My car got pwned... Options

[GaiaTCO]

Some punks jacked my engine and hood, what am i gonna do? I can stand inside of my engine bay and pretend to be driving but thats about as far as i can go... this is like a nightmare but its not ending!

[Digndoug]

The engine was installed in the car? or outside of it? Pics??

[Kwanza26]

[GaiaTCO]

I parked my car in the street like regular people do except when i came out something was missing when i got into the car and put the keys in the ignition...

[Batman722]

This is such BS. You walked out and didn't notice your hood was gone ? BS all the way. If you said the engine was in a garage and it was broken into it would be a bit more believable...

[GaiaTCO]

dude its pitch black when i get out of the house and i walk up to my car from behind and get in i didnt notice anything until the car didnt start and i still didnt notice it until i went to pop the hood ill try to find a camera from a friend to show you

[Jaws4God]

wow... never imagined that happening.... i don't know how i'd react to that. i'm sorry

[GaiaTCO]

parents came home gonna have a talk with them ill keep you guys posted and try to get pics as soon as i can

[x_itchy_b_x]

time to buy replacement 5sfe gerbils, i think pet co has sum. that would suck i hope u get sumthing real nice out of this.

[Akimbo]

Who would steal a 5s?

[psyko]

ya thats retarded, someone made alot of effort! wow i'm amazed. Sounds like u needed an alarm . i got an alarm as soon as some people got in my car and stole the stero, they tried to hotwire it from the steering wheel, but i guess they couldn't . ya anyway u need an alarm once u get a new engine. oh and parking in the street is a no no. thats the one night my shot got took was in the street.

[Batman722]

when you opened the door and no light came on ( interior or door open on dash) did you notice something awary then ?

BS

[OOBE]

Haha good feckin' story. It made me laugh a lot.

[creis]

Jezz, your saying that someone spent a night in pitch black conditions to jack a 5s. That is just a horrible thing, its kinda funny though.

I'm thinking BS on this. you have to be really out of it not to realize your motor and hood is gone. Plus the noise that taking an engine out would wake someone up.

[capncrakhed]

BS

its not like removing an engine is like popping out a battery out of a flashlight and replacing it

you mean to tell me....someone(s) cracked open your hood, unplugged every hose/wire/electronic component, removed all bolts and nuts, dropped the transmission out, and used an engine lift (without removing the hood no less) to wheel your engine out of the bay and down the street....all within a night without anyone hearing/seeing this??

and they call me a crackhead

[Kwanza26]

[Anub1s]

yeah you could do it in a shop. Getting one of our engines out especially in a GT is a hard thing to do. And like everyone was saying I think that this is BS. You can't just jack an engine in the middle of the night without someone seeing something. Unless you live near a bunch of people that don't give a crap about what goes on in there neighborhood, and you were stoned/drunk off your ass. How could you not notice something wrong there? Simply amazing if this is true but I call BS.

[Consynx]

are your parents loaded?

what i get out of this is a good plan without complete logic.
Parents are loaded, you want 3S w/ top-mount of C-One hood
you get sum ppl to take engine and hood, show parents and want to claim it or w/e

[rjbibeau]

damn ricers ran outta hondas i guess and are slowly migrating to toyotas noooooo.

[rjbibeau]

don't you have to drop the engine craddle to get the engine out? unless you unbolt the tranny i guess. maybe they took the car somewhere stripped it and gave it back....

[Ale_lock]

[Gilbert_619]

this is some funny stuff...that is like the biggest waste of time....how did they ever get that beast out....i would have love to seen your face tho....turning the key and no go hahhahahh best thing ever i bet....look out in your hood for a go cart with that engine cuz i hope its not going in a car hahaha

[rjbibeau]

i mean i could see it happening to a 3sgte but a 5sfe come on get real.

[SlowCelica94]

The front end would be really high in the front too.

[LuDaChRiS]

damn dude where in Torrance do you live??? And damn for all that trouble to jack an engine they might as well have just took the whole car. Either BS or some real stupid thieves.

