Ahh... but there lies the rub... The city will not tow your car. It just isn't worth the bad publicity. At least, our city won't.

Jim Romenesko's Obscure Store and Reading Room.

That explaines it.

Then I guess you're in luck! In our city, they don't care about bad publicity!

Something like this happened last year (I think it was) here in Phoenix. A family (mom, dad, little kid) were walking out of a Best Buy. An old lady (we have a lot of them here) hit the gas instead of the brakes. She ended up killing the mother, and didn't get cited for anything.

http://www.skivvies.com/photos/2003-04-22_car_theft

went by the body shop this morning for my first look at the damage. They stripped the interior of everything stereo related, and took the rims and cold air intake. I hope they have fun with that empeg sled and remote! I've got the key cylinder sitting here on my desk. They drilled the hell out of it... there's broken metal all over the place. Too stupid to do it the easy way i guess.

So, now i wait and dwell on what the F i can do to prevent this from happening to my new car. Shock seats sound like fun. I'm definitely gonna install a secret starter switch so you can't even short the engine to start without flipping it.

Greetings!

Um, that white glove? Was it yours? Were there any fingerprints found in the car? In the glove???

Yeah, that's what I've been wondering. Have the authorities been doing anything to aprehend the person(s) who took your car?

So, now i wait and dwell on what the F i can do to prevent this from happening to my new car.

Flamethrowers. Definitely flamethrowers.

You may have said this before, but did your car have any form of theft deterrent?

You may have said this before, but did your car have any form of theft deterrent?

Although you replied to my post, I assume the above statement was directed at Loren.

I just would like to respond by saying I know people who have had their car alarms stolen.

Yes... I meant that for Loren, sorry... I realize that current car theft deterrents are not fool proof, however I have to think that they would provide some security.

So, out of curiosity, where did they find the car? Was it in a parking lot somewhere or in some abandoned warehouse or what?

Any of you ever see an old SNL commercial for a car called the “Chameleon”? They showed you this big junk heap of a car and called it a high-end luxury vehicle. It was completely rusted on the outside with mismatched paneling. They did the “rolling the ball down the edge” example, in which the ball fell through a hole in the roof. When the alarm was clicked on the whole vehicle fell to the ground around the wheels. Then they showed you the inside, which was totally posh, completely different from the outside. Of course the idea was no one would think the car was worth stealing.

Perhaps this is something you need, Loren?

Um, that white glove? Was it yours? Were there any fingerprints found in the car? In the glove???

hah. i don't know what town your from but around here... they don't even offer to print in a situation like this. They could give a flying flip. Unless it's some high profile murder case or something... forget having them investigate the theft any further than "where did you leave it". The funny thing is they left all kinds of weird crap in my car that wasn't there. That white glove, that white sheet (which is from some hospital), a cell phone power adaptor (not mine), random paper... and i think a few other things i didn't have time to notice closely. I'm sure there's plenty of evidence laying around if they cared to look. The San Jose PD didn't offer a damn thing. In fact, talking to them and the Sherriff, you'd think they'd never dealt with a stolen car before... they didn't know who had to get what paperwork or anything, it was insanely aggravating.

Have the authorities been doing anything to aprehend the person(s) who took your car?

nope.

Flamethrowers. Definitely flamethrowers.

ah, you saw that video to eh? I just wouldn't want that to go off on accident!

You may have said this before, but did your car have any form of theft deterrent?

yeah... but the alarm wasn't on. Remember, i left it in the driveway of Rob's house, while his wife was there, and they live in a NICE San Jose neighborhood. I left it off because i didn't want her to have to deal with it going off if it did so accidentaly. Stupid of me eh?! The little blinking LED's weren't even working at the time so they would have broken in anyway and set off the alarm. I'm sure they would have gotten away anyhow. But yeah, i won't be leaving the alarm off ever again. I've been learning a lot of these lessons the hard way lately. Oh, and i think they did steal the alarm. heh.

So, out of curiosity, where did they find the car? Was it in a parking lot somewhere or in some abandoned warehouse or what?

no idea. like i said, you'd think the SJPD and Sherriff had never done this before. NO ONE could tell me where they found it, just that it was at a Tow company, and even they had no idea. I called them twice and got the same result. I gave up on the Sherriff's office because the lady they kept connecting me to had someone else in the background feeding her what she was supposed to say!! I would ask a question, and she'd not know the answer, and she'd say hold on, at which point i could hear her ask someone else the question. And she wouldn't let me talk to them! It was infuriating to say the least.

I don't even care anymore, i just want the goddamn thing fixed and i wanna sell it.

Perhaps this is something you need, Loren?

LOL. yeah. i've been thinking about just getting a stealth junker after all this crap.

I'm partial to the Army's SmarTruck. The high voltage door handles are something that everybody needs!

I've been to their booth's and talked to them about it (just the SmarTruck I, not the II), but have yet to see a live one...

but have yet to see a live one...

As opposed to one that's not turned on?

Yeah right all they are for is making money giving out tickets.

Um, that white glove?

Does Michael Jackson have an alibi for the night the car was stolen?

tanstaafl.

Um, that white glove?

Does Michael Jackson have an alibi for the night the car was stolen?

/me wipes the Dr Pepper off the monitor

Does Michael Jackson have an alibi for the night the car was stolen?

i dunno, but whoever it was must've been wiping their ass with it because it was diiiirtay.

GET THIS!!!

Rob just let me know that HIS Range Rover was broken into last night in the same driveway! Smash and grab for a GPS apparently. Unfreakinbelievable.

Time to get a sign for said driveway that reads:

BEWARE OF DOG

(AND BY DOG, I MEAN "BIG FREAKIN' SHOTGUN POINTED AT YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW")

It may have inconvenienced the neighbourhood if the alarm had gone off, but they would have forgotten it. It is nothing compared to the inconvnience you're having now.
I think they need BIG security lights and cameras in their driveway

Another funny thing... Rob's has security lights... motion detector ones. They happened to be recently burned out.

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Does Michael Jackson have an alibi for the night the car was stolen?

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Well if you believe the documentary he's probably got a whole load of underage kids prepared to give him an alibi on that night!

Greetings!

For those interested, a listing of the most stolen cars on a state by state basis.

New Hampshire #1: 1995 AMG Hummer Wagon

Yeah. Sure.

-Zeke (NH Resident)

Nebraska #2: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale

???

Probably the only car stolen...

I've been trying to sell the most stolen car in the US for the past month.
Maybe I should just leave it at the mall over night and collect the insurance...