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Old 1 January 2015, 01:27 PM   #1
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Someone Made A Shocking Discovery...

...While Trekking Through This German Forest. I Can't Believe It.

http://www.wimp.com/germanforest/
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Old 1 January 2015, 01:35 PM   #2
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Cool find. But such a waste!
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Old 1 January 2015, 01:35 PM   #3
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Wow. Seems like such a waste of some fine vintage cars. One looks to be a Jag XK120. To each his own I guess!
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Old 1 January 2015, 01:36 PM   #4
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Kind of sad, all those wonderful machines just rotting away...
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Old 1 January 2015, 01:44 PM   #5
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Old 1 January 2015, 04:03 PM   #6
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Old 1 January 2015, 06:03 PM   #7
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I get the art aspect and quite cool, but why do it to a 356 porsche, when a beetle or an Austin would suffice.
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Old 1 January 2015, 07:42 PM   #8
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Hmmm... I guess just about anything can pass for art.

I would've much rather driven them.
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Old 1 January 2015, 07:47 PM   #9
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Keep in mind that when those cars were parked their value was close to nothing and not worth restoring and even repairing.
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Old 1 January 2015, 07:49 PM   #10
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I question whether leaving a bunch of cars to rot in the bush is 'art'.
On that basis there is a hell of a lot of 'art' in backyards (and frontyards) all over Australia.
(I think he's more bent & rusty than the cars)
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Old 1 January 2015, 07:59 PM   #11
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I don't like this, it's littering a beautiful forest and it is a waste of cars, they could have atleast done something else with them that would be a bit more useful than this.
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Old 2 January 2015, 12:35 AM   #13
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The right people will indeed get a hold of these... Experts are restoring everything nowadays.. These will all be mint within 2 years I expect
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Old 2 January 2015, 12:50 AM   #14
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The right people will indeed get a hold of these... Experts are restoring everything nowadays.. These will all be mint within 2 years I expect
I hope so. It's sad to see all those beautiful automobiles just rotting away. What a waste. I don't see anything about it artistic at all. He's taken wonderful cars and let them turn into junk while polluting a wonderful forest with them. Lose/lose situation if I ever saw one.
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Old 2 January 2015, 04:28 AM   #15
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Old 2 January 2015, 02:10 PM   #16
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It's funny how a own perspectives affect our feelings about art, this is art after all isn't it.
I can appreciate this collection and the visuals created, would love to take that walk and see it myself........ And then there is that 50 jag. As a Jaguar enthusiast I can't bear to see it just sitting there rotting. Oh my what emotions.
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Old 3 January 2015, 08:14 PM   #17
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Mind blowing.... I don't think it's a waste at all. That creation is one of a kind. The cars were not.

To see those cars being 'wasted' like that. IMO, kinda reminds us that those things we hold dear, are really just 'things'. Nature on the other hand is alive.
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Old 3 January 2015, 08:57 PM   #18
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Kind of sad, all those wonderful machines just rotting away...
Exactly, I don't see anything that wonderful about it.
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Old 4 January 2015, 01:37 AM   #19
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Keep in mind that when those cars were parked their value was close to nothing and not worth restoring and even repairing.
Those cars were parked there in the year 2000. Some of those cars were worth a ton of money at that time.

"a museum/park where 50 classic cars were parked when the car enthusiast turned 50 years old in 2000."

I appreciate the arts as much as the next person, but leaving a bunch of very historic and beautiful rare automobiles to rot in a forest seems counterproductive. Personally, I wouldn't think it is a great idea to toss rare paintings about a forest. I feel the same way about the cars.
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Old 4 January 2015, 07:42 AM   #20
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Those cars were parked there in the year 2000. Some of those cars were worth a ton of money at that time.

"a museum/park where 50 classic cars were parked when the car enthusiast turned 50 years old in 2000."

I appreciate the arts as much as the next person, but leaving a bunch of very historic and beautiful rare automobiles to rot in a forest seems counterproductive. Personally, I wouldn't think it is a great idea to toss rare paintings about a forest. I feel the same way about the cars.

I know, placed on his property for his 50th birthday but he had owned them for many years prior.
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Old 4 January 2015, 07:43 AM   #21
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Bizarre.
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Old 4 January 2015, 07:54 AM   #22
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I guess that they are his cars and it is his land and he can do anything he wants with either of them. Surprised the tree hugging folks didn't throw a fit. I suspect if he died tomorrow many would be pulled out and restored. Just reinforces that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.


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Old 5 January 2015, 03:49 AM   #24
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Old 5 January 2015, 05:15 AM   #25
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Sad for the car enthousiast . . . :(
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Old 6 January 2015, 02:01 AM   #28
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I am a bit confused, and may have missed it, but if this was in a German forest, then why is there an english "school crossing" sign, there is at least one with an American plate, and some that have the driver's side on the left hand side.
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