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n1zm0
04-26-2010, 01:05 PM
Idk about 'drag-race ready' but a free H22a/ 5spd tranny swap, i'd be pretty happy!

"my husband is very excited to try it out" :rofl:


PROSPECT HEIGHTS (WPIX) - More than three years after a Brooklyn woman's car was stolen, she got it back -- drag-race ready.

Amanda Pogany, an eighth grade Hebrew teacher, had her 1996 Honda Accord stolen off her block in Prospect Heights back in 2006. Naturally, cops had very little confidence they would be able to track it down.

"It was a used car that I bought for them," said Peter Pogany, Amanda's father. "When the car got stolen we were all upset about it. I thought it was long gone."

But an unexpected call from the NYPD ultimately led her to the Red Hook impound.

"It was totally unbelievable. [The officer] proceeded to tell me it wasn't just my car, but it was a new version of my car, a really fancy version of my car."

Pogany found her Honda, souped up and ready to race. The previous "owner" had installed a brand new V-TEC engine, tinted windows, oversized tires with special hubcaps and, best of all, custom valve stem caps shaped like bullet casings.

Video and more details here (http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-missing-car-improved,0,2792955.story)

edit: maybe this belongs in the current events or general area, idk, mods please move accordingly if needed

spikerS
04-26-2010, 01:12 PM
wow, i wonder if someone would steal my truck...

2EFNFAST
04-26-2010, 01:18 PM
somebody didn't do a carfax when they bought it :rofl:

Boat
04-26-2010, 01:20 PM
Not bad, looks pretty clean. That thief has some good taste! :poosie:

4lti
04-26-2010, 01:21 PM
For sure I thought it would be riced out bad.
Buut that wasnt bad looking at all lol.
Switch out those gauges and its good to go.

Mibz
04-26-2010, 01:22 PM
Clearly those special hub caps are race-ready.

btimbit
04-26-2010, 01:24 PM
lol @ fancy hubcaps

epp01
04-26-2010, 01:31 PM
Only in a Honda is 230hp "High Performance"

:rofl:

dj_rice
04-26-2010, 01:34 PM
:rofl:

toastgremlin
04-26-2010, 02:13 PM
The article I read said that they swapped in a V-8 engine. I think I would've preferred to have seen that.

...come to think of it, I wonder if anyone has done a Northstar Accord.

TomcoPDR
04-26-2010, 02:30 PM
That reporter :love: :love:

Edit: The blonde, not the brunette

scat19
04-26-2010, 02:31 PM
Stupid thieves

adidas
04-26-2010, 02:38 PM
Someone is gonna claim their stolen motor back.

Skrilla
04-26-2010, 02:45 PM
Originally posted by epp01
Only in a Honda is 230hp "High Performance"

:rofl:

haha well put sir :thumbsup:

Integra10
04-26-2010, 02:47 PM
Originally posted by adidas
Someone is gonna claim their stolen motor back.
:werd:
All those upgrades are probbably stolen too.

Sentry
04-26-2010, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by epp01
Only in a Honda is 230hp "High Performance"

:rofl:
Only in a Honda is 230hp enough for 12s. :angel:

Well, not if it's in a fatty fat Accord.

tehwegz
04-26-2010, 03:43 PM
Wow, I want my Accord stolen now.

psycoticclown
04-26-2010, 05:30 PM
^^You're in Edmonton, shouldn't take too long.

Sil80_D
04-26-2010, 05:34 PM
nice hubs. :poosie:

Cos
04-26-2010, 05:38 PM
so if the insurance paid out for theft does she have to pay it back now?

Graham_A_M
04-26-2010, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by toastgremlin
The article I read said that they swapped in a V-8 engine. I think I would've preferred to have seen that.

...come to think of it, I wonder if anyone has done a Northstar Accord.
Exactly, on X92.9 he was describing it has impossibly wide slicks, a V8 swap, full roll cage and ALL sorts of "Mods" that were just amazing. Then I see this and its like...
'oh.... okay, not exactly as described'. :rolleyes:

mdeluxe
04-26-2010, 10:42 PM
:dunno: nice.

JordanAndrew
04-26-2010, 10:49 PM
Originally posted by Cos
so if the insurance paid out for theft does she have to pay it back now?

I was wondering the same thing actually. Technically shouldn't it belong to the insurance company? Unless she didn't get paid out, then I guess the car still belongs to her.

EM1FTW
04-27-2010, 10:18 AM
xzibit must have stolen it...

scat19
04-27-2010, 10:35 AM
Originally posted by EM1FTW
xzibit must have stolen it...

Impossible, the engine and transmission have been modified.

Cos
04-27-2010, 10:50 AM
Originally posted by scat19


Impossible, the engine and transmission have been modified.

bahaha so true and they would have stalked her and put in some BS thing. Like an outside tv or fishtank.

G-ZUS
04-27-2010, 01:39 PM
i have thee same fancy hubcaps as those :D

Kennyredline
04-27-2010, 01:55 PM
The problem now is that the car is probably gonna get stolen again....:dunno:

Matlok77
04-27-2010, 07:15 PM
God dayum, I want me some special hub-caps to help me run 12's!

black13
04-27-2010, 07:21 PM
now if only more car thief's were like this guy.

DarkDream
04-28-2010, 12:27 PM
Originally posted by Cos
so if the insurance paid out for theft does she have to pay it back now?

Yes it should... when insurance pays you out they get you to sign a document selling the car to the insurance company.

stokwa
04-29-2010, 09:51 PM
nice lol

wes_v
04-29-2010, 09:56 PM
itr shift boot :bigpimp: