So my wife went to pick up her car today at the Newark Tow Yard. As I thought, it was stripped and damaged to the point of being undriveable. The steering wheel was damaged and airbag missing (they are apparently the hottest item on the car for thieves), the side skirts were ripped off, the rims were gone and replaced with spare tires/doughnuts, the front license plate damaged, the ignition ripped out with wiring exposed, shift and emergency brake knobs missing. No telling what damage was done under the hood, since I haven't gone home to check yet. The insurance appraiser should be checking it out today. Oddly enough the cat-back Tanabe exhaust was still there (probably too old and dented for the thieves to do anything with it). BTW- Again, I'm not using a real photo of the car here, just one I found to illustrate the point since I haven't seen the real car yet.

Did I mention I hate car thieves?

Tags: theft, stolen, honda, civic, police, recover