meant it had been recently detailed. At this point I decided it was most likely stolen from a dealership. So I looked on the trunk lid and there was the decal from a local dealership. The friend I was with and I then drove to that dealership and I informed one of the salesmen of my discovery. He followed us back to the car and called in the VIN number to the guys back at the lot. Sure enough, they had let someone test-drive the car and that person had never returned. The funny thing was, he told me that it had been last noted in their inventory over six months earlier and they just never noticed it was gone. My assumption was they dont look for missing cars and just get an insurance settlement out of it if its never recovered. And before anyone asks, no, the didnt offer us a reward.
Thats insane with all the security talk; may be file a police report? May be someone needed help? Or closure, this is def one of those side quests you should take on OP😂
The fact that only the driver’s seat and steering wheels has the most of that green stuff, goes to show how dirty human’s hands are. Also, that could be a sweat on the seat
The driver may be diabetic. The compounds in his/her sweat becomes a media like substance that can sustain a colony like this for a while. Looking at the sugary drink and the Oreos on the passenger seat gave me this hypothesis and because my grandparents are doctors who became diabetic later in life.
This is a little bit like the lone shoe on the roadside… it is entirely possible that driver is not dead and, left the car there for a wheeze? Gathering fulfilment and energy from knowing somewhere on the internet there is probably a group of people (yep us) creating interesting outcomes for the person who left it there…
Caught covid in another country and died?
Possibly. I was told it's been here 3 years but the face mask on the passenger seat suggests it can't quite have been that long.
Oddly specific. They could have died from any other reason as well
There is a bigger chance it was a rich kid returning home after finishing school in another country.
It is entirely possible they died from something OTHER than COVID. . OR the car could have been stolen. .
Unlikely but maybe
I don’t blame him in fairness, it’s a bit rough
And the steering wheel is on the wrong side, that's a very expensive repair
The Oreos have the vehicle now
If he consistently ate like that, maybe we know why he never came back.
I snorted at this
But there is also a juice box!
How is this situation handled by the airport?
So far it's just been completely ignored.. not sure what will be done about it in the future.
Sad to think that if a car is likely abandoned, security would not even notify the police to check it out? Surely this can’t be the case, can it?? Has anyone ran the plates to cross reference missing persons?
In the US, after a certain amount of time has passed it can be declared abandoned and the airport authority can auction it off. Requires a lot of paperwork and letters being sent to the registered owner going unanswered.
[удалено]
"We're going to make a ton of money when that bloke comes back and pays the parking tab."
The hope to get parking fees about $809.078👍🏽from the car owner!
Did you check the truck?
No, because it's a car.
I mean yes but I would also check that duffel bag on the drivers side on the floor. Whatever is in there could have been damp or had moisture at some point. Which could be what is causing that mold growth on the seat. Maybe it’s just nasty clothes maybe it’s something else. I just find it odd that the seat has been moved up so far, almost squishing that bag. Idk maybe it’s just me but I tend to take my luggage with me whilst traveling, not leave it under my steering wheel. I also watched wayyy to many true crime docs/ crime scene cleanup videos during Covid lockdown, I’m suspicious of everything.
Why would the steering wheel moulder? Isn’t it plastic?
There's a lot of microscopic organic matter on a steering wheel that's come off the driver's hands.
There's a lot of dead skin and oil on steering wheels, if they're not cleaned often. It's a perfect breeding ground.
I have the exact same car (Renault Clio 2) and the steering wheel is actually leather, not plastic
TIL moulder is a word! I’d only ever heard and used “go mouldy”
Could be a situation a la The Sea of Trees.
Damn dude, gives us a warning before you slam of the lights and make this a pitch black room.
The mould everywhere...
Not all bacteria is bad for you. Kling everything and beaching every surface actually makes you more likely to get ill.
Swamp thing took it for a joy ride after the bank heist (bag of wet £££ at foot of driver’s seat)
i wonder what the charge will be for 2-3 years of airport parking
For people coming back late we charge £12 a day. I don't think this was ever actually booked in at all. So yeah about £9k-£13k lol
Couldn't you trace the owner and contact him/her?
Covid lockdowns in the U.K. we’re about the same time Brexit meant EU workers had to leave or apply for residency.
Here's an upvote for an intriguing post. I can only think of a bad fate for the car's owner.
I'm lichen the seat cover.
It's designed in the mould of a mossy tree trunk.
angryupvote
You moss be very proud of that one.
Renault Fleeo
I definitely can get it back together with a interior Detail.
Don’t open up that car or it’ll be Covid pandemic all over again.
Did you checked the trunk? Maybe hes in there, chillin😎
It's a Renault. I wouldn't either.
Based
...free car?
that'll be $270,876,983 and .84 cents please.
