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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:09 am

sunnysr wrote:found a syringe and needle in the door pocket or a previous one
Previous zoner I take it? :D
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:11 am

I found a police interview tape which someone then used to record the top 40 (1991) from the radio on.

I was enjoying Heavy D & the Boyz when the song stopped and the interview carried on playing !
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:07 am

Steve wrote:I found a police interview tape which someone then used to record the top 40 (1991) from the radio on.

I was enjoying Heavy D & the Boyz when the song stopped and the interview carried on playing !
LOL! I bet you thought the rapping in that was a bit crap! :D
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:09 pm

found a very rare ltd edition snap on lighter in my range rover right under the seat, gave it to my mechanic mate whos got snap on everything, he still uses it daily
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:18 pm

Actually got given an e30 which was a turd beyond you would believe but had a new grill still in the box and a tire pump which plugs into the lighter socket which has been very useful.

Talking about needles, a friend bought an e36 m3 for very cheap off a smack head. We pulled the full interior out and found over 40 needles stuffed under the seats, in door cards etc etc 8O rancid human being
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:24 pm

ross_jsy wrote: rancid human being
No need to single me out :(
That's properly rank though. Junkies FTL.
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:32 pm

ross_jsy wrote:Actually got given an e30 which was a turd beyond you would believe but had a new grill still in the box and a tire pump which plugs into the lighter socket which has been very useful.

Talking about needles, a friend bought an e36 m3 for very cheap off a smack head. We pulled the full interior out and found over 40 needles stuffed under the seats, in door cards etc etc 8O rancid human being
:eek: I hope atleast some of them were still use-able
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:42 pm

ive had about 100 cars slip through my hands and found fuck all good like you boys! Pair of 80s shades in last E30 and a bottle of Fertan which tasted like shit! :D
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:42 pm

Well we gave em a wipe first!

But nah, all used bar a couple. The passenger side rear armrest area was clearly his stash area as he had cut it out in a way that part of it was removable. Pure turd of a car, been on the jig twice after 2 big smashes and was way down on power. But a clean, some spurious stamps in the service book from where I was working and a new interior panel and it was served for 3 times the purchase price :D pacer would have been proud.
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:43 pm

has anyone ever LEFT/hidden !! anything funny in a car theyve sold for a laugh ? :D
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:46 pm

Nobby_N wrote:ive had about 100 cars slip through my hands and found fuck all good like you boys! Pair of 80s shades in last E30 and a bottle of Fertan which tasted like shit! :D
LOL. You're not meant to drink that Fertan stuff - no wonder it tasted like shit. I believe you're meant to rub it on your balls!

Let someone else taste it..... :D
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:53 pm

My mate once went to sell a nova, it seemed to have clocked a lot of miles when in his possession, so he decided (just like any nova owner) to wind the clocks back

Once the clocks were dismantled he found a post it note tucked in the back, reading 'oh no, not again!'
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:02 pm

hazd31 wrote:My mate once went to sell a nova, it seemed to have clocked a lot of miles when in his possession, so he decided (just like any nova owner) to wind the clocks back

Once the clocks were dismantled he found a post it note tucked in the back, reading 'oh no, not again!'
If true that is fooking class :D
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:11 pm

Found a tech 1 steering wheel at the bottom of a box which was in the boot with some old floor mats and mudguards when i bought the car. Box sat in the corner of the garage for 18 months before i discovered the wheel when i was about to dump the old mats 8O :D pity it wasnt a 370mm but you cant be that lucky i suppose!
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:12 pm

I won a couple of spanners in mine!
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Can anyone suggest how to test if the boot lights are staying on with the boot shut?

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lock the wife in there
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:40 pm

I've found bits and pieces in cars. Numerous pairs of glasses behind glove boxes for example. I'm over run with ice scrapers.

Never much exciting though.

Squirrels nest was nice, in the Tech 1 Si and I broke but then you needed penicillin just to get in the thing. And a mouse had made a nice nest in the top of a turret of an e46 I moved on for my neighbour.

