Theft-proof car stolen...
From
MS/NBC comes this story of "The Mystery of the Missing Car"
bq. My white 2003 Honda Civic hybrid is a marvelous machine: it converts regular gasoline, battery-stored electricity and environmental sanctimony into forward motion at a tenacious 45 miles to the gallon. My wife and I affectionately named it Honky.
bq. But last Christmas, three months after we bought Honky from a downtown San Francisco Honda dealership, our brand-new car was transporting us at a disappointing zero miles to the gallon. It had mysteriously disappeared from the street in front of our house while we were on vacation.
It was one of the new Honda hybrid (gas-electric) hybrids that had an extensive anti-theft system. One thing that is also of interest is that the owners information was stolen (title and registration), this is a precursor to identity theft so I hope the author is taking precautions.
Posted by DaveH at February 17, 2004 7:39 PM