Someone just stole my 4runner

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stuckinthemud

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My forever truck is gone!

At 10:30 this morning a Hispanic lady walk up my driveway jumped in my truck, started it and backed out. She took off down the street and it was gone. I called the police, but who knows how hard they are looking.

My brother and I have been cruising around town since then driving up and down streets and alleys.

I was installing a new android head unit and had the keys in the ignition with the radio playing. i had just stepped into the house talking to my brother, I was only about 20 seconds and 20 feet away. before I could turn around and run 15 feet she was backing out and gone.

1997 SR5, V6, 4x4, auto, black, brand new K02s. less than a 1000 miles. Dent on the right rear tailgate. brand new battery, just installed it this morning.

I'm in Port Hueneme CA. Ventura County. licence plate 3WHP480

If any of you that are local, keep your eyes open.
 
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stuckinthemud said:
My forever truck is gone!

At 10:30 this morning a Hispanic lady walk up my driveway jumped in my truck, started it and backed out. She took off down the street and it was gone. I called the police, but who knows how hard they are looking.

My brother and I have been cruising around town since then driving up and down streets and alleys.

I was installing a new android head unit and had the keys in the ignition with the radio playing. i had just stepped into the house talking to my brother, I was only about 20 seconds and 20 feet away. before I could turn around and run 15 feet she was backing out and gone.

1997 SR5, 4x4, auto, black, brand new K02s. less than a 1000 miles. Dent on the right rear tailgate. brand new battery, just installed it this morning.

I'm in Port Hueneme CA. Ventura County. licence plate 3WHP480

If any of you that are local, keep your eyes open.
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that totally sucks.

do you have the VIN handy?

I'm searching nation wide right now for a 97-98 with exactly those specs and I will keep my eye open for it. what kind of battery? what kind of head unit. any details and I promise I will keep my eyes open for it.
 
Sorry to hear that.
My sister had her SUV stolen out of her driveway.
The person who stole it, just took everything and sold it all(car seats, toys, basically anything that wasn't bolted down). They found it abandoned in a parking lot like 3 weeks later. Hopefully you get it back sooner than later.
 
It was an Eonon android head unit,ccomplely installed. Just finished hooking up the dash cam. the camera wasn't on.
It was a interstate battery from costco.


Ya, I did the brakes earlier this month.
 
Thanks for all the reply's and eyes.
the vin is JT3HN86R0V0124631

I hope I get it back soon. About 3 months ago someone broke in and stole all my tools, and my 1964 folding army shovel and anything else that wasn't bolted in. I spent about $500.00 replacing all the basics and my back up folding army shovel. I don't have another folding shovel.
 
I can not stand thief's. Sorry to hear about your incident. Did you head unit have a GPS tracker? I been looking into that and 4 camera DVR systems for vehicles. It seems to be coming more and more of an issue. I do hope they find your vehicle soon.

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No tracker. Now I have to go buy another vehicle tomorrow. I don't know weather to buy a cheap piece to get me by, or just buy a good second car. My current second is a 1977 ford 4x4 van that didn't pass smog. And it has so many problems that I don't want to dump anymore in to it.
 
Sorry

I am sorry for the loss. Hope you will get it soon. Did you have the park brake applied. Women cannot release it. Any cameras around recorded her? If you had a starter kill switch, I can see how you going to treat her.
 
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Parking brake was on. She drove it like a champ. She had to turn hard right to miss the front block wall and clear the end of my van. I was hoping the block wall was going to stop her. Don't know what I would have done, the window was up most of the way and the doors lock when you start it.

Thieves suck.
 
I hope something extremely unpleasant happens to that person.
In the meantime, I will keep aware of your vehicle's description over the next days and weeks here in Santa Monica. Any black '97 with new KO2's that I see will get scrutiny.
Note to self: Never walk away from the car with keys in it....even if it's in my own driveway.
 
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Awe man, that really sucks! Man, too bad you didn't leave your smart phone under the seat, you could've track that.
The way things are going with our laws, even if they caught the suspect...basically nothing would've happen in any form of justice or punishment.
 
stuckinthemud said:
My forever truck is gone!

At 10:30 this morning a Hispanic lady walk up my driveway jumped in my truck, started it and backed out. She took off down the street and it was gone. I called the police, but who knows how hard they are looking.

My brother and I have been cruising around town since then driving up and down streets and alleys.

I was installing a new android head unit and had the keys in the ignition with the radio playing. i had just stepped into the house talking to my brother, I was only about 20 seconds and 20 feet away. before I could turn around and run 15 feet she was backing out and gone.

1997 SR5, V6, 4x4, auto, black, brand new K02s. less than a 1000 miles. Dent on the right rear tailgate. brand new battery, just installed it this morning.

I'm in Port Hueneme CA. Ventura County. licence plate 3WHP480

If any of you that are local, keep your eyes open.
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Sorry dude, but if she is caught nothing will happen to her. Port Hueneme and Oxnard have majority illegal alien populations now. DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH!:hail:
 
4gambler said:
Is it insured against theft?
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Good point. Collision is the expensive part of insurance. Comprehensive is cheap and does include theft.

I hope the truck is found but I bet it's already being used by the cartels in Mexico. I put thieves in the same category as rapists and baby molesters. I think the punishment should be so harsh they would never think of stealing anything again. Take their non-dominant hand like they did in the middle east for so long then "hand" it to them as they leave the clinic or chopping block with a cauterized stump.

In the old days horse thieves in the wild west were hung at the first opportunity. There's a good reason for that.
 
BoomerBob said:
Good point. Collision is the expensive part of insurance. Comprehensive is cheap and does include theft.
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basic liability is cheap but it doesn't cover you. Comprehensive is the expensive part;


Comprehensive coverage pays to repair or replace a covered vehicle that's stolen or damaged by something other than collision or rolling over. For example, damage caused by fire, wind, hail, flood, theft, vandalism, falling objects, and hitting an animal is covered.
 
ToyotaBrah said:
This country has accepted illegal immigrants as far back as the Europeans coming here. They all have contributed to this country in way or another.
I would encourage you to educate yourself on the history of immigration in the U.S. and how much we have benefited from accepting them.
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Wrong. Illegal immigrants can't contribute.
 
Inv4drZm said:
Wrong. Illegal immigrants can't contribute.
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I really shouldn't have made that post.

We're not doing this here. Start a new thread (preferably in off-topic) and I'd be happy to engage in a discussion with you there. :)

edit: Edited deleted my post. Not fair to gum up this guy's thread with an irrelevant topic.

OP- Sorry to hear. Hope you get your truck back in one piece.
 
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