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  1. Motoring Magic

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    #10 Motoring Magic, Jun 15, 2015
    RECOVERED!!!

    The MINI stolen from our parking lot was found Saturday AM 4 blocks away in a car wash parking lot. The Thief checked it in for a wash and walked away....it traveled only 20 miles total and was unharmed. The owner picked it up Saturday evening and all is well! Thanks for your thoughts and help!
     
  2. B.A.D.

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    #22 B.A.D., Jun 16, 2015
    You took it and now it is sitting in your shop going through a transformation into a RSR Clone?
     
  3. Dave.0

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    #2 Dave.0, Jun 6, 2015
    Damn that sucks.
     
  4. Norm03s

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    #9 Norm03s, Jun 8, 2015
    I would share, but California is a long way off and I don't think it's going to show up in Maryland. You know they used to hang horse thieves, to bad they still don't, I consider our cars as horse replacements. Some find the practice repulsive, I think it's fitting.
    Oh and plea bargaining is repulsive to the victims of car theft or any other crime I can think of.
    Yeah, I'm a hater of car thieves.
     
  5. Nathan

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    #13 Nathan, Jun 15, 2015
    Ahh yes...

    But was it a touchless Car Wash?
     
  6. BlimeyCabrio

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    #19 BlimeyCabrio, Jun 16, 2015
    Joyrider. Plain and simple.
     
  7. Steve

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    #4 Steve, Jun 6, 2015
    Share it, M/A folks. This is one of the few good uses for social media, spread it around!
     
  8. Eric@Helix

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    #11 Eric@Helix, Jun 15, 2015
    Good outcome. How'd they get the key?
     
  9. Motoring Magic

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    #12 Motoring Magic, Jun 15, 2015
    keys were swiped off my check in counter late friday afternoon.......now we have a locked key box and keys are either in it or in an employees hands, nowhere else
     
  10. Zillon

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    #17 Zillon, Jun 15, 2015
    Hmmm...

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  11. Zillon

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    #23 Zillon, Jun 16, 2015
    Now we know why Eric won't finish it... he can't let it be seen in public.

    Sorry for posting so many photos of it recently, I had no idea! :eek:
     
  12. Ender

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    #25 Ender, Aug 16, 2015
    probably a manual transmission and after a few stop signs/lights the thief said f*** this
     
  13. Firebro17

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    #7 Firebro17, Jun 7, 2015
    :nonod: Bastards.
     
  14. 05r50

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    #15 05r50, Jun 15, 2015
    Glad it was recovered, but who steals a car just to wash it?

    A skeptic would think that someone played a practical joke.

    Glad I'm not a skeptic. :)
     
  15. buttonbag

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    #16 buttonbag, Jun 15, 2015
    I'm a car thief. I find a nice Mini (in a parking lot full of other Minis). I take it and drive it around. I don't go easy on the gas, because why would I? It's not mine. I drive it about 10 miles out and what would make me want to turn around and drive it back near where I originally got it from? Also, why would I spend any money to wash it?

    Yeah, I'm a bit of a skeptic.
     
  16. whaap

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    #29 whaap, Aug 17, 2015
    You guys can have your Lojack. I handled automobile insurance claims for 25 years and even for "just a joy-ride" a car can get trashed so bad that it will never be the same again. If mine is ever stolen the last thing I want is for it to be found and returned to me.
     
  17. Nathan

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    #3 Nathan, Jun 6, 2015
    Yikes.
     
  18. wmwny

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    #5 wmwny, Jun 6, 2015
    Now, THAT just SUCKS!:mad2:
     
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    #6 buttonbag, Jun 7, 2015
    I'm sharing this now
     
  20. Eric@Helix

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    #8 Eric@Helix, Jun 8, 2015
    Sucks. Sorry man.
     
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