Irish reg Saab sitting in Antwerp

tcawley29

Seen this on facebook:

This car has been sitting in the same spot in Antwerp, Belgium for three weeks now. It has a County Mayo (Ireland) registration (05 MO 10048) and nobody locally knows who owns it. Everybody, please share, just in case there is anything wrong here.

Pov06

Thread title could be a bit more specific...

tcawley29

Pov06 wrote: »

Thread title could be a bit more specific...

Im only trying to help people here.
Your attitude is not required

Pov06

tcawley29 wrote: »

Im only trying to help people here.
Your attitude is not required

It's not really helping people with a BS title. If the title was more relevant maybe the people that need to see the thread may have a bigger chance of seeing it (and the chances of that will still be low).

Stheno

Pov06 wrote: »

It's not really helping people with a BS title. If the title was more relevant maybe the people that need to see the thread may have a bigger chance of seeing it (and the chances of that will still be low).

Agreed if the thread title was mayo reg car in Antwerp t it would be better

tcawley29

Pov06 wrote: »

It's not really helping people with a BS title. If the title was more relevant maybe the people that need to see the thread may have a bigger chance of seeing it (and the chances of that will still be low).

Im not having an argument with you just because you feel the need to be a keyboard warrior.
If you have nothing to contribute please leave.
Thanks

Atlantic Dawn

Tax is up on it until next month, nct up to March next year.

George Dalton

tcawley29 wrote: »

Im only trying to help people here.
Your attitude is not required

The other poster is trying to help you by making a valid point. If there is a problem with anyone's attitude it would be yours

MuppetCheck

Chances are its just someone working over there. Wouldn't be unusual tbh, there are a lot of work in Belgium at the moment being done by Irish companies. We're cheaper than locals even with travel and living expenses and aren't as constrained by 35 hour work weeks.

mickdw

I don't see what the issue is.
Irish person took their car to that country maybe temporary work contract or something. They then fly out of there for a few weeks.

colm_mcm

Car is taxed and nct'd anyway.

I'm editing the title of this thread. I have zero interest in this story, and if the title had been any way descriptive, I would have avoided it.

Having a thread called "FYI" is just annoying.

Probably someone working there. When I worked in Paris two lads from Limerick and Tipp brought their cars over with them. It was a waste of time/money because the two cars more or less sat up for the 6 months they were there. Public transport to work was 15 mins or an hour and ten in the car.

CiniO

I must say I'd be quite annoyed, if someone took photo of my car and posted it online with information that car was parked in that spot for 3 weeks. Non of your business OP tbh.
If you have suspicions that car is stolen, then inform a police.

bilbot79

CiniO wrote: »

I must say I'd be quite annoyed, if someone took photo of my car and posted it online with information that car was parked in that spot for 3 weeks. Non of your business OP tbh.
If you have suspicions that car is stolen, then inform a police.

This

Buffman

This sounds familiar.:D

delly

Guys, I think you are missing the point of the OP and the text in the picture which they have provided, the concern here is for the Saab itself. It has been a troubling time for Saab over recent times and with it now looking like production will not restart for Saab since last year, I can imagine that the car in the OP may be feeling lost and isolated. Lets work together to coax it home, we can make it better.

Celly Smunt

Jesus even the cars look bored in Antwerp.

Noccy_Mondy

That car looks so familiar to me, definitely seen it around before. It's an import anyway, with the 10k + reg, not that it makes any difference.

Looks sort of abandoned in the sense that it's parked on gravel, not in a marked car park. Not really parked up against a fence either. I wouldn't leave my car unattended for 3 weeks anyway, in what looks to be an isolated spot. I'm taking all of that from the pic provided, maybe it's a built up, busy area, I don't know.

tossy

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Looks sort of abandoned in the sense that it's parked on gravel, not in a marked car park

It looks like a typical car park you'd see in most north European cities, they tend not to go for the fancy when it comes to car parks.

I agree with Cinio (did i just say that ) it's none of anyones business, people are too nosey.

Oral Surgeon

Call interpol, they'll send the force out to investigate....

Asmooh

I've seen a lot on facebook... but why post it? Like someone said the car has NCT and tax so what is the problem?

166man

While I agree it's probably someone working there, I always find it really cool when you're in a foreign country and you see Irish registered cars.

Was on the continent in April in Northern Italy and Southern France and saw a few Irish registered trucks and one or two cars.

Always find I smile when I see it...! :P

Rubberchikken

could be someone working there. lot of irish peopleworking in belgium, but well spotted and decent of you to mention it:)

NotCominBack

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Jesus even the cars look bored in Antwerp.

