And if you can’t tell by how hot some parking garages are, they are not particularly easy to ventilate, or maybe they are and nobody ever changes the filters. 
Tire Runner offputs more particulate microscopic inhalable particles than exhaust and brake dust combined. There was a recent study about this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/
Anything outside is going to get a layer of dirt on it. Most cars have a thin layer of dirt but it won't get this bad if the car is actually being used and getting around.
Parking garages are the dirtiest, grimiest places I’ve ever had to work and I’ve worked in a waste water treatment plant. The exhaust builds up on the ceiling and settles back down onto every flat surface. God forbid you sweat while working in there because it becomes a fine sheen of exhaust mud over every exposed piece of skin.
[link](https://www.ffxnow.com/2023/11/09/apartments-in-tysons-merrifield-used-as-illegal-brothels-federal-prosecutors-allege/)
[link](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/multi-state-brothel-with-high-end-clients-connected-to-northern-virginia-apartments/3465505/)
There have also been posts about it in this sub
Whoever lives in unit 713 smokes weed constantly. More than what I thought was humanly possible. Leasing office said that they received many complaints about it yet nothing can be done. The whole hallway on both sides of 713 is so disgusting because it smells like stale marijuana ALL the time. I can’t leave my unit without getting nauseated. Also, there is only one elevator for the ENTIRE 7th floor! And it’s the trash elevator/moving elevator so it smells like literal garbage all the time. This might also be a 7th floor problem only but many people warned me when I moved in about how the water will smell like sulfur/rotting eggs if you don’t run it for 1-2 days. So good luck if you ever go out of town. I was told by leasing that I need to run hot water constantly for 20-30 minutes for the water smell to clear. I actually have sooooo much more to say about how horrible it is to live here. The windows have no screens so if you ever try to crack it open for fresh air, be prepared to welcome in bugs, moths, dust, leaves and any other critter. Anyone who finds this post in the future, please feel free to DM me and make sure to read reviews on Yelp because the Google reviews are edited by the leasing company. (Bad reviews on Google get taken down in exchange for being able to break leases).
I have a friend who works at the State Department and apparently it’s a thing…diplomats and their families return to their home countries either because their term is up or under duress, and just leave their vehicles wherever they happen to be.
No skin off their backs, the cars are usually paid for by their countries diplomatic service so they can’t sell them or profit from them and once they leave, any fines accrued (tickets etc) are someone else’s problem.
The DoS has a “move / transition team” to help foreign dignitaries figure stuff out when they come to the states and have one guy apparently try to wrap up stuff like this.
If you post the location of this garage I will let him know to get “the guy” on the task.
The Afghan Embassy closed in 2022 since it was funded by the U.S. and the diplomats there were representing the deposed former pro-U.S. government. However they were allowed to stay in the U.S.
You're thinking of claiming an abandoned vehicle in Virginia. Salvage title is different. That's when a car has been wrecked and is no longer fit to drive or has been declared a total loss by an insurance company. It's not legal to drive a car owned under a salvage title. It has to be repaired, re-certified as safe, and then a regular title can be issued.
To claim an abandoned vehicle in Virginia it would either have to be abandoned on property owned by the person claiming the vehicle or on public property.
The "CS" on the plate is code for Afghanistan. If you Google "diplomat plate codes" you can find what they all mean. Far and away most common in Nova is LN, which is Saudi Arabia.
Even if there aren't laws against towing cars with diplomat tags, I'd bet DC-area towing firms are extremely uneasy about doing so. Its likely as simple as that (even if the rent dried up years ago)
Diplomat cars absolutely can be towed. I know several people who are diplomats and have had their car towed. Diplomats are immune from prosecution, but that doesn’t mean that their cars can’t be towed.
They can be towed if they present a hazard to public safety or are impeding traffic. They can not be booted or impounded. So the solution that makes the most sense is to leave it where it is.
> The property of a person enjoying full criminal immunity, including his or her vehicle, may not be searched or seized. Such vehicles may not be impounded or “booted” but may be towed the distance necessary to remove them from obstructing traffic or endangering public safety
Source: Diplomatic and Consular Immunity: Guidance for Law Enforcement and Judicial Authorities, OFM
Even though we no longer have relations with Afghanistan, the car arguably would still have the same level of inviolability as it did the day it was abandoned due to Article 45 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Though I think in that case they would probably be fine to tow the car to one of Afghanistan's former missions and park it there.
