Anyone ever recover a stolen A4?

To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis he
will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!

Sorry for your loss KLS.

Yes there is hope. They probably only went for a test drive and when
they run out of gas they will park it somewhere.

Did you post a picture of your car everywhere close to you and explain
that it is a stolen vehicle?
Craigslist.org
here and elsewhere?

KLS wrote:
> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis he
> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!

"KLS" > wrote in message
...
> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis he
> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!

we just don't think that such opportunists are lingering around.....or maybe
watching our every move.

a friend had his motor cycle pinched, this was many years back, and when
eventually returned after a few weeks only, it was in better condition than
before it disappeared :-)

just recently my father had his £1500 Ifor Williams trailer taken, he only
went out for 1 hour returning to find it gone...............nobody saw
nuffink as they say in the smoke. Opportunists watching all the
time............. I say.

The big Q is will it ever be returned as the USA is much larger than the UK.

The county sheriff knows about it, and so does the public safety
department of my university. Craigslist is an interesting idea: I'll
check it out.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:04:33 -0600, one out of many daves
> wrote:

>Sorry for your loss KLS.
>
>Yes there is hope. They probably only went for a test drive and when
>they run out of gas they will park it somewhere.
>
>Did you post a picture of your car everywhere close to you and explain
>that it is a stolen vehicle?
>Craigslist.org
>here and elsewhere?
>
>KLS wrote:
>> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
>> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
>> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis he
>> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
>> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
>> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!

On Dec 11, 4:31 pm, KLS > wrote:
> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis he
> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!

That sucks, KLS, sorry to hear that..... I would think you'd be able
to get another early '00's A4 for well under $20k, either a B5 like
your 98.5 or an early B6 (2002 or 2003).

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:07:34 -0800 (PST), Dano58
> wrote:

>On Dec 11, 4:31 pm, KLS > wrote:
>> To my great chagrin, some unmentionable human being picked up the keys
>> that I apparently dropped in the parking lot of my workplace and stole
>> my wonderful 98.5 A4 2.8 last Saturday. What's the prognosis he
>> will I get this car back in decent shape, or am I doomed? If I'm
>> doomed, what do I replace it with, for under $20k? I really am upset
>> as I wasn't ready to let the car go. It had only 112,000 miles on it!
>
>That sucks, KLS, sorry to hear that..... I would think you'd be able
>to get another early '00's A4 for well under $20k, either a B5 like
>your 98.5 or an early B6 (2002 or 2003).

There's a green 04 A4 1.8 with Tiptronic and 41k miles at my local
shop, asking for $17,400, but I'm leaning toward a brand new Mazda3
for fuel and repair economy. Decisions!