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Mystery surrounds dumped Porsche 996 C4S in UK

SOME people spend years saving for a car like this, but one unlucky owner could be about to have it towed away and crushed.
The Porsche Carrera has been languishing in Guildford Spectrum’s car park for weeks, and last Friday, council officials slapped a notice on the back window threatening to crush it.
The car – which costs more than £73,000 when new and has a top speed of 185mph – is not displaying a valid tax disc.
The notice left by Guildford Borough Council claims that the car has been ‘abandoned without lawful authority’, and gave the owner 24 hours before it is removed/destroyed.
Cllr Jenny Wicks, lead councillor for the environment, said factors which help the authority decide whether a vehicle has been abandoned include the length of time it has stayed in its spot, as well as its condition and whether it has number plates.
The person who abandoned the Porsche could also face three months in jail.
A Guildford Spectrum spokesman said staff members reported the car, which is now covered in a layer of dust, to the council after it remained uncollected for weeks.
“It is a complete mystery to us,” he said. “We would love to find out who the owner is and reunite them with their beautiful car.”
The Porsche has a black leather interior, and there is a hand-drawn map on the passenger’s seat and a golf umbrella on the parcel shelf.
Lindsay Armstrong, of the Surrey Classic Vehicle Club, said the council should think of alternatives to crushing the Porsche.
“It would be such a terrible shame to see such a beautiful car destroyed,” he added.
A Surrey Police spokeswoman said the car has not been reported stolen, and there are no reports of it being used in a crime.

This makes no sense to me. Does the UK have any kind of registration system Question

Why have they not been able to make contact with the owner Sad

It must be my when I took a vacation up there last month Very Happy

gee...I told Tom to take care of it...
Mr. Green

Tell me about it. Someone must have bought the car or else it is the dealership that has abandoned it. Cars are registered in England just like here, so I don't see why it is so complicated unless the car has no tags and the VIN has been "distorted".

-aren

next time a link to the original news source please.

Crushing a car would make sense if the car was used in a dangerous driving stunt, race, or still in the hands of a bad driver / owner.

It sounds like the UK is still behind in many ways. If a car is abandoned and does not have a current owner, the government should seize it, impound it, then sell it at a police type auction. This would save the car, pay the unpaid parking, registration, duties, etc.

Why crush it? That's stupid, just do something with it and allow the owner to later claim it if he decides to....