dnraiders

Hi everyone,
Im new here, and I have quite a story to tell.
3 weeks I traded my eclipse and some cash for a mazda RX-8 from a private seller


So june 28th was the big day, the day that I recieved a piece of paper that says i went to school for 13 years. Sorry for the negativity. Lol
I get up in the morning, tired from grad night which for me was 39 hours of no sleep. I get ready for graduation.
11:06 I get in the car and turn it on which is parked about 15 to 20 feet to the right of the front of my house.
11:07 I call my friend to tell him im gonna picking him up in a few and realize i left my backpack with my extra clothes inside the living room
I ran inside got the bag, and said "Mom, Dad 1245 at Golden Hall ok" and headed outside. Car is not there.
So I was gone anywhere from 30 to 40 seconds and the car is gone. I thought some friends that live near by were pranking me.
11:09 Im on the phone with the police. The police arrives and begins the report.
About five minutes into the report a guy comes running across the street panicing. He was looking for his car. It was also stolen around the same time.

The officer offered me a ride to by graduation. I thought it was awsome seeing the look on my teachers face because they know I will never do such a thing to get arrested, I would have rather driven my car that cost me money that i had saved up from working a couple of years. My belonging that i was proud of, that showed my dedication towards work.

I just can't belive that I didnt get to enjoy what the RX8 is known for.
Well anyways i know im a dumass for leaving my car for less than a minute in the middle of the day.

highway patrol found the car. My car was found on the 94 and 28 th st. 2 guys crashed into someone else and they took off running. They left a substantial amount of drugs. They also left a lot of clothes. There are many visible finger prints all over the windows and police are not going to do anything. Now the money i was going to save for cal poly is going to go into fixing the car. Sigh what a way to start my summer. Ive always wanted a project car, but not in this way.

So now i have to get a new key, and all those parts from the front right wheel.(anyone selling parts?). I Did not have insurance yet. I had registered the car two days before and needed the smog to get plates. Sorry for the punctuation, just havent been feeling good today after this
-Dave

Twiztog43

iTrader: (15)

oh wow, thats a lot of damage. when i got hit at the quarter panel, it got a bit pricey. expect a repair bill upwards of 6K +

hollistar_4

ummm ok??? why the hell are they not going to do anything about it, you could probably sue, im angry just hearing that if there are clothes, DRUGS and fingerprints i would be outrageous about it if cops werent going to do anything around here!

hollistar_4

and i just fixed my car for 500 bucks, but i also did it my self, if it was done in a shop about 6k all together, but the wheel mechanics like what you need, are spendy

dnraiders

I know, im not sure how the police handle stuff in san diego, but they impound the car and then charge me to get it out, why cant they investigate?

Twiztog43

iTrader: (15)

wow, that just sucks!
they just probably dont think its worth their time, since there was no one injured and such.

Twiztog43

iTrader: (15)

maybe a bit more, since there is a ton of body work too. the rear quarter panel is going to be pricey, on top of that is paint. on my car the paint was pretty expensive since it was straight from mazda [3 stage]

hollistar_4

There were drugs and clothes and prints...DNA!!!! its police like that that make the world hell to live in

if you go to my album you will see everything i painted (plus corner of front bumper) that just cost my 400 in product, labor was on my time, thats including all the paint, primer, bondo, clear, paper, plastic, sandpaper, running the booth, etc

is yours winning blue? because if it is its not a 3 stage, and it was maybe 75-100 for paint for what i painted, but i also mixed it myself is why i say its not a 3 stage paint, some pearls and tint coats are usually the 3 stage and thats whats spendy, idk i cant speak for your car tho

Atilla

iTrader: (1)

ouch....

HomicidalApple

iTrader: (3)

If u look at tue origonal post he didn't have insurance, he had it for two days and needed to pass smog to get plates.

