GONE IN 60 SECONDS! STOLEN FERRARI ALERT!

ive 99% sure been in his hood before, i used to go down there to drink, it is extremely close to bars and clubs. the streets infront of the 3 story condos are nicely paved and flat. we used to park in a neighborhood a little past those in a no-towing zone and then walk past those condos all the time. in my opinion it would not be difficult.

 

Can't hook a Ferrari like that without damaging something.

 

I don't know if this thread is more interesting as a possible auto theft/fraud story or as an example of the strange dynamics of the internet.
Either way it is fascinating.

 

Like, perhaps, the rear bumper while snatching it out of the garage, and the front bumper while pulling it down the street far enough to start it up without waking the owner?
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who says they didnt damage it in the process of stealing it. the car is definitely damaged now and i dont think the mild cosmetic damage would really matter to a coked out stripper that the car was most likely used to impress.

 

Ah yes Watson. The odd thing is that the dog didn't bark.

 

So you're saying these guys just happened to be driving around in a repo rig
randomly opening garages to find a Ferrari so they can then go impress coked out strippers?

This thread just gets weirder every moment.

Jedi

 

Basenji?

 

Food for thought, Dave...

AND... it's Kosher!



Mike

 

i didnt say anything about coked out car thieves. i said it would not be hard to push a car down a street. you guys say they're sooo hard to push. i would think that a high performance semi-supercar would not have massive amounts of rolling resistance in the drivetrain. i have had to push my share of cars; my uncle worked with an insurance company and would buy and sell cars, i know my way around a rollback and everything involved in loading them.

you dont have to be superman to push a freaking car, if it is that hard to push a ferrari on level ground after coming down a slightly sloped driveway i would think the engineers could improve quite a bit

i know the area he lives in. i know the area the car was found in. if DPD cared they would probably have gone to all of the local gentlemen's clubs and looked over footage to see if the car was valeted anywhere. im sure they have many security cameras to cover themselves in the event someone gets too drunk and starts a fight.

the repo truck was just a suggestion, as it seems like many here aren't really very versed in the many ways your car can disappear in minutes.

 

Gesundheit.

 

Rebbe says, "This thread? Oy vey! Ist gornisht helfn"

l'chaim!



Jedi Lubavich
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woof woof!!

 

Tony

Can you enlighten us on the shady points? Will insurance cover the damage? Will the dumb **** that put on 2 'tow away' stickers on your windscreen be fired for not doing his/her job? Do you have your car back in the garage? Do you still keep the keys on it? Is your garage door fixed yet? How did the garagedoorfixercompany react on your accusations for possible stealing of your black horsiecar? Is the damage on the car reparable or is it a possible junglejim-garden ornament?

Geeez guy, don't let us guess during our 700-posts marathon!
Give us a clue. Can we buy vowels? C'mon w're running out of popcorn!

Give us your side of the story:
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Maybe possible, but not probable.

 

OK, now that we have potentially alienated a member and some have gone as far as to publicly accuse him of being a criminal, I think everyone should step back for a second and imagine...that this guy Tony is innocent. To those who crossed way over the line, do you think an apology will do?

Do you think there will be another 33 pages devoted to apologies and attempts to rehabilitate his image? Do you think Japolnik will post a follow up story...and if they did would anyone read it.

I am sure this has been really entertaining for the peanut gallery, but at the end of the day, what did you really accomplish?

FWIW, I think everyone could take a page out of Bdelps last few posts. There is a way to voice suspicion without being accusatory. I commend him on his balanced and sophisticated approach, something that is sorely lacking from a few of you.

Anyway, as my posts are clearly falling on largely deaf ears, to those few who continue to cross the line, I hope you are never on the receiving end.

 

I'm sorry Joe but I disagree here.

I think only a few have crossed the line and most have either been nuetral or in his corner.

Let's not blame everyone.

And, Tony should not either.

 

regardless of whether a repo truck was used or not, i find it odd that you think a car thief would be concerned with making sure not to damage a vehicle he plans to joyride, while he's in the process of committing a crime.

 

I don't think we disagree. If you re-read my post, it is directed at a "few" who are accusatory, not everyone.

 

I believe they would, and I believe people would read it. The first one got a lot of action, so I think a follow-up would, as well.

I hope if Matt's still viewing this thread, he chimes in to respond in the affirmative.

As to whether or not that, or any level of apologies here, would remedy the situation, the answer is: No, it would not. That's a very common injustice that unfortunately happens to lots of people who are falsely-accused, assuming he indeed falls into that category.

 

almost guaranteed they will follow up. they almost always do in situations like this.

 

A care theif with the know-how and help to tow a Ferrari first (due to noise) and then start it elsewhere is not a joyrider. Someone with that sort of foresite is a professional and is surely not going to leave it parked in an odd parking lot. Like any Ferrari stolen, they leave below the radar and are out of the country or dismantled immediately. Ferrari's are too easily tracked with engine and chassis numbers for professional car-jackers to not be fully mindful of such facts.

 

In this crazy thread, thats a new low.

 

All of the details of the situation, IMO, point to a casual observer (back to Garage Door crew again) seizing the opportunity to grab it.

Then, as a neophyte driver unfamiliar with the car, letting it get away and wrecking it.

As it landed on a flat tire from the damage, I'm sure there's an esplanade or a curb not far from where it came to a stop with debris present.....not that finding it would change anything.

GOOD suggestion about canvassing valet for the strip bars in the area.......but at the end of the day the repair (to the car and Tony's feelings ) is what matters most, IMO.

 

Having read the whole thread, let me make a few points.

If you read the now infamous all caps rant, Tony said: "YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I DIDN'T POST SOONER ... BUT I DECIDED LATE LAST NIGHT I NEEDED TO POST IT ANYWAY"

The reason this is important is because this came LONG before anyone mentioned the Ice Ice Baby post. So if you think it odd that he would make the Ice Ice Baby post before the post about the stolen car, he said -before anyone caught the timing- that he debated posting but finally did. It's quite believable, he logged into Fchat, read a few posts, made a few posts then started this thread. (more on this below)

But my major point is this: I used to investigate plane crashes. Obviously you have to reconstruct peoples' actions when there is no real record of it and no way to ask them. One thing you're taught on the first day of plane crash investigation school is NEVER say "Well, I'd never so that so the pilot didn't." I see a mountain of that in this thread.

Case in point, leaving the keys in the ignition. That struck me as odd but after several people posted that they leaves the keys in the ignition in their own garage, it seemed entirely plausible. - Likewise, the conjecture that nobody would make a jovial post after their car was stolen is simply absurd. Have you even laughed at a funeral? Sure you have. That didn't make your grief any less. In fact, it makes sense if he had to write something that was hard to write that he would do something else first. It's called procrastination.

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Having a background in investigation, I can tell you there is only one real thing for you 'doubters' to hang your hat on and that is the time line of Probable Cause saying he saw it Saturday morning. That ***might*** be the smoking gun you're looking for. But all the nonsense about speculating how the DPD did not did not do their job etc. is just that... non-sense.

Also let me say that arguing he could not have had his car stolen because he crashed a different car earlier is really a waste of everyone's time. Lightning really does hit the same place twice.

Bottom line, there's a whole lot of heat on this thread and very little light. People blame Tony for the lack of light but if it happened as he says, I can't really blame him for ignoring a bunch of yahoos on the internet. Can you?