Abandoned Ferrari!!! (I’m not joking!)

[Angell34]

Someone seems to go have abandoned a top of the range red Ferrari outside my property. It’s parked haphazard and has been there 24 hrs! It’s not my neighbours . . . Stolen do we think?! 

[Vik]

Maybe just bad parking? 24 hours isn't long, you could call 101 and I guess they could check if reported stolen.

 

[Spartacus]

Ferris Bueller having a day off ? 

[tiddles]

Apparently stolen cars are dumped for a few days in case they have a tracker. They wait to see if the car is found - if not then they will take. Worth seeing if reported stolen 

[Penguin68]

I was told they'd normally wait 24 hours to check a tracker wasn't installed. For a valuable car. Unless the car was taken from someone not yet aware (away on holiday or business) I'd have thought if there was a tracker it would have been found by now. But if they knew their victim was away they might wait longer. What they don't want is the eventual destination garage to be located with a tracker. 

[Angell34]

Checked on car check U.K. and there is a stolen report on it however nooone from 101 is answering, Met live chat is down and no one answering emails. 

It’s parked outside 513A lordship lane, next to Westminster carpets if someone can get through to the police. I’ll keep trying. 

[Sue]

That's very poor if the police are unavailable.

Would phoning 999 be considered not suitable? What are you supposed to do?

[Penguin68]

Yes, phone 999. Considering the cost of a Ferrari even the Met might bother, it would help their statistics to recover it. 

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

East Dulwich has gone so upmarket that Ferraris are considered disposable items now...

 

The same car in happier times: 

 

[ed_pete]

999 is for emergencies only. A stolen car is NOT an emergency.

[Insuflo]

Perhaps the robbers pulled over for a Magnum?

A 25-year old Ferrari is probably worth a lot less than many newer cars on the streets locally (£40k-ish, I’m guessing?). I notice the tax is up in a fortnight.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

A new VW Passat is £40,000+ these days!

[David Peckham]

It's a 360 Spider, so worth over £60k, more if it has the H gate gearbox, and it's one of the first manufactured.

It's an appreciating classic, and only MOT'd last week.

Does anyone know if there is any legal basis to the 'Finders Keepers' rule?

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Is the occupant of 513a Lordship Lane in North London wondering when the bloody garage is going to drop off their car? It's been a week since they took it for an MoT...

[David Peckham]

Having just checked again, it only got its new ticket (MOT) on Thursday, then turned up on Lordship Lane on Friday, reported as stolen

On top of a happy keeper, I suspect there'll be a very relieved owner of an MOT centre somewhere, now that it's reappeared.

Edited 28 minutes ago by David Peckham
Clarity

[Sue]

2 hours ago, David Peckham said:

Having just checked again, it only got it's new ticket (MOT) on Thursday, then turned up on Lordship Lane on Friday, reported as stolen

On top of a happy keeper, I suspect there'll be a very relieved owner of an MOT centre somewhere, now that it's reappeared.

Only if the owner finds out where it is!

[David Peckham]

Well, quite.

And if someone doesn't claim it soon, it could well be on its way again. Ferrari, like ALFA and Maserati, was owned by FIAT at the time this one was made, and the less important bits - such as the locks -  came straight out of the FIAT parts bin. It's really quite a nickable car.

I'm actually a bit disappointed it's turned out to be stolen.

I quite fancied the idea that an aging Italian playboy had his passions so inflamed by something he saw on Lordship Lane that he simply abandoned his Ferrari.

Have Bell's Kitchens got a sale on at the moment?