Ever had your car stolen?

[EmilyB]

God Tony, I hope she doesn't have to go through that. Perhaps tonight they'll catch the dude driving around. She didn't have much gas in the car....

[AndyL]

Heh... I was trying to have one stolen out of my garage... Just couldn't seem to make it go away...

Then this little elf (erm troll) came along tonight...

Whaddya know - 4runner fits in the back of my FUGLY truck

Nobody will ever steal my truck - nobody would willingly be caught dead in it

[steve fedyk]

If you leave your keys in the car in BC, and get stolen. ICBC does not cover you. I hope in Alberta is differant.

My friend was working in norther BC moving oil rigs. One of his crew members cought a guy in his gradge. So he hit him in the head with a bat and knocked him out. Tried the guy up and through him in the back of his truck, and started to drive to work. The guy came too about 20km off the highway. The guy was screaming don't kill me, but he drove faster and hit very pothole. About 45km off the the highway, he stopped and took the guys jacket and shoes, and throught him the the dich. He told the guy if his place gets broken into he would come back and kill the guy. He got on the radio and told every one not the pick up a guy with no shoes or jacket. It was the middle of september. An hour later my friend drove past the guy, and he was walking the wrong way.

I don't think that guy would break in to anyone house or gradge again.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Had my old 4Runner stolen from in front of my mom's place one winter when I came home to have lunch in between tutoring students. They broke in & drove it away. Recovered a couple of days later on Marine Drive with no tires. I had on big, almost new BFGoodrich All-Terrains 31". I heard later that there was a rash of trucks being stolen just for their tires because of the snow.

Never ran as well after that but then when I bought my new CRV, I gave it to my "little brother" (did sorta big bro thing with a summer camp) to drive back to Winnipeg after he flew here to be my best man at my wedding. Figured he & his dad could work on it together & get it running nice. It was a fun 4x4 that's for sure.

Anthony

[Matt]

Originally Posted by steve fedyk

If you leave your keys in the car in BC, and get stolen. ICBC does not cover you. I hope in Alberta is differant.

My friend was working in norther BC moving oil rigs. One of his crew members cought a guy in his gradge. So he hit him in the head with a bat and knocked him out. Tried the guy up and through him in the back of his truck, and started to drive to work. The guy came too about 20km off the highway. The guy was screaming don't kill me, but he drove faster and hit very pothole. About 45km off the the highway, he stopped and took the guys jacket and shoes, and throught him the the dich. He told the guy if his place gets broken into he would come back and kill the guy. He got on the radio and told every one not the pick up a guy with no shoes or jacket. It was the middle of september. An hour later my friend drove past the guy, and he was walking the wrong way.

I don't think that guy would break in to anyone house or gradge again.

Break and Enter = bad.
Assault, Unlawful Confinement, Kidnapping, Theft, Uttering Threats = long, long time in jail. Your buddy was lucky he didn't get caught. Usually you have to be a cop in Saskatoon to get away with that sort of thing.

[michika]

I had the battery out of my car stolen one night. The theif left about $50 in change in the center arm rest, along with tons of CDs. It was the middle of summer, and they did it right in front of a martial arts school.

In August of 2004 we parked our old car a chevy, at West Edmonton Mall. We came back no more then 10 minutes later to a cleaned out car. We are pretty sure someone tried to steal it too, but couldn't drive stick. The car had moved about a foot forwards, the equivalent of popping the clutch on that car. They stole insurance papers out of the glove box, sweaty gym clothes, my climbing equipment, and school textbooks. The next morning they did come to our apartment and try to get in around 10am. I scared them off and they were never seen again. UofA Campus police were a million times more helpful then the city of Edmonton officers were. City of Edmonton wouldn't even let us fill out a police report, asked us to come back on Monday, as this happened on a Friday afternoon.

[ponokareefer]

Originally Posted by EmilyB

Sadly, my daughter left her keys in and ran into a convenience store. Lost brand new car.

As an insurance broker, and former claims adjuster, I'd recommend your daughter contacting her insurance broker to find out all the answers to her questions, and ask them how the process works. They have the information on what product they sold your daughter, and what will happen now that a claim has occurred. As I am not your daughter's insurance broker, unfortunately I am not able to provide you any information on what the process is, and what to expect. Good luck with the claim, and statistically, vehicles are usually found within the first 30 days, so hopefully hers turns up soon, with no damage.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Matt

Usually you have to be a cop in Saskatoon to get away with that sort of thing.

no, no. Matsqui, West Van, lots of places. West Van, you'd get a drive up the mountain and lose your shoes.

[DanG]

Originally Posted by spanky

Ive lived in winnipeg before, unfortunatly if you havent had a car stolen from you living there.....just wait a little longer. They found it running in an alley about 2 days later. I am sorry to hear that happened. With the cold weather coming it will become an everyday occurance. Shut your car off if you are getting out please ppl. Its not a fun experience.

That's actually changed quite a bit. MPI is now forcing everyone who has a car on the most stolen list to get an immobilizer or the won't renew your insurance. The list of cars they can steal is getting lower and lower by the day.

Granted an immobilizer won't stop someone with a tow truck or if they have the keys, it has really cut down on kids stealing them to go joy riding.

[marie]

Originally Posted by steve fedyk

If you leave your keys in the car in BC, and get stolen. ICBC does not cover you....

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Not true, I thought the same thing but when my blazer was stolen after I left the keys in it, I was informed that those acts of stupidity are covered by them... I felt suitably told off