magiech

I can't believe this!!!

I came home around 3 a.m.(friday dec 5) from work. I parked my car in front of my house and then went inside to go sleep. 5 hours later my gf came by from work and ask where the hell i am. I said im inside the house. She then asked me again where the hell is my car then. After that question i started running down... thinking she might be just joking... and to my surprise... the car i thought is impossible to steal is GONE!!!!

How in the world is this possible!!!

I Love my TL. I babied that thing. Another thing im pissed off is that i just bought a rear sway bar that im supposed to install on sunday (dec 7). Now im stuck with a sway bar, no car, driving a malibu(rental), lost my zune, work boots, and i cant stop thinking about it.

My insurance say im stuck with the malibu indefinitely. Anybody knows how long that it usually tak before they give the payoff check?

And yes, my car didn't re-poed.

princelybug

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Sorry to hear that, bro. Nothing is unstealable I guess. Hope your check comes asap!

WalkerUA6

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more then likly it was a Tow truck that took ur shit. sorry to hear about it.

wall e

im sorry to hear that. well to the person who stole ur car-the past has a funny way of catching up to u -KARMA!

Blazing GT

dude that sucks. I don't know how it feels to come outside and see your baby gone. I hope everything works for the better.

Riga89

Dude, where are you located??? Post some pics so we can keep an eye out for your car. Sorry for your loss man, people are getting desperate now that the economy is tanking.

A message to all AZ peoples. WATCH YOUR SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!

ray-ban

That's such a shit deal dude! Hopefully it's been towed, not stolen. I know there's insurance for these things, but if it happened to me, I'd be pissed as shit.

ptx415

sorry to hear that bro!

erick3

freaking A man! terribly sorry to hear about your loss. i had my car towed - i flipped! i don't think ever been SO angry - to the point where i started yelling at anyone i came to speak with in respects to my car.................................hope things work out man!!!

MR1

Sorry to hear it but stuff does happen. Be glad you have insurance and something near free to drive. I think insurance likes to wait around 30 days to see if it is found. Hope it's not. When you get your new one, consider a good alarm.

R*D*X*

Do you have GAP insurance as well? Most car insurance will only pay for the Blue book value of your car and not the total amount you loan.

markjrenna

My 2001 TL was stolen. I'm not giving details here on how it was stolen.

stillhere153

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damn that sucks... hopefully it atleast gets recovered that way the insurance co will speed up and pay the bank

SouthernBoy

That truly sucks big time. Hope they catch the maggots.

LoveMyTL-S

This should be a hanging offense, like stealing cattle. Hope you get it back in good shape. My son's truck was stolen and they found it 2 weeks later abandoned and trashed. Good luck.

spinxt

Can't they locate it via the GPS system? Perhaps I'm off base here, but the 07 TL that I just bought had a CD-ROM with a GPS based car tracking system......just a thought.

cotmfk

Wow, that is horrible!!! Sorry to hear that. No car is "unstealable" though. If someone wants it bad enough, they can get it.

Anyways, I hope the insurance company takes good care of you. Hopefully the car is NOT found. Who knows what condition it is in now or what has been done to it.

shubysingh

cant acura track it somehow?
doesnt the nav/gps allow it?

Skrewologist

i never heard of a 3rd gen TL getting stolen; sorry to hear....

ray-ban

agreed...

BLACKURA_NY

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^ it happened to another member on here, i think he was from chicago, or somewhere in IL... i remember, because it was DMM, and is such a RARE color.

i see dozens of TLs on the road everyday, very common car.. so its hard to keep "an eye out" unless the car has noticeable modifications.....like, if my car ever got stolen... people would be able to spot it from a mile away....

Majofo

Check this out:
https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...go-area-2.html

Man that is 'effed.. I remember this a while back.. is this the one you were talking about Blackura?

Bad thing was .. he handed the keys over .. he got the car back.. "found it in the hood" .. but who knows what the guy did to his car while he was joy riding in it.. what would you do if you had a TL to joyride in?? I'd sure wouldn't buy a service loaner.. especially if it was a TL-S.. lol..

