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Stolen Car Recovered With 11,000 More Miles -- and Lyft Stickers (sfgate.com)
The San Francisco Bay Area has more car thefts than any region in America, according to SFGate.com. A National Insurance Crime Bureau report found that between 2012 and 2014, there were an average of 30,000 car thefts a year just in the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Hayward. But one theft took a strange turn. An anonymous reader quotes their report: Cierra and Josh Barton purchased a new Honda HR-V at the beginning of summer. It was stolen while parked in front of their Livermore apartment complex at the end of August. Four months later, Hayward police called the Bartons to say they had recovered the vehicle... What they found, to their surprise, was a car in relatively good shape -- a few dents, a rattling hood. But in the back and front windows were Lyft stickers, Cierra Barton said.
The odometer had spiked from 2,000 miles to more than 13,000. And in the back seat, Cierra said she found a pillow, a jacket and a stuffed animal. "It wasn't burned out, it wasn't gutted, but it appeared to be have been used as a Lyft," she said. That, Cierra added, was even worse than she imagined. "Not only did someone steal our car, they made money off it!"
Lyft says that "Given the information provided, we are unable to match this vehicle to any Lyft accounts in the area," adding they "stand ready to assist law enforcement in any investigation."
The odometer had spiked from 2,000 miles to more than 13,000. And in the back seat, Cierra said she found a pillow, a jacket and a stuffed animal. "It wasn't burned out, it wasn't gutted, but it appeared to be have been used as a Lyft," she said. That, Cierra added, was even worse than she imagined. "Not only did someone steal our car, they made money off it!"
Lyft says that "Given the information provided, we are unable to match this vehicle to any Lyft accounts in the area," adding they "stand ready to assist law enforcement in any investigation."
Lyft driving is profitable only if you steal cars.
Just like Bitcoin mining is profitable only if you steal electricity.
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It was a self driving car, and it got bored...
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Under these circumstances, would the guy have to steal the same model, make and color? Then we can narrow down the suspects list.
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And in the back seat, Cierra said she found a pillow, a jacket and a stuffed animal. "It wasn't burned out, it wasn't gutted, but it appeared to be have been used as a Lyft," she said.
Definitely the behavior and accoutrements of an irresponsible joyrider.
That, Cierra added, was even worse than she imagined. "Not only did someone steal our car, they made money off it!"
Those monsters! Probably some affluenza-infected trust fund kid who slept in the back of the car with their only item of comfort from their horrible parents ... ok, I'm losing the narrative here.
Seriously, someone who has to drive for Lyft to make money and sleep in the back of their car with a stuffed animal for comfort, and it's the *making money* part that's even worse than she imagined? I'm ready to put in for this thief's gofundme to buy their own HR-V (which runs around ~20k, apparently).
I am not the least bit surprised that the liberal cesspit of SF has the highest car theft.
There are several reasons why the SF Bay Area is number 1:
1. Lots of nice cars.
2. Close enough to Mexico. In Tijuana there are no checks in the southbound direction. You can just drive across.
3. Strong police unions, and thus no way to motivate or replace the apathetic and inept police. By the time they type up the report, the car is in Mexico.
4. No political pressure to fix the problem. Local politics tend to fixate on other issues, such as whether the city's health care plan should cover sex change operations for transgender public employees,
Close enough to Mexico.
You really need to take a good look at a map. Eight hours of driving south will only get you to LA, several hours north of the border. If you want to steal cars to sell in Mexico, do it in Beverly Hills, or Palm Springs.
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