My brother had his supra "stolen" from a shop where the car was getting a headgasket redone at. Here's the story:
In summer of 2008 in july, I had a friend's dad who had done work to my other supra take on the task of taking care of my brother's bhg on the 7m-gte. My brother needed the car done cuz it was his daily driver at the time and wanted a shop to take care of it. He charged over 400 upfront and I got a receipt. The car sat for a month before he even touched it. called and said that the motor was shot from all the coolant in the crankcase. So that tells me that he obviously didnt drain the oil and sludge out of the bottom end. We asked him to have the car towed back and nothing happened. He said that he didnt have the money to do that and we asked about the 400+ that we paid and we were basically told that he couldn't help like, really? $400+ just to give me a phone call and say the motor is shot. any way the days passed and I ended up going up there to get parts off the car to sell to pay for the tow as he set the car outside the bay doors but still on his lot. a few weeks go by and my brother and I call him to get the car towed and he tells us that he didn't have it but was completely oblivious as to how it left the shop. we told him "well we didn't get it cuz you have to be there for us to take it off your lot." Then he said that it must have been stolen and he had called the police. nothing was making any sense. My brother called the sheriff's office to report the car stolen and checked everywhere else for the police report that this guy claimed he placed and found nothing. We believe that he towed the vehicle out and scrapped it which still gets me really upset because the car was so clean.
We've received our annual call back from the sheriff's office and they have not found it. We've waited for close to three years for the car to turn up in hopes that we were wrong but now want to pursue this legally. I took pictures of the car while it was at the shop for parts we wanted to sell and my brother still has the title to the car. Looking for advice on legal options.
In summer of 2008 in july, I had a friend's dad who had done work to my other supra take on the task of taking care of my brother's bhg on the 7m-gte. My brother needed the car done cuz it was his daily driver at the time and wanted a shop to take care of it. He charged over 400 upfront and I got a receipt. The car sat for a month before he even touched it. called and said that the motor was shot from all the coolant in the crankcase. So that tells me that he obviously didnt drain the oil and sludge out of the bottom end. We asked him to have the car towed back and nothing happened. He said that he didnt have the money to do that and we asked about the 400+ that we paid and we were basically told that he couldn't help like, really? $400+ just to give me a phone call and say the motor is shot. any way the days passed and I ended up going up there to get parts off the car to sell to pay for the tow as he set the car outside the bay doors but still on his lot. a few weeks go by and my brother and I call him to get the car towed and he tells us that he didn't have it but was completely oblivious as to how it left the shop. we told him "well we didn't get it cuz you have to be there for us to take it off your lot." Then he said that it must have been stolen and he had called the police. nothing was making any sense. My brother called the sheriff's office to report the car stolen and checked everywhere else for the police report that this guy claimed he placed and found nothing. We believe that he towed the vehicle out and scrapped it which still gets me really upset because the car was so clean.
We've received our annual call back from the sheriff's office and they have not found it. We've waited for close to three years for the car to turn up in hopes that we were wrong but now want to pursue this legally. I took pictures of the car while it was at the shop for parts we wanted to sell and my brother still has the title to the car. Looking for advice on legal options.
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