My car was stolen last night!!!!!!!
 

Holy crap. So most of you know, I recently relocated. So I have only been here 2 freaking months and when I go out to run errands with my husband this morning my f'ing car is GONE! I thought he was playing a joke on me, but this was no joke!

And it is probably the only TX license plate in RI, so it was a really dumb steal for whoever took it! I am sure they took the plates off ASAP...

So I called my dad first (always my first reaction to anything) and he was calm, but my mom was like freaking in the background. Then he got me to call the police. it wasn't until the police put me on hold that I started crying.

So now I have to wait until Monday afternoon to get a rental car picked up, which is covered (all but 2 dollars of it per day) by my car insurance (who, have been VERY nice, understanding, sympathetic!...AMICA for those of you who need a good company)

I'm so sorry that has happened to you! Hopefully they'll find the car soon and in one piece. I know it probably doesn't seem very likely right now, but most of the stolen cars that my company has turn up eventually. We had two from the past several months and both were found in pristine condition, so it is possible!

I'm glad your insurance company is being so good about everything. And please, if you are renting from Enterprise and you have any problems at all please don't hesitate to pm me and I will do what I can! (In case it's not obvious, I work for Enterprise.)

Take care, and good luck!
Jenn

Well the only plus would be if they screw up your car too much you can get a new one right?

I am so sorry. I hope everything works out. Good luck!!!!

ronnie :D

I had my car stolen once... Underpatrolled parking garages at the mall are bad places to park. I agree with something that was said Pulp Fiction... Something to the effect that messing with another person's car should be punishable by death.

You definitely feel pretty damned helpless... pissed... broke.

Hopefully it turns up somewhere!

Oh, I'm sorry, I have a phobia or something or my car being stolen. A kid in HS in my homeroom had his stolen. I have no idea what I would do if it actually happened. I don't know how you feel, but, gosh, I hope you get it back.

I'm so sorry to hear it. :( I hope your car is either recovered in good shape, or not recovered so you get insurance $ to buy a new one. Take care. :)

I'm so sorry this happened to you! I think I'd start bawling!
Any word on the car or anything? I just can't believe that you went to run an arrand and someone TOOK it.

Hootie:eek:

Hey everyone. Well, still no word on my car. I am not expecting to hear anything either. I either have to hope that it is found in pristine, untouched condition or that it is not found at all/found in a chop shop in pieces. If it is a total loss or if it is not found in a couple weeks, I get the value of my car from my insurance. My dad will then pay off the rest of the car loan (since he technically owns the car, then he will give me the money that is left which should be 3,000 or so. That will be used towards another car and then I will end up financing the remainder of the price through my credit union most likely. So this could turn out to mean that I get a brand new car, but will end up costing me in the long run. I think everything will work out. I just feel violated. I consider my car sort of an extension of my home, given how much I use it!

It's funny...my husband and I keep thinking "what if we just forgot it somewhere?"...which is totally irrational and impossible, but still a thought that enters out minds....quite strange!

Decades ago, a man that worked with my dad had reported his car stolen at Lenox mall..a high-end priced mall in Atlanta. This was around Christmas time when crime rates can tend to rise a little
;)

Three months later, the Atlanta police called to say that his car was still in the parking lot where he left it!!! Everything was there including his expensive testing equipment and a weapon!!! Guess he came out a different door than the one he went in, lol.

Wonder why it took them 3 months to call!!

Gee, I'm really, really sorry! That sucks beyond words! It's really great that your insurance company is being so understanding... when its time for me to hunt down my own car insurance, I will definitely contact your company if they have it in my area.

I hope that they turn up with your car!

XOXO,
Annie.

Ahhh, I am sorry to hear that your vehicle was stolen!!!! I would be furious. Best of luck recovering/replacing it.

I actually had MY car stolen in Providence, RI! I went into a class for a test, came out about 45 minutes later, GONE!!! And what's more strange, is that it had already been totally ransacked and FOUND in that time.........Rumor was the police were actually stealing cars. Wouldn't be surprised after hearing about Plunderdome!
BUT, I love that state, so I'm sorry it happened and don't let it ruin your faith in that wonderful state or its people! I WISH YOU LUCK!

one of my friends had her car stolen a few weeks ago, but they picked up the guy who stole it the following night with a bunch of crack...he got $150 from her, but no scratches

:( BIG BUMER! So sorry!:(

Major Update
 

Okay. So I get home from work today (husband picked me up) and there is a message from Providence PD. They found my car. I should call them.

So I call. They say, well, you need to come sign the release and then the car is yours again. But, it doesn't have a steering wheel, so that might be a problem!

