The Final Update on My Husband’s Truck

I just realized that I never gave a final update regarding my husband’s truck that was stolen.  It was stolen on April 25th and as the weeks ticked by, we had truly given up hope of ever finding it.

We went through a really bad streak of luck during this time and actually got into a car accident in the only car we had left.  We were rear ended on the freeway and luckily nobody was seriously hurt - just super sore for a couple of weeks.  Anyhow, the reason I mention this is we were meeting with the adjuster on June 25th when we got a phone call.  It was someone from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department telling us that they had found the truck.  We were told that it was found in South Central Los Angeles and had been minorly stripped.

So we traveled down to East Los Angeles in our rental car and we were told we had to pay $260 to get it out of impound.  We verified that it was only minorly stripped because otherwise it wouldn’t have been worth it.  We paid the fee and they brought it out and dumped it on the curb.  Minorly stripped was not quite an accurate description.  The silliest little things were missing from it, like the windshield wiper fluid container and sprayers.  It had no battery, several hoses under the hood were missing, one of the tires had only 3 pink lug nuts holding it on and the ignition was screwed up (though it wasn’t punched).  So, definitely not drivable.  And there was not a single thing left in it.  Every last scrap of paper, piece of trash and of course all of our possessions were just absolutely gone.  We did find ONE thing under the seat and it was a card that my hubby had on his dash.  To the right is a picture of it…it says “God knows your purpose, do you?” and then quotes Jeremiah 29:11.  How appropriate.

We got it towed home and parked it in our garage while we decided what to do with it.  We were going to strip it for parts, especially since the exhaust was completely intact.  The days started going by and nobody had the energy to touch the truck, especially since it was a sad reminder of what had happened.  So, we turned around and sold the truck to a guy who needed it for work.  We recouped what we paid in impound and towing fees and maybe had a couple of dollars left over.

Now here’s the irony.  The night before we got the phone call, I had a fortune cookie that said, “Your luck has been completely changed today.”  So, not only did we get the call about the truck…but I had just conceived our third child and had no idea.

Lastly, and this is really funny.  A couple of weeks later I received a delinquent ticket in the mail from the city of Los Angeles.  Turns out they had dumped the truck in a street sweeper zone and the truck received a ticket on the morning it was recovered.  I sent them proof that the truck had been stolen and they revoked the ticket.

What an ordeal!