Someone stole my friends car. - Democratic Underground

undeterred

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Fri May-16-08 10:08 PM
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Someone stole my friends car.

We came out of a restaurant last night and his car was GONE. It had been parked a block away. The police found it later today not far from where he lives. A quarter tank of gas had been used, but the car was undamaged.

How weird is that? :wtf:

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MannyGoldstein

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Fri May-16-08 10:12 PM
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1. Where Were Obama, Rezko, and Bill Ayers Last Night?

I'm pretty sure it was that crew.

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Muttocracy

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Fri May-16-08 10:14 PM
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2. My grad school roommate's old Toyota was stolen from in front of our apt in St. Paul

in one of the nicest neighborhoods there. She grew up in Moscow and never had a problem with theft there! Don't know why my same-year old Honda was spared. Her car was found about 20 miles away in a relatively-well-off suburb east of St. Paul. Fortunately, it was abandoned in front of a mechanic's house, and he used an old screwdriver to jam in the ignition as a key to get the car started. (they messed up the locks breaking in and starting the car). No damage, and they left gloves and tools and crap in the car. Weird.

Wonder if it will become more common - can't afford gas? steal a car to run your errand!

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proud2BlibKansan

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Fri May-16-08 10:18 PM
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7. We had our car stolen in Canada when we were on vacation there

Turned out it was Natives (that's what they call Native Americans in Canada). The Mounties told us they take the bus to town, get drunk and steal a car to get home. Sure enough, the car was found at the entrance to a Native community.

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Robbien

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Fri May-16-08 10:15 PM
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3. So what you are saying is that the thief really only stole the gas

Guess it is a sign of the times. Gas is more worthy of being stolen than the car itself.

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LiberalFighter

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Fri May-16-08 10:17 PM
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6. Soon the gas in the tank will be worth more than the car itself

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undeterred

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Fri May-16-08 10:37 PM
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12. The gas costs more than it would to rent the car.

But I wouldn't think it would be worth the risk of getting arrested.

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angrycarpenter

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Fri May-16-08 10:15 PM
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4. same thing happened to a friend a few years ago

apparently some crackheads had used it go into the hood and buy crack. It was parked in a store parking lot with the keys locked inside.

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physioex

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Fri May-16-08 10:16 PM
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5. Perhaps some form of teenage pranksters.....

My 4+ year old radio on a 11year old car was stolen.... :wtf:

It wasn't the loss of the radio as much the replacement of the glass I found more annoying.

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Muttocracy

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Fri May-16-08 10:34 PM
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10. I've often NOT locked my doors for that reason - no valuables, go ahead and look! nt

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LeftyMom

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Fri May-16-08 10:21 PM
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8. Happened to a friend of mine a few years back.

Her ratty old Datsun wagon (and it was a real POS, a relative had given it to her for nothing) was stolen out of our apartment building's parking lot late at night, and apparently the thief drove it about three miles and left it.

Of course, since our local cops are slightly worse than useless, she only got her car back six weeks later, when the car had been towed for all the parking tickets it had accumulated where it was dumped, and they contacted her for payment.

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flvegan

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Fri May-16-08 10:27 PM
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9. Not weird at all. I've had two cars stolen.

The first, a Corvette was never found again.

The second, my baby, a Buick Grand National was just one in a string of car-to-car thefts and joyrides. That string involved my car, a couple Camaros, a Cadillac...hey, GM, thanks for making the most easily stolen cars of the late '80s you fucking morons.

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Muttocracy

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Fri May-16-08 10:37 PM
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11. floor mats..

actually, I just remembered a car I bought was stolen when its previous owner had it. It happened in Boston somewhere, I think she was visiting her daughter. A few odd parts were stolen from it - like battery maybe? something else I'm forgetting. And the FLOOR MATS?! I figured it out after I bought the car and was going through all the old service records and saw the insurance paperwork. I had always wondered why this otherwise wonderfully maintained car had different colored, non-Honda floor mats!

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