Car Theft

Have you ever come out of a restaurant, store or even your home, and been unable to find your car? First you wonder if your memory has failed, then you get a feeling that something isn't right. Your car is gone! Stolen. Has this happened to you? Curious about the likelihood that it could? In the...

As of Sept. 1, almost 100,000 cars stolen this year in the U.S. have not been recovered, bad news for owners. Worse news for owners, however, is that 62% of them were uninsured, so the owner had to absorb the loss. However, if you think that the most desirable cars top the list of those stolen,...

Imagine: You do your homework, buy a car for a great discount, and then a few months or even years later, the cops show up at your door and repo it. You did nothing wrong, but the car is stolen and they're taking it back. You receive no compensation for the loss of the car, and you have no...

If you'd like to make sure the used car you're about to purchase wasn't once used by, say, a sweet old widow before it was pilfered by a gang of auto thieves and then eventually sold to your dealership, this is the place to go: the NMVTIS, or National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Resource...

This post is part of a series about real-life signs we're in a recession. My brother-in-law recently wound up paying a lot more than he expected when he left my nephew's Toyota Tacoma in the Oakland Airport's long-term parking for the weekend. When he returned from his trip and turned the key in...