The "Wheres my car gone" mystery

GeeAy

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2016 W205 C220 SE Exec
So, its almost 3 years since i picked up my W205 from MB Newbury. Traded in my 61 plate C180 CGI facelift W204, Obsidian Black with just under 80k on the clock. Brand new MOT, nothing wrong with it, in fact, i actually said no to the W205 deal before relenting over a coffee and commiting myself to the the departure of W204.

So whats the mystery?

The car was never taxed after the dealer surrender 20 Dec 2016 and listed as "untaxed", the MOT expired in Oct 2017, the car just disappeared!

For a 5 year old 2 owner (MB plus me) full MB history car, thats bizarre. Any thoughts?
 

A.J.

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UnMerc - 2020 VW Polo 2.0t GTi Plus, DSG. Flash Red, Traditional VW GTi Tartan seat trim.
Exported maybe, stolen and exported maybe ??
 

V6Matty

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S212/2010/E350 (His) W246/2016/B200 (Hers)
Some cars can just sit, when I sold my 211 years ago it wasn’t bought and put in the road for about 3 years, it was probably sat in a field all that time or at a dealer.
 

Rappey69

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c220 w204 amg sport
Someone bought it and put their own plates on it, hence your now searching for a car that "does not exist" anymore !
 

A.J.

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UnMerc - 2020 VW Polo 2.0t GTi Plus, DSG. Flash Red, Traditional VW GTi Tartan seat trim.
Someone bought it and put their own plates on it, hence your now searching for a car that "does not exist" anymore !

I would say that that is a fairly likely scenario :)
 

Kev555

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Could have went here to NI or possibly republic of Ireland and got re-registered locally as another conspiracy theory:D
 

Rappey69

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I looked back at my car history, 4 previous owners and each one of them put personalised plates on the car.. So I had to as well to keep with tradition?
 

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