I can smell this picture.
It'll be fine! There's a Little Tree right there!
I wouldn't either
It's weird how the bacteria is on the wheel and seat is where it grew over time
Probably the most commonly-touched surfaces. The car became a sort of petri dish.
Nah they just hate Renaults and didn’t want to pay to get it crushed 😂👍
I wouldn’t come back either it’s all moldy and gross. /s
Call me ignorant, but what's with the steering wheel angle? Looks more like a van or truck steering wheel position, almost horizontal like that. Is it just an effect from the photo? Can somebody identify what kind of Renault is this?
Yeah it's just cos of the photo, used my phones 0.6x zoom lens. It's a clio.
My question as well. Did this driver have no legs?
That’ll be an expensive parking charge
I mean i'd abandon my car too if it was a renault
They were probably glad to be rid of it.
By the looks of the backrest, likely a sweaty bastard lol
They dead
They took a one way flight to another country.
Previous owner was an incontinent ninja turtle
A Jason Bourne stole this vehicle to drive incognito to the airport and abandoned it. He safely and secretly escaped.
Would you lick the seat for $100 ?
In the 90’s I took a long weekend and left a company truck in the short term parking at a small airport in Mexico, I was reassigned whilst I was out, gave the keys to my replacement who resigned before he ever returned, no clue what happened to that truck but I am assuming that it disappeared piece by piece fairly quickly. In 2012 someone left an Enzo Ferrari in the Dubai airport car park, no one ever claimed ownership.
There's a lot more than one abandoned supercar in Dubai. It's jail time for not paying your debts in the UAE; people will flee the country if they're bankrupt.
Looks like the inside of my ex husbands car
Cars are occasionally left behind like that by wealthy college students studying abroad. They get their degree and just leave it all behind.
I wouldn't have come back for it either. Dang steering wheel is in the wrong side. Can't drive like that
Op said in another comment that it was the UK I believe, so the steering wheel is on the correct side for them
Has anyone looked in the trunk/boot?
Dead. Free tires.
Hmmmm,... human body mold. Pretty nasty if if you ask me.
The mold - “I am the captain now”
His wife might be in the trunk, anyone checked?
Meh, bit unimpressive compared to all of the supercars that got abandoned at Dubai airport during the global financial crisis.
Long Term Parking.
I would claim it. Start filing the paperwork.
Any Oreos left?
This person is almost certainly dead.
Adriana’s car from the sopranos
Everyone is so morbid saying he probably died. He probably is just serving his 27 year trafficking sentence
That's much more lighthearted ha. Love it.
If I've been taught anything, they ran away to join the circus.
I never parking in a Airport. You guys don't you record whose vehicle it is, some information about the name of the person and the flight you are going to take?
If you pre-booked then yeah, but you can also just turn up, park and then pay when you get back. This person didn't have a booking.
If the car was in a western country, i’ve read rich kids who go to school in another country often do this before heading home.
MoldyInteresting
Long term parking
Which airport is this? Have you run the plate through the DVLA website. Very shoddy organisation your working for if it has sat there a few years
The one that won best airport in the country this year haha. Don't think legally there's much they can do, and it's one space out of thousands. The airport is owned by councils so in their mind they probably just think "imagine if they come back for it we can charge thousands" lol.
Renault more like Ren-No!
That’s a renault clio… mine went mouldy sitting on my drive in daily use!!
Reminds me of the photo of the 9/11 victims cars taken in the NY Giants commuter lot.
Got any more information on that? It’s just a pic of a few parked cars
Is that mold?
No idea how long but they probably searched the reg, found no booking details, watched on the cameras to see when it came in, and that's it.
Legal question: what happens if this happens?? Can people like claim it?
Check the trunk.
Lots of mold, probably a body in trunk
Jordy Verrill's abandoned vehicle.
that lunkhead.
are those dildos in the far right?
Check the trunk.
Yep thailand will do that to people.
It's probably the scene of a murder.
Poor Clio
At £20/day, after 30 years, that parking bill is going to be about £22,000.00
Never came back for it or COULDN'T come back for it?
Username checks out haha
That car was definitely used for a homeless gang bang. Don’t touch it!
They call that a soup kitchen
Or died.
They are either dead, or living their best life elsewhere. Most likely dead though. There was a pandemic.
I wonder why mold didn’t grow where I can only assume this persons asshole always was?
My guesses: died while traveling, fled the country for legal reasons, or abducted by aliens.
Yup! I concur
It's a Renault, I wouldn't have come back for it either
Died and he had no one. :(
That is the owner, deatomised in the drivers seat and leaning over the steering wheel.
thesopranos
Probably forgot where they parked it. Those airport car parks can be huge, and it's easy to forget when you've been away a while.
