MY car was stolen. NOT A JOKE THIS TIME.

[S13Teddy]

Jack. YOU are the man.

If you guys wanna call them, thats absolutely fine by me. I've called the police way too many times and they probably know my voice and dread hearing it.... lol

Again, I can't thank you all enough for helping me out. Unfortunately, its been a week, and I've had no phone call from Chip Foose.

[Loki]

you should take this guys advice. don't worry about being ****ing 'mean' to the police just use them to get your damn car back. i mean wtf dude, find some public phone in an alley or just call the switchboard

Eh, you shouldn't have to. A STOLEN vehicle involved in a CRIME should be known by ever officer in the area and immediately pulled over if seen. Not "well, we'll get around to it if we're in the area and it's parked and no effort is to be exerted by us." That's bull****.

[S13Teddy]

Sadly, thats how it seems to me. I just cannot understand. Its the whole CRIME thing that strikes me as being important in some way shape or form.

[Warped161]

Man so sorry you haven't heard anything, were all still hoping this has a happy ending.

[jallen]

have fun making false reports to the police

i don't know about you, but if calls started coming in stating that a datsun 510 was pulling ****, it would be a little suspicious, because 99% of people don't even know what the hell kind of car it is. It's a grey box on wheels. And then you give them a false location, which would just cause police to search in that area, when you really have no idea where this thing even is. I mean seriously, what are you gonna say? Even if you do it from a public phone, they're still gonna ask you for your info. Are you just gonna hang up?

[wrxsnowstyle]

omfg teddy!

ive been scowering the craigslist listings because i was interested in getting either a 510 or an s13, and i ran across your post. i just joined nico yesterday and now i see this thread....small world. jeez man, im really hoping this works out- your car was one of my favorite 510's in the area.

ill keep an eye out for shady gangsters in a 510...

[Cameron]

i highly reccomend, since this said Dan guy, has nothing to do with you outside of this case, to get him to take a lie detector test asking is he in on this crime, and questions similar to that.. it couldnt hurt anything.. that would be great if you could, cause i also had the suspicion that he was in on it too.. and if hes clean, hey hes clean..

[SketchyRollin564]

bibbity bump

[S3t0_S13]

to get him to take a lie detector test

id love to see him pull that off

[Florida240sx]

You got jumper cables hooked up to his nuts he'll do anything that is asked of ya.

[JDspeed]

no updates yet?

[S13Teddy]

No updates.... The police have not called me, nor have I gotten a letter in the mail, nor have I gotten a suprise party with my friends saying, "Gotcha!"

But hey, my friend said he got his car stolen once, and got it back 3 weeks later! Of course, his car was a honda but, hey... theres still hope right?

[driftersr20sx]

Hey did you see this?http://losangeles.craigslist.o....html

[IanS]

No updates.... The police have not called me, nor have I gotten a letter in the mail, nor have I gotten a suprise party with my friends saying, "Gotcha!"

But hey, my friend said he got his car stolen once, and got it back 3 weeks later! Of course, his car was a honda but, hey... theres still hope right?

Yah, my buddy got his EF civic DX stolen, the police found it 4 months later in the garage of an abandoned house, all they took were the tools out of the back, the distributer, the wheels, the radiator, and the spare tire jack. Your car is a lot more Iconic though, good luck.

[frosti108]

oh yea... thats kinda shady i would check that out. you have a number and everything

Hey did you see this?http://losangeles.craigslist.o....html

[S13xCrazy]

No updates.... The police have not called me, nor have I gotten a letter in the mail, nor have I gotten a suprise party with my friends saying, "Gotcha!"

But hey, my friend said he got his car stolen once, and got it back 3 weeks later! Of course, his car was a honda but, hey... theres still hope right?

yeah the same thing happened with my brother.

they stripped the parts,and then hit it with a truck so it was all ****ed up.

[Tarnag40k]

Yah, my buddy got his EF civic DX stolen, the police found it 4 months later in the garage of an abandoned house, all they took were the tools out of the back, the distributer, the wheels, the radiator, and the spare tire jack. Your car is a lot more Iconic though, good luck.

everyone I know personally except my auto tech teacher has no idea what a Datsun 510 is...

[driftersr20sx]

any news on your car bro?

[S13Teddy]

Sorry guys. I feel the end is near....

[JDspeed]

i was looking through craigslist and i found this... it may help but ionno...

http://losangeles.craigslist.o....html

[PhaneSoul]

`hmmm, a datsun on kraigs list from OC with a bunch of stuff except a good motor then another listing for jus the motor....

[alms24sebring]

my friends 1990 DA integra was stolen saturday night. basically it had T66 turbo kit, nice front mount, but stock 97 motor, some ice, CF hood, crossdrilled brakes, coilovers.

He was actually trying to sell it for like 6 which he wasnt ganna get, but it was in front of his grandfathers house facing the road. Well it wouldnt start so someone musta broke the windows and flatbedded that POS. So today he calls me and tells me that they found it in MD but uh....as you can guess, stripped to the frame everything gone & sold if not used. Its kinda what he deserved too but the thing I hate about him is that mommy will just pull out the mastercard and get a 00' Si.

[boznuttz]

A lot of guys on CL aren't that smart... check out CL asap. Huge chance that 'John' could be trying to get rid of some stuff pretty quickly.

[nchopp]

Eh, you shouldn't have to. A STOLEN vehicle involved in a CRIME should be known by ever officer in the area and immediately pulled over if seen. Not "well, we'll get around to it if we're in the area and it's parked and no effort is to be exerted by us." That's bull****.

Let me explain how stolen vehicles are dealt with.

1. The vehicle is entered into the BCA national database.2. Whenever that license plate or VIN is run by an officer (i.e. on a traffic stop, for a parking violation, etc.) the vehicle will have a "hit", coming up as stolen.

Due to the volume of calls departments receive, it's neither practical or possible to actively investigate thefts such as this.

Really, recovering stolen vehicles isn't a matter of investigative prowess or determination, it's just a matter of time or luck.

[Uberck]

meh it seems like everybody in LA was getting tired of seeing it so they stole it and are now all posting fake ads to try to scare you

[f1seb]

Yeah it sucks. Cars are an expensive hobby and this is one of the reasons why as well. The problem with Cops is not that they don't want to to help you it's that they don't have the manpower to do this. My brother is an NYPD officer and I talk to him about stuff like this and he tells me that the NYPD has a little over 30k officers, now these guys are pepperd all over Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, check the population in those areas. 30k no longer seems that much anymore. And as nchopp said before. There are crimes that take precedence over others. Now you may jump in and talk about all the BS that the police dept does to good people, like exhaust tickets, no front plate tickets, the "rolling emissions inspection stations". The truth is, it's not the police thats behind it, it's the politicians, check with your mayors. For the NYPD police officers get certain "perks" if they write down a certain amount of tickets in a certain amount of time that adds up to a certain amount of money. If they are consistent enough with the ticket writing then the rewards start to stack up. The city needs to make money somehow, and the people always bite that bullet.

[EW]

The way you get a stolen car in Dallas is file a stolen car report and tell the popo that there is a kid in the back seat. They found that car QUICKLY! Amazing what can be done if it needs to be.

[fueler]

I saw your primered 510 going about 90 mph on the 5 south towards Mexico.

[Kckouki]

You serious ?

[fueler]

As serious as a heart attack.