HELLO! No steering wheel???? Apparently no airbags either! And from what the guy said, no steering column at all. And something about my car computer...they didn't go into much more detail. So I go get my rental, drive to Providence PD, sign the release form, go to the towing place that they work with that was holding it to retrieve it...but they were CLOSED! So I called (since I KNOW they tow cars 24-7) and say "I want my car out of your tow-yard so that the Honda place can have it towed there to get an estimate/have my ins. adjuster look at it. Then they said to wait until tomorrow morning when they are "open". So I am waiting 'til tomorrow, which also means that I have yet to see the actual condition of my car. It was in awesome condition at the time it was stolen, so if there is even an extra scratch, I will notice...Sounds like it was pretty much defiled though so far! I mean, my steering wheel? Who takes a freaking steering wheel? That's just freaky. Unless the thugs used a jimmy or whatever to get in, there are sure to be crowbarred doors or broken windows too...I think they also said my radio...Anyway, I pretty much expect to see nothing of the front part of my car intact :( Hopefully it will be too expensive to repair and they will declare it totalled...

Aww, DZ, I'm really sorry! At least most of your car is intact. Good luck with the insurance company and repairs and everything!

XOXO,
Annie.:(

So sorry...
 

dzsaigirl,

I'm so sorry to hear about your car being stolen and then being found in the state it was. :( Please keep us updated on how things go with the insurance company. I'm thinking about you. :)

DZ Love,
dzrose93

Decades ago, a man that worked with my dad had reported his car stolen at Lenox mall...a high-end priced mall in Atlanta. This was around Christmas time when crime rates can tend to rise a little. Three months later, the Atlanta police called to say that his car was still in the parking lot where he left it! Everything was there including his expensive testing equipment and a weapon! Guess he came out a different door than the one he went in.

This is totally me. I once lost my car in a Best Buy parking lot and had to wander up and down ever aisle of the lot to find it. I also always lost it in the parking ramp that I had to use before I got a campus permit. I'm talking once a week here.

And then there was the time when my roommate, who has an extra key to my car, moved it out of a faculty parking lot for me so that I didn't get towed. But she accidentally forgot to tell me that she'd done so, and I thought that I had been towed. I drove all the way down to TowStar... "What do you mean, you didn't pick up a Green Geo Prizm this morning? If you don't have it, then where the hell is it?"

On Kodiak Island, Alaska, stealing a car is a misdemeanour unless the ferry is in port, in which case it becomes grand theft auto, a felony. Kodiak Island is only 30 miles across, and they figure that if you're dumb enough to steal a car when you can't get it off the island, then you really need help, not jail time.

Okay, so I got to see my car.

Here's what I saw. there is a giant hole where the steering column used to be. There is a hole where the passenger side airbag used to be, and there is also nothing but a hole where the radio is supposed to go. The guts of all of that wiring were kinda hanging out of the holes. They ran my passenger side tires up against something (the hubcaps are both scratched up on that side, one of them has a dent like they jumped a curb or something). They busted my back passenger window to get in. The pipe they did it with is still in my car (it was a pipe with a bicycle handlebar grip on it...'cause you know, criminals need that comfort so they don't get carpal tunnel......:rolleyes: ). they scratched up my backseat door on the outside and they took my roadside kit and my battery charger kit along with my car jack. The contents of my glove compartment were all over the car. I found my car registration/insurance right on top! So I took that out. I didn't want to touch anything else, since I feel cootie-ish about it. It looks like they didn't actually get the seats dirty or anything, so that's good (I was afraid I would see like, used condoms and a dumped out 40 or something).

So the car is at the auto body place and now I have to wait for the insurance adjuster to go there and tell me what's up. Wish me luck ;)

I think I'd be doing two things in your case...
Crying and Kicking the YOU KNOW WHAT outta the nearest thing next to me...

I can't believe people would go outta their way to DAMAGE the car that badly for a steering wheel, the air bag, the cars emergency stuff and a fricken radio?!?!?! Why did they bother for that stuff is what I want to know. They could have easily just taken the radio. I will never understand.

So sorry once again!
Hootie:mad:

Hondas are the cars that are most often broken into because the parts are sold most easily (since there are so many Hondas out there). It always amazes me at the length some people will go through to get a measy few hundred bucks... I mean, STEALING a goddamn car just for a few parts?!?!

Is committing a federal offense really worth getting three hundred bucks for?

XOXO,
Annie, who is glad she is about to get a college education and therefore will not have to resort to stealing cars.

I am sorry to hear about the state you found your car in. :( I hope everything works out for you in the end. Best of luck!!