The most money i've found when cleaning one was just under a fiver in an M3 Evo we broke. We put that towards a mcD's to make us even fatter.
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:35 pm

Friend found dog biscuits in the air box of his 318iS. Apparently quite common for small animals to stash things in here!

Somebody I know purchased a MK1 MX5 for £300 and found £50 in £1 coins in the boot where the battery sits.

I found an Opal Fruits packet in mine!
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:41 pm

Nothing spectacular in my E30, except a decent pair of scissors and a pack of sticky pads.

I bought a Primera GT a few years back. The passenger seat rear pocket thing was full of empty weed baggies and there was a burnt spoon and some nasal spray in the glovebox. The guy I bought it off was obviously a drug dealer as well, so it didn't take a lot to put two and two together.

Life has not been generous in giving me free stuff with new cars. Managed to get a few headunits now though.
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:46 pm

Obviously not a very successful drug dealer then?
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:19 pm

Got a free Opel Manta a few years ago, was going to do up as a project car but turned out to be a rotbox of biblical proportions! 8O For example the floor would flex around the transmission tunnel since there was no inner or outer sills connecting it to the rest of the car :D

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After fragging though we found the best part of £14 in coins stashed all over it :D So the car actually worked out paying me instead
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:30 pm

B7 wrote:Obviously not a very successful drug dealer then?
Possibly not. He appeared to have a fairly new RX-8 for his new car, but they didn't exactly hold their value well off the forecourt...

The primera was a 130k dog, with mismatching paint and a tatty interior and exterior, but it was a good car for a year. Suprisingly quick and very good in the corners.
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:00 pm

Valeter at a place I worked years ago found gay porn stashed behind the boot carpets in one of the local traders cars :)
Strangely enough there were a few rumours going round about him being a batty boy :gay:
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:03 pm

Didn't find anything in my E30.

Although found a bag of drugs behind the horn on a customers car that he bought.
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:28 pm

not quite the same- but a few years ago I bought a bootlid with tec II spoiler for 45quid delivered. when it arrived I found the guy had very kindly left a full mint tool kit bolted to the underside, thanks mister! needless to say it was sold within the week!

this hidey-hole behind the glovebox seems to be the place to look tho! im checking out my motors when I get home!!
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Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:40 pm

Never found anything in the e30 but did find loads of weed baggies in a mk3 golf that im breaking at the moment .
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Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:48 pm

Current touring yielded 3 euro's and 4 Francs...

The Fix It Again Tomorrow gave up just under £5 in small change,a half eaten butty and several sweets with small toothmarks embedded.Spare wheel well was half full with shattered window glass.... :-x
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Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:57 pm

Next door neighbour asked me too pull out his old mg b from the garage so ne and a mate set about doing this! As we pulled it out under the car was 3 gay times magazines! The look on his face when he saw them! Happily married for 32 years ........ hmmmm ......!
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Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:33 pm

Four brand new Alpina centre caps still in the box with seals....
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Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:56 pm

And an envelope full of birth certificates in an ex police omega 8O
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Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:38 pm

Disabled windscreen sticker left in the glovebox of my first car. I keep it in the glovebox of my current car, but haven't ever used it.
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Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:39 pm

ANDY325TOURING wrote:And an envelope full of birth certificates in an ex police omega 8O
I know who to talk to about a fake passport then... :wink:
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Post Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:02 am

How many do you need? lol!
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Post Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:00 am

I went with a mate to collect a triumph Herald Convertible that hadn't been used for about 10 years. He bought it off a woman in her 70's and in the glove box were several condoms, lube and a small feather duster.
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Post Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:05 pm

In a passat i recently bought and sold , me and my palwere bored decided to look for money and found a mint ! nokia 5110 . gots it in the draw

Same pal just swapped his car and found full lil snapon kit of screwdrivers ,torx drivers and picks in the boot behind the sub that was generously left behind :)