I was thinking the same thing.

Funny story: The car was abandoned at a repair shop south of Atlanta for over a year. The shop manager called to tell me that two days after I bought it, the previous owner showed up to pick it up. He made quite a scene when he found out it had been sold and demanded to see the paperwork authorizing the shop to legally sell the car. When he was given the paperwork he accused them of faking it and called the police. One of the documents they showed him was a police report. The officer took one look at that and basically told the guy to pound sand.

Moral of the story: Don't leave your car at a shop for a year, ask them to babysit it indefinitely, and then expect to just walk in and pick up your keys!