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My Car Is Gone

by Shawn @ 2:12 pm · filed under Car Stuff

Well awesome... came home from playing poker last night at around 12:30 am, parked in my "secure" gated parking structure, and went to run some errands at 11:00 am this morning, and my car is gone.

That's rad.

45 Responses to “My Car Is Gone”

  1. sweet Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pm

    Happy 10th bday.

  2. Scott Elkin Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 3:06 pm

    Sheeesh! That actually happens? I’m in LA, and I haven’t known anyone to truly had a car stolen. Is it able to be hacked via laptop a la David Beckham?

  3. Bret Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 3:16 pm

    You mean someone stole your hummer????? : \

  4. Dave Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 3:46 pm

    Your Hummer? That stinks! It might be the MPAA going after what they can before you win.

    Dave

  5. Farhan Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 3:47 pm

    bummer, that’s got to suck :P

  6. Tom Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 4:47 pm

    Wow, I was thinking the same thing dave :-P

    More seriously, I am really sorry to hear about that dude… Did you call the cops/report it and all the jazz? Does your “secure” gate thing have video cameras??

  7. Locke Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 5:17 pm

    OMG the riaa totally took your car. dont even start to think it was anyone else. you know they are trying to make you fold.

  8. ViciousSummer Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 5:17 pm

    You should sue the MPAA. You have just as much evidence that they stole your Hummer as they have that you “stole” a movie. =)

  9. ViciousSummer Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 5:19 pm

    Wait a sec, screw your car! Why didn’t you invite me to play poker!!???!!! Jerk…

  10. Shawn Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 5:55 pm

    I’m fairly certain it wasn’t the MPAA or RIAA guys… :)

    And yeah, it was the Hummer (I only have had one car).

    My parking structure has no security cameras, and yes… I reported it stolen to the police and also insurance.

    What a hassle…

  11. piniyini Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 6:24 pm

    You sure sound calm for a guy who’s had his car stolen, sure you didn’t code it to do the errands for you?

  12. Mia Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 6:39 pm

    I’d be calm to. It means getting a new Hummer! It’s just a car. As long as nothing valuable was left in it, a car can be replaced. That’s what insurance if for.

  13. Shawn Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 6:41 pm

    It’s just an object that can be replaced, and getting bent out of shape about it isn’t going to make it any better. If they don’t recover it, I’ll just get the exact same one (model, color, options, etc.) since that’s the exact one I wanted to begin with.

    If I was sure they weren’t going to recover it, I would just go out and get the same vehicle now, and deal with the insurance company at their leisure (either way, they wait at least 30 days to see if the police can recover it). But the sucky part of that plan is if they did recover it, I would then have 2 of the same vehicles.

    So the sucky part is that if they don’t recover it, it’s going to be a month before I can find a new one. And probably 3-4 weeks to find the exact one I wanted (last time a dealer had to trade another dealer for the one I wanted). Oh, and I was scheduled to put a navigation system in it on June 5th (3 week wait on install appointments).

    So realistically, if they don’t recover it, it’s going to be 2 1/2 months before I have the vehicle and be “back to normal”.

    And stressing out about it wouldn’t solve anything, and just make it so I can’t sleep at night for 2 1/2 months. So whatever… crap happens. There are people with a lot worse problems in the world.

    Good sunglasses are hard to find, and I’m more bummed that both of my pairs of sunglasses were in it.

  14. Dave Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 8:22 pm

    Well now you know you should have multiple pairs of the same sunglasses spread throughout the world so you can have fresh ones at a moments notice.

    Dave

  15. yelena Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 8:35 pm

    may be it is a sign that you should get a hybrid car… global warming, you know…

  16. chrish Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 10:32 pm

    Yeah all that and a case of water! :-(

  17. Julien Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 11:05 pm

    So sorry about the hummer but honestly I hope they never find it. My lifted F-150 was stolen from the apartment across the street from your place about a year ago. They recovered it 4 days later on the side of the freeway with a fully gutted interior then it was in the body shop for over 3 months. We had nothing but problems getting replacement parts (ended up having to replace the entire wiring harness) and the bill for the rental car ended up costing my insurance company $4,000 dollars! If they would have just bought me a new truck it would have cost my insurance half as much. Anyway, I think you should just take this as an omen and buy a Mercedes Mclaren SLR

  18. Shawn Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 12:24 am

    Chris -

    Dude, seriously… sunglasses, my pimp water, $200 in pre-paid car washes, my cell phone charger, 2 gate openers for different gates, other miscellaneous stuff. Thankfully I took my snowboarding gear and golf clubs out of it within the last few days. Besides me, you were the last one to see my car alive. :)

    It would be interesting to see a picture of where my car is right now. Like is it in Mexico? Is it in a chop shop somewhere? Maybe it’s in a shipping container on a boat going to Asia?

  19. ViciousSummer Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 12:56 am

    Well, not only did your car get stolen this morning…This afternoon I drove Stefans spare car to your house for you to use, then Stefan picked us up in the A-team van that he bought today and as soon as we got to dinner the radiator blew up. THEN, Callahan had to pick all three of us up and take us to your house, where we took Stefans spare car to Stefans house, then to my house and then you got to drive all the way home in the car we loaned you =)…haha.