SouthernBoy

Great thing about having a home with a multicar garage.. your vehicles are protected. But our vehicles do "live" in other places as well. Such as shopping centers, work, etc. Unfortunately the only way you can pretty much guarantee that your car will not be stolen is to sleep in it with a gun in hand. And even that is not sure thing.

One of the posters called for car theft to be a hanging offense. Have to admit I'm not at all opposed to using deadly force to protect property, and I'm certainly not about to lose any sleep over some low life maggot who meets the business end of a weapon while doing his dirty work. However I suspect that in a lot of the country, such is not an option. Until we wise up and stop being so concerned for the poor criminal, this kind of garbage is going to continue. Until then, we are expected to pay (wealth redistribution?) for those who have no compunction to prey upon us, in the form of higher insurance costs and lost property value.

TL1999

DAMN....this sux...good luck

bimmerman

Damn that sucks, not hard to steal any car with a tow truck.

I know how it feels, I had a vehicle stolen a few years ago.

wkbdpremier135

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Well, If you have the trunk monkey, I am sure he will be back with your vehicle here in a few hours. Had to find the right spot to dump the body.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geynA-JYDHE

But on a serious note, sorry to hear about your car man.

ac08odl

damn man that sucks.. did u have mods?

louie7691

wow man that is horrible,, i wouldnt know wad to do if someone stole my Tl,, theres no way they can track it,, that car has like 3 computers,, and if u have GPS u def got a shott

AtlantaTLS

I've been told to pull the parking break when you leave the car - while it doesn't make it impossible to tow (windows are still made of glass after all) it makes your car a far less desirable target for tow truck thieves.

magiech

Thank you all for the support.

I live in jacksonville, Florida.

R*D*X*- yes, i do have gap insurance. That is the only reason that i don't panic so much.

Its a good thing that i haven't installed any aftermarket parts yet. I was going to start with it the weekend it got stolen. I got the progress sway bar (for sale now-local only) waiting on my garage and i almost ordered a CAI.

I actually always set my parking brake thats why i believe that they broke in the car.

btak49

Sorry to hear man. My Tahoe was stolen in November 07. The insurance company said they'd wait 14 days for the car to be recovered before they cut a check. It was through Progressive. They found it a few days later minus $5k+ worth of equipment.

mrlobaloba

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Was there any glass around where you had the car parked?

RC51Ryder

Guys who tow cars for a living know how to get around this with little damage to the car.

Sorry to hear about it. Maybe time for an '09 maybe, or a newer 08?

Elegant TYPE S

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Daam... I thought Jacksonville wasn't that bad... but I guess its not immune. Sorry for your loss, but everything happens for a reason be glad it was stolen and not car jacked with you being in the cross fires. Cars can be replaced.

don5504

Sorry for your loss. Makes me wish our cars came with a factory installed shock sensor.

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Babnik

Hope it turns out well for you, keep us updated.

schill38

Dang, sorry to hear about your car. I work for Allstate and as far as stolen cars go with us you have to wait 21 days to see if it's recovered, if it's not they should cut you a check at that point. Just call up the adjuster and ask them your company's policy. Also I would have them start working on the value of the car now, that way if it's low you can dispute it and work to obtain a higher value for the car that way you can settle as soon as possible.

A lot of times insurance companies don't give you a value until they have too, that way you're desperate and anxious to settle. So say you have to wait 3 weeks and they don't give you the value until day 22, they are hoping you just want the nightmare to be over and that you'll settle. So ask right now for a value, and if you feel it's low pull up comparables in your area and see what they're going for, the insurance company owes you actual cash value of the car, not blue book value. If you have any more questions feel free to shoot me a PM.

ze2o

low jack?

erick3

Your car doesn't happen to a base TL 07+, possibly similar in color to what I believe is the older year Anthracite (AM)? I saw it fly by (and I mean FLY by) with a broken passenger window - looked like it had been shattered. License plate I didn't catch...but I almost wanna say that it was missing as in had brand new dealership logo on it (when you first buy the car)?...

Washington, Seattle....

miker_types

no, he said he lived in Jacksonville, florida... guess that would make it the 3rd tl stolen?
good luck with the insurance company