Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Cheap Designs

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Years ago down in Corpus Christi, we lived about three blocks from police 
station. Granted it was on the other side of I-37, whihc was in our front 
yard. Still, a block away was a homeless missions, 'fishes & loaves' if I 
remember right. My dad, who was retired, was fixing to go pick up my brother 
in the 76 Pacer. Nice looking little car, especially since in Corpus you 
can't keep anything, even garaged, as the salt air eats it alive.

But dad forgot something in the house, and had already started the car, so 
got out, went back inside house, got whatever it was, and came out only to 
see the Pacer going down the street with crackhead homeless guy behind the 
wheel.

He called the police (my dad was ex CCPC Sargent in late 50s) and of course 
the police that came out could not stop laughing that 'someone actually 
stole a Pacer' and 'we will get right on it' laughing all the while. At 
least they filled out the polie report, but the Pacer was never seen again. 
One cop speculated it was driven 3 1/2 hours down into Mexico like so many 
other stolen cars. So given a opportunity theives will steal anything; 
copper wire from churches aC systems; your old Celebrity; dad's Pacer; heck, 
do a search on top ten stolen vehicles and watch it light up. You would 
think that with all the technology like lojack and gps that this would be 
thing of past. It ain't and stuff continues to disappear; this is Houston 
Police estimates of how many stolen in Houston....DAILY

http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=35665


A estimated million cars per year stolen. Dateline was just filming this in 
Houston also:

http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/10/116804.aspx

Bottom line is lots of opportunities out there. Ad with my dad's old Pacer 
back in ealry 1980s, someone saw it sitting there running, walked by, jumped 
in and it was gone!
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BLDFW" <bldfw@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 9:06 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Cheap Designs


> It was more likely because it was easy to steal with a
> major design flaw with the steering column cover being
> plastic.  A good screwdriver and you have free
> transportation regardless of it's condition.
>
> The price of cheap!
>
> BLDFW
> Dallas, TX.
>
>
> by:      "twa1950@xxxxxxxxx"
> twa1950@xxxxxxxxx
> twa1950                             Sat Apr 21, 2007
> 5:36 pm        (PST)                    The price of
> scrap metal must have really went up. I went over to
> pick up the Gremlin and someone had stole an old 83
> Celebrity that I had stored outside. This thing was my
> mothers and I just hadn't got around to having it
> tolled off. When you started it you could see behind
> because it smoked so bad. The Rack and Pinion steering
> was bad. It was rusted out. In other words why anyone
> would steal it I have no idea.
>
>
>
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