Girlfriend scraps car while owner out of town

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by no1oldsfan, May 30, 2020.

  1. no1oldsfan

    no1oldsfan Well-Known Member

  2. hugger

    hugger Well-Known Member

    Ehhh 4door impala,,....she was doin him a favor to be honest
     
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  3. Dano

    Dano Platinum Level Contributor

    Mightily!

    I agree that doing a body off on a 4-door Impala isn't the wisest move (and I know you're ½ joking) but... He's getting it back but regardless, it's the principle. She's gone and she rightfully should be - That'll teach her to f-with a guy's car. Hopefully they charge her. The junkyard seems to be innocent in this exc. that they were hiding it but they're being charged? Idk, I've junked many cars w/o titles (I have a big stack of titles somewhere). Yea, they're supposed to get one I think but...
     
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  4. no1oldsfan

    no1oldsfan Well-Known Member

    To each their own. Principle of the matter. Not sure I see the junkyard as innocent. Especially if one of the guys is on video helping her.
     
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  5. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    yeah, right
    we all know people like that....

    maybe this girl knows him a little bit better than we do :)

    and its not even a hardtop sedan :p:p:p

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  6. newmexguy

    newmexguy Well-Known Member

    Yep it’s a ‘67, article says Guy had poured $11 G into it, including car itself. Ouch he’s underwater but hope he can finish it and get it back on the road.
     
  7. TrunkMonkey

    TrunkMonkey Totally bananas

    There is a word for that gurl, but I detest the tatse of soap... [​IMG]
     
  8. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    his post on the old.reddit.com website:

    https://old.reddit.com/r/AmItheAssh...ita_for_suing_my_girlfriend_after_she_had_my/


    I'll try to keep this short.
    I had a 1967 Impala 4 door that I bought in Feb 2019.
    A couple months ago I bought my first house that had a 2.5 car garage.
    I moved the car in and started tearing it down for a complete restoration.

    I had the body in one bay and the chassis in another, plus the whole garage filled with parts. About two months ago my girlfriend came to live with me during this whole crisis and the whole time has hated that car.
    She wants to park in the garage but I have 2 acres of land with a lot of nice places to park under shady trees or hell even in the barn if it has to be inside.
    I tell her tough luck its my house and its not like I can just throw it back together real quick.

    Anyways I was out of town for a couple days on a business trip for the small local company I work for.
    When I got back, my girlfriend was all smiles.
    Making me food all the time, doing all the chores, all that.

    I though maybe she just was happy to have me home but then I realized that I didn't see her car in it's usual spot.

    I asked her where she parked so I could make sure I mow that area and keep it clean and she said not to worry because she parked in the garage.
    I asked how and she told me to go check it out.
    Turns out that while I was gone she hired some people to come over and move everything related to that car, including the drivetrain, body, and chassis and all parts, and take it to the local dump/scrapyard.

    I was absolutely dumbfounded.
    I had spent over 11k on that car including new parts, services, and the car itself.
    I told her that I was going to be taking her to court for that and she brushed me off like I was being dramatic.

    I told her that its done between us and to pack her things and leave.
    I admit I was a really angry but I did end up getting a lawyer, and as I have all the receipts for all that money spent and I have her on my house's security cam footage letting the guys in and watching them take it all I think I can win.

    Her family and friends are absolutely blowing me up saying its just a stupid old piece of junk and that she cannot pay back all that money I spent, and that I should just let it go.

    But I have been putting all my time, effort, and money into that car for a year and a half now and goddammit if I am not going to get justice for what she did. AITA

    Edit: Thank you all so much for the support and awards and everything.
    I'm glad I have some people on my side.
    I got a call from her mom about 20 minutes ago and she told me that i was ruining her daughter's life over a stupid car.

