Lots of doubt being cast here. Especially from "out of towners" Let me see if I can clear the air a little for everyone that has no idea about where this car was dumped. It is an industrial part of town. Primarily populated by strip clubs, liquor stores, hookers, drug dealers and homeless people. There are NO private residences for several miles in any direction. There is a stretch of road on NW Highway called restaurant row which has a couple nice restaurants but it's way past it's prime for evening entertainment. The local AMC theater plays host to regular muggings and an occasional murder too. Am I surprised the cops weren't called? Not at all. Police are NOT called by concerned citizens about a car sitting in a lot in this part of town. They don't care. Hope this helps a little....
He should have taken spare keys and picked it up and gone home.......his insurance coverage is 'done" when they hear 'keys in ignition" and he'd be cheaper out to fix the tire and bumpers himself....and drive on without saying another word....... IMO.
I'm looking at Tony's car right now. There's no way IMHO that anyone who truly appreciates a car like this could inflict this sort of damage, especially an fcar owner to his own pride and joy.
Nope, most things like this end up been recycled within the States. But I have known of cars that ended up as you say too.
I think Tony did the right thing by calling in a flatbed last night. First of all, the condition of the engine, transmission, clutch, etc were unknown (and are still unknown). He had the car towed to one of our local well-known repair shops, so it could be properly checked out by a mechanic. I would have done the exact same thing.
I do litigation work for a major insurance company, and the above is absolutely not correct. The suspect was in the act of a felony at the time (grand theft auto), and if he had valid coverage with his own carrier, it would not apply while in the act of a felony. Every state in the country has case law supporting this. In this instance, the owner of the vehicle is on his own with his own insurance carrier and should the suspect be identified and convicted, the insurance carrier may attempt collection. Or in the case of no full coverage on the vehicle, the owner may attempt to place a judgement against the convicted.
Ya'll are brutal...... I'm on Tony's side here (For The Record).... There was a two week period back in August of '82, where I hit a guy making an illegal U turn on the Seawall, totalling my motorcycle and breaking my jaw taking 400 stitches to my face, then within a week wrecked my Cadillac stuffing it under a School Bus that ran a red light, was FALSELY arrested and taken to Jail, leaving my date that night, a certain Ms. Goldie Cuervo, standing in the middle of Highway 146S needing a ride to the closest phone! She left her handprints in the Caddy dash pad, as well as my trousers...... SO...in closing, these things CAN happen!! I wonder how Goldie is doing can ya'll find her, on Facebook?????
Something I find extremely odd (that hasn't been mentioned)... 20 minutes before starting this thread,... but according to the opening post in this thread after Tony new his car "stolen"... this was posted: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=140215388&postcount=18 Seems awefully cheerful for someone devastated...
Who the hell knows? Assuming he is a car thief, let's not attribute too much intelligence to him We once prosecuted a guy who had Not Guilty tattooed on his far head...the only problem was that he spelled Guilty wrong. Heck, I even prosecuted a young man named Orange jello. He had a brother named Red Jello. His mother apparently named the children after her favorite flavors of jello. You do this stuff long enough, and you give up trying to apply logic to people's actions. Rational thought is a luxury many criminals don't possess. Some people have a lie in their back pocket for every occasion. Some are convincing, some are terrible and some don't make any sense whatsoever. Some people are criminal masterminds others are complete idiots with harebrained schemes. Do I believe it is possible this whole thing is a giant scam... Sure it is possible, but I find it offensive that some of the members here would throw somebody under the bus without a whole lot more evidence than the scant information provided on this thread. From what I gather, Tony is not some 15 year old troll telling us he is the Sultan of Brunei. He is a fellow Ferrari owner, member of this board in good standing and a frequent contributor. If he doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, than who does?
This is comforting to know, there's "hope" for Tony coming out whole.....I still say I would have climbed in and drove it home after so little action from LEO (not blaming them either as I posted above)...there were probably tons of other crimes going off at that moment....in that neighborhood!!!!
I'll chime in ... I am one of those that leaves the key in the car and points it facing out. I don't consider my cars prized possessions , but possessions with a price. My opinion / practice ... I much rather have an individual that has made up his / her mind to enter my home through the garage take the car(s) and not venture into my living quarters. Let that individual feel that they have something of value and " leave ", ultimately the vehicles are insured. Once a perp is in your living space there are far too many variables " all bad ".
I recall, from my time living up there........probably thought there was "business" goin' on, if noticed at all......
Homicide and Vice are booming....... Traffic Enforcement is Job #1......... ..and don't even THINK about putting an illegal sign up out in front of your business venture, they'll be on you like white on rice.....