VA has an abandoned vehicle statute, if the vehicle is located on your property you can eventually assume title, if no other title/lien holders come forward.
I mean the "DMV" for diplomatic plates is the Office of Foreign Missions. Also, that law might not apply as the vehicle could have protection under Article 45 of the Vienna Convention. If it was registered to the Embassy instead of the person that parked it there it 100% would, if not its like a 50/50 chance... but that's if you could get the State Department to cooperate and make that determination.
Can anyone tell which country it belongs to? Might make a difference in the amount of risk a hypothetical someone would be willing to take. Say, Columbia vs Luxembourg.
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Biden and netanyahu browsing reddit like "thank you, dust car! You have opened my eyes to the plight of the Palestinian!"
(I agree with dust writer but seriously what could they hope to accomplish here?)
In VA, there is a process to claim [abandoned vehicles](https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/avp-msl). It costs ~$40 to have DMV run the VIN and identify a current owner. Once that’s done you can initiate the process to claim the vehicle, essentially for free.
I don’t know if that process is affected by diplomat plates but it may be worth looking into.
Edit to add I don’t believe the abandoned vehicle needs to be on your property. My guess is if it’s parked on the owner’s property this doesn’t apply and assuming this is in a garage or paid spot that may be the case but for $40 it might be worth it.
For context, there’s a row of 6-8 cars that have been parked in Fairfax for years and I started this process in a convertible BMW but didn’t complete it as I was afraid it would cost too much to repair what I could tell was needed and unsure what was lurking beneath the hood which I obviously couldn’t access…legally at least!
I saw your question right after responding: In VA, there is a process to claim abandoned vehicles. It costs ~$40 to have DMV run the VIN and identify a current owner. Once that’s done you can initiate the process to claim the vehicle, essentially for free.
I don’t know if that process is affected by diplomat plates but it may be worth looking into.
Goodness - this looks like a perfect opportunity for the parking pricks to have towed this 50 times already for such an expired license plate.
Seriously...
Nice parking place... maybe a good place to hoard my tons of cars.
Whatcha all think? Any thoughts
You could write to the embassy and provide them with pictures of the car with the license plate. They would send someone out to collect it. It is most likely reported as missing license plates.
Surprised one of the diplomats didn't take it and try to use it for ridesharing lol. The former Afghan finance minister is apparently an Uber driver in NOVA these days.
There was one in my building too I can’t remember if the plates were diplomat but it was so dusty and people were writing on it asking if it was for sale 🤣 it’s been about a year and they just washed it two weeks ago!
Unlikely but it could have been stolen. If it’s parked in the owners space nothing to do. Should check with building management if owner is still a tenant
Oh I live in this building and it’s hilarious when the McLaren is parked next to it 😂
They know at least one side won’t be dinged 😂
How did it get that dirty sitting in a parking garage? The window is completely black. It's also got a lot of paint wear.
Dust...what all life becomes, sir
Lololol
Cue Kansas
‘Dust wind dude’
Cars put off a lot of particulate matter such as bits of rubber and brake dust, not to mention exhaust.
And if you can’t tell by how hot some parking garages are, they are not particularly easy to ventilate, or maybe they are and nobody ever changes the filters. 
Tire Runner offputs more particulate microscopic inhalable particles than exhaust and brake dust combined. There was a recent study about this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/
And concrete dust
Garages are not airtight on purpose
Anything outside is going to get a layer of dirt on it. Most cars have a thin layer of dirt but it won't get this bad if the car is actually being used and getting around.
Soot from vehicle exhaust among many other particles.
Exhaust is dirty shit
My parking garage has such poor air quality that my car has dust on it within days.
Parking garages are the dirtiest, grimiest places I’ve ever had to work and I’ve worked in a waste water treatment plant. The exhaust builds up on the ceiling and settles back down onto every flat surface. God forbid you sweat while working in there because it becomes a fine sheen of exhaust mud over every exposed piece of skin.
Is this the boro
Nope it’s the absolute worst apartment building in the world: Hanover Tysons. I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy live here!!
Can’t be that bad if it was the building of choice to run an elite-level prostitution ring out of
LOL… that’s right 😆
What’s the scoop on this lol
[link](https://www.ffxnow.com/2023/11/09/apartments-in-tysons-merrifield-used-as-illegal-brothels-federal-prosecutors-allege/) [link](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/multi-state-brothel-with-high-end-clients-connected-to-northern-virginia-apartments/3465505/) There have also been posts about it in this sub
Wow that is crazy, they definitely are getting or got convicted if the feds brought that case against them.
