In previous posts in other sections i have mentioned the unfortunate lack of prosecution or rather enforcement of stringent prison terms for those caught with grand larceny of a vehicle, possession of stolen vehicle, chop shop, stolen parts, etc.
With all the vtech hondas i seized and destroyed that were a mix of stolen engines, transmissions, frames, bodies, etc, most got probation or very little prison terms, mostly in the 3-5 year range. Most major cities and even smaller cities and townships are facing extremely high court costs and pleading out just to cut costs. To us, car fanatics, cars are worth more than just the $$, blood and sweat. Its personal pride, especially our cult following. Most legal gurus or prosecutors, or even attorney generals know that to stay in office, they have to be hard on crime, like domestic violence, drugs, murder, robberies, gun crimes. Most regard stolen cars as a "property crime." It sucks, and a huge violation of our sanctity.
These cars have been hot since their inception and always will be hot. The people i know, never let the cars leave their sight. It broke my heart 2 weeks ago when a GN i sold to a young guy in Detroit was stolen out of his driveway when he was away from it for 30min or less on a Saturday morning to drive his g/f to work. People are pathetic.
More and more to keep events going, we will have to budget money for security. At BPG we had people at hotels and local law enforcement was well aware of the disaster that happened at BG and flat out would be inexcusable to happen at our event. Its pathetic that anywhere now especially in the last few years, we have seen not only in Buicks, but tracks all over the country, entire setups being stolen. People are more brazen than ever. There is no reason not to be CCW certified especially when driving one of these cars. It may seem extreme but I firmly believe in it.
Glad to see through all the text messages and phone calls I made with some LEO personnel that Billy was able to get his setup back together. Watch your back. I am pissed as im sure Billy is at the short terms/and probation this crew got. Its unfortunate that a stolen vehicle, a direct violation, is regarded as only a property crime. Its ridiculous!
Also one tip i see a lot of guys making in selling their turbo regal. And also if selling one of these cars to someone unknown or for that matter anyone, meet at a NEUTRAL location. It takes a dumb criminal only a few minutes to scan his eyes all over your place and see what else you have in your home or garage. USE COMMON SENSE! I cant believe people invite someone they dont know or never met aka absolute strange to their home to show everything to them. Go to a gas station especially a well known one to show a car. I typically like BPs because they put a lot of surveillance cameras. Or a local Sunoco station because i know the owners and everyone there. I always show up early as well to check out the area. Think like a criminal and you will beat them at their own game!
