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Stolen Car Returned To Owner Totally Pimped Out (nice)
gothamist.com ^
| 4/25/2010
| Jen Chung
Posted on 04/26/2010 5:02:44 AM PDT by Kimmers
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To: Kimmers
Highly trained “jounalists” in the media wouldn’t know a buick from a Honda, a 4 cylinder from an 8, or their butts from a hole in the ground.
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:18:36 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: Kimmers
“After three years, Amanda Pogany forgot about her stolen 1996 Honda Accord, assuming it was in car heaven. But recently the cops found it at a Queens chop shop, traced it back to her and called up the Brooklyn teacher. The Daily News reveals it was “returned to her drag-race ready, with a brand-new V-8 engine, tinted windows, oversized tires with special hubcaps - and custom valve stem caps shaped like bullet casings.”
I’m amazed at people who will spend many thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of work to transform a stolen car but can’t be bothered to read a book or go to school.
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:24:37 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: Constitution Day
like fitting 10 lbs of paotatoes into a 5lb sack.
i imagine you’d have to remove the engine just to change the oil or plugs.
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:25:06 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
To: Kimmers
(people have expressed interested in buying it) DANGER Will Robinson, DANGER!
A car with "... tinted windows, oversized tires with special hubcaps ..." is liable to be somewhat "cop bait" in terms of attracting attention. If the windows are too dark, nobody can see that the driver is a Jewish school teacher! Pimp-mobiles attract anti-pimp squad cars just out of curiosity.
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:38:52 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: Victor
Yeah, it's an in-line 4. It's a V-Tech Honda motor. They only come with four holes.
Honda made a few versions, some with around 200HP.
A co-worker was told by the local import repair shop to remove the badging that identified his Civic del Sol as having a V-Tech. They said the local car thieves seek them out, as they are the hot motor to have for the four-banger race scene.
I can't remember if the badge said V-Tech, or if it was some other identifier.
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:47:49 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
To: SES1066
I have a 2006 Subaru WRX, very dark tinted windows. One time I got pulled over in Utah for the tint. I live in Colorado. I was told that my registration could get suspended on the car. As far as I know, vehicle registration suspension is not recognized from state to state unlike driver license suspension.
A car with "... tinted windows, oversized tires with special hubcaps ..." is liable to be somewhat "cop bait" in terms of attracting attention.
To: Niteranger68
A friend of mine in 1970 had an old 64 Falcon, it was painted Plum Crazy. The motor was a 289 high performance V-8, the motor had been originally in a drag car from Richmond known as the Wild Pony. It would run in the 12 second bracket, we had lots of fun slicking fools, Vets, 442's,GTO's. Once we ran them collected our money then we let them view under the hood. Most could not believe their eyes, we laughed and moved on.
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:51:46 AM PDT
by
cav68
(A friend of mine in the e60's had and)
To: IYAS9YAS
They said the local car thieves seek them out, as they are the hot motor to have for the four-banger race scene.I know someone who had his Civic Si stolen right out of his garage. Hondas are always at the top of the "most stolen" lists.
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:55:32 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
To: Philo1962
I was relying on what was said in the news story.It would seem that accuracy is no longer important to "journalists".
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:58:54 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
To: cav68
Love a good sleeper!
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posted on
04/26/2010 6:58:55 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(Barack Obama is Osama bin Laden's relief pitcher.)
To: Kimmers
Sell it and pocket the difference between what you get and the money you have to refund to the insurance company to reimburse them for the settlement they gave you. If you had insurance and collected on the theft.
Of course if as part of the settlement you signed over title to the insurance company, then the car belongs to them. Unlikely, since the police tracked title back to you, but...
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posted on
04/26/2010 7:02:39 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
To: Dem Guard
Our local tv just showed a blue car for this story.
To: Red_Devil 232
Maybe she wasn’t insured for theft, many people aren’t.
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posted on
04/26/2010 7:24:32 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: Western Phil
Interesting? Who would know the difference? lol
To: OCCASparky
To: ETL
Thank you for posting the direct link...it was early and I could not find it.....
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posted on
04/26/2010 8:43:12 AM PDT
by
Kimmers
(Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
To: Philo1962
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:01:03 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
To: Victor
That doesnt look like a V-8 stuffed in there- more like a tricked-out 4 cylinder. You are right, that is a Honda VTEC engine. The largest engine Honda makes is a V6, although they do have plans to release a V8 in 2015.
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:26:52 AM PDT
by
mnehring
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