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Motores Despidos: Para onde vão os carros de corrida depois de se reformarem?

Motores Despidos: Para onde vão os carros, depois de se reformarem? PARTE II
Can you guys identify all the cars in the photos on the website?

Ex

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zaRKbPOf7s...jI/s640/17.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tGxOJehggP...lU/s640/25.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AYzxd7lQUq...Uo/s640/12.jpg

That is some painful stuff to look at.

T_T yup

I might have to ask Arash about this one:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vlI5pwlLNu...d12bc84d8o.jpg

can anyone translate or give a back story to that article?

Read jalopnik's article about the same abandoned cars, made it a couple paragraphs in before I was like nope nope

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/...0/sad_frog.jpg

This is circulating as well..apparently the owner fled from Greece as a result of the economic crisis there..

http://31.media.tumblr.com/d7f8037cb...7dj9o1_500.jpg

omg @ the M3 with 59kms

Google translate automatically gives me the option to from Portuguese to English for me.

"Only a small minority of cars go to museums and to owners that treat them like kings. Most race cars have a destination that is far less glorious, and end up forgotten. If you are a petrol head, advise to prepare psychologicall before seeing the following images. Several cars are from the glories of Le Mans to the group B cars of WRC"

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploa...-no-god-no.gif
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Daren Mk1

More info: LostNFound

http://www.currypotproductions.com/D...005_resize.jpg
http://www.currypotproductions.com/D...ren7-small.jpg

I wonder who owns all those cars. I would be awesome if people could buy them. I'd love me an ex-Lemans track car lol


Fuck my life... I bet the Ferrari on the right could be worth $$$ restored

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4bhHiRnCH...00/2efp9iw.jpg

does anyone have any info on those M3s or the 3.0 CSL? my mechanic is capable to buying, bringing and restoring these cars here, he has done so with a few european cars.

Well, now I'm sad. The NSX, and Muira.. goddamn.

Those F1 cars....that Mclaren....:tears:

that black Audi Group C? race car looks pretty minty
still puzzled how these non-totalled racing legends just go to die...surely they are worth something

People who can afford to buy those exotic cars can care less about selling them or fixing them up.

Think about it this way, from average joe's perspective..
Just like how some people have several thousand $$ RC cars, aircrafts, few thousand $$ Mountain Bikes, BMX, and I have even seen people with 10 or 15 motorcycles.

Sure, those things worth thousands of $$ and worth 5 figure price tag if you combine them all.
But we have our life and don't really wanna deal with or don't have time to fix it, fix it up and sell it or just sell it.

I'm sure you've seen people with several thousand $$ worth of something that they never use in their garage or back yard, just collecting dust and rust, etc.

Same as those exotic cars. To rich people, those cars are just like expensive mountain bikes, RC cars, motorcycles, etc... just like how we could sell them if we want to, but we just never do because we're lazy or not that desperate to sell immediately.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0Qa9DSs40e...Y/s1600/50.jpg
brb, gonna go jump off a bridge..

you posted a wrong picture...
http://31.media.tumblr.com/d7f8037cb...7dj9o1_500.jpg

Part 3
Motores Despidos: Carros abandonados parte III

Do you see what I see...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lekFJFF8hA...306370_600.jpg

I do :fullofwin:

fawk i love these renaults....

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w-v6e1Cyfb...c/s1600/36.png

Florida abandoned 298 Prius

298 Priuses lost and found in Florida

Miami abandoned 300 Prius

Miami?s vice: Nearly 300 never-driven Priuses found | The Daily Caller

There's a goldmine of opportunity in those cars. Literally millions of dollars for someone who could find them and bring them back to life. Unreal.

Kind of wonder why people don't try to save the cars if they know the location, I understand that many of them are beyond repair, but parting out some of those ferraris for example could net you a ton of money