Have You Seen This Segway?

Kringle writes "An April 28th theft of a Segway from a home in Kent, Washington appears to be the first of its kind. The Smoking Gun has a copy of the police report. The good news is that the thief didn't get the keys and is lugging around a big paperweight. No word yet from the Grand Theft Auto team about including a Segway in their next game release."

Comments

Re:sorry,no.

[Ratface]

Nope - it would only be Aibos or Asimos there wouldn't it?

Or perhaps you're implying that people would fear the possibility that the Segway was actually a transforming autobot that would react rather badly to being stolen ;-)

Re:It's as good as gone - OT

[nlh]

Interesting point, actually. I keep pretty regular tabs on the BMW message boards, and when the new M3 came out there was a rash of break-ins -- but few actual thefts. It seems there was a "bug" with the car in that if a thief popped out a certain part of the driver's door, the alarm wouldn't go off. They'd then hop in and check the glovebox in the hopes that the new driver had forgotten to remove the "emergency" valet key from it's home in the user's manual. So basically a lot of people came home to find broken doors and "roughed up" cars.

The other thing, especailly in a place like NYC, is the miserable flatbed truck. There are so many friggin' tow trucks running around this city, nobody would even bat an eye if they saw a flatbed loading a new BMW up. Snap, zoom, and off they go with your car....no hotwiring even necessary.