Is it as easy to steal a McLaren as it is a Kia?
We have a whole 'nother class of car thief here on the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
Posted on 05/15/2023 7:04:19 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
The Los Altos and Palo Alto police departments continue to collaborate on the search for a suspect implicated in a May 3 felony hit-and-run, as well as another subsequent vehicle theft by the same suspect, according to Los Altos Sgt. Brian Jeffrey.
The suspect entered the McClaren car dealership on El Camino Real in Palo Alto and stole a 2023 McClaren GT before heading eastbound on Foothill Expressway toward Los Altos. The suspect attempted to turn from Foothill onto Magdalena Road, but because the vehicle was traveling at a high speed, the car veered off the road and hit three curbed medians and an SUV that collided with another SUV.
A man who witnessed the collision got out of his 2009 Lexus GX470 and walked 30 yards to the SUV that was hit; in the meantime, the McClaren thief exited the totaled GT and stole the man’s Lexus, heading eastbound.
Jeffrey noted the only injury was to the driver of the SUV the McClaren hit, who complained of head and neck pain.
The suspect was last seen driving eastbound on Foothill. The Lexus was recovered in San Joaquin County Thursday. Jeffrey said Los Altos detectives are following up with the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
Palo Alto police are investigating the stolen McClaren, while Los Altos officers are probing the hit-and-run and stolen Lexus.
“Both agencies will work collaboratively given that our cases are related by a common suspect,” Jeffrey said.
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Is it as easy to steal a McLaren as it is a Kia?
We have a whole 'nother class of car thief here on the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
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I note the description of the thief as “a man” meaning a black man since if the thief were white it would surely be mentioned.
Sorry the witness was a man the thief was a “suspect”
“The Los Altos and Palo Alto police departments...”
Well, then - the cities of Los Altos and Palo Alto need to sue the McClaren company for making its cars too easy to steal.
What? Did the thief bring his own keys?
Drive it like you stole it.
I just thought that same thing- he couldn’t have picked a much nicer car to steal. He shoulda broke into a race track too to give it a whirl before getting caught lol
An APB has been issued for the ‘man’. Be on the lookout.
He should have gone for the P1 :) Seriously though, I don’t think McLaren lets you drive off the lot without driving lessons first. Those cars are in a class all their own and require some training to keep it under control if you are not an experienced race car driver.
I’d need a shoehorn to get in that thing.
He look like a man.
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I have a 2016 Cadillac CTS-V and it does 200MPH no sweat, you can get into a lot of trouble real fast if you don’t know what you are doing!!!
LOL...yeah! I saw that. Was it NYC? Baltimore?
I know! Did the dealer leave the keys under the floor mat or on top of a tire?
It sounds like he broke into the building, so I’m guessing he found the key board with all the keys hanging on it. You’d think a dealership with million dollar cars on the floor could afford a top-notch security system.
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