[Digndoug]

I dont understand why somone would do it to a toyota. I know my Dad knew a few guys that would go into his restruant that would steal engines. It was in B-more. Mostly corvette engines though, or bmws/ benz's .. The would rip the hood off, one guy would un bolt everything or cut it.. then the three/four guys would rap chains around it and then pull it out and throw it into the van witch would be right next to the car. Dont know how long or what was involved, but they did it. The also offerd to give my dad a new vette engine for a tab at the bar.. lol

[dabbill]

24 hour parts service, my stepdad use to drive around with a 10 foot flat bed trailer. Then in his truck he had air compressor and full line of tools, and would take orders durning the day and get parts at night with his buddies. Pretty F'd up if ya ask me, but he did it :/

[turboinduction]

BS Flag

Remanu'd 5S costs 400 bucks if that

And anyone would notice that the engine was out. Your a brand new member probably comming from another board to make a story and see if people believe. Even if you have pictures, chances are you are doing a swap. Story is BS. You drive a 3000 dollar car pal.

-Ti

Boo on Liars

[Defgeph]

Post some pics ...... I'd like to take a look.

But for now, BS all the way.

[kdash]

aww c'mon give the guy a break it's not his fault that someone stole his 5s...lol that theif sure is amazing he got time to take out all the bolts axels and everything...c'mon what's you secret you can tell us doing a swap or something? other than that i don't think anyone believes your story. for you this is what i'll give you BS.

This post has been edited by kdash: Oct 7, 2004 - 5:44 PM

[Ale_lock]

Well I call bs but I aint gonna sh1t on the guy, there are retarded criminals out there so you can never really know...

[redtcel]

[DamDirtyApes]

anyone whos smart enough to be able to steal an engine like that would know that that engine is worthless.

[GaiaTCO]

yea the story would be pretty hard to believe if i read it myself but its much easier to believe when i look at my car. i had a talk with my parents and they said it was my car and i could do what i wanted but it was a better idea to just junk the car. ill get pics as soon as i can

[Mynzeyes]

i can pull the motor in about 2-3 hrs w/ 1 or 2 people helping. but, everything else is kinda odd...they woulda needed a cherry picker and all that...

[OOBE]

The front end would raised and when he sat down he would've noticed the big difference in the feeling. But I guess he's a knucklehead kid.

[GaiaTCO]

I honestly didnt notice anything when i got in my car, maybe i was sleepy or something but everything seemed fine when i got in.

[creis]

as much as i dont belive the story, i can understand not realizing the motor was gone, I get up at 6am for school and i'm practicly dead (i stay up to late) but i would probibly not notice if my motor was gone till tryed starting it. if the hood was still on, and did not have any major damage. I doubt this story is real but if it is I would love to congragulate they guys that did that, for a great job of being fast, and quiet, but most of all for there down right stupidity, and worthless effort.

[Celica2085TA]

smells fishy

[pistatio56]

[forkee]

sheesh, it sounds like they went thru alot to just take the engine and hood. why didnt they take a chainsaw and hack the front clip. or like someone said, jsut jack the whole car. maybe it was that honda car post in off topic that has the trd sticker. hes the foo that took ur engine.

[chucho]

honestly nobody is going to believe this story till you have some pics and even then your gonna get questioned

[GaiaTCO]

well i just got home and my car is gone. i asked my neighbors and she said my car was towed at around 11am while i was in school

[1bwilson]

And the plot thickens................

[GaiaTCO]

nah not really i didnt have it towed yet but maybe my parents did?

[LatinKraze]

What color is it? and I might buy the shell off of you with whatever is still intact.

[jojobombiest]

I've heard of things like this happening in fresno, CA (the worse car theft city in america). They usually have a truck and tow it to their garage, strip all the parts they can, then put it back where it was... but ive only heard of them taking things like exhaust, sunroofs, seats, hoods etc... never an actual ENGINE.

[Coomer]

There's lots of people around Yakima that steal cars to take the engines(and other stuff) out of them, but those are typically Hondas with the sought-after B18C1/5s and B16As and stuff like that. But it happens a lot.

A couple of my friends were tempted to buy dirt-cheap stolen motors for their Hondas(and one was gonna pay another guy $500 to steal a SRT-4 for the engine for his Neon), but I convinced them otherwise.