LearnedButt
Active Member
At work on Friday afternoon, and one of the women in my office comes in and says "there's a guy under your truck".
I run out in time to see a man and a woman speeding away. I walk down to my truck, knowing exactly what I was going to find, and yep. The bastards got my catalytic converter.
I called the cops, gave them the plate, make, model, year of the vehicle, description of the perps, and stated my observations were good enough to ID them in a line up. However, I doubt that they will catch them, or even put any effort into it, because where I live (California), we've effectively legalized theft.
On the off chance my info leads to an arrest and conviction, however, I'm going ham at the restitution portion. As an attorney, I've done restitution hearings before, and I know how to make them suffer.
So my truck is at the dealer and I'm in a holding pattern. Talking with the guy in the service department, and he's saying the Cat theft has gotten so bad of late that nobody can get their hands on replacements. He says it could take anywhere from a week if the stars align, or three months if things go bad. I told him this is going to exceed my comprehensive deductible, so if it costs 10 grand to expedite it, that's what it costs.
Good thing I have my NC750X. No idea how I will be able to take the kids to school, but maybe I can strap them to a Dale's rack?
I run out in time to see a man and a woman speeding away. I walk down to my truck, knowing exactly what I was going to find, and yep. The bastards got my catalytic converter.
I called the cops, gave them the plate, make, model, year of the vehicle, description of the perps, and stated my observations were good enough to ID them in a line up. However, I doubt that they will catch them, or even put any effort into it, because where I live (California), we've effectively legalized theft.
On the off chance my info leads to an arrest and conviction, however, I'm going ham at the restitution portion. As an attorney, I've done restitution hearings before, and I know how to make them suffer.
So my truck is at the dealer and I'm in a holding pattern. Talking with the guy in the service department, and he's saying the Cat theft has gotten so bad of late that nobody can get their hands on replacements. He says it could take anywhere from a week if the stars align, or three months if things go bad. I told him this is going to exceed my comprehensive deductible, so if it costs 10 grand to expedite it, that's what it costs.
Good thing I have my NC750X. No idea how I will be able to take the kids to school, but maybe I can strap them to a Dale's rack?
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