[tempnow987]

One note, in some cities the parking folks don't talk to police, so if your car is stolen you can start checking for tickets. This used to result in pretty quick hits. I had my car stolen 3 times and recovered it each time, unfortunately in progressively worse condition.

Once I found folks in it. Cops said basically nothing would happen to them if I tried to pursue anything so I didn't do anything because they were in neighborhood and I didn't want a beef with them if there was really no consequence.

[rahimnathwani]

"I had my car stolen 3 times"

I'm curious: does the above make you think the car will be stolen again pretty soon? If so, does that cause you ongoing stress?

[tempnow987]

No, it was an older car (so easy to steal). After it had been trashed (radio ripped out, trunk wouldn't close properly) it had no real value anymore.

The thieves would normally steal it and kill battery (because of damage you had to really fiddle with it to get trunk light off etc). So I'd find it in a parking spot.

They did seem to sometimes use it to hang out in, which is how I ran into them in it. I think in some cases they used these stolen cars to store stuff so I'd do a quick search before taking it back.

Only really annoying thing was that it would have been trivial for cops to a) recover these given the citation data was already in a city system and b) void out the citations given car was reported stolen.

[thereddaikon]

You guys really need to move to nicer areas.

[CabSauce]

The nicer areas are where the best cars to steal are located.