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Originally Posted by masraum
I'm not sure how much the "registered owner" thing matters.
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Back in 1982 or so, I lived in an apartment & I stupidly left my Escort radar detector in my car overnight. One morning I discovered someone had smashed the window in my '82 RX-7 GS & took my Escort...plus the piece of cement he threw to break the window did $400 damage to my interior!
Anyway, I figured I would never see the Escort again. However, about 2 weeks later the police called to tell me they had recovered my detector. Apparently they had raided some guy's apartment & it was full of stolen things, including my Escort! The police contacted Cincinnati Microwave & they had my name & info from when I had bought it (direct).
So it was good that they had my info. Unfortunately I didn't get the Escort back for 6 months because they had to hold it for evidence to convict the jerk.
On a related note, I was at a PCA lapping day at Mid-Ohio recently & Mike Valentine was there in his beautiful yellow Carrera GT. I figure I paid for a small part of the car! I have owned an Escort, a Passport (he was one of the founders of Cincinnati Microwave) & 2 V1s.