Stolen Bike Alert! 2007 Honda CBR600RR Black and Silver VIN: JH2PC40137M000851 stolen Friday May 10th while active duty Navy E-6 was at work, stolen from gated underground parking garage in 92119 San Diego

KRTuned exhaust,

military base access decals on the left swingarm. NAVY Region SW

 Honda Racing rear seat cowl, and carbon fiber accents on the tank and tail. 

Puig double bubble windscreen, and blue RTV on the clutch cover seal.

wmcelman@gmail.com if you come across it or parts of it!

stupidest thieves of the week... could not steal a Z06 Corvette because they didn't know how to operate a stick shift

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/29/16759522-carjackers-unable-to-drive-stick-shift-fail-to-steal-corvette?lite

The aspiring carjacker didn’t know how to start Bean’s car, a 2002 Millennium Yellow Z06 Corvette. (The car, used, sells for about $19,000.)

"The guy started screaming at me, 'How do I start the car?'" Bean told WKMG. Finally, the other guy, still holding Bean at gunpoint, hollered back, “It’s a stick!”

“I had to tell him four different times that you have to push in the clutch because it’s a standard transmission,” Bean told myfoxorlando.com.

The two assailants – Bean said they were handsome young men -- ultimately ran away with his phone, wallet and keys. The wallet, he said, was special because his wife made it.

“My first thought was I guess we don’t have driver’s ed in school anymore because no one knows how to drive a stick,” he told myfoxorlando.com. “And my second thing was, ‘Don’t shoot me because you can’t start the car! I am trying to help you out here.’”

make sure your car insurance company insures your HID headlights, especially if you own a Porsche

It is believed that the headlights make for ideal lighting solutions when growing marijuana indoors. The high-intensity discharge bulbs give off more heat and require much less power than standard grow lamps, yet, critically, they offer the right quality of light and heat. According to De Telegraaf, as many as 20 Porsches fell victim to this trend, resulting in thousands of dollars in damage. The cost of a typical HID assembly for hydroponics can run from $100 to $500, and up.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/02/thieves-stealing-porsche-headlamps-for-marijuana-grow-lights/

Someone stole Dr Phils 57 Chev from a Burbank repair shop

TV host Phil McGraw's '57 Chevy, which was stolen from a repair shop in Burbank.

 McGraw, who's known to many as simply 'Dr. Phil,' was driving the car on Sunday when it broke down. The car was towed to RODZ Fabrication Co. in the 2800 block of North Lincoln Street in Burbank.

 The theft is believed to have taken place around midnight on Sunday when a burglar alarm was tripped, said Burbank Police Sgt. Darin Ryburn.

 Investigators believe the thieves cut the lock to the secured gate then pried open a metal roll-up gate, Ryburn said. Dr. Phil received a call that his classic car had been stolen several hours after the theft, according to TMZ.

 Police are now working to recover the vintage ride, which is worth about $100,000.
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dr-phil-car-stolen,0,7197717.story

Sidenote, I wonder how many cars are reported stolen in Burbank every week?

Auto theft in the USA infographic

this might only be large enough to be useful on the original site,
http://www.transportgooru.com/2012/06/an-infographic-view-of-auto-theft-in-the-united-states/

6 Ways to Keep Your Car From Being Stolen

"Guarding against stealing your car can be as easy as installing an alarm or avoiding the top cities for auto theft. There are lots of ways to prevent your car from being stolen, and from the creative to the mundane, we’ve got six of them."

read them at http://www.carinsurance.org/2012/08/6-ways-to-keep-your-car-from-being-stolen/

43 years since his car was stolen, and he kept looking, and finally found it

photo from AP http://www.hotsr.com/news/2012/07/08/texas-man-recovers-stolen-car-after-42-y-445592.php
Bob Russell never gave up hope that his stolen 1967 Austin-Healey would be found one day.

 He was a graduate student at Temple University in 1970 when he parked the English roadster at an apartment complex after a date with his future wife.

 When he went to the lot the next morning, the car was gone. Because he was a cash-strapped student, it was a double whammy: He had liability coverage, but no theft insurance.

 For more than four decades, Russell searched for the cream-colored convertible. This year, against all odds, he found it. And with the help of the Philadelphia Police Department, he has his Austin-Healey back.

 Russell was scouring eBay, the Internet sales website, when he spotted his hot car listed for auction by a Los Angeles auto dealer.

The listed VIN matched his beloved Austin. Russell, now living near Dallas, still possessed the title and set of keys.

The rest of the story at http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-12/news/32633503_1_austin-healey-hot-car-new-theft

Grand theft auto, operating a chop shop, and busted with the pieces of an 800 mile 2005 Ford GT

a 30 year old and 48 year old guy got arrested Monday, and arraigned in court today. They plead not guilty to 11 counts.

When is the last time you heard of a stolen car getting recovered? When is the last time you heard of a chop shop and car theft ring getting busted?

All the parts of the GT were recovered, except for the steering wheel, carpet, and seats. Two Porches were also recovered.. the thieves were driving them.

Story and images from http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/02/arrests-made-theft-250k-ford-gt/

Stolen car alert: Please look around for a fine stock looking Blue and White 55 Chevy Bel Air

Plate – 4TAZ230

VIN – C555146767

Taken from parking lot of Best Western Carriage Inn, 5525 Sepulveda, Sherman Oaks, CA

Sometime between 10pm 06/02/12 Sat and 6 am Sun 06/03/12

265 engine, 3 speed overdrive, AC, power brakes, original interior

If you see this car, call 911, report it. If you have time, even give the owner an email so he knows it's been spotted and reported c5cathy@cox.net

Aston Martin from "Goldfinger" the Bond movie

You know that more than one car are used during a movie, right? One for close ups, one for camera mount hardware, one for glamour shots and press photos, and a couple for stunts.

Well, one of the DB5 was stolen from an airplane hanger in 1997, and hasn't turned up yet

Stolen car alert, burgandy color 1927 Pierce Arrow roadster stolen from Riverton Utah,

Stolen from a barn on the southern outskirts of the Salt Lake City area, small suburb

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=19593738  for a video and a little more info, but if you have info, call the cops at  801-254-0167

Looked like a 34 hot rod, with a 427 cammer, so it was bought at a swap meet... when the new owner stripped it down to check it out, discovered it was built on a stolen Shelby Cobra chassis

found in the book Shelby Cobras Fifty Years, photos by Jeff Burgy

Movie screenwriter's stolen chopper found in the Phillipines

An $80,000 motorcycle stolen in Texas last year from Hollywood screenwriter Skip Woods has been recovered in the southern Philippines

read the whole story at http://goawaygarage.blogspot.com/2011/05/stolen-bike-traveled-us-to-philippines.html