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At some point on the evening of October 3, some dirtbag stole a grey 20′ Haulmark trailer from Woodstock, Ontario. Having a trailer stolen is bad enough, but inside that trailer was Dino Micacchi’s red Bugeye Sprite. Seen above at the 2010 VARAC Festival, #02 is a vintage race prepared Sprite.
The license plate on the trailer is D26 44W. If you see this trailer or car, contact Dino directly, by email at dino@vmswca.com or by phone at 519-788-2227.
They’ve called our fair city Toronto The Good for years, because we have so little crime compared to most other cities of it’s size. As economic times get tougher for the legit community, so too does it get tougher for the scumbags.
On Monday, a guy walked into an Acura dealership in Toronto and asked to test drive a TL without Navi. They didn’t have one on the lot. A short time later, the same guy visited Acura Sherway, and made the same request. They had exactly the car he wanted to see in their inventory. The salesman went out on the drive with the customer. At some point during the drive, the customer pulled out a handgun and put it to the salesman’s temple. The guy told the salesman to get out of the car and then took off with the TL.
While scenes like this may be commonplace in some of the larger cities south of the border, we aren’t accustomed to it here in Toronto. Perhaps that’s why the scumbags are brazen enough to do it, because we aren’t expecting it.
Times are tough indeed.
Want to get a 2008 Impreza for a steal? Here’s a scratch your head story from Dealers Edge, a trade publication I enjoy reading.
After hiring 20-year-old Benjamin Hammac as a sales trainee, Bennington Subaru’s sales manager (Bennington VT) had him study the Subaru products. On his second day at the dealership he was given a product knowledge written test. Obviously having difficulty with the test, Hammac asks for a break, goes outside and never comes back.
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