So I was walking to my parking lot where I park my car (apartment complex) and I notice this State Trooper reverse parked in the space next to my car, engine running, trooper inside on the 2-way w/ someone.

I put some laundry in my trunk, and he asked me if I was the owner of the vehicle (my TL-S) .. I said, yes, and he asked for my license, ran my # in the 'puter and told me my car was reported stolen from out of Arizona.

I told him my car has never been out of the state, let alone to Arizona -- he re-verified some things, and then says it must be some mistake. As he was checking things in the computer, i was watching the screen and sure enough, next to my vin#, there is a "stolen" comment listed.

How does that happen? Was another white TL-S stolen in Arizone and they botched the VIN number when reporting it??

Also, what would have happened had I not shown up to my car like I did, would they have impounded the vehicle?

word.

 

wow, thats interesting and scary at the same time. I guess they could change a few numbers in the VIN when reporting.
Did they show the car registered to you or did the cop say ?

 

Yeah what else happened? Is your car impounded right now? Are you posting from jail?



j/k Mistakes can be made.... Good thing it didn't happen at a traffic stop.

 

The same thing happened to me while driving my aunt's Chrysler Cirrus.

I'm coming home from the store and notice 2 cop cars tailing me. I thought nothing of it ' cause my aunt did everything strictly by the book so I knew the paperwork was alright. I stop at the next traffic light and 3 other cop cars box me in. With their guns drawn, they tell me to get out of the car. I'm scared shitless but do exactly what they say. I get out the car and get on the ground. They proceeded to get the registration and insurance papers out of the glovebox. After run everything through the computer they told me that the car kept comming back stolen. All the paerwork I had and my liscense was cool so after about 45 min., they finally let me go.


Dat wuz sum skairy shit.

 

um did you draw a gun on them or something because cops dont come with guns drawn for a stolen car.

 

in illinois cops draw their guns for all felony traffic stops

 

In New York its the same thing. If you get pulled over for driving a stolen car expect to be taken out at gun point.

 

thats fucked up

 

In Texas, expect guns to be drawn when the wind blows.

 

I live in Philly. It's always been like that for any major crime here.

 

Ha...I wish it was only when the wind blows. In Cali they will even serve you up a nice cup whoop ass with the complimentary pepper spray along with the nightstick tenderizing

 

 

I would get to button of it... I wouldn’t drive around with glitch like that in system...last thing I need is to get pulled over in wrong time and in wrong place FOR A WRONG REASON

 

yea so wut happened afta????

 

 

...once knew someone who got pulled over because one of his speakers was out.

 

 

Well, while I was waiting for the cop to run the info .. i was watching his LCD display on his 'puter .. and it reported me as the owner, and my license plate # as the correct number associated w/ my car.. but in big red letters, it stated that the vin number was associated w/ a stolen car.

The cop was very confused, and judging by my calm, yet curious demeanor, he had no reason to believe that I had stolen this car. Plus, why the hell would I be using this car as my primary vehicle if it was stolen and parking it outside my apt??

Funny story ... kinda weird.

 

thats weird

 

 

i'm curious to what even made the cop run the # period. It was just sitting there in the parking lot?

 

I'm wondering the same thing. They don't just go around parking lots running license plate numbers and VIN's.

It would be understandable if a white TL-S was recently stolen in the area. But you said it was reported stolen out of Arizona and you are in Illinois. I don't think cops go that far for a stolen vehicle.

 

Hehe, VINs no; license plates, yes. That and looking for expired tabs.

 

Says who?

It's more common than you think.

 

yeah apparently here in cali the cops get to do a cavity search for a dui... and dui means anything.... (don't let a cop see you yawn!!)

 

Yeah we drive through parking lots at night and if we ever see just a car parked by itself or even if its not we still run the number. Its done out of boredom because they usually just woke up from sleeping under a tree all day.