My H2 Stolen

[KenP]

Can we have Elk next time we're in CO?

[CO Hummer]

After doing some analysis I've found that it's pretty much a draw between East coast vs. Colorado wheeling.

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by KenP

Can we have Elk next time we're in CO?

No problem!

Wait a few months until the weather gets a little better.

[Hummer Geek]

Cops detail elaborate car thefts
September 18, 2006
BY MAUREEN O'DONNELL Staff Reporter
Call it the case of the car-cloning con artists.
Police say an audacious trio of scammers may have duped more than 50 people into buying stolen vehicles through a slick scheme that switched vehicle identification numbers.
"Now we have the unpleasant duty of knocking on their door to say: 'It's stolen. It's not yours. We gotta take it,'" said Grand Central Area Chicago Police Lt. Rick Batrich.
The theft ring, which focused mostly on high-end sport-utility vehicles such as Escalades and Tahoes, turned a "tremendous profit," said Cmdr. Dean Andrews.
In just one of the dozens of cases, the trio turned a $1,000 investment into a $20,000 profit. Here's how it worked, Andrews said Sunday:
?The suspects traveled to several states to buy salvage cars that had been in wrecks.
?Brought the vehicles to Illinois and retitled them.
?Scoured city neighborhoods for identical cars and obtained the VINs by scanning them through windshields or other spots.
?Obtained keys from locksmiths for the matching cars targeted to be stolen. (They used registration papers from the lookalike salvage cars and claimed to be owners who had been locked out.)
?Drove off in the stolen cars, removed their VINs and replaced them with VINs from the salvage cars.
?Placed ads in papers -- including the Chicago Sun-Times -- offering the re-tagged vehicles for sale.
Quick turnaround


Charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle were "ringleaders" Jacob Lunga, 30, of the 5300 block of South Massasoit, and his girlfriend Rene Covert, 22, as well as Silviu Angel, 20, of North Carolina. Lunga and Angel, who are from Romania, call each other "cousins" but are not related, police said. Lunga and Covert, who have a child, have previous burglary convictions.
The theft ring's headquarters? A one-car Chicago garage outfitted with an engine hoist, rivets, many VIN tags and a turnaround time that rivaled a NASCAR pit crew, detectives said.
After seeing a suspected stolen vehicle enter the garage, officers executed a search warrant and found that "within 10 minutes, they had over half of the VIN tags removed,'' Andrews said.
"This is not an amateur operation," he said. "They were very good at what they did."
The investigation took two months, and it is believed the plot continued for more than a year, according to police.
The ring stole cars from police districts including Albany Park, Grand Central, Jefferson Park, Rogers Park and Town Hall, and sold them to buyers in the city and suburbs, detectives said.
"We anticipate a lot more charges," Andrews said, adding that the scam was uncovered through the work of Batrich, Sgt. Philip Cappitelli and Detectives Stanley Colon, Steve Murrin and Sean Callaghan. Lunga, Covert and Angel are expected to make a Sept. 22 court appearance.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

No problem!

Wait a few months until the weather gets a little better.

I have no desire to visit you in that kind of weather. Nothing personal, but forgetaboutit.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by KenP

I have no desire to visit you in that kind of weather. Nothing personal, but forgetaboutit.

I do I do I do

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by PARAGON

I do I do I do

Great! You can do my shoveling for me.

My Dad was a still a touch under 70yrs old when I made him shovel my H2 out.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Great! You can do my shoveling for me.

My Dad was a still a touch under 70yrs old when I made him shovel my H2 out.

does that shovel have an engine? I really don't use much of anything unless it has some type of motor

[KenP]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Great! You can do my shoveling for me.

My Dad was a still a touch under 70yrs old when I made him shovel my H2 out.

No way, brotha.

[johndjmix1]

Paragon: I have a place out in NY and we take the ATV's up there a lot, or at least we use to until I was introduced to Colorado by my x girlfriend.

Didnt really expect the dust out here, that I dont like......but the amount of area's to go is hard to beleave!

--John

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by johndjmix1

Paragon: I have a place out in NY and we take the ATV's up there a lot, or at least we use to until I was introduced to Colorado by my x girlfriend.

Didnt really expect the dust out here, that I dont like......but the amount of area's to go is hard to beleave!

--John

now, see. be careful before you run around with a mouth full of foot.

There is much more than Paragon on the east coast and most none of it offers any views, but accomplishing obstacles can be done anywhere and doesn't require a view. Some people enjoy wheeling obstacle strewn places such as Paragon. If you pushed your truck, you could find all you ever wanted to do in those thousands of acres.

Some places have just a few trails on less than 1000 acres but the trails are technically difficult and take a day to traverse. They also change from visit to visit. They are pretty awesome. I could wheel K-rocks every weekend for years and be content and it's less than 1000 acres and certainly offers no views.

So, learn to squeeze when speak ass, head's busy.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by Hummerster

Come wheel some real rocks..

you wouldn't know a rock if it hit ya in the head

[KenP]

Originally Posted by PARAGON

you wouldn't know a rock if it hit ya in the head

I thought one did.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by Hummerster

I know a Hummer when its strapped behind my Jeep being dragged over rocks.

hahaha a puny little Jeep trying to pull a 8Klb Hummer. Likely story.

[Agriv8r]

Originally Posted by Hummerster

I got proof, wanna see it. Check your PM's..

Just when you thought a thread could not get anymore useless, Hummerster shows up.

[johndjmix1]

lol this is cracking me up

--John

[corvo]

Onstar called today to tell me they can't find my car. Whittier Police dept. has yet to come by my business to veiw the video.. I did get some good advice and gathered up maintenance records and some pictures as well as what my model is selling for in a local market. Still can't believe they had a key. I will definetly put Lojak in the next one. Well I have another week or so to wait.

[ZigsRig]

Originally Posted by PARAGON

So, learn to squeeze when speak ass, head's busy.

WTF, did you forget to use your spell check again?

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by ZigsRig

WTF, did you forget to use your spell check again?

Well there, giggly little ziggy boy. There was no need for spell check since nothing was mispelled except maybe in your warped bizzaro world.

[DDWH]

Originally Posted by Agriv8r

Just when you thought a thread could not get anymore useless, Hummerster shows up.