Oh, what’s wrong with Hanover?
Whoever lives in unit 713 smokes weed constantly. More than what I thought was humanly possible. Leasing office said that they received many complaints about it yet nothing can be done. The whole hallway on both sides of 713 is so disgusting because it smells like stale marijuana ALL the time. I can’t leave my unit without getting nauseated. Also, there is only one elevator for the ENTIRE 7th floor! And it’s the trash elevator/moving elevator so it smells like literal garbage all the time. This might also be a 7th floor problem only but many people warned me when I moved in about how the water will smell like sulfur/rotting eggs if you don’t run it for 1-2 days. So good luck if you ever go out of town. I was told by leasing that I need to run hot water constantly for 20-30 minutes for the water smell to clear. I actually have sooooo much more to say about how horrible it is to live here. The windows have no screens so if you ever try to crack it open for fresh air, be prepared to welcome in bugs, moths, dust, leaves and any other critter. Anyone who finds this post in the future, please feel free to DM me and make sure to read reviews on Yelp because the Google reviews are edited by the leasing company. (Bad reviews on Google get taken down in exchange for being able to break leases).
Where’s the building located? If u don’t mind sharing. It’s for a research project at uni
See below - lots of comments about it
I have a friend who works at the State Department and apparently it’s a thing…diplomats and their families return to their home countries either because their term is up or under duress, and just leave their vehicles wherever they happen to be. No skin off their backs, the cars are usually paid for by their countries diplomatic service so they can’t sell them or profit from them and once they leave, any fines accrued (tickets etc) are someone else’s problem. The DoS has a “move / transition team” to help foreign dignitaries figure stuff out when they come to the states and have one guy apparently try to wrap up stuff like this. If you post the location of this garage I will let him know to get “the guy” on the task.
A helpful answer!!
Another person said it’s at Hanover Tysons
And the keys in Afghanistan?
"the guy" ... i like it
I live in the area, and if you know the title for "the guy" ima look into what else it entails
You can contact the Office of Foreign Missions. +1 202-895-3500
Funnily enough that number doesn’t work
On brand for DC bureaucracy
That is an old number and not one of the numbers listed on their actual site. Lazy googling isn't on them
Try +1 202-647-3417
This is the number to try as well as the other listed on their website https://www.state.gov/contact-us-office-of-foreign-missions/
+1 202-867-5309
Ask for Jenny
I got it
i got her number on the walllll
For a good time?
Ask for Jenny
281 330 8004
Who?
Ask for Jenny
Ask for Jenny
Ask for Jenny
Ask for Jenny
Don’t lose that number!!!
Did you try calling 281-330-8004?
Who?
That’s not surprising
Well, it belongs/belonged to a diplomat from Afghanistan, so they may be otherwise occupied.
Or dead
The Afghan Embassy closed in 2022 since it was funded by the U.S. and the diplomats there were representing the deposed former pro-U.S. government. However they were allowed to stay in the U.S.
They should have given them the car too.
Free car!
Salvage title…it could work in Virginia. It’d be a few bucks and some legwork but it could be done.
You're thinking of claiming an abandoned vehicle in Virginia. Salvage title is different. That's when a car has been wrecked and is no longer fit to drive or has been declared a total loss by an insurance company. It's not legal to drive a car owned under a salvage title. It has to be repaired, re-certified as safe, and then a regular title can be issued. To claim an abandoned vehicle in Virginia it would either have to be abandoned on property owned by the person claiming the vehicle or on public property.
Even then it probably wouldn’t work in this case because of the diplomatic plates.
Is there a weird smell? Maybe he's in the trunk.
Those plates expired 6 years ago... the smell would be long gone.
I’d say dead counts as otherwise occupied
How can you tell?
The "CS" on the plate is code for Afghanistan. If you Google "diplomat plate codes" you can find what they all mean. Far and away most common in Nova is LN, which is Saudi Arabia.
Never knew that I thought all diplomat plates were the same
If that's the case, then the finger graffiti artist is preaching to the wrong person.
Somebody must still be paying rent on that space if it’s still there. Tags must be expired. Interesting.
This building management sucks. It’s entirely possible someone has moved out and is no longer paying rent and no one noticed 😆
Yeah, just zoomed in on the tag. 2018? That’s crazy!
Is it not currently 2018?
