# abandoned factory **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 14, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244 "2007-04-14T10:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/1 "2007-04-14T10:12:29Z")
[http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9749](http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9749) [http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9321](http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9321) ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/2 "2007-04-14T10:16:35Z")
WTF happened? I am reading now but this is some wierd shit man ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/3 "2007-04-14T10:22:23Z")
It’s Like a Playboy magazine, I just look at pictures ,Zero Text. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/4 "2007-04-14T10:28:24Z")
> [@Fastest cars on the net!! Watch out!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fastest-cars-on-the-net-watch-out/29477/4): > > It’s Like a Playboy magazine, I just look at pictures ,Zero Text. LMAO, well i am reading all 20 pages of it adn man i would like to go to UK to see this shit. Computers left on like someone was working, lights on, cars with keys in them still, it’s like the people just dissapeared into thin air. I mean stuff like meals just sitting on tables still and so fourth:beer: ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/5 "2007-04-14T11:11:14Z")
wierd ---
**Author:** ![HwH22Hx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/57b2e6/32.png) [@HwH22Hx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HwH22Hx)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/6 "2007-04-14T11:27:34Z")
So I find this to be very intresting…sorry for my ignorance, but what happened for this huge site like this to just become desolate?? There doesn’t seem to be much info. ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/7 "2007-04-14T14:03:21Z")
This is the main plant in Longbridge for the UK automotive manufacturer Rover MG. They were basically the last large scale UK automotive manufacturer. They were in discussions with a large scale Chinese automotive company to be under merger because Rover MG was under about $175million in debt. Because of this debt, some of their suppliers stopped shipping them parts, so they basically came in one Monday, realized none of their suppliers were sending parts, and sent everyone home at lunch time. They were hoping for an emergency loan from the UK government, but it didn’t come through. So, basically, they just stopped production and everything in the middle of the day and sent everyone home, that’s why everything is so undisturbed, computers still on, large amounts of bodies and frames sitting around, etc… ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/8 "2007-04-14T14:19:49Z")
> [@do you eat alot? V. eating contest...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-eat-alot-v-eating-contest/29479/3): > > So I find this to be very intresting…sorry for my ignorance, but what happened for this huge site like this to just become desolate?? There doesn’t seem to be much info. X2 Did the chinense buy them out and close? This reminds me of the movie called the Langoliers. How are these guys getting in? Just fence jumping, or something esle??? Just amazing??? ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/9 "2007-04-14T14:21:27Z")
> [@do you eat alot? V. eating contest...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-eat-alot-v-eating-contest/29479/15): > > This is the main plant in Longbridge for the UK automotive manufacturer Rover MG. They were basically the last large scale UK automotive manufacturer. They were in discussions with a large scale Chinese automotive company to be under merger because Rover MG was under about $175million in debt. Because of this debt, some of their suppliers stopped shipping them parts, so they basically came in one Monday, realized none of their suppliers were sending parts, and sent everyone home at lunch time. They were hoping for an emergency loan from the UK government, but it didn’t come through. So, basically, they just stopped production and everything in the middle of the day and sent everyone home, that’s why everything is so undisturbed, computers still on, large amounts of bodies and frames sitting around, etc… Thanks for the info. It seems to me that this happens in America more than people hear about. Who owns them now??? ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/10 "2007-04-14T14:27:12Z")
wow good find ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/11 "2007-04-14T14:46:46Z")
I’d be robbin’ that bitch. ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/12 "2007-04-14T14:56:21Z")
> [@Gas Prices?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/29475/16): > > wow good find x2… ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/13 "2007-04-14T16:03:37Z")
The Chinese company, based in Shanghai, has completed the purchase and apparently recently reopened the plant within the past 2 weeks or so. I’m pretty sure most of these pictures and shit were taken about 2 months ago. ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/14 "2007-04-15T08:17:30Z")
That is insane. I love the idea of the urban exploration and checking out abandoned sites. It’s funny to see the place like everyone just packed up and left, no cleaning up, nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Silverado](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_silverado/32/5990_2.png) [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/15 "2007-04-15T08:50:51Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/29484/19): > > That is insane. I love the idea of the urban exploration and checking out abandoned sites. It’s funny to see the place like everyone just packed up and left, no cleaning up, nothing. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/16 "2007-04-15T09:05:40Z")
wow, that is so cool. That is amazing checking all that out, just left there. …in america, id’ be stripped bare 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/17 "2007-04-15T10:11:05Z")
> [@do you eat alot? V. eating contest...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-eat-alot-v-eating-contest/29479/2): > > LMAO, well i am reading all 20 pages of it adn man i would like to go to UK to see this shit. Computers left on like someone was working, lights on, cars with keys in them still, it’s like the people just dissapeared into thin air. I mean stuff like meals just sitting on tables still and so fourth:beer: > [@Gas Prices?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/29475/16): > > wow good find I’ve been in automotive factories, while they were producing cars. This would be kinda eerie to be walking around in, with PCs left on & such. Eerie, but cool. ---
**Author:** ![SloWhite\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowhite_z/32/5969_2.png) [@SloWhite\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SloWhite_Z)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/18 "2007-04-15T11:27:36Z")
american video is closed right now and sony is/was to lay off like 900 employees this past week/in the next couple of week and scraps up :hsdance: ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/19 "2007-04-15T12:16:16Z")
> [@my run in with the cheektowaga police](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-run-in-with-the-cheektowaga-police/29487/17): > > american video is closed right now and sony is/was to lay off like 900 employees this past week/in the next couple of week and scraps up :hsdance: RIGHT… ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244/20 "2007-04-15T14:21:02Z")
> [@How to steal the soul of an FD - SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/111): > > I’d be robbin’ that bitch. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/abandoned-factory/189244.md?page=2)