That reallyvsucks dood I hope all works out in the end ((

Bigbacon

iTrader: (4)

you can't get insurance on a vehicle if you don't have plates??? Normally if you have insurance at all it covers a new vehicle for a certain amount of time. Honestly, the first thing you should do when you get a car is get insurance....Sucks it was stolen and all but driving without insurance you take the risk...

if you had active insurance on the eclipse, check with them as you might still be covered for this vehicle.

Krazed_Rx8

iTrader: (5)

No temp insurance from the dealer u bought it from?

Pendleton

iTrader: (1)

And to add insult to injury, a bird went and pooped on it. Sorry for your situation. I hope you get something worked out.

CTrx8

iTrader: (2)

someone has been watching too much CSI. yes, they probably should have grabbed the prints but DNA? first, they likely wouldn't have been able to collect any and second, it's expensive and there's absolutely no reason to test for and run DNA for a stolen car and get it bumped up in priority over murder or rape cases. and back to the prints - they aren't pulled as often as people think/want them to be. it's also a timely process and it's up to their discretion as to whether or not they have the time/resources to do so and actually run them. again, i personally think they should have done it but that's just me.

Mazurfer

I agree that if he had previous insurance(that is insurance coverage on the Eclipse at the time he bought this one), it does usually cover any new vehicle for a certain amount of time. But..............that's a big if in this case? We aren't getting the whole story here and I see lots of fail in this. Feel sorry for the guy, but a ton of mistakes were made in this case.

Questions to the OP...............were you ever on your Dad's policy for the Eclipse at the time you bought this car?
Do you have a bill of sale?
If so, then it may be covered.

You said the car was registered but no plates yet due to needing smog test. How is that possible?
Why did mom/dad let you drive a car without insurance and or plates?
If you had insurance either by being on dad's policy or your own on the Eclipse....why have you not called the insurance company?

Mazurfer

^............bought from private seller!

Bigbacon

iTrader: (4)

had 6 days to get insurance. minus the weekend you had at least 4 work days to call and get something setup.

ken-x8

Agree on the ???. In states that require insurance (which may be all of them for all I know) you can't get plates unless you have liability insurance. Or (like in Virginia) you pay a hefty uninsured fee. When you buy liability insurance, any agent worth his salt as a salesman is going to sell you the other coverages.

He bought it from a private seller, so there was nobody involved to help keep him straight. Kind of a throwback to the old days, when you'd buy a used car and stick someone else's plates on it for the drive home. But back then you'd keep it parked til you had it insured and registered.

Ken

Cf05

I had mine insured before I even finished negotiating with the private seller I bought mine from all I had to do was give them the vin I even had it insure in another state... so it is possible... Anyways to the OP bro that sucks but a hughe word of advice save your money for college not the car its just a piece of machinery youll regret putting it over the rest of your life and well being

Mazurfer

^..............agree with that. I was gonna tell him this is the wrong car for someone who wants to go to College, but he's already had a pretty rough week.
Where were the parents in all this? Seems like multiple instances of a lack of common sense.

Cf05

^lol hey now I'm in college I just put that first and having fun and my 8 fall somewhere behind that along with other things in no particular order... but I agree this could have been prevented sorry again bro but hey lesson learned at least it wasn't on an expensive car, I guarantee you won't make this mistake again and if you do well I wont go into it

RotaryResurrection

iTrader: (3)

That's one of the big reasons I have never been a fan of police organizations. They only pursue those things that have money in it for them...just like everybody else.

THis poor guy gets his livelihood stolen right out of his driveway in mid day and they don't give a rat's ***. But you let them catch him doing 48 in a 40 and his *** will be grass.

I can tell story after story. How, when I worked at a factory job in an industrial park, my vehicle was broken into 3 times in 5 years IN FULL VIEW OF SECURITY CAMERAS and the cops never did anything, and knew nothing. Yet, there are about 15 plants in that industrial park and all of those parking lots were being targeted for car breakins. Yet in this same small town, they had an unmarked black lumina writing tickets 24/7 which pissed off so many people that enough letters were written to the state government to get it taken out of service.

