Well guys- I had a Datsun 310GX carjacked from me in 81. Not that I am a fan of the econobox mind you, I don't like looking down the business end of a gun, especially while it's making noise and spitting base metals my way. Try as I might, I found that there is just no way to make yourself but so small at that range and managed to collect five hits. I jumped into the shadows and hoped Mr. Crook wasn't taking the time to reload. I became acquainted with the local medical facilities and was released a week or so later to begin rehab. While I was still toddling around learning to walk normally and use my arm again, sans chunks of bone and other quasi essential parts, the cops found my car in FLA. I live in NC. It seems Mr. Crook was a very bad boy, having just robbed a church during the offering, and was making his getaway in the 310 (that's a joke on its own) with a couple of kgs of weed aboard. (Yup, the average crook is pretty dumb.) The police did their thing and determined that Mr Crook had prior reservations at the Gray Bar Inn in NC and shipped him up here. After he checks out in 2020, FLA will get their piece of his sorry hide. The moral of the story, crooks are crooks, Porsche or no, there's no accounting for taste in what's stolen, and there is no substitute for restoring the peace through superior firepower. Make of that what you will. The cops in my case were very professional and quite pleased to see this guy off the streets, even though I wound up with a disability rating because of it. The courts were very interesting as well, the judge for this case was a "hanging judge" and that explains the 40 year sentence, no parole till 20 years and only then if he's been very nice (which he hasn't). From my last contact with the cops, this guy will probably do a full pull. I used to think the crooks would only go for the flashy stuff, but like I said, crooks are dumb and there's no accounting for poor taste.
Dave951M
Carolinas Region PCA
[This message has been edited by Dave951M (edited 06-11-2001).]
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