BroughtUpright

WANTED:
Stolen 1992 Porsche 964 Carrera 2 Coupe, VIN # WP0AB296XNS420541
Amazon Green Metallic (actually more of a Dark Blue, Paint Code: L39A), Linen Interior (light grey), 3.6 liter, 5 speed, 97k miles, Sunroof, AC, Cruise Control, Airbags, Bridgestone Potenza S-02 tires on OEM 16" Cup Alloys (6" wide fts/8" wide rears), H&R (Euro Ride Height) Sport Springs, H&R Swaybars, Bilstein Shocks, Alpine Stereo.

Car was in Excellent Condition when stolen the night of March 4, 2015 from my brother's Glendale CA locked home garage. He bought it in SoCal in 1998 with 25k miles and lovingly maintained it ever since but had no current theft insurance.

Should've posted to Porsche Communities right away instead of solely relying on PD...car was probably immediately stripped or shipped...but hopefully better late than never.

If anyone has any info or sees matching parts please PM me.

$2,500 REWARD for car recovery

Ken D

Sorry to hear that. Note that the third character in the VIN should be a zero, not the letter "O".

BroughtUpright

Thx Ken, third digit corrected from O to 0

Ken D

NP. I only mention it, because Googling the VIN will retrieve different results using a 0 vs an O.

Best of luck to you and your brother.

luckyJ

Dat sux! Hope u find her. Law enforcement is a waste of time. Mite consider a PI...in any case very sorry to hear...

BroughtUpright

Yep, thanks again. FWIW, the CA DMV had the VIN as starting with WP0 (zero) but, being green, I thought perhaps they made a mistake after seeing PorschePassion.com spell it as WPO as "sourced from Rennlist and John Miles' 964 website"

u7t2p7

Question: If someone steals a car, holds it for a period of time (weeks, months or longer), creates a phony title and then sells it to an unsuspecting buyer, does the VIN get red flagged at all the RMV's through a national database of stolen cars?

For what it's worth, the VIN of your car has not been reported to the NICB (National Insurance Crime Bureau). This is the message I get when entering your VIN.
WP0AB296XNS420541 has not been identified as a vehicle listed in the VINCheckSM Theft Records.

BroughtUpright

Many thanks yes, my brother had no theft insurance so I assume that's why it's not in the NICB insurance database.

I read there's a national stolen car database, the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

"The 1992 Anti Car Theft Act called for the creation and use of the NMVTIS to stop title fraud; vehicle export inspections to look for stolen vehicles; stiffer penalties for car thieves and chop shop operators; and made carjacking a federal crime.

California (and other states) send title information for automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). AAMVA is the administrator of the NMVTIS system.

NMVTIS protects consumers from fraud and unsafe vehicles and helps keep stolen vehicles from being resold.

In addition to most states reporting their title information to AAMVA, auto recyclers, junk yards, salvage yards, insurance companies, and towing operators that take possession of junk/salvage vehicles, must submit monthly reports to NMVTIS."
http://www.vehiclehistory.gov

BroughtUpright

...also, since the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) oversees the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) anyone can check if their stolen car was entered into their national database by emailing the VIN (and preferably an attached photo of the police report) to:
helpdesk@aamva.org

The AAMVA says only the police can submit stolen car data so if it's not in the national AAMVA/NMVTIS system one has to ask the PD to do it.

TouringTeg

Just awful. Hopefully it turns up and isn't in another country by now.
This the downside to these cars sky rocketing in value and popularity.

Bud Taylor

No, titles are routinely "washed" by taking them through 3 or 4 states. Some states even allow vehicles to be titled for the first time with no visual inspection.