To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis here:
will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!
one out of many daves - 12 Dec 2007 03:04 GMT
Sorry for your loss KLS.
Yes there is hope. They probably only went for a test drive and when
they run out of gas they will park it somewhere.
Did you post a picture of your car everywhere close to you and explain
that it is a stolen vehicle?
Craigslist.org
here and elsewhere?
> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis here:
> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!
KLS - 12 Dec 2007 12:34 GMT
The county sheriff knows about it, and so does the public safety
department of my university. Craigslist is an interesting idea: I'll
check it out.
>Sorry for your loss KLS.
>
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>> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
>> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!
Me - 12 Dec 2007 05:58 GMT
> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis here:
> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!
we just don't think that such opportunists are lingering around.....or maybe
watching our every move.
a friend had his motor cycle pinched, this was many years back, and when
eventually returned after a few weeks only, it was in better condition than
before it disappeared :-)
just recently my father had his £1500 Ifor Williams trailer taken, he only
went out for 1 hour returning to find it gone...............nobody saw
nuffink as they say in the smoke. Opportunists watching all the
time............. I say.
The big Q is will it ever be returned as the USA is much larger than the UK.
Dano58 - 12 Dec 2007 13:07 GMT
> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis here:
> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!
That sucks, KLS, sorry to hear that..... I would think you'd be able
to get another early '00's A4 for well under $20k, either a B5 like
your 98.5 or an early B6 (2002 or 2003).
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
KLS - 12 Dec 2007 14:37 GMT
>> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
>> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
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>to get another early '00's A4 for well under $20k, either a B5 like
>your 98.5 or an early B6 (2002 or 2003).
There's a green 04 A4 1.8 with Tiptronic and 41k miles at my local
shop, asking for $17,400, but I'm leaning toward a brand new Mazda3
for fuel and repair economy. Decisions!