<div>Great idea for an automobile mystery writer (remember Billy Joel's "real estate novelist"?) but this morning, Peggy at Koons Ford in College Park gave me the bad news on my historic 1984 set of wheels and Roland, you and I are both outta luck. Me on length of constant registration, insurance, you on theory. The clunker holder must be able to prove that the clunker has been registered and insured to that same person for the past 12 months. That's where I came up short. I tool Granny's Fleetwood Brougham (74,000 original miles !!!) off the road for a few years to avoid paying crazy car insurance with a young driver on my plan. Didn't get it re-registered, re-tagged and insured again until late last year so I won't be getting a new, greener Ford. </div>
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<div>So, no car thefts are gonna be profitting from their ill-gotten gains at Mr. Walker's expense.</div>
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<div>But, Roland, do I have a hell of a deal for you and you can ride off into the sunset in a beautiful set of (brand new rubber, too!) wheels...</div>
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<div>No kidding, this garage-kept car belonged to my now 97-year-old grandmother and has had great care. Gets surprisingly good milage for its ilk.</div>
<div><br>Jeffrey Yorke<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Roland Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walker@pobox.com">walker@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Nope, clean run away and not so much as a postcard.<br><br>Though I had a sentimental attachment to the car, it was not in great<br>
shape. My theory is that it was stolen as a trade-in for Cash for<br>Clunkers. The theft was just days before the program started. It is<br>my understanding that under that program the car would be destroyed,<br>which seems like a good way to hide a stolen car.<br>
<br>I'll be interested if any news stories explore that angle.<br><font color="#888888"><br>R<br></font>
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<div class="h5"><br>On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Lou King<<a href="mailto:lking@knob.com">lking@knob.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Roland,<br>> Any word on your car? Or is someone else still enjoying your ride?<br>
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