Pro thieves in San Francisco steal 180-pound Toyota Prius battery pack

www.autoblog.com ^ | Aug 27th 2019 at 5:20PM | Chris Chin

[Openurmind]

“citiot”. Like it!

[Home-of-the-lazy-dog]

Heyyyyy! That’s brilliant! It’s certainly a lot more economical than building the glitter-bomb!

We haven’t had anyone thieving boxes left at the doors in our neck of the woods yet, but do you mind terribly if I use that idea when they start stealing boxes?

I’m going to be chuckling on and off for the rest of the work day thinking about that.

Thank you very much!

[Rurudyne]

Low IQ Stupidity can only harm so much, it takes high IQ Stupid, proper ideological Stupid, to really put a civilization at risk.

The Cultural Marxist were betting on this. Those they’ve shat out into the society prove they were right to do so, as they’ve probably exceeded the wildest nightmarish fantasies that Stalin etc ever harbored for what Useful Idiots would become.

[SkyDancer]

But if people are car shopping - I’ve seen the Amazon box things and they’re funny.

[LouAvul]

The real tragedy in all of this is that people like marjorie flee the "utopia" they've created for safer, reasonably priced digs. Then, they immediately start doing the things that destroyed kommiefornia in the first place.

Otherwise, I would read all about the filth that is kalifornia, totally unconcerned. But these stories do concern me. For the wrong reason.

[IYAS9YAS]

As a result of the battery theft, she’s reportedly facing a $5,000 to $10,000 repair bill.

Did she pay cash for the car? Or is it financed? If financed, she should have full coverage insurance, and should only be out her deductible.

[Grampa Dave]

The ability to predict the future makes this author and Orwell even more valuable to us today!

[Red Badger]

Heinlein and Orwell were able to predict the future simply by knowing the past and human nature.............😲

[fireman15]

If financed, she should have full coverage insurance, and should only be out her deductible.

If this becomes a more prevalent trend the insurance rates on Prius cars will go up. So then they might “save” their owners a little on gas over a few years compared to a similar non-hybrid car, but the increased insurance premium will make up the difference.

We had a similar discussion here a week or two ago. Depending on how much you drive, and how long you keep them Prius cars often do not “save” their owners any money at all as compared to other similar sized vehicles. This trend will only make it that much worse.

[deadrock]

Another 10lbs and they could’ve taken the whole thing.

[Red Badger]

Would have been quicker!...........

[unlearner]

“Had I been lucky enough just to have the window broken and the change taken,” Kaplan continued. “I would have been very happy.”

No she wouldn’t. If the window being broken for loose change had happened, how would she have known it was an alternative to what did happen?

Maybe she was about to get in her car, enter traffic, and get in a wreck that would’ve caused her to be paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of her life. But, because the battery was stolen she avoided this misery, and she should be happy about that.

[Red Badger]

True. What she doesn’t realize is This may be a good thing.................

[spokeshave]

Garages have a special kit of bolts for the Prius battery that cannot be unscrewed replacing the existing bolts...like the special wheel lug nuts with a key.

[Dr. Sivana]

One of the many reasons I prefer sedans over SUVs, pick-ups and hatchbacks is because I like having a trunk.

[Dr. Sivana]

Garages have a special kit of bolts for the Prius battery that cannot be unscrewed replacing the existing bolts...like the special wheel lug nuts with a key.

Unfortunately, this poor woman's car would have already been torn apart by the time they got to the special bolts. She should have taken the hint to get out of San Francisco.

[Red Badger]

Yep, our of sight out of mind.........

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9d_22U8OW2I

[Dr. Sivana]

Yep, our of sight out of mind.........

The rude car dealer said "Remember Pearl Harbor", when he was selling a German Audi!

[ByteMercenary]

I first heard ‘citiot’ in the TV show ‘Royal Pains’. It was used to refer to the urban commoners from NYC visiting the Hamptons during the summer.

[Openurmind]

It fits very well everywhere in this country. :)