    I told her she ruined her own life.
    I've been gathering documentation and stuff and I'm about to head down to the police station and file a report, as suggested by lots here.
    Once again thank you all

    UPDATE : went to the police station last night, was told to come back in the morning. just got back and filed an official report against her for grand larceny and grand theft auto.
    i showed them all the receipts i had for the car and the footage of her letting the guys come and take it as well as the title for the vehicle in my name.
    they said they will be in contact with all 3 parties (me, ex gf, and junkyard guys) soon and they will hopefully be able to recover some or all of the car.
    just have to wait now

    HUGE UPDATE : THEY FOUND MY GODDAMN CAR!!

    the junkyard guys apparently were in the middle of hiding it when the police came to ask them questions.
    it was on a forklift and they were gonna put it on top of a pile of cars that was hidden behind more piles of cars.

    they said it was theirs and they had the title, but obviously didnt have the title for it and since they matched the vin on the chassis and body to the vin on my title, it was obviously mine.
    I know at least one person there has been arrested, i think he was in the camera footage i talked about earlier but idk if it was the boss or whomever or even his specific charge, they also told me they would be looking into this specific junkyard for any other vehicles reported stolen.

    they said they haven't been able to get in contact with my ex just yet but they're working on it.
    im just so glad they found my car.

    luckily i made quite an album of pictures detailing me tearing down the car and so i can use that to prove what parts they had were mine so i can hopefully get most or all of it back.
    police haven't let me take it back home yet as they say it is evidence or something so hopefully i can get it back eventually.

    thank you all so much for the support and advice!
    SHES GONNA BE ALRIGHT
     
  9. MRP

    MRP Well-Known Member

    It really was a 4 door? I like a nice original 4 door, but I sures in hell would never do a frame off on one lol!
     
  10. DasRottweiler

    DasRottweiler -BuickAddict-

    What irks me is she knew she would have to park outside going in.
    Just another case of a woman trying to "change/fix" a man.
    She'll go the way of many "fixers" before her
    Down the road. .......

    Jim
     
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  11. yachtsmanbill

    yachtsmanbill Well-Known Member

    Yeah ... like the three streets in Chicago that rhyme with vagina... Melvina, Paulina , and.... LUNT. My attorney from Dallas Tx. told me that one! ws:eek:
     
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  12. rolliew

    rolliew Well-Known Member

  13. 64 skylark mike

    64 skylark mike Well-Known Member

    It don't matter what kind of car it is, it's his car. It wouldn't be any worse by principle if it was a 1970 GS Stage1! She had no business doing that. And that's my 2 cents.
     
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  14. Quick Buick

    Quick Buick Arlington Wa

    Pic shows a 4d sedan.. Might not be the actual car. Now lets just say its a 4D HT.. For last couple a few years a 67 impala 4D HT is the a Very Highly sought after car.
     
  15. no1oldsfan

    no1oldsfan Well-Known Member

    In the article he says he hasn't got the car back yet.
     
  16. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    okay..
    one more time what you read in the link:

    [​IMG] © Provided by The Drive As hobbies go, classic car ownership isn't on the cheap end of the spectrum, and the expense sometimes associated can stress otherwise healthy relationships. When a relationship isn't healthy, however, the car can be what wrests two people apart, which one Reddit user learned when he came home from a work trip to find his […]

    Reddit user Jimothyisyouruncle explained in a lengthy post that he acquired the above Impala sedan in February of 2019, his goal being to restore the car to its former glory.
     
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  17. MRP

    MRP Well-Known Member

    No wonder she wanted it out of the garage that wasn't even hers.
     
  18. Luxus

    Luxus Gold Level Contributor

    That's just nuts. For her to just junk it, after living there for just a couple of months. Waiting until he was gone to do it no less? Yes, it was a 4 door Chevy post car. But it was HIS car and he liked it and was working on it. What she did was such an incredible sign of disrespect. In a way she did him a favor. He could have found out about this psycho side of her after they were married or something.
     
  19. Briz

    Briz Founders Club Member

    Back in my wild youth I was spending some time up north as a guest of the county. While I was gone my GF forged my name to the title of my 79 AMX (Buick powered) and pawned it for 100.00 It was long gone before I got back to town. So was she. It was her turn to be a guest of the state for other charges. Ya I was pissed but what ya gonna do?
     
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  20. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    so, according to you, only a couple of months isnt long enough...

    what would be a reasonable time frame in this case?
    six months?
    twelve months?
    twenty-four months?
     

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