Stolen

[Brique]

One owner vehicle.

I'm not concerned about the mileage being falsified becuase the owner is a friend and past professor of mine who buys way more cars than he needs and garages them most of their life. He has only driven this one a few times this year, just to keep it alive.

The rig isn't even up for sale, but after telling him about my situation he saw it as an opportunity to offload it and get something new.

Wow! Sounds to me like that could be the good side of karma coming around to give ye bit of a tickle.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Well, the good thing is you are covered for theft.

I'll be honest with you, back in 1985 I ordered a new Z-28. It was my first brand new car.

With exactly 720 miles on the clock it was stolen from the parking garage of my work. This is a very nice area - The Denver Tech Center.

The car was found by an observant shopper 35 miles away in Boulder who saw two very young looking kids, one in my car the other walking looking into car windows at the CrossRoad's Mall. He thought it looked very odd these two teenagers would have the wherewithal to be legitimately driving a new Z-28.

He called the cops and it just so happened there was a Boulder cop on the other side of the mall.

Caught red handed.

I wish they would have never found it. The back tires were completely bald. The steering column was completely jacked and both the front and rear bumper covers were destroyed from being towed from the scene to the police station and then again from the police station to the impound lot.

I filed victim restitution charges against the 18 year old - a punk from New York who have been arrested about 15 times for burglary and auto theft. The other punk was 16 and I couldn't do anything to him.

A week before I was scheduled to go to court for the victim restitution I got a call from the Greenwood Village police detective stating the hearing would not be taking place and not sure if I would find the reason good news or bad.

The 18 year old punk from New York was spotted and recognized by a Denver cop in the parking lot of Stapleton Airport (that was pre-DIA). The punk was driving a yellow Z-28 that was stolen from a Chevy dealer the day before and had a BOLO on it.

The cop drew his gun on punk, the punk nailed the gas and aimed the car straight at the cop. The cop opened up and ladies and gentlemen we have one scumbag with quite a bit of lead in his brain.

I told the investigator "No worries my friend. Justice has been served and I have my restitution". He laughed and said he didn't think there would be anybody mourning the passing of this POS - he left nothing but heartache in his wake.

But the car - it never ran remotely the same afterwards. I am pretty sure they took it out all day long and just red-lined it. Hell, to burn a set of new tires down to the cord takes some effort.

Moral of the story is I wish I'd never seen the car again. Ended up trading it in about a month after we got it back.

 

[kipwinger]

Well, the good thing is you are covered for theft.

I'll be honest with you, back in 1985 I ordered a new Z-28. It was my first brand new car.

With exactly 720 miles on the clock it was stolen from the parking garage of my work. This is a very nice area - The Denver Tech Center.

The car was found by an observant shopper 35 miles away in Boulder who saw two very young looking kids, one in my car the other walking looking into car windows at the CrossRoad's Mall. He thought it looked very odd these two teenagers would have the wherewithal to be legitimately driving a new Z-28.

He called the cops and it just so happened there was a Boulder cop on the other side of the mall.

Caught red handed.

I wish they would have never found it. The back tires were completely bald. The steering column was completely jacked and both the front and rear bumper covers were destroyed from being towed from the scene to the police station and then again from the police station to the impound lot.

I filed victim restitution charges against the 18 year old - a punk from New York who have been arrested about 15 times for burglary and auto theft. The other punk was 16 and I couldn't do anything to him.

A week before I was scheduled to go to court for the victim restitution I got a call from the Greenwood Village police detective stating the hearing would not be taking place and not sure if I would find the reason good news or bad.

The 18 year old punk from New York was spotted and recognized by a Denver cop in the parking lot of Stapleton Airport (that was pre-DIA). The punk was driving a yellow Z-28 that was stolen from a Chevy dealer the day before and had a BOLO on it.

The cop drew his gun on punk, the punk nailed the gas and aimed the car straight at the cop. The cop opened up and ladies and gentlemen we have one scumbag with quite a bit of lead in his brain.

