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My friend and I got both of our cars stolen out of the same lot at the same time! It was a warm Tuesday in 1994, mid-March (rare), and I decided to get the car out of the garage for the first time since winter. Drove it to the shop, and after work washed it up. My buddy and a few friends all met down the street at a local pub for "pizza night'. The bar is right on a main drag here. He parked his gleaming white 1986 IROC on the West side of the bar, I parked my spotless all-original white 1984 Monte Carlo SS on the East side. We all had a good time eatin' pizza, throwin' darts, havin' a few beers. My friend decided to leave , then after a minute or so, came back in and asked which one of us fools moved his car! We all laughed....then I noticed he was not kidding. I ran out with him and his car was gone! I then spotted a 1985 Grand Am 4 door in the lot with a busted left rear door glass, and it was running....STOLEN. I had a sick feeling...I ran to the East side of the bar and my freakin car was GONE. I whipped my keys against the side of the building in disgust. Long story short....we called the cops, and made reports, and went car hunting the next day in a certain part of town where stolen cars end up. His was finally found by police smashed up against a pole. I got a call 2 nights later from the city impound. My Monte had been thrashed, but still ran...sorta. We found out later from police that the Grand Am was stolen a few blocks away by 2 highschool punks, and as they were heading back to the "hood", decided that the Monte annd IROC were much better targets. They were witnessed racing down a certain street in the hood by a cop on a traffic stop later that night. Getting your car stolen sucks...especially when you finally get it back...you feel like you have been violated to some respect. I parked the Monte and left it alone for months. I felt sorry for it. After awhile, I decided to get her cleaned up and back together again....and I owned it for 4 more years...but I NEVER let it out of my sight ANYWHERE after that.
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