episodic
Lifer
My mom (72 years old)'s car just got stolen. She has a heart condition and lives in a neighborhood that has been falling apart the last 10 years. The only reason she stays is she owns her house and you can't sell houses in this area. It was a 92 tercel. She used it to make a trip around town and to the doctor twice a month.
It had 50,000 actual miles.
Sigh. She makes in on a small pension and social security. She doesn't have alot save for another car and I'm in the middle of a move and I am tapped financially to the hilt and have no credit to let her have.
She only had liability insurance. She called the police at 8:00 - it is an hour later and still no officer has arrived to take a report. I figure the car has already been disassembled.
I wish I were doing well now so I could help her more. I'm 'just' making it with the wife off for a major knee surgery.
Sigh.
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Update:
Well it seems the police found the car in front of an apartment housing complex.Guess they are not going to bother seeing who in the small apartment complex actually stole it - it seems. I guess they don't do things like dusting for prints and running them against people in the system already and stuff - - but I digress.
They towed it to a mechanic shop, and it seems the lads (or girls) that stole it didn't know how to drive a standard shift and completely burned out the clutch on it. Well, of course it already cost her 100$ for the tow and the guy that it was towed to will charge 500$ to do the clutch - or she can spend another 100$ and have it towed somewhere else. I'm just glad they found it, but at least she has the money to handle it.
It had 50,000 actual miles.
Sigh. She makes in on a small pension and social security. She doesn't have alot save for another car and I'm in the middle of a move and I am tapped financially to the hilt and have no credit to let her have.
She only had liability insurance. She called the police at 8:00 - it is an hour later and still no officer has arrived to take a report. I figure the car has already been disassembled.
I wish I were doing well now so I could help her more. I'm 'just' making it with the wife off for a major knee surgery.
Sigh.
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Update:
Well it seems the police found the car in front of an apartment housing complex.Guess they are not going to bother seeing who in the small apartment complex actually stole it - it seems. I guess they don't do things like dusting for prints and running them against people in the system already and stuff - - but I digress.
They towed it to a mechanic shop, and it seems the lads (or girls) that stole it didn't know how to drive a standard shift and completely burned out the clutch on it. Well, of course it already cost her 100$ for the tow and the guy that it was towed to will charge 500$ to do the clutch - or she can spend another 100$ and have it towed somewhere else. I'm just glad they found it, but at least she has the money to handle it.
