Car got stolen again and again

York Heiden of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S is one unlucky crime victim. His car got stolen, found it, and got stolen again! His pearl-colored 1990 V8 Audi Quattro was stolen from a grocery store parking lot while his wife was running errands. The keys had been left inside the car. Heiden called some friends, and the car was found about a block from the grocery store but the keys were gone. After removing a bag of pet food, mail, and other personal items, Heiden asked a mechanic friend to disable the car's ignition. The mechanic removed a coil wire. Heiden, assured that his car is safe now, went back to pick up a spare key.

When he got back with the spare key, he got a shock of his life when his car was no longer there! "I was speechless, All I could do was hold the key up in my hand and look at it" Heiden said. What happen was the mechanic forgot that a V8 engine has two coil wires, one each for four cylinders. With only four of the car's eight cylinders disabled, the car still was mobile enough to be stolen a second time, apparently by the same thief.

Heiden got a call Wednesday, saying police found the car with a broken headlight and a piece of interior trim. A parts supplier spotted it in the same neighborhood. It's amazing that the car could be found since it's a rare version worth at least $4,000 because it had a V-8 engine. So, What lesson did Heiden learn from his ordeal? "Don't leave your keys in the ignition," he said. "And if you find it, do not leave it."

Think this story is bizarre? Hold your breath, here's more. In June '07 in Malaysia, a man said to be smartly dressed man walked into a Porsche showroom, flashed a cheque book, coolly asked for the key of the 911 Targa 4, started it and sped off after crashing it through the showroom’s glass pane. However, the thief abandoned the car just two km away because it ran out of petrol.

The local police then towed it back to their compound. Just nine hours later, the thief returned with a canister of petrol to the local police station where the car had been towed and drove off the Porsche right inside the police compound!

Embarrassed, they frantically setup roadblocks and search for the vehicle and fortune enough for them to recover the car 15km away after the thief ditched the car realising that roadblocks has been setup.

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