Car Finally Found !!!

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wangless
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if you guys didnt know, the thread is in my sig. my car was stolen a little over two weeks ago. finally today, i got a call from pomona pd that they found the car. they told me to call pomona valley tow where it got towed to. but right now the place is closed so i cant get it back yet :(. tomorrow ill head down with my mom (because the car is under her name) to get back my 240... its been so long since i drove stick... ive been driving my friends '90 civic to get here and there. i hope its still in a drivable condition... and i hope it doesnt cost too much to get it out. ill take some pics of what damage they did to it as well when i can. thanks for reading guys....


crzycav86
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Congrats on finding the car.

Hope for the best when you go and see it, but be prepared for the worst. Car thieves are ruthless bastards.. they probably took all things of value from the car, so be prepared for that.

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GEO
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Hmm... if they caught the theives, press charges. SO I HEAR AN SR? PSST PSSST

wangless
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they didnt tell me if they found the thieves or not... they just told me that they found the car in pomona. are they supposed to tell me if they caught the thief or not ? and yeah, im prepared for the worst. im thinking of broken glass and more electrical stuff that wont work :(

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Congrats.... Hopefully its not wrecked, and if anything very minimally.....

574-240sx
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Hope all turns out well. I hate driving auto but at least you are driving something. Nick

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Mr1der
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here's hoping for the best, like a size 2 thong in the glove box that doesn't smell like a boat and no damage...

wangless
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im hoping at least...

1. itll run2. key in ignition will still work3. locks will still work4. no broken glass

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PalmerWMD
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wangless:

Congrats that you found your car!

Dont be too optimistic on its condtion thoughIf you're lucky it was some kids on a joyride and it will still be drivable.:thumbup

If it was professionals, "we found your car" can mean, they found a stripped frame with your VIN on it...:(

Good luck.

Fred...

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Bunta240
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Wish you all the luck. I hope your car is ok.

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912.0turbo
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:xfingers :xfingers :xfingers

wangless
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just got back from pomona... in response to my last post...

1. it doesnt run2. no ignition3. locks dont work4. rear right glass broken

car was totalled stripped. they mustve thought i had an SR in there... HAHAHA. stock KA about to blow :). anyways, i took some pics, but too busy to post the pics. check in about 12 hours and hopefully ill have pics up. ill give more details then.

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Mr1der
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that sucks, insurance gonna help any?

wangless
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negatory, no full coverage. my day just got cut short. my friend who was driving me just got in an accident. it was me and him in his car. he swirved to avoid a camaro and hit another car. camaro wasnt 'involved' in the accident, he got to leave pretty quickly. on the other hand the car he hit suffered servere damages... both cars are most likely totalled. the other car i think two people had to go to the hospital. friend wasnt hurt. i wasnt either except for some minor scrapes, and now i feel soreness :(. anyway, enough jibber jabber... i need to walk off this 'feeling' i have right now... ill give more details later when my mind is more clear...

JESTER
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Dude, you just aren't having any good luck at all. I hate to hear about your recent misfortunes. Glad you didn't get messed up too bad. Let us know how your friend is...

I hope you can land another car. About all they steal around here is civic's and occasonally a DSM. Bastards!

Anyway, good luck on finding another car, and if the perps are found, get a kick in for NICO.

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Good to hear you got it back, sorry about the condition though.

wangless
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i just keep saying to myself... "its just a car..." but in reality i really want my car back :(

wangless
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damn missing fender and headlight... wtf ?!



i guess they liked my rims enough to give me some ****ty ones. i didnt even have the se 7 spoke, i had the cheap teardrop ones.



no more cool jdm gauge cluster... haha. whole cluster area is gone, steering wheel, ignition was cut in half or something. of course no stereo. i forgot to take a pic of where the center console used to be.



i think they ripped apart my poor antenna :(



so thats how they got into my car and didnt leave any broken glass on the street.



who the ef wants a gas door ?! cant believe they took that shiet.



where my 5zigen fireball exhust used to be. if you look at the tow hedge, the exhuast was actually welded to it. i dunno why, stupidass muffler shop.



why would you need the crapass carpet from the trunk? no more spare, dhd amp, ppi sub. and the nice broken speakers that came with the car.



damn the back seat is messed up



looks like its ready for an SR !!!



wow...

anyways, ill post details later... still too tired, not rested well enough about it yet :(

gabossie
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Daaaamn, well...at least you got something back. What's your insurance doing about this? (please say you have full coverage)

wangless
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got something back ?... like what ??? the tow place wanted to charge me $200 to get back the car. im like HELL NO. it doesnt even run. 100 for the towing fee, 50 for city fee, and another 50 for storage. and if i wanted it, i would have also had to pay for it to tow it back home ! they told me they could just junk it... and we did, cost me $50 for the title crap. another bad thing to add... i just paid for the registration two weeks before the car was stolen. i got the sticker when the car was gone. OH !!! and to add another bad thing gabossie, I DONT HAVE FULL COVERAGE !!!!

