Comments on: Car Missing in Oakhurst

By: Iheartnelliebelle

Iheartnelliebelle — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:57:03 +0000

Sorry, Jonathan. Your announcement was nicely written. It feels rotten to have your car stolen.

By: DEM

DEM — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:03:53 +0000

Either way, be sure to tell the insurer there was a Picasso in the trunk.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:28:18 +0000

Accords are actually the most stolen cars. There are so many of them that the parts are easily sold off.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129990325

I agree with not wanting to get it back – unless, of course, you had personal items in it.

By: DEM

DEM — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:16:40 +0000

Sorry to hear that and I hope it turns out well, but you probably do not want the police to find the car. Chances are it will be stripped, and if they find it in such a condition, your insurance company will cut you a check for far less than you deserve.

I had a car stolen once, and the reaction of the DeKalb PD was laughable. It’s insured property, they said, so we will do nothing to investigate, even though we almost certainly had the perp’s fingerprints on our second car (which they did not steal). I suspect the Decatur PD would actually care, so best of luck.

By: Davo

Davo — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:08:23 +0000

I tried to find the link to an article I read about a year ago without success. The jist of that article was that as car security becomes more advanced (Lojack, smart keys), thieves will be more inclined to steal older model vehicles and less adverse to car jacking for the newest models.

So in a perverse sense, the more secure our cars become; the less secure their owners are.