A BMW Was 'Lost' For Six Months After The Driver Forgot Where They Left It

Genuinely forgetting where you left your car is bad enough, but when it's not even your car...

Police in Manchester have just found a BMW that’s been lost in a city centre multi-storey for six months.

As barely believable as this is, a Scottish rock music fan who borrowed a friend’s BMW to drive to a Stone Roses gig at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, just lost it. They parked it in the city, made their way to the concert and then… forgot where they’d left it.

After the event he or she (we don’t know who it was) tried to find it, reports the Manchester Evening News. For five fruitless, excruciating days no doubt peppered with really, really awkward phone calls to the owner.

The hapless borrower emailed various local authorities, parking enforcement companies and more in a last-ditch attempt to find it, without success. Amazingly, it took until August for the owner to finally admit defeat and report the car as lost and/or stolen.

But then officers from Greater Manchester Police stumbled across the car when making security checks on new year’s eve, tweeting about it from the force’s official account.

In case you’re wondering about the bill for the parking, a quick police estimate puts it somewhere in the region of £5,000. Ouch.

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Rise Comics
01/05/2017 - 17:25 |
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Anonymous

Well at least the indicators werent used for 6 months

01/05/2017 - 17:27 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Or ever

01/05/2017 - 18:24 |
7 | 0
Anonymous

A little longer and you could sell it has a “barn find”

01/05/2017 - 17:28 |
154 | 1
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Well, what a find.

01/05/2017 - 22:19 |
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Frank Ma

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

“darn find”

01/06/2017 - 03:56 |
17 | 0
TKMxEvolution

Wow, even when they aren’t behind the wheel of a BMW, they still can’t correctly navigate to where they need to go.

01/05/2017 - 18:00 |
23 | 0
Anonymous

Parking bill still cheaper than insurance for Young drivers in the UK

01/05/2017 - 18:06 |
59 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

The irony

01/05/2017 - 21:07 |
8 | 0
Dave 6

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Your not joking😥

01/05/2017 - 23:05 |
5 | 0
Anonymous

And this is why you don’t lend your car to anyone without being with them

01/05/2017 - 18:24 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Or they might use the indicators… Now that would be a serious problem

01/05/2017 - 18:28 |
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Anonymous

Should of just left it there. Screw those parking fines.

01/05/2017 - 18:48 |
1 | 0
slevo beavo

Just say you’ve lost your ticket and all you do is pay for a whole day parking. That’s what we do at work when our cars are up there for weeks.

01/05/2017 - 20:00 |
3 | 0
Anonymous

Claim after finding your car that you threw the ticket away weeks ago and only pay the £24 for the long stay price

01/05/2017 - 20:01 |
3 | 0
Neco Arc

Sim Simma Where The F*ck Is My Bimma?!

01/05/2017 - 21:36 |
19 | 0

must have been that one gearl from they song, she had the key fo the bimma

01/06/2017 - 05:29 |
4 | 0

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