  20. Locke Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 1:00 am

    pimp water???!?

  21. Richie Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 1:06 am

    hmm???what’s wrong ?

  22. Snyper Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 2:23 am

    Agreed I bet it was the damn Riaa or Mpaa they are like hmm we might not beable to win. Lets steal his car!!!

    What the hell do they do with the money anyway that they steal off people?

    Good luck on getting your car back
    Szer0

  23. asd Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 3:33 am

    holy, a hummer stolen!? that should have been hard. recently some assholes stole my radio of the car lol.

  24. Help Desk Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 6:35 am

    Just by a new one. If you get stuck with 2 your good friend (who you’ve never met) who lives in Buffalo, NY will make sure you don’t have 2 for long.

    :)

  25. mad4 Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 6:35 am

    They can’t have got far……how many miles to the gallon does it do?

  26. Tom Vendetta Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 8:54 am

    When you get your hummer back or a new car, get an old computer with a wifi card and a webcam, and then hook it up in your car, then, write some software that will find the nearest access point and connect and upload images to the digitalpoint server. You live in the city (or I could be mistaken), there are probally a million different AP’s around.

  27. shawnc Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 9:11 am

    mad4

    That freakin gas hog actually goes pretty far on a full tank. Hogan didn’t we drive to Big Bear and back on one tank? Also Bud call me if you need anything and we are still going to Sea World on Monday. Last thing, how are you getting to the airport?

  28. Shawn Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 9:23 am

    I have Stefan’s Pathfinder for now. :)

  29. Thomas Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 12:06 pm

    I live in Iowa, so this type of thing isn’t really a problem. We have six cars and never really lock the doors when they are at our house, and nothing has ever happened. Heck, my mother often leaves her keys IN her car, with the doors unlocked, and it’s brand new!

    Anyway, best of luck getting your car back, or replaced.

  30. Joe Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 1:29 pm

    Yea, but Tom you live in Iowa… :D

    That sucks about your Shawn, secured parking is a misnomer for certain. One of my friends had his car broken into in so-called “secured parking”.

  31. alek Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 5:40 pm

    Iinstall a GPS tracker in the next one … ;-)

  32. Tom Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 6:35 pm

    Thomas…. Whats your address? :P

  33. Stuart Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 10:14 pm

    Sorry to hear about this but this is one of the reasons why I moved away from SD. I had a very nice truck a few years back and one early morning I walked out and some dude was running away from it…. he had pulled out the wires and was getting ready to wire it up. *bastard*

    Anyway… doesn’t you Hummer have OnStar???

  34. Johan Says:
    May 26th, 2006 at 5:30 am

    What Alek says… And then plot it on the Google Map so we can all chase it and stab the thieves…

  35. greg Says:
    May 26th, 2006 at 2:31 pm

    I thought OnStar was able to track any vehicle in the Northern Hemisphere?

  36. shawnslame Says:
    May 30th, 2006 at 9:52 pm

    Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

  37. Cristian Mezei Says:
    May 31st, 2006 at 8:09 pm

    Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

    Can i spring a death ray towards your home ? Maybe a tornado ? Or something less powerfull like a tsunami ?

    Thank you for your patience.

  38. Andrew Says:
    June 4th, 2006 at 12:18 pm

    *Attention H2 thieves if you need another one you can find a much newer one here: http://www.shoemoney.com/gallery/v/h2hummer/

  39. NewComputer Says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 8:15 am

    Shawn,

    I was just thinking, your next car, put in a tracker and then use your mad programming skills to use google maps to track it… that would be awesome. Shite about your truck though… Sunglasses and radar detectors are the worst things to go missing…

  40. Googles76 Says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 1:34 pm

    Here is the perfect excuse to buy a Ferrari, Porsche or at least a nice Bimmer, what’s the obsession with trucks??

  41. Shawn Says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 2:19 pm

    I don’t want a car… that’s all. :) Why the obsession with cars? ;)

  42. Guido Says:
    July 27th, 2006 at 7:45 am

    OnStar equipped? police can have OnStar call car for GPS location coordinates

  43. Anonymous Says:
    February 21st, 2007 at 1:10 am

    Hummers do like 12 miles to a gallon anyway.

    You got more money than sense it seems.

  44. HummerRescue Says:
    August 18th, 2007 at 7:53 am

    Hi Shawn,
    Your site came up on google. I just had my H3 stolen yesterday while I was working. (Mission Valley).
    Onstar located the vehicle but it was already accross
    the border. They would not reveal the actual location
    to me but said it was just accross the border and had not moved in a while. I spent last night in TJ looking for it with no luck. In response to others the truck was getting about 20 mpg. I do not want any other car in replacement. Like you, I want to have the same model. I keep the truck pretty clean so there was not a lot in it. Just some makeup, a case of water, a watermelon and the usual CD’s in the player, and two pairs of sunlasses.
    Still Searching……
    LuvedMyHummer

  45. Dave Hogan Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    I just Google’d “My car was stolen”, and this was the first site. I’m another Hogan, and my car was just stolen. It’s annoying.

    Thanks for sharing, though.

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