You said that it was insured. I'd learn from your mistake and move on.

 

It's a real shame that the majority of the comments have been "you should've known better". Pretty pathetic when you can't even keep your own property in front of your own house nowadays for fear of it being stolen. I guess I should consider myself fortunate that I live in rural CT where the only thing people would be looking to steal would be farm animals and/or a tractor.

This car is unfortunately in a million pieces by now.

 

Right, two easiest ways to do it I guess. If it is the latter then they need to see your car one day and then return with the right ecu/key perhaps the next day, unless they are close by with lots of these things hanging around. Two trucks and spot and remove the vehicle within 2 minutes.

 

I wasn't trying to make the poor guy feel worse...my point is that at least it was insured and, less the deductible, hopefully he will get his money back and, perhaps, find an even better S2000. Before I escaped to the suburbs, I used to live in the city of Chicago (Lakeview area) and had to park my daily drivers on the street. I'm not the least bit surprised that his car was stolen. I just wish him the best in finding another car and, hopefully, a secure place where he can park it.

 

Man this totally sucks. I'm in CA so probably wont do any good for me to do any searching but i'll still keep my eyes open. I do feel grateful that i can park my racecar in a garage. And that i also live in a very good area, but i hate seeing this happen to other people. Especially when you literally just got it!

 

There have been many cases where these cars shouldn't have been left on the streets of certain big cities, some regions are much worse than others.

In my hometown I could leave the car unlocked in my driveway and never worry about it being stolen or touched in any way, if I drive two hours east I would be afraid to leave it parked on any street for any length of time.

 

Thanks for all of the responses. Yes, I do have insurance and am covered, but this still does suck. I probably won't see any money for the Comptech exhaust or AEM intake that were on the car, or the taxes and plates/registration that I had to pay with the car last week.

I think they cut the top, swap their matching ECU/immobilizer in and put their key in and drive away. Lowlifes. If I ever buy an S2000 again I will never put it on the street. I wasn't even planning on it with this car, but I didn't have an immediate garage available until another week or so.

 

one day, just one day, we'll be able to catch car thieves and put them to death.

sorry to hear.

darcy

 

Terrible to hear man. I know it's just a machine, but I take it that you put in a considerable amount of effort into your car search. Monetary loss is obvious, and hopefully your insurance will meet you all of the way. However, to most of us who wanted these cars in the first place, it's because they meant something to us as car enthusiasts.

The idea of having your priced possession stolen is absolutely horrible. Sorry man.

 

Oh I wasn't putting anyone on blast for it; I was merely referring to how it's the common mentality nowadays....really sad that we need to think this way.