Thieves stole my truck in Texas

[J DUNN]

Who'd have thought a (nice enough for wife and daughters) hotel parking lot would be a sketchy area?

Sucks.

Team picked hotel. Not bad place or area.

 

[J DUNN]

@J DUNN any updates

My daughter lost her game today so they won’t move on to semi’s and will fly home Saturday. I rented them a car so they WILL be able to make it to Magnolia Market tomorrow, praise the Lord!

Oh, on the truck? No. Didn’t really expect much. My BIL is FBI and called with condolences last night. Said he’s working a case now of a multi-state car theft ring. Said most cars get vin swap and a wrap and are re-sold in days. Of course that’s in the South, not a border state.

 

[boatpi]

Post the license plate

 

[J DUNN]

Post the license plate

CA Plate 30459L3

 

[J DUNN]

So there may be a silver lining here, but still I'd rather have my truck....... I financed the whole thing and got GAP coverage on it because it was all financed. So if (likely) insurance pays me out less than I owe on it then GAP kicks in and SHOULD cover the rest AND part of my deductible ($1000). So IF that all works then I basically paid the payment on the vehicle for the two months I drove it and paid whatever portion of deductible that doesn't get covered by GAP. I'm also out some value of items that were in the truck, probably $1500.

Still sucks but in the end it could be better than putting $10k down and having insurance company come up way short on value.

 

[LuauLounge]

Hope it works out, insurance companies are all about the fine print.

 

[Havasu Surfer]

My daughter lost her game today so they won’t move on to semi’s and will fly home Saturday. I rented them a car so they WILL be able to make it to Magnolia Market tomorrow, praise the Lord!

Oh, on the truck? No. Didn’t really expect much. My BIL is FBI and called with condolences last night. Said he’s working a case now of a multi-state car theft ring. Said most cars get vin swap and a wrap and are re-sold in days. Of course that’s in the South, not a border state.

Aren't newer vehicles designed with hidden VIN#/Stampings to avoid this practice?

 

[boatpi]

Yeah as of this minute it still shows reported stolen to Dallas Texas police.

 

[WhatExit?]

Any update?

Range Rover Gets Stolen, Owner Buys a Second One, Stolen as Well - Thank God for AirTags

Range Rover Gets Stolen, Owner Buys a Second One, Stolen as Well - Thank God for AirTags

An Ontario man whose Range Rover was stolen twice managed to track down the thieves using a GPS tracker developed by Apple

www.autoevolution.com

 

[4Waters]

Any update?

Range Rover Gets Stolen, Owner Buys a Second One, Stolen as Well - Thank God for AirTags

Range Rover Gets Stolen, Owner Buys a Second One, Stolen as Well - Thank God for AirTags

An Ontario man whose Range Rover was stolen twice managed to track down the thieves using a GPS tracker developed by Apple

www.autoevolution.com

They did that guy a favor, twice

 

[boatpi]

I just checked, still stolen.

 

[hman442]

A '17 Silverado would definitely have the theft deterrent key system. I imagine the thieves likely have a little box of sorts that emits all the possible frequencies, so the truck thinks the correct key is present, and off they go