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So....

I was just getting comfortable, 'round 9 PM, when the phone rang, and the guy on the other end says, "Do you own an 04 Subaru?

It was the cops, and they wanted me to know that my STI was in a field, not far from my house, stripped.

The thing is (as I told them) that the car was ALREADY STOLEN (from a Jersey hotel lot) and recovered (in Newark), and had been flatbedded to my dealer, for repair. So my stolen car was stolen, again.

This time they got the whole interior, the rear lid (and wing), and the wheels. Last time, they got just the headlights.

These guys really know a good car when they see one!

Seems these things are pretty popular with thieves. Glad to own an old Subaru from the days when nobody would steal them.

Steve

that hella sucks. dont they make alarms with gps crap these days? that would help just like onstar

Onstar is borderline invasion of privacy. It's so intensive, that it could be used in every wrong way.

Onstar can slow your car down, open the locks, turn off headlights, change the radio station, any number of things. Does everything but steer, and start the damn thing, and I bet it could probably start it too.

They know where you are, how fast you are going, and they can stop you whenever they want. Would you give someone that kind of power? I know I wouldn't, at least not by choice.

hmm never thought of it that way. but its soo tru. that would suck if the thives worked for onstar

Like OBD III if it ever comes about. Don't forget GM fits black boxes in their cars, too. You can't even trust your car anymore. Its not terrorists that scare me - its my government.

There's Lojack, but you have to know the car's stolen for that to work. Did help police take down a few big chop shops around here maybe ten years back when they tracked the cars in transit and waited until they got to their destination.

Steve

Any chance they would just post the stuff on ebay? Would it still be recoverable?

Damn Jeff, that sucks! I can't believe it got stolen twice. So the second time it was stolen from the dealer?

The guy I got my wrx wheels off of got his wrx stolen from work and a co-workers STI was stolen the same day off the same lot! They were both recovered burned up, set on fire... I hate thieves.

What also sucks is the dealer will claim no responsibility for anything that happened on their own lot, so you're SOL for anything missing from this theft.

That's what insurance is for.

MK

subyluvr2212 wrote:What also sucks is the dealer will claim no responsibility for anything that happened on their own lot, so you're SOL for anything missing from this theft.

Yep, my neighbor's aunt has a 2002 Camaro Z28. It had a full Eclipse stereo system in it, more than $1500 in stereo equipment. It all got stolen while the car was at the dealership.

How did it get stolen? The dealership left the car unlocked. This happened almost 1 year ago, and it has still not been resolved.

Dealers have a responsibility that once you hand the keys over to them... they are to return it in the same state that they recieved it in. That's why they have insurance for that sort of thing.

Getting them to pay is a whole different story. This is why I ended up having to sell my brat. You've got to hit them hard and early with a lawyer. Don't let any time lapse because that hurts your case the more time that has gone by. I wish people would just take responsibility for things, if I break your car, I'll fix it... why can't a business making tons of profit do the same?

That's why they make tons of profit. In general, the bigger the business, the more backs they stepped on to get there.

Steve

They know where you are, how fast you are going, and they can stop you whenever they want. Would you give someone that kind of power? I know I wouldn't, at least not by choice.

If some motherfucker took off in my brand new STi, then HELL YES i'd want the power to know where they are, where, and stop them in their tracks... and lock them in the car until i can come to their location!!

-Brian

Yea, but do you really want anyone who feels like it to know where you are? I don't. I also really don't like the idea that someone besides myself can control the vehicle. Furthermore, I don't like the idea that it's entirely possible that a speeding ticket could arrive in the mail, without being tagged by a cop or a camera.

The problem is that they give access to the authorities not to guys like us who may play vigilante and do their jobs for them, thus saving taxpayer money through less police work needed, no court costs, and no future victim costs from the guy repeat offendin'.

I had an assmonkey pranking me on and off for a year, but the phone company would only give the trace to the police, not me. Even after I offered to give the operator I spoke to a few bucks.

Steve

TOTAL LOSS

So sayeth the claims adjustor.

RIP

JF1GD70664L508077

Maybe we should start a stolen VIN# registry

Anyone buying a used STI ought to check!

Are you going to get another STi? Or are you going to take the insurance money and buy a sport sedan, intercool it and go 3" exhaust and stand-alone engine management to have something that's even faster?

But wait, it still has the drivetrain, right? Can you buy the car back? Used BC/BF GC cheap...

Steve

Yeah, well, we haven't gotten to the really good part yet. You know, the part where they offer me 13.5K for a year old Impreza (It's an Impreze, ain't it??).

There is still some life in this story. Just have to keep my sense of humor, right.

I figure that the chassis is worth 6-8 (more if you could be sure that the busy beavers hadn't chewed thru too many gears). Good place to start on an SCCA project, since you'd have to pull it all down, anyway.

Not my problem. #3 son has plans to convert our '03 rex to a drifter. Me, I'm just lookin' out the window, checking the cars in the parking lot.

Just to let you know, for those that have been following this little saga, the insurance company "Officially" totaled the STI, and placed a value of (drum roll please) $29k. When I factor out the salvage value (thats what I have to give back because I WANT THAT CHASSIS), it's still enough to buy.......

Anyway they weren't as bad as I thought they might be.

Cheers.