For real. Ange spotted our car parked about a mile away from our house on Saturday: only two days after the theft. She walked by, confirming it was ours and... walked home to phone the police (because they had stolen both the key AND her mobile phone).
It isn't quite as random as you might think. The police have a good profile on who they think committed the crimes on our street on Wedensday night. Apparently they stash the 'hot' cars on a number of streets and wait to see if they're noticed. If they sit without discovery for a 3-4 weeks, they pick them up and start using them. The theives kind of let the car 'cool off' before actually using them. It probably was in our favour that I left the car with barely fumes in it for petrol. With so many cars to look for, the police recommend walking down a few known streets because it is easier for the owner to recognise their car quickly.
So, car is found. Now forensics has our car to see if they can get some evidence on who stole it. This, of course, leaves us with our "new" car--dad's old Passat--until we get the Carolla back. It is very exciting as within the week we're very likely to hit 200,000 MILES (about 321,869 km). I will take a photo for the blog. Hopefully we get our Carolla back in the week. Fingers crossed!
2 comments:
Contratulations! After such a week, it must have been exciting to find your car. And now if (when) you move back to Calgary, Ange will have some detective experience and can get a job with the Calgary Police!
Miss you
kb
Hey Ben,
So sorry to hear of your plight! On Feb 19 (Family Day, as it happened) Robyn and I went to a piano concert, only to find our Jetta missing afterwards, and a conspicuous array of broken glass left in its place. So I can sympathize a bit. Turns out some person smashed the window and stole a bag of our stuff, and then the police impounded it. We didn't lose anything of real consequence, but it is annoying how much it costs to replace even that stuff. (And of course, total damage came in just above the deductible, so it wasn't worth it to file a claim.)
Anyways, we are both hoping that you and the family can get back to normal. As for suspects, of the English people I know, I blame that Rooney soccer player, he seems like a bit of a hothead. Or maybe one of the brothers from Oasis.
Cheers
matthew
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