Our truck's been STOLEN!

[king2005]

Keep your fingers crossed. Our 2000 Chevy Cav. was stolen in mid Dec in Ottawa 2006.. It was recovered ummmm 3 weeks ago (I think).. it was in pretty good shape... the engin sucks, but she still works.. they put nearly 30,000 km on it in the 2 months is was missing We have NO idea how on earth they managed that, but they ended up parking it in Ottawa somewhere & once the parking tickets reached 1900.00 the cops towed it & guess what? They discovered it was our stolen car

A week or 2 ago (my mind is tired & over stressed so times are super blury right now) our Ford Explorer was stolen.. Luckly it was the police who had stolen it & they appoligized through the teeth & called our bosses to inform them they screwed up caused us not to be able to make it into work.

About your car papers, you need a copy in the car. If you forget to bring it with you its a HUGE fine & something no one wants to deal with. About the garage opener, just turn it off or dissconnect the chain so it cannot be opened by the remote in the truck. Then you have time to save up & garage door put on a different signal so the old remote cannot open the door.

[Husky15]

Oh no! That is horrible! Either it's bad Quebec luck, or someone has it for stealing your vehicles. I hope that you can recover your truck and find the idiot who stole it soon.

[GreyhoundGirl]

About your car papers, you need a copy in the car. If you forget to bring it with you its a HUGE fine & something no one wants to deal with. About the garage opener, just turn it off or dissconnect the chain so it cannot be opened by the remote in the truck. Then you have time to save up & garage door put on a different signal so the old remote cannot open the door.

My dad couldn't change the garage door opener, so he's going to fix it ASAP. We need a new one now anyways.

When he got home we found out he had driven all the way home in down hill ski boots anyone who's skied knows that's no easy task! Other than their shoes, all his firstaid kits (blankets, gauze, that sorta thing), his cell phone and all the memberships htat were in the glove box... we didn't lose much.

When the dodge durango was stolen we lost a truck-load (I mean... durango load) of CDs. At least this time they were all copies. We lost CDs the 7 other times ( ) our vehicle was stolen in quebec.

I found out that at the ski hill they were at... ***GET THIS*** one car is stolen every week!!! And they have police patrolling the parking lot during working hours, non-stop. Apperentally the crooks are so fast (they don't break the windows or anything) that the police rarely catch them.

The cops also told us that there was little point waiting for the vehicle to be found. Quebec (montreal in particular) is infamous for stealing cars and having them in pieces within 10 minutes. By the time my dad found the truck was gone, it was probably already in pieces.

The cop said that about 90 % of the stolen vehicles end up in pieces within the hour. Also... 98 % of vehicles stolen are 4X4s. Guess there's no need for two-wheel drive in northern Quebec...

[GreyhoundGirl]

Luckily, however (I suppose I should have mentioined this before. ) but the vehicle was a lease and less than a year old, so insurance will give us enough for it. Also... it was a company car, so it'll mostly be dad's company paying for it.

Can you believe this? We've lost about 1 vehicle every year in quebec. 7 vehicles in 8 years.

Hey GreyhoundGirl... Do one of you take out a ad in the newspaper and tell them you are coming or something?

Maybe you're right!!!