I told the investigator "No worries my friend. Justice has been served and I have my restitution". He laughed and said he didn't think there would be anybody mourning the passing of this POS - he left nothing but heartache in his wake.

But the car - it never ran remotely the same afterwards. I am pretty sure they took it out all day long and just red-lined it. Hell, to burn a set of new tires down to the cord takes some effort.

Moral of the story is I wish I'd never seen the car again. Ended up trading it in about a month after we got it back.

My nightmare is your story without the dead or apprehended little shit.

Although the investment is significantly less than yours. I do think the anger would probably be the same.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

My nightmare is your story without the dead or apprehended little shit.

Although the investment is significantly less than yours. I do think the anger would probably be the same.

Well, back in the day the car cost me $13,720 new. I still remember that.

There is more to the story. Some funny, some not so funny.

One thing that still makes me shake my head is that about a week after we got it back from the dealer my ex and I were driving to work and she lowered the visor to check her makeup and the mirror was gone.

I called the detective and said "Hey, did you happen to find a mirror in the crime scene inventory?".

He said "Yep. But you can't have it back. It's evidence."

I said "Well, why is it evidence?". He said "Why do you think?"

I was taken aback. These two little phuckers were driving around in my new (and stolen) car snorting coke off my phucking vanity mirror.

True story. Ya gotta shake your head sometimes.

It's all for the best I didn't catch them in the act because I probably would have thrown at least one of their worthless asses off the 4th floor of the parking garage.

 

[kipwinger]

Got a call today from the guy from Progressive I've been working with. They've decided to close the claim and cut a check.

My advice for all of you that have modified your rigs and want insurance to cover the cost of replacing your investment is to change your coverage to "agreed value" coverage. This will prevent you from settling for the actual cash value the insurance company comes up with. Agree on the value with the company and that's it. No wiggle room, that's what you get in the event of theft or total loss.

I guess it's time to start searching for another rig.

 

[kipwinger]

Sorry to revive an old thread. Just wanted to give an update.

The Twisp Police Department have arrested two in conjunction with the theft of my 4runner, Stuart Grimm and Marc Jefferson.

News of Record: Feb. 3, 2016 | Methow Valley News

Some of the parts have been recovered, but the frame and body are probably cut up or behind a locked Forest Service gate since my work keys were in the rig.

And a quote from a diligent officer at the local PD:

"Nothing else from your car has shown up, I think you are probably right about the scrap.

Grim is facing at least 11 current charges, on two differernt warrants, several of the charges have a max 10-20 years, one of them has a max of life.

Jefferson has similar charges, plus a pending case in Federal Court with the ATF.

Both are going away for a long long time, whether on yours, or on the others, they will gone a long time."

 

[Rock_Rat]

Sorry about your rig but awesome they caught those b@stards. Your original post from a year ago caused me to change my insurance policy back to full coverage and to start using my Club X (as a deterrent) everywhere I go. I also make sure if I drop my rig off to let them know it goes inside NEVER stays outside overnight. Thanks for posting.

 

[HuntG212]

Do you get your bumper back?

 

[psraff]

After a whole year.... wow. Nothing can be said to make you feel better, but at least there's closure.

 

[blind squirrel]

Glad they finally caught them. My brother had his super low hour 4 wheeler stolen after having it for sale on craigslist. The guys came and looked at it one day and it was gone the next. Fast forward 3 years of no info, guy gets pulled over with it in the back of his truck and the cop runs the vin. Long story short courts made him pay my brother the MSRP for it. Selling bj's and cigs in jail takes a while to make any money, but for a year my brother would get a check from the courts to pay him back. It always comes around... thank goodness.

 

[Scramble]

Glad they got the bastards, I've always had full coverage on my rig but have been looking in "Agreed Value" since I've put a ton of money into it over the last 3 years.