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icebluenothingMy car was stolen.
Out of the parking lot of my own condo. Sometime between midnight and 9:00 on Wednesday morning.
So, yeah. I've been happier.
I called the police (I thought I'd mention that since everyone asks me that, when I tell them -- "Did you call the police?" Why, no! No, I never thought to! I just shrugged it off and went on with my day! Thanks for the vote of confidence in my mental acuity!), and the officer who came out and took my statement was pretty reassuring. He tells me that cars in cases like this are usually found abandoned in a couple of days, couple of weeks. So I'm holding out hope, here. My heart pounds whenever my phone rings.
I had a bunch of stuff in the back of the car -- nothing important, nothing crucial, just an accumulated pile of objects. I can't help but wonder if that didn't attract the thief. Trying to figure out if this is somehow my fault, I suppose.
Worst case scenario: if the car doesn't come back to me, I guess I get the truck fixed up after all. (I never did have it towed to a junk yard or anything.) That'll cost me, but it'll be cheaper than getting a new vehicle, I suppose. I didn't have the kind of insurance that would replace the car, so that's really my only option.
God knows I don't want to do without a vehicle. I didn't learn to drive until I was 30. I relied on buses and the kindness of friends all those years, and I hated it. Finally getting a car was like gaining a super-power. Suddenly, I had the ability to go anywhere!
Now, I feel crippled. This is an ongoing violation. I'm going to be one edgy bastard until this is resolved, one way or the other.
Think good thoughts for me.
Out of the parking lot of my own condo. Sometime between midnight and 9:00 on Wednesday morning.
So, yeah. I've been happier.
I called the police (I thought I'd mention that since everyone asks me that, when I tell them -- "Did you call the police?" Why, no! No, I never thought to! I just shrugged it off and went on with my day! Thanks for the vote of confidence in my mental acuity!), and the officer who came out and took my statement was pretty reassuring. He tells me that cars in cases like this are usually found abandoned in a couple of days, couple of weeks. So I'm holding out hope, here. My heart pounds whenever my phone rings.
I had a bunch of stuff in the back of the car -- nothing important, nothing crucial, just an accumulated pile of objects. I can't help but wonder if that didn't attract the thief. Trying to figure out if this is somehow my fault, I suppose.
Worst case scenario: if the car doesn't come back to me, I guess I get the truck fixed up after all. (I never did have it towed to a junk yard or anything.) That'll cost me, but it'll be cheaper than getting a new vehicle, I suppose. I didn't have the kind of insurance that would replace the car, so that's really my only option.
God knows I don't want to do without a vehicle. I didn't learn to drive until I was 30. I relied on buses and the kindness of friends all those years, and I hated it. Finally getting a car was like gaining a super-power. Suddenly, I had the ability to go anywhere!
Now, I feel crippled. This is an ongoing violation. I'm going to be one edgy bastard until this is resolved, one way or the other.
Think good thoughts for me.
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Date: 2006-03-24 09:49 pm (UTC)From what I've gathered, the officer is correct: it's not at all unusual for stolen cars to turn up, joyridden and maybe with some pieces missing, but overall little worse for wear.
What kind of car is it? I'm still mildly boggled that I've yet to have my truck broken into at my workplace, and can only conclude that it's because I'm still driving that Chevy S10.
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Date: 2006-03-24 10:09 pm (UTC)My thoughts and prayers go out to you.
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Date: 2006-03-24 10:37 pm (UTC)Yeah. I really worry about that sort of thing nowadays, given that I can’t walk everywhere I want to, climb into a normal bus, that sort of thing.
My condolences. It’s never happened to me, and I hope it never will, because it sounds like a tremendous pain in the ass.
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Date: 2006-03-24 11:49 pm (UTC)Some friends here had their Honda Civic stolen, and found four days later just a couple miles from their house, in perfect shape. With an extra 1800 miles on it.
Turns out that drug runners steal the most mundane, vanilla cars they can get their hands on, and do runs up and down I-95, then leave the car back in the area that they took it from. The cops told them that they were finding a *lot* of these cases recently. Wacky.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that the chariot o' doom shows up soon.
Aw, that sucks
Date: 2006-03-25 12:24 am (UTC)What does the truck need to get it back on the road? I can recommend an excellent shade tree mechanic, who can do jobs up to and including Engine and tranny replacements ...
Oh, holy shit!
Date: 2006-03-25 01:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-25 03:02 am (UTC)One more vote cast into the aether that it's found, and soon!
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Date: 2006-03-25 04:24 am (UTC)Let me know if you want to get around. I'm not doing much this weekend besides cleaning and taxes, but I don't have your new number.
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Date: 2006-03-25 08:45 pm (UTC)I know a couple of people that have had thier card stolen and got them back pretty quick... Dont know anybody that has never got theirs back actually.