It's a Renault. Owner did the only thing they could.
How much was the bill??
I'm surprised it never got towed.
See if you can find someone in law enforcement to look up the plates. I wonder what happened to this person.
Not uncommon that a car gets stolen or at least reported stolen for insurance money. Airport parking is a good place to dump it.
Check the trunk
There was a car like this that sat in the parking garage at my university for 5 years. It was a early 2000s silver Dodge Stratus. Sat abandoned in a parking spot nestled between the wall and the elevator. Windows were eventually so dirty you couldn't even see into the car. I still wonder if it's still in the park garage to this day lol.
The owner may be dead and the car can't be moved until an inquest into the owners death can take place and their estate sorted out. I've seen this before though it is an unusual situation.
What is that stuff mold?
Likely regular mold
Thankful to be here.
Death is preferable to what they'd owe
Any smell coming from the trunk/boot?
I would hardly call Renault a car
😂
It’s gross how cars will mold and mildew in the places lost frequently touched by the person
What is it with airports and abandoned cars? Saw one last month, here in Austin. Been abandoned for years.
More often than not the owner died
Dude, this is probably a clue to a missing person case. The police were never alerted? Usually cars get towed if it's left for a long time.
ahhh there they are… couldn’t find the keys till now
you dont have rules on parking spaces ??
Fled the country?
Look at the lichen😍
It’s a good thing he hung an air freshener!!
He dead
Probably hot.
What a final flight…
GP2 engine.
Ad…Adriana?
Many years ago I noticed a car parked in a remote corner of the apartment complex where I lived. I must have walked past it a thousand times over the months on my frequent Slurpee and snack runs to the 7-11. Eventually curiosity got the better of me and I walked over to take a look. The first thing I noticed was the lack of a plate. Inside, the car was completely empty and spotlessly clean. One of the things I also noticed were the neat lines vacuumed into the carpet. My brother detailed cars as his first job in his teens so I knew that meant it had been recently detailed. At this point I decided it was most likely stolen from a dealership. So I looked on the trunk lid and there was the decal from a local dealership. The friend I was with and I then drove to that dealership and I informed one of the salesmen of my discovery. He followed us back to the car and called in the VIN number to the guys back at the lot. Sure enough, they had let someone test-drive the car and that person had never returned. The funny thing was, he told me that it had been last noted in their inventory over six months earlier and they just never noticed it was gone. My assumption was they dont look for missing cars and just get an insurance settlement out of it if its never recovered. And before anyone asks, no, the didnt offer us a reward.
Definitely a plane crash
ELI5 Why doesn't a car get moldy when it's regularly used?
Thats insane with all the security talk; may be file a police report? May be someone needed help? Or closure, this is def one of those side quests you should take on OP😂
Long Term Parking - The Sopranos
What a story…. Makes you wonder
Looks like he already had covid shits taking over the drivers side. OP I suggest burning.
U think that vanillaroma little tress is keeping it fresh or naw?
I find french cars so fascinating. Because we don't have them in the U.S
You're not missing anything. Renaults, Citroens and Peugeots are all shite.
The seat is so close to the steering wheel, it makes me wonder if it were pushed up or someone drove it that was eerily small.
The guy realized it would be cheaper to buy a new car than pay the parking fees!
The fact that only the driver’s seat and steering wheels has the most of that green stuff, goes to show how dirty human’s hands are. Also, that could be a sweat on the seat
Could’ve been stolen and dumped there. Happened to my car!
So years ago, a coworker of mine died on a business trip. He was in a fatal car accident and it was a pretty big deal around the office.
The owner obviously spontaneously combusted
Well no wonder after two years the bill for airport parking must be more than the car is worth
You don’t HAVE to buy a return ticket. Maybe he went to Australia and decided the ride back wasn’t worth it. It’s nice there.
Why in the world was this not towed away in like a day after it was seen as not registered?
He needs an oil change, that’s for sure.
The driver may be diabetic. The compounds in his/her sweat becomes a media like substance that can sustain a colony like this for a while. Looking at the sugary drink and the Oreos on the passenger seat gave me this hypothesis and because my grandparents are doctors who became diabetic later in life.
Dead or in jail, probably.
Are you gonna eat those cookies?
Adriana!
Has anyone tried tracing the license plate number?
Possible stolen vehicle
Forbidden Oreos
This is a little bit like the lone shoe on the roadside… it is entirely possible that driver is not dead and, left the car there for a wheeze? Gathering fulfilment and energy from knowing somewhere on the internet there is probably a group of people (yep us) creating interesting outcomes for the person who left it there…
That's the kind of trolling I like lol
They realised they were driving a Renault...
Sounds most likely it's stolen and someone ditched it there.