DuckNorris

Thank you all for helping me out with Vette but recently some people started burglarizing homes and got to mine. What happened was, instead of stealing anything in our home, they legitly forgot about what was in the house and they saw my Vette in the garage and took it for a little ride while I was at work. Promptly police was called when my brother got there, called Onstar and they were able to pinpoint my Vette and catch all 4 of them, now in jail.

4 idiots in my freaking Vette, shake my head.They luckily did not go too far. I am freaking pissed off still but my Vette is fine but had it not been for my Vette these burglars would have gotten away with burglary cause they have stolen from other houses and not gotten caught in the past.

Any things I should mention my Insurance to check for in my car?

Steve Garrett

Wow....what a story. Glad they were caught and your Corvette is OK.

boraxman

Just a thought but could it end up as a theft recovery on Carfax possibly resulting in diminished value!?

DuckNorris

You know, I wonder if this is true. To be honest I doubt I would ever get rid of it or anytime soon after I pay it off. I worked very hard to get my car so don't want to get into debt again anytime soon, probably will get another Vette in the future but not anytime soon so haven't thought of car value.

Has anyone had experience with this? I will ask insurance this thank you very much!

Flame Red

Many years ago I took my supercharged C4 Vert in for an alignment after having new shoes mounted at a shop I never used before but came highly recommended. Long story short, the shop's counter guy decided to take it for an unauthorized joy ride at 100+ MPH on the local streets while on probation and with a suspended license. Cops caught him after a nice chase. The cops were nice and did not impound the car. No mention on the CarFax. No damage to the car.

Shop owner did not offer even an apology. I paid the counter guy before he took off on his joy ride. Maybe he pocketed my payment!

Rooster OG

How'd they get four people in a c7? Glad you got it back ok!

Larry/car

Your car was returned to you and not purchased by insurance and titled stolen. I would not worry about CarFax even being notified.

DuckNorris

2 of the dumbasses layed down in the back cabin ...

DuckNorris

Jeez I would have been pissed off too. Glad you got it back wish it was like these days where you can write a review for them lol.

Thank you! Hopefully everything goes well then.

agapsdiver

[QUOTE=DuckNorris;1594799916] ... instead of stealing anything in our home, they legitly forgot about what was in the house and they saw my Vette in the garage and took it for a little ride while I was at work. Promptly police was called when my brother got there, called Onstar and they were able to pinpoint my Vette and catch all 4 of them, now in jail.
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Did they find and steal your FOB from inside the house...or were they able to start your car inside the garage w/o the FOB on them?????

DuckNorris

[QUOTE=agapsdiver;1594800790][QUOTE=DuckNorris;1594799916] ... instead of stealing anything in our home, they legitly forgot about what was in the house and they saw my Vette in the garage and took it for a little ride while I was at work. Promptly police was called when my brother got there, called Onstar and they were able to pinpoint my Vette and catch all 4 of them, now in jail.
Yes, they found and stole the FOB. They looked everywhere for it (which meant they didn't steal anything else in the house so busy looking for the FOB).

Carqwik

Retired state trooper told me that a manual tranny is the best theft prevention device out there...none of the kids today know how to drive one. (His words...)

vbdenny

In Virginia, we have guns to deal with burglars. Maybe hide the keys, maybe?

DuckNorris

They were hidden in a way but they looked all over the house for them. I am getting a safe.

sunsalem

Good Lord!
Glad to hear there was no damage, sir.

Kids?
FWIW, whenever the wife and I go on a trip, I hide the various FOBs in places not even John Gotti would think to look (like under a washing machine, for example).

Pffffft, more ignorant "advice" from an LEO.
Obviously, he hadn't noticed the vast majority of ricers are manuals.

vetteorama

@DuckNorris Man I'm glad you got it back ok and the guys are in jail!

That makes me want to hide me key FOBs...but luckily I also have a big doberman which is a good theft deterent.

rob62

Well that should shut up those C6 guys complaining about tightness in the C7 !

Patman

Putting the fob into a safe is a great idea, I have hiding spots for all of the keys to our cars that would cause burglars a fit to try and find them. Although they aren't getting past my big aggressive dog anyhow, so it's overkill that I hide the keys/fobs anyhow.

felkebg

Did your C7 play any part in getting them caught? Valet mode enabled, Onstar etc?

Landru

OnStar.

On a crime show other day a scumbag's carjacking a gal's Escalade.
With a gun to her head perp asks if she'd OnStar.
Some crooks are savvy, fortunately all 4 of these weren't.