A lady called the sheriff in Citrus Heights north of Sacramento and said my
car was parked there for over a day with no license plates on it.

They traded some old tires for my new ones, stole the spare, trade battery,
took lots of plastic parts, took all paper work and registration from glove
box.

They have the gas spout lose and I don't know why? We will be OK now after
we get 5 new tires and get it fixed up.

Watch your keys......

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com

No license plates.

Registration gone.

Swapped tires (obviously a set of identical size)

Took a bunch of trim parts.

Sounds like somebody is fixing up an identical model, totaled car. Stealing
your plates and registration may allow them to (momentarily) pass under the
radar and sell their patched up rig to some unsuspecting Rube.

Normally, you get a damaged car never declared a "total" from a junk yard for
this purpose- but then again it is cheaper to steal one, isn't it?

Very important: Is the dash torn up in conjunction with "trim pieces missing"?
Is the VIN plate missing from in front of the steering wheel? If it is, have
the state watch for a forged "Affadavit of Lost Title" (or whatever they call
the form in your locale).

Awesome Bill!!! Sounds like they might not have abused it
since they wanted it for the parts. Probably wanted the gas
too and that's why the loose gas spout.

I bet getting that phone call helped make your 'New Year' too!

-Jim


Bill Kiene wrote:
A lady called the sheriff in Citrus Heights north of Sacramento and said my
car was parked there for over a day with no license plates on it.

They traded some old tires for my new ones, stole the spare, trade battery,
took lots of plastic parts, took all paper work and registration from glove
box.

They have the gas spout lose and I don't know why? We will be OK now after
we get 5 new tires and get it fixed up.

Watch your keys......

Probably got the loose gas spout by doing a gas station drive-away with the
hose still connected. RichG

As an aside. Daughter home for Christmas, said as she was leaving Los
Angeles saw a car driving down the street with a gas hose attached. Person
in car completely oblivious.
Bill

"RG" wrote in message
...
Probably got the loose gas spout by doing a gas station drive-away with
the
hose still connected. RichG

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
No license plates.


Sounds like somebody is fixing up an identical model, totaled car.
Stealing
your plates and registration may allow them to (momentarily) pass under
the
radar and sell their patched up rig to some unsuspecting Rube.

That generally works the other way. Someone buys a total wreck to get the
title and plates. They take the plates and VIN off the wreck. Then they
steal an identical model car off the street, put the plates and VIN number
from the wreck on it.

Such a vehicle would pass a casual inspection. It would take a trained eye
to spot that the VIN number had been tampered with, and a skilled thief
could do such a good job that it may require tracing the engine serial
number (or some cars have a secondary VIN #) to establish that the car is
not the one listed on the title.


Rod McInnis