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Man arrested while registering stolen car
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Posted on 03/18/2009 3:41:45 PM PDT by Chet 99

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1 posted on 03/18/2009 3:41:45 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99

...for a 1995 Buick? That is what bothers me.


2 posted on 03/18/2009 3:43:25 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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Older Buicks sporting $3,000 hubcaps are popular among a certain demographic segment of the population.


3 posted on 03/18/2009 3:46:09 PM PDT by Chet 99
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How do they know the guy who jacked the car didn’t sell it to this guy...I need a used car because I am too scared to buy new and now I have to worry about this!


4 posted on 03/18/2009 3:47:21 PM PDT by nyconse (When you buy something, make an investment in your country. Buy American or bye bye America)
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yea, but go for an Escalade....Imagine going to jail over a 1995 Buick.


5 posted on 03/18/2009 3:47:54 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: nyconse

If this guy’s innocent and bought the car from the “real carjacker”, he’s a fool of the highest order to fork over the money and not get the title papers (pink slip).


6 posted on 03/18/2009 3:52:13 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Two Kids' Dad ---- (T) - CA ** Join the "T" party ** ))))
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To: nyconse
I need a used car because I am too scared to buy new and now I have to worry about this!

Use Carfax to check it out

7 posted on 03/18/2009 3:53:26 PM PDT by Popman (One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress - John Adams)
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True...the thing is though; how could you tell a fake pink slip from a real one? I’m not being a smart alec...I have to buy a car as I allowed my van to overheat and have probably damaged the engine...old Chevy with over 200,000 mile on it so not worth fixing really. A stupid hose broke and I didn’t notice the overheating until it was too late...hubby was not pleased. I had planned to buy from private owners as my husband works for GM and knows much about cars, but now I am worried.


8 posted on 03/18/2009 3:55:38 PM PDT by nyconse (When you buy something, make an investment in your country. Buy American or bye bye America)
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Make sure you buy a vehicle by being signed over the title. This crook clearly didn’t have a title and must not have thought it’d be necessary.


9 posted on 03/18/2009 3:55:49 PM PDT by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: Popman

Thanks! I will do this. I didn’t know about car fax. We have always bought new cars before this.


10 posted on 03/18/2009 3:56:21 PM PDT by nyconse (When you buy something, make an investment in your country. Buy American or bye bye America)
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To: Dan Nunn

Thanks-good advice from all.


11 posted on 03/18/2009 3:56:46 PM PDT by nyconse (When you buy something, make an investment in your country. Buy American or bye bye America)
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Employees discovered during a computer check that the 1995 Buick LeSabre had been reported stolen...

As soon as this was discovered these employees went on their lunch break. After lunch, they went on their smoke break. After their smoke break, they went on their coffee break. After their their coffee break, they called it a day. It wasn't until the next day that this was discovered.

12 posted on 03/18/2009 3:57:10 PM PDT by rickmichaels (Successful intervention does harm when it prevents beneficial failure)
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When I was broke a couple years back and my (now ex) girlfriend needed a car, I bought one on the cheap from someone who was moving out of state that I knew through work. I didn’t think about it at the time, but it’s always a possibility the car is stolen. It was an old Buick, sort of like in this story. I guess make sure you know the person you’re buying from whenever possible.


13 posted on 03/18/2009 4:00:15 PM PDT by mysterio
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If you buy your used car from a reputable dealer or a person you know more about other than, “He said his name was Bob,” you should be fine. As a cop, we charge people with Possession of Stolen Vehicle, because if you have to use a screwdriver to start it, and the guy only took cash, you probabaly should have figured something was wrong. You can also never go wrong with a Carfax report, or take the VIN to your local PD and have them run it for you! Just a little free legal advice!


14 posted on 03/18/2009 4:02:40 PM PDT by NV Lawdog (I'd rather be judged by twelve, than carried by six.)
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To: Dan Nunn

Thanks again. I will follow your good advice. I want to find an honest grandmotherly type who only drove her car to church...you know!


15 posted on 03/18/2009 4:03:11 PM PDT by nyconse (When you buy something, make an investment in your country. Buy American or bye bye America)
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Ahh the ideal car!! Just be careful, those kinds of cars tend to have problems as I’m sure that grandma didn’t get all her routine maintenance done as pertaining to proper maintenance schedules :)

But really, good luck! In almost every case, if the seller has a title, you’re at least clear on the stolen part. Running a Carfax is always a good idea to make sure the title’s clean (flood or body damage, etc).


16 posted on 03/18/2009 4:06:40 PM PDT by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: Chet 99
1995 Buick LeSabre had been reported stolen during an armed carjacking

Was it the sporty interior or the landau roof that they just had to have?
17 posted on 03/18/2009 4:22:04 PM PDT by HEY4QDEMS
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This poor guy was just trying to get legal.


18 posted on 03/18/2009 4:44:48 PM PDT by Gator113 (For America to Survive, Obama Must Fail..... Obama=Failure in Chief with the Audacity of Dope.....)
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To: NV Lawdog

“If you buy your used car from a reputable dealer or a person you know more about other than, “He said his name was Bob,” you should be fine. As a cop, we charge people with Possession of Stolen Vehicle, because if you have to use a screwdriver to start it, and the guy only took cash, you probabaly should have figured something was wrong. You can also never go wrong with a Carfax report, or take the VIN to your local PD and have them run it for you! Just a little free legal advice!”


My stolen car story is during the sixties when someone left a car at our hippie house, after a week or two we started using it and did all our usual stuff in it, drugs, underage girls, etc.

After about two weeks of us using the car he showed up and we told him that we had been using his vehicle but that it had plenty of gas in it. He just laughed and told us it was a stolen car, it wasn’t his and he didn’t want it.

If we had been stopped or caught, I have to assume that our excuses and protestations would have amused the arresting officers.


19 posted on 03/18/2009 4:51:56 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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That’s a pretty funny story and I think that you are right, and that you would have gotten alot of laughs out of the cops for that one!


20 posted on 03/18/2009 5:00:39 PM PDT by NV Lawdog (I'd rather be judged by twelve, than carried by six.)
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