jjf112

You're right but it just doesn't make any sense. Why would someone go through the ordeal of copying the key and then just drive around for a few days and leave it 5 miles away from my house.

Speedtoys

Because they can.

Crime rarely makes sense.

Certainly suspect it was the -day- it left the shop, and there was =no= column/ign damage.

It had a key...who had the keys?

Cops should be having frank discussions with the shop employees.

jjf112

Unfortunately cops don't do **** in California. My chevy suburban was stolen last year. It was found two weeks later in Long Beach with dirty clothes, muddy boots, shovels and a picture of young women taped to the dashboard - dozens of cigarette butts everywhere. No investigation, they just told me to pick up the car from the tow yard.

9two8

Maybe they parked it up to see if the car had a 'tracker' device fitted, then after a few days if it didn't attract any attention they thought it was 'clean' and then the car wasn't hot and could be taken away.
That's what happens in the UK with cars that are stolen
Don't know if it's like that in the US.?
Ken
80 928S
5 Speed
UK

GregBBRD

Yup, detectives too busy to track down actual criminals when given tons of evidence.
Got other more important things to do...

drooman

Not that many places make keys by the picture... maybe an inquiry to all of them about what keys they made by pic in the suspected time window (the few weeks at the shop) If you tell your story, and show them your key, you might get a match from one of them...and someone gave them a credit card to get that key made.

I know a DMV officer in CT. Here it is a division of the state police and all they do is auto crimes; thefts, theft rings, fake titles, etc, but also cover dealership and repair shop shenanigans. They would be all over this if you had the paper trail to your key being copied by someone from your repair shop. The regulations on repair shops are no joke here. As an example they just released a massive updated IT standards protocol burden for shops to implement to protect customers' personal data. Every violation poses some threat to the repairer's license. Unauthorized key copying is for only one purpose; intended theft.... and It came from that shop.

Speedtoys

I wouldn't paint a whole state with local experience...nor would I limit that experience to any other urban environment.

You get the police you pay for.

Have not received the same treatment where I live...

The Forgotten On

Oakland spends 70% of their city budget on police. I'm sure SJ isn't too far behind.

Speedtoys

That's not what I said...

You -get- the police you pay for..

I would say that most communities (taxpayers) in america want a manner of police force..in their minds, but are unwilling to pay for.

That the city spends a lot on police, is a result of the community demanding more than it's willing to pay for...and other services suffer for it.

linderpat

Also note that you get a key code when the key is made, at least from the Ozzy guy (Australia key maker). I just had one done, and he sent the key with the correct code. So there is a record kept. If you know your key code, you can easily track whether any of the keymakers made a key recently to that code, and find out who/where./when.

Babado

Glad to hear you got the car back undamaged.

Anyone use The Club?

erwalker

Might not be a bad idea to disable the car somehow until you get new keys/locks - remove the coil, a fuse/relay or some other integral item that thieves won't likely carry around.
Now that they know where you live and if they do indeed have a copy of the key, they may be waiting for the right moment to strike again.
Hate to sound paranoid about these things but the mind of a criminal does not work the way the mind of a law abiding person does.

karl ruiter

I wonder is the prior owner left another key somewhere in the car or in a magnetic key box under it or something. Found by the someone at the shop who wanted to experience a 928.