My car is gone. My 66 was stolen in Hawthorne CA yesterday

[SgtSamy]

Do not give up!


By the way, this is what I have in my car:

http://dx.com/p/gps-gsm-gprs-tracker-for-personal-remote-positioning-29284


I can track my girlfriend when she take my car and I can also track a potential thief if he steal my car. I HATE THIEFS.
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At the moment owner of:
1968 Mex Beetle

[Thomas Pedigo]

Of coarse...sorry to hear about the theft.
On the plus side, I lost one in San Diego about 1992.I automatically assumed it was gonna end up south of the border.11 months later, my detective called to tell me it has been recovered in LA.It had been fixed-up to twice as good of shape and set me back a whopping $130 in impound fees to reclaim it back.
Not all thefts have to end on a bad note...

Good luck,man!
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[graysky]

Hopefully lightning will strike twice and I'll be glad to spend $130 to get it back.

Thanks for the positive note.

[suebug]

I had my '67 stolen from a guard-gated college parking lot in the middle of the day in 1979. I cried and cried, thinking my baby was gone forever. Five days later the impound lot called to say come and get my car. The police had pulled the thief over as he drove it less than 10 miles from the scene of the crime. Of course my lovely 8-track player and all tapes, bitchen beach chair and favorite bathing suit were gone and my car smelled of pee, beer, cigarettes, and french fries but I got it back. I scrubbed that car for days to get the smell of car rape out of it. For sure check out the Pomona Swap and any local shows. Don't give up hope. The VW community is huge and aware now. Lots of Internet eyes will be searching.
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'67 Beetle
'67 Squareback
'66 Sundial
'60 Single cab
'70 Bitchen 3-speed Schwinn

[graysky]

[Thomas Pedigo]

[Vito85]

Brother, I'm so so sorry to read this, I so hope you get her back, I feel your pain,
I agree with you that the insurance money will not remplace the loss, but at least will give you something, but may not be the real value


I;m so thinking now on get a gps tracker, I do have an alarm but you never know


I'm in texas, I will keep my eyes open

best wishes brother

Sincerely

[mllnsr]

I am sorry to hear about your car, I am working on my 1970 Camper and it is therapy for me and makes me smile with every little thing that I do to her, I could not imagine what I would do if someone took it away from me.

Keep your head up, I hope you get it back soon. If for some reason you dont get it back, dont let the loosers stop you from getting another one they are not worth it and somewhere out there is a beetle that needs some TLC. I wish you all the luck getting it back.

[graysky]

I guess the lesson here is that anyone who has been thinking about beefing up their security system should do it asap. I know it was always on my to-do list, but I never seemed to get around to actually doing it. Boy, I sure wish I had now.

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[Rathguten]

Sorry about your car. I had my trailer with an oval body and lots of parts inside stolen back in May. I don't know how the police operate in your area, but I found out the hard way that down here most of them could not care less about this sort of stuff. My advice to you is do everything that YOU can do and don't put too much faith in the police. Post flyers, put out the word (as you have done here), play "Kojak" and canvas the area, look for other cameras in the area or along their escape route that may have caught a better angle of the thieves. I was surprised to find several local businesses that allowed me to view their surveillance video. However, the fact is that the police do have excellent resources and authority that most people don't enjoy, so keep pressure on them too. Remember, the police are supposed to work for us! The day I filed my police report I spoke to a detective and she said they would be in touch. Over a month later I hadn't heard back, so I called and discovered that they hadn't done anything at all with my case. The case was reassigned to more competent officers, but by that time there was little for them to go on.

[Ian]

Any updates with the security footage??
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[graysky]

[jvulich]

Any word on it yet?

[crvc]

[graysky]

[sportin-wood]

That's insane. I think I would have insisted that someone get the video footage right away, Labor Day weekend or no Labor Day weekend. Like you implied, the longer you wait, the poorer the chances of recovery....
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[Basketcase]

well don't give up! there was a major Mopar theft ring about 10 years ago. guys were stealing high end cars. they were found within 20 miles of where they were stolen.
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[graysky]