My other car is....missing!

static · Post by **static** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:47 pm

So I go out the front door this morning and my car is missing.

I hadn't driven it in a couple of weeks, so I figured that it had been towed. Only thing is, no "red tag".

So I grumble my way to work, call the cops and tell them that my car has been towed. They tell me that, in fact, it had not been towed.

They send a couple of officers by my workplace to take a report of a stolen auto. I tell the officers that it is highly unlikely that my car had been stolen, it is an old Mercedes Diesel. What thief would sit around waiting for the glow plug to heat up?

They fill out a report. Who else has keys? When was the last time it was worked on? Who services your car? Tape deck? CD Player? Identifying stickers? This takes a half an hour or so. They are very polite.

I whine to my neighborhood Yahoo group. After awhile, someone posts, in effect, "Hey! Your car is back!" So I rush home. Yep, the car is back. In the same place. Now with chalk on the windshield and a couple of tickets.

But: my car has been reported stolen! I cannot drive a stolen car.

I call the Cops. I call the Chief's office.

I get a nice phone call from a Detective who apologizes for towing my car. Seems that they have, er, um,, "training issues".

No problem, except that now I am totally stressed out, my car went on walkabout, it is now officially a stolen car and there are two tickets on it (bogus ones, since my registration isn't up until December).

He checks. Sure enough, my car is still listed as "stolen". He promises to take care of that little problem. He also promises to get rid of the citations if I drop by the station.

I am relieved. All is forgiven. Shit happens.

DjEep · Post by **DjEep** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:06 pm

Sounds like a day outta my life...

dingo · Post by **dingo** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:46 pm

What year is the Merc diesel ?

As for your local PD, what a bunch of (plural for dufus)

dingo · Post by **dingo** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:47 pm

I need a bumper sticker that says 'My Other car is a Lloyd '

DjEep · Post by **DjEep** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:01 pm

static · Post by **static** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:37 am

The Mercedes Diesel is a 1979 240D.

I highly recommend these cars. They have much in common with VWs.

They are cheap, slow, easy to work on and simple. Just like me.

Adventurewagen · Post by **Adventurewagen** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:05 am

Most excellent story.

So the cops did tow your car in the first place for some reason but it didn't come up when you asked them? Did they ever say why they towed it?

static · Post by **static** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:55 am

Someone must have complained, but normally a "red tag" warning ticker goes on the windshield first. And yes, the Cops "copped" to the mistake.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:44 am

Crazy crazy...you shoulda just slept late, mebbe you woulda never even known!
I know for a FACT that my bus goes out drinkin sometimes at around 3 AM. I once found a pair of Honda panties in the engine compartment, what the hell, how could you???? With a Honda no less!

DjEep · Post by **DjEep** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:47 am

That's why I got another bus, Geri was too pretty to trust alone @ night.

dingo · Post by **dingo** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:00 pm

They have much in common with VWs.

indeed...you can hear them coming a mile away..lug-a-lug-a-lug-a-lug

Emily's Owner · Post by **Emily's Owner** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:44 pm

hambone wrote:I know for a FACT that my bus goes out drinkin sometimes at around 3 AM.

Hey, so did mine down at OSU - I'd wake up in the morning and find it somewhere up in the hills above Corvallis

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My other car is....missing!

My other car is....missing!