Hey guys, Hope all is well.
I figured I'd come here and tell you all my story about my stolen 2021 Ram Rebel. I live in Toronto, Canada, and there's a ton of this happening all over the city. It's crazy, I'd say everyone probably knows someone who's had a stolen car. It's really bad right now.
Left the house early one morning mid August, to find no truck on my driveway. We're talking at 5:30am. I was pretty cheesed at the time. You hear about other people's cars getting stolen, and you always think not me, no way it'll happen and it did. lol. Whatever. Anyway, before I even called the police I checked the cameras, to see a get a way car parked on a corner street, and two guys checking my truck out. I didn't see them do that antenna thing where they go to your front door, to steel the code from your fob. I kept it in a box anyway. They went under to cut the horn, and within a minute the lights lit up and flashed 3 times, but no horn as it was cut. They opened the door started and left all within a minute. I don't understand why car manufactures aren't really moving to fix this issue, it's as they know we'll be right back buying another truck.
So I called the police and they took the information, ask me to setup Sirius satellite tracking with Sirius Guardian, which I wish I never did, as it was a waste of time and paying a month for that service. To this day they never found my truck. I dealt with Insurance and because of the amount of cars that are being stolen that they waved the 30 waiting period they set for stolen vehicles and sent me an offer not even a week later. 5 days and I had an offer. It's like they know it's already long gone. lol. The truck was only 2 years old so I had the full replacement value of the truck if stolen within 3 years, so that was great. But that week was crazy man, made me feel like I was bi-polar with all the emotions I felt. It started with I was sad that it was gone, because I loved that truck so much. I wasn't ready to lose it yet, as it was still new. But, it had a new tranny put in it as the original one failed, had a few dings. Then a few days later I started getting mad and pissed off. Lost a lot of faith in society that day. You truly feel violated. Not even 50ft from where you're sleeping there's idiots prancing outside your house. It's ridiculous. Stayed pissed off for a few days, one big reason was I bought that truck at the start of covid when all the dealerships were offering 0%. Where the hell am I getting that today? I won't. Then I made my first trip to the dealer and set my eyes on a beautiful 2023 Ram Rebel GT edition, fully loaded. Made a deal that day, and my pissed off feeling turned to excitement. lol. I swear the emotions were real man. Was a ride for sure. Anyway, I'm loving this GT edition, with the removal of the dial shifter, and brought back the old school shifter in the middle console, cold air intake, beefier exhaust. The truck is amazing. Has the ram box, slip tail gate (which I really didn't want, but it was that or wait for a factory order, and that would take months which I couldn't wait for. I also had a compustar emobilizer installed. Essentially an electronic kill switch, and Insurance is forcing us here in Canada if you have a highly wanted vehicle that they pay for, but install a thing called Tag Tracking. I believe it's a Quebec based company. It's not alive and doesn't track your daily trips, it's only activate it when it's needed. It's separate from the tracking they offer to keep your insurance lower the way you drive. It's different than that. If you don't install this Tag tracking, then they will add $500 to your yearly premium. The one downfall with it, is they etch your driver and passenger side windows with their logo. Supposed to be a deterrent. Whatever, better to have a piece of mind, is how I'm looking at it.
Anyway that was my experience of having a truck stolen right off your driveway. I truly don't think the car manufacturers are in a rush to fix this, as people such as myself will be right back purchasing a new truck, because it's what we live for. Thanks for reading, all the best.
I figured I'd come here and tell you all my story about my stolen 2021 Ram Rebel. I live in Toronto, Canada, and there's a ton of this happening all over the city. It's crazy, I'd say everyone probably knows someone who's had a stolen car. It's really bad right now.
Left the house early one morning mid August, to find no truck on my driveway. We're talking at 5:30am. I was pretty cheesed at the time. You hear about other people's cars getting stolen, and you always think not me, no way it'll happen and it did. lol. Whatever. Anyway, before I even called the police I checked the cameras, to see a get a way car parked on a corner street, and two guys checking my truck out. I didn't see them do that antenna thing where they go to your front door, to steel the code from your fob. I kept it in a box anyway. They went under to cut the horn, and within a minute the lights lit up and flashed 3 times, but no horn as it was cut. They opened the door started and left all within a minute. I don't understand why car manufactures aren't really moving to fix this issue, it's as they know we'll be right back buying another truck.
So I called the police and they took the information, ask me to setup Sirius satellite tracking with Sirius Guardian, which I wish I never did, as it was a waste of time and paying a month for that service. To this day they never found my truck. I dealt with Insurance and because of the amount of cars that are being stolen that they waved the 30 waiting period they set for stolen vehicles and sent me an offer not even a week later. 5 days and I had an offer. It's like they know it's already long gone. lol. The truck was only 2 years old so I had the full replacement value of the truck if stolen within 3 years, so that was great. But that week was crazy man, made me feel like I was bi-polar with all the emotions I felt. It started with I was sad that it was gone, because I loved that truck so much. I wasn't ready to lose it yet, as it was still new. But, it had a new tranny put in it as the original one failed, had a few dings. Then a few days later I started getting mad and pissed off. Lost a lot of faith in society that day. You truly feel violated. Not even 50ft from where you're sleeping there's idiots prancing outside your house. It's ridiculous. Stayed pissed off for a few days, one big reason was I bought that truck at the start of covid when all the dealerships were offering 0%. Where the hell am I getting that today? I won't. Then I made my first trip to the dealer and set my eyes on a beautiful 2023 Ram Rebel GT edition, fully loaded. Made a deal that day, and my pissed off feeling turned to excitement. lol. I swear the emotions were real man. Was a ride for sure. Anyway, I'm loving this GT edition, with the removal of the dial shifter, and brought back the old school shifter in the middle console, cold air intake, beefier exhaust. The truck is amazing. Has the ram box, slip tail gate (which I really didn't want, but it was that or wait for a factory order, and that would take months which I couldn't wait for. I also had a compustar emobilizer installed. Essentially an electronic kill switch, and Insurance is forcing us here in Canada if you have a highly wanted vehicle that they pay for, but install a thing called Tag Tracking. I believe it's a Quebec based company. It's not alive and doesn't track your daily trips, it's only activate it when it's needed. It's separate from the tracking they offer to keep your insurance lower the way you drive. It's different than that. If you don't install this Tag tracking, then they will add $500 to your yearly premium. The one downfall with it, is they etch your driver and passenger side windows with their logo. Supposed to be a deterrent. Whatever, better to have a piece of mind, is how I'm looking at it.
Anyway that was my experience of having a truck stolen right off your driveway. I truly don't think the car manufacturers are in a rush to fix this, as people such as myself will be right back purchasing a new truck, because it's what we live for. Thanks for reading, all the best.
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