How one time in that same plant parking lot, I was driving up an aisle looking for a space when a car pops out of a space from behind another car...the girl was driving across the parking aisles and ran into the side of my car. Cops get called, and they initially refuse to write a report because "the parking lot is private property". Eventually after being discussed it is decided they will write a report for insurance purposes, but they will not assign blame or ticket for failure to yeild because the parking lot is "private property" and not part of their jurisdiction.

Yet, later I was stopped and lectured by police in that same parking lot for doing a burnout (at the far empty end where no one was parked) and was told I could be ticketed and charged because the lot was "public access" and thus under their jurisdiction just like any road.

How one time a road rage incident lead to a guy ramming the back of my rx7 (at 45mph) so hard that it knocked my subwoofer box against my front seatback, with my wife in the car, and it damaged the front end of the guy's girlfriend's car which he had taken without permission. Then we pressed charges against the guy but the cops refused to charge him with anything criminal themselves despite obvious evidence of what had gone on. Then we get to court and all charges we were pressing against him were dropped without so much as a single fine or condition against him. He made contact with another vehicle and caused property damage and personal injury yet he was let off scott free. Yet if I am caught going a bit faster in my vehicle than the artificially low limits allow, even though I have maintained complete control, not contacted anything or anyone or caused any damage, I will be ticketed, fined, etc.

I can tell you about the time that two vehicles were burglarized and several pieces of equipment were stolen from my home, took the cops 2 hours to come and write a report. Then every year for 3 years I would get a call from the police department administration inquiring WHETHER OR NOT I HAD EVER RECOVERED ANY OF MY STOLEN EQUIPMENT...because they needed to update their records. The last time several years ago I told those ************* that I thought that was their job, and not to call me again until they did it. I have never been contacted since.

I can tell you how, years ago when I was younger and didn't have a valentine one equipped in my vehicle, I used to get speeding tickets regularly (every 6 months or so). Then one evening I was stopped due to a lighting issue only to find out my license was suspended for no other reason than having 4 (paid) speeding tickets on my record (I was not notified via mail). I was arrested and taken to jail, had to bail out, go to court, and the whole 9 yards even though the officer said if my license had been good he would have let me go with a warning on the light.

Fast forward to a couple of years ago...a car pulls out in front of me at point blank range trying to cross the street I was travelling on. I hit the car and it damn near totals my denali. Come to find out the driver was a 16 year old unlicensed, uninsured illegal immigrant driving a car not even registered. And she caused a wreck with property damage exceeding $10000. Sounds like big trouble for her, right? Cops let her walk without any arrest or any court date. Gave her a hundred dollar fine for the failure to yield (aka causing a wreck)...the only reason they did that is because they are required by state law to do so anytime there is an at fault wreck. Nothing for lack of insurance...nothing for the lack if drivers license, nothing for the lack of vehicle registration, nothing for the fact that (even if she had been licensed) she was required to have another legal driver over the age of 18 in the car with her.

I've seen police officers get into court and lie outright to support their case. OF course they do not have to have actual evidence, their word (lie) is considered expert testimony and beyond reproach.

Yeah, I know, life is not fair, but the police's selective enforcement and action is bullshit, and I have no respect for them because of it. Some people like to preach on and on about how they put their lives on the line for others every day and all this. I don't buy a word of it.

jasonrxeight

no insurance? I'd double check that. did you have a car before? when I buy my rx8 my previous insurance automatically covered my new car up to 15 days without registering.

ken-x8

RR - Sounds like you should move someplace with better police.

I'm surprised that the Highway Patrol in the OP's tale did not want to do anything. Stolen car, drugs...that's felony stuff, which can boost a cop's career.

Ken

jasonrxeight

exactly. you cant get plates if you dont have insurance. to insure a car the insurance agent only needs the VIN number. he didnt insure the car right away is a BIG mistake.