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My car was accidentally stolen this morning

I suppose this statistically has to happen every so often
and of course, if its going to happen, it will happen to me...

About 10 minutes ago
my doorbell rang

this may not seem like a strange occurrence
but you have to realize
that since I have moved into this house
it has rang maybe 4 times
my friends knock
strangers ring the bell

so being that I was lounging as I usually do
mostly naked around my house

I threw on my robe and went to the door

a man was standing there
he was a working class man
but clean and presentable
but definitely no-one I knew

We exchanged good mornings
and he was acting slightly bashful
I was expecting a solicitation of some sort
but the first words out of his mouth
where

"I stole your car for about an hour"

I was perplexed as you might imagine

then he proceeded to tell me the story
apparently, he had been asked to pick up his sisters car
a similar Honda civic to mine
he came down, walked up to the first car matching
the description he was given "old Honda civic"
unlocked it, started it and drove away
he reached his destination
and his sister
who promptly informed him
that is was not her car..

Nice enough fellow
even put 5 bucks in the gas tank

prolly should get the locks changed eh?

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happened to me with an Explorer! YOUR guy was nice! You made me laugh twice today...this was a good one.

Personally, I don't think it's worth it to change the locks. What are the odds it'll happen again?
I don't think it would be worth the cost.

Well the only reason I think about
changing the locks is this

if it happened at a mall
I wouldnt bother
but as it was discovered
while parked in front of my house
that person if they so decided later
has complete access to my car and its contents
and they know this as well
which of course
makes it tempting...

Glad I could make you laugh
my life has been rather amusing lately
luckily not in bad ways either

Yeah, it's all to lull you into a false sense of security ;) Hope he didn't rob a bank with it or something.

Reminds me of a friend who came to his car in a shopping mall to find the window smashed in and 2/3rds of his CD collection stolen. He said he didn't know what insulted him more -- that someone broke into his car or that someone didn't like his musical taste enough to actually leave CDs behind.

that is embarrassing
I had my car broken into once as well
only the opposite happened
I had two brand new (still boxed) Cd players
in the trunk and about 150 cds
they stole the CDs and left the CD players

Bastards

I can easily replace the cd players
I am still hunting for the odd cd which was stolen that day....

as for robbing a bank with it?
not worried
I got a great alibi for this morning
}:->

before i moved out here and married him my husband once called me to inform me that he had gone outside to go to work and someone had gone into his car (he didnt lock the doors...81' monte carlo..would you have??) and actually stolen the front seats out of it. left the stereo, left everything just took the front seat. pennsylvania is a strange starnge place i tell ya.

Leaving your car unlocked is actually a strategy here in Atlanta (of course, you don't leave anything valuable inside). It beats a broken window -- anyone who wants to poke around can help themselves. Stealing the seats, though...that'll look interesting on an insurance report.

What year Honda Civic do you drive? I'm sorta glad mine is so distinguished (uhm driverside passenger door smashed) but still. I wonder how many Civic's have that problem. :(

1987 its a beautiful grey 4 door
mine was a different color than
the intended vehicle
but I suppose they didnt figure
that there would be many of them
in one cul-de-sac

Actually it a problem with any car
there are only a certain number of key combinations they can produce
so there are probably over a hundred people with identical keys. To help mitigate this problem
they track matching combinations and try to ship them to different geographical locations or countries. I have actually unlocked and gotten in someone elses vehicle in the past (not a civic) and just kinda froze... wait.... this doesnt look right, hmm, oh thats why it isnt my car

there are only limited combinations? but the odds are pretty great in a country as big as this. .. aren't they?

nothing's safe at all.

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