Cars Left Abandoned & Submerged Over 5 Years (Google Maps Comparison)

This is a two-panel comparison image showing the exact same two cars in a parking lot, captured via Google Maps in 2014 (top panel) and 2019 (bottom panel). In the 2014 shot, the vehicles are parked in a dry, active parking lot with numerous other cars visible in the background. By 2019, the parking space holding the two cars has flooded, submerging their lower halves, while the rest of the lot appears mostly empty with widespread standing water and puddles. The core humor comes from the absurdity of the cars being completely abandoned in the same spot for 5 years, slowly becoming submerged as the area floods, highlighting how they were forgotten and left to deteriorate in the rising water.

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Overview

This is a two-panel comparison image showing the exact same two cars in a parking lot, captured via Google Maps in 2014 (top panel) and 2019 (bottom panel). In the 2014 shot, the vehicles are parked in a dry, active parking lot with numerous other cars visible in the background. By 2019, the parking space holding the two cars has flooded, submerging their lower halves, while the rest of the lot appears mostly empty with widespread standing water and puddles. The core humor comes from the absurdity of the cars being completely abandoned in the same spot for 5 years, slowly becoming submerged as the area floods, highlighting how they were forgotten and left to deteriorate in the rising water.

Origin notes

Both images are sourced from Google Maps, clearly marked by the watermarks 'JAKEXPLORING (GOOGLE MAPS)' in the bottom right of each panel. The content was created by compiling two separate Google Maps/Street View snapshots taken 5 years apart to showcase the dramatic, unexpected change in the parking lot and the fate of the abandoned vehicles. This type of comparative mapping content is commonly shared on social media platforms like Reddit, Twitter/X, or Facebook to highlight funny, surprising, or bizarre real-world changes captured over time by Google's mapping services.