UBUYGAS
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Maybe his girlfriend stole it because he was sleeping around!
2k1Toaster said:donald said:Following an incident where someone's Leaf mysteriously rolled off down the road .... have you checked the neighbour's garden? :twisted:
Seriously, sorry for the loss. Theft is a real invasion of your 'private space' and hope it turns out to be benign/towed due to misunderstanding over parking enforcement/etc..
The unique ID of the SIM card is still reporting to AT&T's towers now. If Nissan won't help you, AT&T will or at least the police can. Get the SIM number from Nissan, call that into the police. They can triangulate usually down to a few meters in urban areas.
Lasareath said:Just buy LoJack. So much easier.
TomT said:A total waste of money on a Leaf.
Lasareath said:Just buy LoJack. So much easier.
MikeinDenver said:TomT said:A total waste of money on a Leaf.
Lasareath said:Just buy LoJack. So much easier.
Agree. Much cheaper to just have a reasonable comprehensive deductible.
RonDawg said:Remember though that invoking insurance has its own pitfalls, even with a zero deductible. If the car is not recovered, or recovered but found damaged to the point where it is a total loss, you will lose your down payment if you leased. If you purchased you will only get fair market value for the car unless you have a 100% replacement type comprehensive coverage. Even gap insurance won't help you get all your money back, as it only pays for any "gap" between the insurance proceeds and the outstanding loan value.
Plus if you got a very good deal with the original car, you may not get the same with your replacement, and losses often don't come during sales periods or when it's convenient for you to shop around for a new car.
MikeinDenver said:Agree. Much cheaper to just have a reasonable comprehensive deductible.TomT said:A total waste of money on a Leaf.Lasareath said:Just buy LoJack. So much easier.
RonDawg said:As expensive as replacement Leaf parts are (and the sometimes long waits for them), I'm surprised these things aren't disappearing like crazy and stripped. Its anti-theft system isn't any more sophisticated than that of any other car.
MikeinDenver said:RonDawg said:Remember though that invoking insurance has its own pitfalls, even with a zero deductible. If the car is not recovered, or recovered but found damaged to the point where it is a total loss, you will lose your down payment if you leased. If you purchased you will only get fair market value for the car unless you have a 100% replacement type comprehensive coverage. Even gap insurance won't help you get all your money back, as it only pays for any "gap" between the insurance proceeds and the outstanding loan value.
Plus if you got a very good deal with the original car, you may not get the same with your replacement, and losses often don't come during sales periods or when it's convenient for you to shop around for a new car.
True, but honestly I would probably not want the stolen vehicle back. Just get me back to 0 so I can go get something else. That is my preference. Plus if you ever try to sell the car that is going to show on the reports and lower the value. So just another reason to not want it back.
Fear of the unknown ?RonDawg said:As expensive as replacement Leaf parts are (and the sometimes long waits for them), I'm surprised these things aren't disappearing like crazy and stripped. Its anti-theft system isn't any more sophisticated than that of any other car.
RonDawg said:MikeinDenver said:RonDawg said:Remember though that invoking insurance has its own pitfalls, even with a zero deductible. If the car is not recovered, or recovered but found damaged to the point where it is a total loss, you will lose your down payment if you leased. If you purchased you will only get fair market value for the car unless you have a 100% replacement type comprehensive coverage. Even gap insurance won't help you get all your money back, as it only pays for any "gap" between the insurance proceeds and the outstanding loan value.
Plus if you got a very good deal with the original car, you may not get the same with your replacement, and losses often don't come during sales periods or when it's convenient for you to shop around for a new car.
True, but honestly I would probably not want the stolen vehicle back. Just get me back to 0 so I can go get something else. That is my preference. Plus if you ever try to sell the car that is going to show on the reports and lower the value. So just another reason to not want it back.
Unless the car was secreted away somewhere, or totally dismantled, or driven off a cliff or into a body of deep water, or exported out of the country, it will eventually be found by the police (often just accidentally) in which case your insurance company will make you whole using the least expensive (to them) method possible. If the car was found undamaged or in an economically fixable within a certain time frame, your insurance company is not going to pay to replace your car, even if you don't want the car back anymore.
Institutionalised said:My 2014 Nissan LEAF was stolen Friday (10/3). It was parked overnight and missing in the morning. Carwings showed a range of 60 miles which has since decreased to 59.
Does anyone know of a way for Nissan to provide location data as I have read on here that the car does report it.
Any help would be appreciated.
-Walking in Atlanta
These are the only two posts from this user... So either it's like donald suggested (ended up being an embarrassing situation), or he's fishing to find out how a Leaf could be tracked or otherwise identified...Institutionalised said:No luck from Nissan, they said unless LoJack was installed they cannot get any location data. The vehicle was/is an SV.
I was 99% sure it was towed (from a legal street spot) but after calling all of the 7 impound lots the city uses and after filing a police report and them doing their own search I don't have any other explanation.
The range is still showing 59 miles, so either no one is driving it or the module was stripped and still communicating that info.
DarkStar said:Institutionalised said:My 2014 Nissan LEAF was stolen Friday (10/3). It was parked overnight and missing in the morning. Carwings showed a range of 60 miles which has since decreased to 59.
Does anyone know of a way for Nissan to provide location data as I have read on here that the car does report it.
Any help would be appreciated.
-Walking in AtlantaThese are the only two posts from this user... So either it's like donald suggested (ended up being an embarrassing situation), or he's fishing to find out how a Leaf could be tracked or otherwise identified...Institutionalised said:No luck from Nissan, they said unless LoJack was installed they cannot get any location data. The vehicle was/is an SV.
I was 99% sure it was towed (from a legal street spot) but after calling all of the 7 impound lots the city uses and after filing a police report and them doing their own search I don't have any other explanation.
The range is still showing 59 miles, so either no one is driving it or the module was stripped and still communicating that info.
RonDawg said:As expensive as replacement Leaf parts are (and the sometimes long waits for them), I'm surprised these things aren't disappearing like crazy and stripped. Its anti-theft system isn't any more sophisticated than that of any other car.
More likely - not being a regular forum member - he has no interest in updating us.DarkStar said:These are the only two posts from this user... So either it's like donald suggested (ended up being an embarrassing situation), or he's fishing to find out how a Leaf could be tracked or otherwise identified...
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