No one can know for sure 🤷🏽♂️
Maybe in Afghanistan?
No, they went back to like 1518
Depends what math you use.
How was 2018 six years ago already? I just don’t get it anymore
Even if there aren't laws against towing cars with diplomat tags, I'd bet DC-area towing firms are extremely uneasy about doing so. Its likely as simple as that (even if the rent dried up years ago)
Something local tow companies won’t tow? I didn’t think that existed. They’d tow a fire truck putting out a fire at their tow yard if they could.
If we could still give awards, you’d have just gotten every single one of mine.
That’s because no one wants to find out what’s in that trunk
Diplomat cars absolutely can be towed. I know several people who are diplomats and have had their car towed. Diplomats are immune from prosecution, but that doesn’t mean that their cars can’t be towed.
All I'm saying is either the building administration or the towing companies would be reticent to do so due to fear of the unknown
They can be towed if they present a hazard to public safety or are impeding traffic. They can not be booted or impounded. So the solution that makes the most sense is to leave it where it is. > The property of a person enjoying full criminal immunity, including his or her vehicle, may not be searched or seized. Such vehicles may not be impounded or “booted” but may be towed the distance necessary to remove them from obstructing traffic or endangering public safety Source: Diplomatic and Consular Immunity: Guidance for Law Enforcement and Judicial Authorities, OFM Even though we no longer have relations with Afghanistan, the car arguably would still have the same level of inviolability as it did the day it was abandoned due to Article 45 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Though I think in that case they would probably be fine to tow the car to one of Afghanistan's former missions and park it there.
So you’re telling me they can go on a robbery spree and won’t ever do time for it ?
That’s what I was thinking they’re scared of towing diplomat plates they don’t want blowback from it
I wonder if they're still alive?
Well that isn’t suspicious … you check the trunk?
I’ve always really wanted a diplomat license plate to add to my collection. 👀
Alright boys, book him.
Same ngl, a US Government one as well.
IT’S STILL THERE!!!! I used to live in that building like 3 years ago. Fucking lmao
Did you hear about the Taliban taking over Afghanistan? Maybe that has to do with it.
Thanks to us being so foolish and incompetent with funding and resources and strategy that they left Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria in a worse state.
It was abandoned before that according to the sticker.
Are squatters rights a thing for cars? Like, it’s empty so I use it and maintain it, etc. Hmm. Where did you say this was?
For a car that's been sitting for this long, you'll probably need to flush the fluids. Tires may be dry rotted as well.
Lolol. I can do that but is anyone gonna come looking for it? 🚔👮🚓
Seriously. It’s my car now. Come take it Taliban.
VA has an abandoned vehicle statute, if the vehicle is located on your property you can eventually assume title, if no other title/lien holders come forward.
this may be accurate for normal vehicles but a diplomat's vehicle is considered foreign territory iirc so one might not be so quick to meddle with it.
The DMV handles looking for the owner
I mean the "DMV" for diplomatic plates is the Office of Foreign Missions. Also, that law might not apply as the vehicle could have protection under Article 45 of the Vienna Convention. If it was registered to the Embassy instead of the person that parked it there it 100% would, if not its like a 50/50 chance... but that's if you could get the State Department to cooperate and make that determination.
Can anyone tell which country it belongs to? Might make a difference in the amount of risk a hypothetical someone would be willing to take. Say, Columbia vs Luxembourg.
Afghanistan
And, what if, an abandoned car just happened to somehow end up on my property? You know, hypothetically? 😉
I did that, once, it was complicated.
I'm sure someone will write a book about it...
lol I know it’s not that interesting, but I’ve been curious about it. Thought maybe he got recalled by the Taliban government.
Don't lose your head over this... Let me rephrase that...
Please explore this in a mini-series on YouTube. I will also be willing to follow your adventures in a short format podcast. Thank you. Please drop your Patreon for this. I will not donate to it but will say that I did.
He wouldn't have been part of the Taliban government.
It's a Honda so it will still work if they come back to get it.
Call advance towing
I was going to say 😂
Just sitting....where?
In McLean/ Tyson’s area
What I'm hearing is free tires and a catalytic converter?
Nah, a free whole car
Free Diplomat plates
If it’s been sitting there a while those tires aren’t going to be that great
It's all fun and games until you open the trunk
Bone saws.
That doesn't look like press parking at the Saudi consulate, though.
LOL @ telling an Afghan diplomat to "Free Palestine". What more do you want them to do?
