Abandoned VW Golf gets a birthday party
Neighbours ‘celebrate’ the one-year anniversary of an abandoned Golf, with a sarcastic birthday party.
A group of frustrated neighbours have marked the one year anniversary of an abandoned Volkswagen Golf in their street, with a tongue-in-cheek birthday party.
The silver Volkswagen Golf Mk5 first appeared in George Street, Shefford in December 2019, and hasn’t moved since, despite locals noticing the interior filling up with leftover McDonalds food, empty shampoo bottles, a single shoe and earrings.
Despite reporting the fifth-generation Golf to the local council, the mayor did not solve the neighbourhood eyesore, as according to residents, the Bedfordshire council’s inspection of the vehicle deemed: “it was a decent car it could not possibly be abandoned."
To put the comment in context, the Golf Mk5 2.0 TDI was launched in 2004, as the most powerful variant of the fifth-generation model.
With 320Nm of torque at 4,000rpm, and posting a 0-100km/h time of 9.3 seconds, the model represented a leap forward in terms of driving dynamics for the nameplate.
More than 3.2 million Mk5 Golfs were sold worldwide between 2003-2009, seeing the compact car win many awards including Drive’s Best Performance Car under $60,000 in hot GTI form in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
One year on in Shefford, the Mk5 monument now features a flat tyre and a growing collection of litter, prompting frustrated neighbours to celebrate the anniversary of the lonesome VW Golf, decorating the car with bright balloons, bunting and banners and playing some ‘pin the horn on the unicorn’ to lift its spirits.
Watch the video here.
The video of the neglected hatchback has caught the eye of Mk5 enthusiasts, spying parts that can be used in their own projects.
“Are the headlights available?” said one comment, followed by, “Also need the alloys”.
Another commenter claimed this was his car before he moved to Australia in January 2019, to which someone replied they would “remove it for free, if you can supply the logbook.”