04-08-2014, 09:05 PM
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#3181
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Originally Posted by jaydorn
Coming home to a big white pick up truck parked in our reserved spot. Yes I could probably get them towed tonight if I made a big stink, but I'm gonna pull the nice guy card and leave a note. Still grinds my gears.
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in situations like this, always ask yourself, what would 4x4 do?
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04-09-2014, 05:53 AM
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#3182
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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When your entire neighborhood blacks out GMG.
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04-09-2014, 06:09 AM
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#3183
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
When your entire neighborhood blacks out GMG.
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Coachhill is blackedout
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04-09-2014, 06:44 AM
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#3184
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SHOGUN
Coachhill is blackedout
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It's back now. Thank god. We have Shaw coming over later.
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04-09-2014, 08:30 AM
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#3185
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Flacker
To add something that might actually be of value. A brake system is a closed loop, meaning that it shouldn't get dirty. I don't know that I have ever replaced brake fluid unless I was actually replacing parts.
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Errrr....not quite.
Brake fluid is hydroscopic, and degrades over time as it pulls in moisture. My car's manufacturer (Honda) [and I'm sure other car manufacturers as well] recommends changing/flushing the brake fluid at certain intervals (time or mileage based). To not do so isn't particularly wise, in my view.
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04-09-2014, 08:33 AM
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#3186
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jaydorn
Coming home to a big white pick up truck parked in our reserved spot. Yes I could probably get them towed tonight if I made a big stink, but I'm gonna pull the nice guy card and leave a note. Still grinds my gears.
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give them one warning only. Same thing happened to me, left a note. They parked there again two days later. Had them towed. Watched the guy chase the tow truck down the street.
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04-09-2014, 08:37 AM
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#3187
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Lifetime Suspension
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If you don't see your vehicle get towed, how do you know it was towed and not stolen?
I've always wondered that.
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04-09-2014, 08:48 AM
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#3188
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strombad
If you don't see your vehicle get towed, how do you know it was towed and not stolen?
I've always wondered that.
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I stupidly parked downtown a decade and a half ago around 3pm and came back to no vehicle. I panicked for about 30 seconds and then read the fine print on the parking sign.
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04-09-2014, 08:53 AM
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#3189
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strombad
If you don't see your vehicle get towed, how do you know it was towed and not stolen?
I've always wondered that.
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Give the impound lot a call and ask them if they have it, is a good start...
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04-09-2014, 09:04 AM
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#3190
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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If it's a Honda, it was probably stolen. If it's not, it was probably towed.
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04-09-2014, 09:06 AM
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#3191
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strombad
If you don't see your vehicle get towed, how do you know it was towed and not stolen?
I've always wondered that.
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I would assume that when you try to file a police report and they run the plate it would show it was towed.
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04-09-2014, 09:06 AM
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#3192
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Lifetime Suspension
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Or if it's a Dodge Ram.
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04-09-2014, 09:07 AM
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#3193
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG
I would assume that when you try to file a police report and they run the plate it would show it was towed.
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Doubtful, why would the police be notified? That's not their job.
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04-09-2014, 09:12 AM
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#3194
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strombad
If you don't see your vehicle get towed, how do you know it was towed and not stolen?
I've always wondered that.
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When my car was stolen I called 911. The first thing they did was checked the impound records.
I remember because the car was stolen from the 39th ave LRT station. At that point I was hoping it was impounded- better than being stolen and I was walking distance from the impound lot.
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04-09-2014, 09:16 AM
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#3195
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by puckluck2
Doubtful, why would the police be notified? That's not their job.
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Don't the two systems "talk" to each other?
If the vehicle is towed it will end up in Manchester, and if it is stolen and recovered it will end up in Manchester. If the Police tow a vehicle from a check stop it goes to Manchester.
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04-09-2014, 09:43 AM
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#3196
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Don't the two systems "talk" to each other?
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Nope.
Also if your vehicle is "taken" (be it stolen or towed) before you call ANYONE...make sure you have your plate number. Speeds every process up quite a bit. When you are asked your plate and your answer is "Um...uh...well...should be around here somewhere...I think...um...."
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04-09-2014, 09:44 AM
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#3197
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
When my car was stolen I called 911.
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Why would you call 911? Unless you saw the guy driving off in it, of course...
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04-09-2014, 09:45 AM
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#3198
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by puckluck2
Or if it's a Dodge Ram.
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Ford F150.  Stolen at least 3x more than any other vehicle in Calgary.
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04-09-2014, 09:47 AM
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#3199
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by puckluck2
Doubtful, why would the police be notified? That's not their job.
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Because if the police don't have a way of checking if a car was towend and not stolen and they open up a case file every time that seems like a lot of paperwork to do to close out the file when the person finds it was towed.
Checking the Impoound database makes a lot of sense before entering it as a stolen vehicle.
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04-09-2014, 09:48 AM
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#3200
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Ford F150. Stolen at least 3x more than any other vehicle in Calgary. |
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