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So sorry man. Do what you can. I know you'll get money back when you cancel the insurance policy. The same might be true for the registration...you could get a refund for the prorated unused portion. That sucks. In some cultures thieves get their hands severed. I guarantee this crap happens a lot less often there.

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PROJECTRB240SX
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That looks like your parts will be appearing on another 240sx.... they went after specific things that were messed up on their 240sx. They also took whatever was aftermarket on yours.

MojoMan
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Why would you let them junk it? get a driver side fender, center console, radio, steering wheel and gauge cluster, and the back left glass and buy a motor and transmission for it. Thats a perfect project car. Minus the motor and transmission you could get all that stuff for a few hundred. Its just a thought. Im sorry to hear about everything. I hope you feel better.

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Easier just to look for a new car :( Sorry about the ride wangless, thats unfortunate to say the least.

wangless
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DAEDALUS - i think im getting some for cancelling insurance early. the guy at the tow place said i cant do anything about the registration... so i ripped it up, dumb me :(.

PROJECTRB240SX - yeah, the seemed to have taken a lot of things that were probably for another 240.

MojoMan - the seats were ef'd up crazy. they were in the recline postion because it broke. they wouldnt come back up. when they took out the engine, they cut the wires, you cant see them but they did. and it would cost me $200 just to get that car out of there. and then i have to pay for it to get towed back. too much trouble for me. also ive already like put in 1500 to try to fix the car... dont wanna spend more on it you know.

Nathan - and yeah, looking for a whole new car is a whole lot better than trying to piece together an old on :(

i know it would be a perfect project car... fastback, se, stick... but too much for me :(... not in that condition

gabossie
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really sorry to hear that. I have full coverage, but only until my car is paid off, then if something happens I'm screwed like you. If you want, you can come take a look at the 90 coupe I'm selling. It's got a blacktop in it. I think you may have emailed be about it once already(?), but my email has been weird and randomly deleting my emails :(

wangless
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so thursday afternoon when im at school my sister calls me and tells me that pomona pd called and said that they found my car. w00t !!! damn, i cant believe they found it. its been like 2 and half weeks, FINALLY. so i call the police and the tow place, tow place opens at 7, but front desk at police station opens at 8. not really a problem. so i ask how much and they said $100, im like damn... but alright, at least ill get my car back right? WRONG.

so while we're going to the pomona police department, which is about 10 minutes after cal poly pomona... my mom almost gets in an accident. damn she cant drive for ****. sometimes i wish she didnt drive at all. in what probably wouldve taken like 25 minutes for a normal person she took close to 40. she was driving like the speed limit of 65mph, damn thats pretty slow, especially when you see like every other car pass you up. so we get to the police department, mom signs the paper work, and then we head off to the tow place.

we get there in about 5 minutes and its this kinda white place that smells like smoke. the funny/stupid thing was i see a sign that says "no smoking" and theres this working smoking right under the sign. damn that place smells. anyways, so then one of the guys takes to find out car. it was like all the way down at the end. it was messed up to see all these other ****ed up cars. there was this one accord on top of tires because it had no wheels. a nice sti, but it was too far to see happened to it. some bashed windows and stuff. damn i hate ****en theives. cant earn their money to get stuff, have to steal ****... and from me !!! i dont have money to ****en replace that car. i feel like finding tha persons car and bashing it completely or some ****. they said it would be $200 to take the car... im like WHAT THE **** ?! didnt you guys say $100 ?! and since i only brought 100 with me i had to my check with my luckily... then the guy goes, "sorry, no checks" so now what?! my mom goes "i have money" but then the guy says finally, "well, you might want to check out the car first, it says here its in an undrivable condition"

anyways, so we finally get to my car.. and im like WTF ?!?!?! its completely gone... everything inside the car is gone... no engine, transmission, trunk all stripped. they even took the ****en gas door... what the **** you know... someone was looking to fix up their car. ill link pics at the end of the post.

so we head back to the office and we tell the guy that we dont want it then. he says itll be $50 then to deal with all the paperwork for the dmv, to transfer the title and ****. thats fine, better than $200. so i go home all dad and depressed... i miss my car. it was like my first car that i got to choose. my first car was an 88 tercel that was a handme down, so that didnt count. but this 240, i got to pick and choose... well yeah, its gone, gotta move on to get another car. plus i was gonna go home and head to six flags were i would have a GREAT TIME to get over this lost car you know.

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Mr1der
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umm SR swap?

that's pretty rough man, they took the freakin' gas door...

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Fenvy
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look on ebay and recycler, at least for 3 months for your stuff, especially your engine by VIN

hey what's your vin by the way? I am on ebay like everyday and I will put your vin on my watch list

wangless
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cars headed to the junker Mr1der...

jn1hs36p6lw126502 is the vin Loveless, thanks

crx looks good right now. 30+ mpg ! thats crazy


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