Ok, so I was working with a buddy in the service department at a Porsche dealership here in Austin, I spotted a sad looking early 90's BMW 5 series sitting in the grass with flat tires and door damage on the passenger side, I asked my buddy what was going on with it and he wasn't sure.

Well I forgot about it, we ate lunch and he went off somewhere and then came back and joined in the conversation we were having, then says; "hey you know that BMW? You can have it" I thought he was joking but he was serious, turns out the owner had came in and wanted to use it as a trade in, the deal fell through and the owner walked away, leaving it there for about 8 months to a year.

The dealership was fed up with it just sitting there and when they heard someone wanted it, they said "tow it tow it tow it" so I had it towed home and have been cleaning it up. Runs nice, is 5 spd and is a great car. Problem is they gave it to me with no title and the car is still currently registered to Washington DC. I was going to apply for a bonded title here in Texas, got the papaerwork and started filling it out when, it says you can't get a bonded title on an "abandoned vehicle" I decided to car fax it and see what's going on with it, and to my surprise, despite the car sitting there for almost a year, the registration in DC was "issued or renewed" on december 5th of 2010??? So the owner is still renewing the registration from DC even though it was rotting away here in Texas?

I'd love to keep this car and register it here in Texas because it's a real hoot to drive and it runs great, just has some cosmetic issues but I don't know what to do now?? Do I contact the "owner"? Or what????

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