When people ask about your turbo Buick...

[victa1]

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[SinistrV6]

Sometimes call is a Monte Carlo???

When my '86 GN was stolen in '99, I found it on the street about a half hour from my house. When I called the cops and they fell in behind the GN with me behind the cruiser in my rental car, I thought, "Alright, they've got these bastards!" I'm talking to the dispatcher on the cell phone the whole time. Then the cop turns on his blue lights........steps on it and passes my GN!!!!! Turns out that they had no idea what they were looking for when the dispatcher was telling them "Buick Grand National". If I'd told them "Regal" or "Monte Carlo" I'd probably have gotten my car back. Alas, they got away and I never saw it again.

 

[turbo buicks]

Re: Sometimes call is a Monte Carlo???

Originally posted by SinistrV6
When my '86 GN was stolen in '99, I found it on the street about a half hour from my house. When I called the cops and they fell in behind the GN with me behind the cruiser in my rental car, I thought, "Alright, they've got these bastards!" I'm talking to the dispatcher on the cell phone the whole time. Then the cop turns on his blue lights........steps on it and passes my GN!!!!! Turns out that they had no idea what they were looking for when the dispatcher was telling them "Buick Grand National". If I'd told them "Regal" or "Monte Carlo" I'd probably have gotten my car back. Alas, they got away and I never saw it again.

wtf id sue them for incompetence!!! or just chase the guy with the rental car.

 

[SinistrV6]

If I had it to do over again, I would've rammed my GN with the Olds Aurora rental and let the cops sort out the mess when they got there. Lesson learned. Hope I never have to use it.

 

[DFAST1TTYPE]

The best part is when someone tells you: "Hey that is a nice MONTE CARLO you have there"