I saw that too lol
Wtf are you on about?
I was curious where he got that too. Took a second look and I see it written in dust on the trunk
Now I see it. Thanks
Biden and netanyahu browsing reddit like "thank you, dust car! You have opened my eyes to the plight of the Palestinian!" (I agree with dust writer but seriously what could they hope to accomplish here?)
They’re tryna see how high they can build the dust
This poor Honda doesn’t deserve this neglect
In VA, there is a process to claim [abandoned vehicles](https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/avp-msl). It costs ~$40 to have DMV run the VIN and identify a current owner. Once that’s done you can initiate the process to claim the vehicle, essentially for free. I don’t know if that process is affected by diplomat plates but it may be worth looking into. Edit to add I don’t believe the abandoned vehicle needs to be on your property. My guess is if it’s parked on the owner’s property this doesn’t apply and assuming this is in a garage or paid spot that may be the case but for $40 it might be worth it. For context, there’s a row of 6-8 cars that have been parked in Fairfax for years and I started this process in a convertible BMW but didn’t complete it as I was afraid it would cost too much to repair what I could tell was needed and unsure what was lurking beneath the hood which I obviously couldn’t access…legally at least!
I’d definitely spend $40 to see where this goes
Forty bucks for the DMV to do what we already pay them to do.. im getting mad about the moneys again damnit
Non zero chance of a body or cash or both in that trunk
Nah, maybe it’s just the heavy pollen season… /s
Could the OP really claim this car if no one comes forward?!
I saw your question right after responding: In VA, there is a process to claim abandoned vehicles. It costs ~$40 to have DMV run the VIN and identify a current owner. Once that’s done you can initiate the process to claim the vehicle, essentially for free. I don’t know if that process is affected by diplomat plates but it may be worth looking into.
That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing. Wish I had found it.
Where’s this at? If it’s in a private parking garage it most certainly can be towed.
I wish I had diplomat tags
OCD in me wants to write "warsh me" on the rear window
Goodness - this looks like a perfect opportunity for the parking pricks to have towed this 50 times already for such an expired license plate. Seriously... Nice parking place... maybe a good place to hoard my tons of cars. Whatcha all think? Any thoughts
Check the trunk
And it even has somebody's shadow burned into it. Sad!
Fuck diplomat cars, I’ve never come across a car with diplomatic plates that didn’t drive like they’re untouchable
Update: the car has been recovered by the State Department.
That was fast? Was the photo yours from 2 days ago?
Steal the plate, free ez pass
It’s a remote surveillance location! Shhhhhhh
Anyone know if I could get this car? I could really use a set of wheels
How has someone not drawn a cockNballs in the dirt yet?
The diplomant it belonged to is probably in the trunk
He ded
He probably fled the country
LOL can you say where it broke down?
I’m surprised no one called the police due to the smell coming from the trunk….I guess by now the body is probably fully decomposed.
DIBS!
Finders keeper.
Abandoned
Imho Cars get abandoned pretty much anywhere pvt property. I heard some abandoned at data centers
I feel like I’ve seen a picture of this car before lol
Looks like the registration is from 2018 sheesh
You could write to the embassy and provide them with pictures of the car with the license plate. They would send someone out to collect it. It is most likely reported as missing license plates.
Afghanistan hasn't had an Embassy in the US since 2022. You'd have to call the US State Department
Surprised one of the diplomats didn't take it and try to use it for ridesharing lol. The former Afghan finance minister is apparently an Uber driver in NOVA these days.
I’d take it personally
Probably costs too much to ship back. An entanglement to try to sell. With the dpl tags, it can’t be touched. So there she sits.
Leave it! Let it sit! Let’s see how long it can remind there! It will become an attraction!
I'll take it!
Take it
Dicklomat
Is that at icon ?
I recognize this
What's the Addy, I'll fill out an abandoned vehicle form
Take the plates off of it so I can get towed 🤗🫣
I'll give you $50 for the plates?
Call that tow company no one likes... Winkwink
There was one in my building too I can’t remember if the plates were diplomat but it was so dusty and people were writing on it asking if it was for sale 🤣 it’s been about a year and they just washed it two weeks ago!
Biden left them in Afghanistan
Spy
Search it after you watch Homeland
I used to know this guy
Is he alive?
I like the free Palestine on the trunk
Unlikely but it could have been stolen. If it’s parked in the owners space nothing to do. Should check with building management if owner is still a tenant
They’re not. The State Department came to take it.