DAMN KIDS/THIEVES!!!!
So I go outside and my truck is gone! I didn't have it in the garage b/c I've had some stuff from work taking alot of space up the last week. I call the police... while I'm filling out the report over the phone, the officer says... hold on! We might have just found your vehicle. She says I'll call you back. Sure enough, that was it. So in a 5 min span of finding my vehicle missing, the police had located it (that was the upside).
Now the bad part! IT WAS IN A POND! (Insert F bombs!)
There's a few lakes / ponds surrounding my neighborhood. Apparently some kids thought my truck would be a good swimming companion. Then decided to pull out my navigation/head unit.
I was scheduled to go pick up the new duramax tomorrow as we've been waiting on the lift to get installed. This truck was getting traded in b/c the taxes were gonna kill me if I sold it to an individual. The deal was locked in, I had already paid for the lift and now this!
But heres the worst part! It might not even get totalled. I don't know if there's enough damage to total it, as the damage would have to equal $17,000. Water was into the cab, and according to my brick layer (who saw them pulling it out of the water) the water was up to my mirrors, but the truck was at a steep angle. I know the engine was totally submerged, and I heard the electronics clicking when I was looking into the truck. The front floorboards were totally soaked, but not the back. I don't know if the power seats are totalled or what, they were still working at the time. This is going to be a bad deal if they don't total this thing.
So we've had the good, the bad, and the worst parts. Now the dumbest part.... I left my keys in the ignition. It's habit... I have a garage and truck is normally in there. BUT I always lock it w/ the keys inside. I have a keypad that allows me in. I don't know how they could have got in, unless I didn't lock it, as the window wasn't busted.
The bright side to this whole thing is, one of my neighbors supposedly has a camera that might pick up part of my driveway (according to the police). I haven't asked around yet, but we'll see.
All this, a week before memorial weekend! Luckily almost all my friends have trucks w/ trailer hitches.
Now the bad part! IT WAS IN A POND! (Insert F bombs!)
There's a few lakes / ponds surrounding my neighborhood. Apparently some kids thought my truck would be a good swimming companion. Then decided to pull out my navigation/head unit. I was scheduled to go pick up the new duramax tomorrow as we've been waiting on the lift to get installed. This truck was getting traded in b/c the taxes were gonna kill me if I sold it to an individual. The deal was locked in, I had already paid for the lift and now this!
But heres the worst part! It might not even get totalled. I don't know if there's enough damage to total it, as the damage would have to equal $17,000. Water was into the cab, and according to my brick layer (who saw them pulling it out of the water) the water was up to my mirrors, but the truck was at a steep angle. I know the engine was totally submerged, and I heard the electronics clicking when I was looking into the truck. The front floorboards were totally soaked, but not the back. I don't know if the power seats are totalled or what, they were still working at the time. This is going to be a bad deal if they don't total this thing.
So we've had the good, the bad, and the worst parts. Now the dumbest part.... I left my keys in the ignition. It's habit... I have a garage and truck is normally in there. BUT I always lock it w/ the keys inside. I have a keypad that allows me in. I don't know how they could have got in, unless I didn't lock it, as the window wasn't busted.
The bright side to this whole thing is, one of my neighbors supposedly has a camera that might pick up part of my driveway (according to the police). I haven't asked around yet, but we'll see.
All this, a week before memorial weekend! Luckily almost all my friends have trucks w/ trailer hitches.
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jk
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