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May 28, 2011 8:30 a.m. dimeadozen Reader

Check out the attached story- Guy has his truck, trailer and C2 stolen from in front of his house the day before a track day. The truck and trailer were recovered, and the Porsche was spotted several times before eventually being recovered.

It's going to get us all!!

Including the headline at the beginning of the video, I counted the word "Dangerous" used to describe the car 6 times, and the phrase "Not street legal" used by everyone in the clip. One of this station's anchors, Adele Arakawa, is very active in PCA events. I hope she walked down the hall and smacked a smacked someone over this.
May 28, 2011 8:37 a.m. paul Reader

seems like they overemphasized the terms in an oddball attempt to psych out the thieves into thinking the car will fly off the road at any moment and/or the legal issues with trying to reg the car...
May 28, 2011 8:42 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

So is this thing dangerous or what?
May 28, 2011 8:47 a.m. Zomby woof SuperDork

Remember this story the next time you're tempted to believe something in the media.
May 28, 2011 9:22 a.m. redrabbit New Reader

How do you say Christene in german?
May 28, 2011 10:21 a.m. Salanis SuperDork

To play devil's advocate, a race car being driven by untrained idiot thieves on public roads is quite dangerous. Heck, racing and race cars are dangerous. If they weren't, we wouldn't need helmets and fire suits. It is a potentially dangerous tool being operated by people who do not respect it.

The owner very aptly likened it to "a sharp cutting tool" that is going to hurt people if operated by someone who does not respect it and understand how to use it properly.

Race cars don't kill people. Idiots in race cars kill people.
May 28, 2011 11:24 a.m. rebelgtp SuperDork

I found it interesting where the cops were talking about not being able to chase the car. Is this a normal thing these days? I can remember cops chasing down cars (even those that could qualify as a race car) in the past and even had special units setup for such events.

Have liability issues made the high speed chase a thing of the past? And what happened to the old you can't out run a radio? Couldn't they get cars inupahead of the theives and block the road or something?
May 28, 2011 12:21 p.m. kpm Reader

"Slick tires with no tread...very dangerous !!"

N.S.D.T.
May 28, 2011 12:23 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

In reply to rebelgtp:

In our community they are supposed to call off the chase if it gets too dangerous.
May 28, 2011 1:48 p.m. Travis_K SuperDork

That article doesnt even make sense at all.
May 28, 2011 2:16 p.m. Rad_Capz Reader

When my truck/enclosed trailer with 66 Mustang inside and loaded with with tools was stolen in Atlanta a few years ago the policeman who arrived wouldn't even file a report. He actually accused me of making up a story about the theft and drove away leaving me standing in a parking lot. He wouldn't even look at the security tape (Publix supermarket) showing the criminals breaking into the truck and driving away with it!

The guy who owned the rig and P car should consider himself very lucky to get any help trying to locate his stuff. It's been my experience that unless there's physical injury or a weapon involved in any theft case the police do very little after taking a report in cases like this. "I'm sorry for your loss, here's your case number".
May 28, 2011 3:14 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork

Don't most state Patrols have "High Pursuit" cars? I have a friend in the Illinois State Police that has an unmarked '03 Mach 1 that he uses for high speed chases for situations like this.
May 28, 2011 10:53 p.m. ckosacranoid Dork

man that sucks he ride is stolen and everything else...and not even getting the chance to drive it once..that really bites....good luck to the dude for getting anywhere with it....a-holes these days....
May 29, 2011 12:18 a.m. Osterkraut SuperDork

Wait, wait, I got it...

Because Racecar!
May 29, 2011 4:03 a.m. MitchellC Dork

MrJoshua wrote:

In reply to rebelgtp:

In our community they are supposed to call off the chase if it gets too dangerous.

That seems like a strong incentive to get it too dangerous. They should say that dangerous car chases are called off... so that the snipers in helicopters can be given more room.

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