I don't think the car looks bored, maybe sad, thinking "I wish I was an X5"

tossy

NotCominBack wrote: »

I don't think the car looks bored, maybe sad, thinking "I wish I was an X5"

I wish i was back home in Mayo. The most exciting thing i ever did in Belgium was get lost lol

Spook_ie

FFS lads it's a Saab it's broken down obviously! :rolleyes:

Asmooh

tossy wrote: »

I wish i was back home in Mayo. The most exciting thing i ever did in Belgium was get lost lol

But that's you.. has nothing to do with a country...

166man

166man wrote: »

While I agree it's probably someone working there, I always find it really cool when you're in a foreign country and you see Irish registered cars.

Was on the continent in April in Northern Italy and Southern France and saw a few Irish registered trucks and one or two cars.

Always find I smile when I see it...! :P

I saw a 97d Renault sceinic in magaluf in 2012. That was weird. A friend is convinced he saw a JJ kavanags bus in Cyprus

tossy

Asmooh wrote: »

But that's you.. has nothing to do with a country...

It was a joke

maxwell smart

Go and have a sniff around the boot. Might be a body in it!

SteelyDanJalapeno

Guys there's a good chance this could be just someone from Ireland working in Antwerp and has left the car parked there while they do so.

Many people from Ireland travel to different countries for work.

bren2002

http://www.dublintosydney.com/Press/press_files/image013.jpg

A irish bmw in sydney

vandriver

If you ever find yourself in Ulan-Ude on the southern shores of Lake Baikal......

http://wanderwithus.tumblr.com/post/12098359364/bye-bye-volvo

Spook_ie

You'd have thought that someone might have tipped off a local Garda by now and if they checked the registrations last known owner address, they could suss if there was anything untoward.....


Just saying like

Noccy_Mondy

The orignal post on facebook wasn't directed at the thought that it was stolen or seemed dodgy - but they were wondering about someone's wellbeing, was something wrong/happened that the car was left there.

Asmooh

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

The orignal post on facebook wasn't directed at the thought that it was stolen or seemed dodgy - but they were wondering about someone's wellbeing, was something wrong/happened that the car was left there.

why would anyone care?

Noccy_Mondy

Asmooh wrote:

why would anyone care?

If someone was injured, dead, missing? An Irish person looking out for one of their own.

Asmooh

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

If someone was injured, dead, missing? An Irish person looking out for one of their own.

Sorry but I don't believe that.. more like, people want to mind someone else his/her business and want to know what they do, when and how.

Noccy_Mondy

Asmooh wrote:

Sorry but I don't believe that.. more like, people want to mind someone else his/her business and want to know what they do, when and how.

I seen the original post, it stated something along the lines of "car has been in same spot for 3 weeks, wondering is everything alright with them. Strange to be left for a long period".

Look I couldn't give a hoot about it or what it's doing there, it's just that everyone's jumping onto the nosey conclusion, there may, or may not, be more to the story is all.

Supergurrier

OP is only trying to help.

Ask a mod to rename thread remove page of thanks whoring/second guessing smartarseology

Job done.

tcawley29

CiniO wrote: »

I must say I'd be quite annoyed, if someone took photo of my car and posted it online with information that car was parked in that spot for 3 weeks. Non of your business OP tbh.
If you have suspicions that car is stolen, then inform a police.

I took it from facebook. wasn't my post at all. Just trying to help out

keithclancy

tcawley29 wrote: »

Seen this on facebook:

This car has been sitting in the same spot in Antwerp, Belgium for three weeks now. It has a County Mayo (Ireland) registration (05 MO 10048) and nobody locally knows who owns it. Everybody, please share, just in case there is anything wrong here.

Hi OP.

This is super common

In Antwerp, you can only get a Parking permit once for 3 months on a foreign plate before you have to register it, that's even if the person that owns the car is registered with the City Hall.

https://www.antwerpen.be/nl/info/5450f927afa8a780238b45a0/

I had the same problem in the Hague, was a pain in the arse, just left my car parked outside the paid parking zone for 3 months, came back and they f*ckers had painted lines around it

In short, I wouldn't worry about it.

Asmooh

keithclancy wrote: »

Hi OP.

This is super common

In Antwerp, you can only get a Parking permit once for 3 months on a foreign plate before you have to register it, that's even if the person that owns the car is registered with the City Hall.

https://www.antwerpen.be/nl/info/5450f927afa8a780238b45a0/

I had the same problem in the Hague, was a pain in the arse, just left my car parked outside the paid parking zone for 3 months, came back and they f*ckers had painted lines around it

In short, I wouldn't worry about it.

HAHA, my car broke down one time and I parked at the train station in Geldermalsen.

Got a letter if I could move my car because they wanted to fix the street