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Old 03-25-2016, 08:58 AM   #11
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Another possiblity is that the person driving it has no idea that it was stolen and bought a "to good to be true deal." Won't they be seriously surprised when the police come and take it.

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Old 03-25-2016, 09:20 AM   #12
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congrats on getting the new rig home, but man, that's just crazy seeing the old ride. in such a populated area too. i would have never guessed youd see it again. hope they can track down the jackass who nabbed it from ya!
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Old 03-26-2016, 12:06 AM   #13
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Another possiblity is that the person driving it has no idea that it was stolen and bought a "to good to be true deal." Won't they be seriously surprised when the police come and take it.
That'd make for a really fun felony stop!

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congrats on getting the new rig home, but man, that's just crazy seeing the old ride. in such a populated area too. i would have never guessed youd see it again. hope they can track down the jackass who nabbed it from ya!
Hypothetically...if I saw it parked somewhere in South SF, I wonder if I'd be arrested for using my old keys to "steal" it from State Farm if I turned it in at the South SF police headquarters? Hmm. Technically, State Farm owns it. That could be considered a theft, but I'd be stealing it from the thief, potentially.

I'll just let it be and enjoy my new one
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Old 03-26-2016, 06:36 AM   #14
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A friend of mine had somewhat of the same experience with a truck. He spotted it driving down the street followed it to a dumpy hotel and called the police. The police arrived and questioned the thief, but because they didn't catch him behind the wheel they didn't arrest the guy. He got his truck back of course only to find ticket in the glove box for a DUI in the thiefs name.... That's some real police work!
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That would be surreal seeing your stollen rig driving around, in the same town no less. I've been fortunate enough to only see some of my old rides I've legally SOLD driving around. To the point that was made, it may not be the ones that stole it that are driving it around now. Wonder if the po po, or insurance co. can still confiscate it, guess they can? That would suck for whoever's driving any stolen rig. I'm still amazed that you can get hot cars through the dmv to get a new title and get plates? Of course there's ways, otherwise it wouldn't pay to thief a car....
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Old 03-26-2016, 10:15 AM   #16
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Your Dmv is the us is very different than the Canuck version. It is pretty much impossible to register and I sure a vehicle reported stolen.
Stolen vehicles here pretty much get used to commit crimes and then dumped somewhere or stripped for parts.
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Old 03-26-2016, 11:01 AM   #17
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Greg I don't know what you got out of the insurance company, but if it were recovered would they give it back to you if you were able to do a buy back at a reasonable price? I always figured the insurance companies get the best of the deal in the end, always leaving the client with a large out of pocket expense. I'd wonder though if they would even want to deal with the recovered van. Maybe get it on the cheap???
Did they really compensate you and replace what you really had in it?
I guess it would take a bit of a leap faith though. Most of these stolen vehicles as mentioned are parted out or the jerks run the motor to death. This is strange cause they are driving it around where it came from and it does as mentioned suggest the driver doesn't know it's stolen...or they are idiots. I'd be guessing the van might have been taken care of somewhat. I could see some thief selling it at a farmers market to some poor field worker or something similar.
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Old 03-26-2016, 11:05 AM   #18
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It's not registered and insured legally, if at all. But there are a billion Econolines around, easy enough to swap a vin plate from a $500 junker onto Greg's old van. Or just swap the license plates, what cop ever checks the vin?
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If you wanted to buy the van back, you will get first right of refusal, but the insurance company can ask what ever thay want for it. There was a recient story about someone who had their Corvette stolen, and it was recovered something like 40 years later. By then it was worth far more, but they may get it back for little or nothing.

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Greg I don't know what you got out of the insurance company, but if it were recovered would they give it back to you if you were able to do a buy back at a reasonable price? I always figured the insurance companies get the best of the deal in the end, always leaving the client with a large out of pocket expense. I'd wonder though if they would even want to deal with the recovered van. Maybe get it on the cheap???
Did they really compensate you and replace what you really had in it?
I guess it would take a bit of a leap faith though. Most of these stolen vehicles as mentioned are parted out or the jerks run the motor to death. This is strange cause they are driving it around where it came from and it does as mentioned suggest the driver doesn't know it's stolen...or they are idiots. I'd be guessing the van might have been taken care of somewhat. I could see some thief selling it at a farmers market to some poor field worker or something similar.
I actually came out way ahead on the deal. I got back everything I had in the old van plus about another 75%.
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