My friend had his 93 240sx at a shop in downtown Pittsburgh waiting for a new turbo manifold. He called the shop today to find out that the car has not been there for almost a week and a half, and they just thought he came and picked it up during the night. If anyone see's anything similar to this stuff for sale on forums or eBay, let me know. Thanks guys.


Phone conversation with the shop:

So these guys had the only set of keys and assumed he just picked it up....even when they told him to call when he was coming down, so that someone would be there to help him out. It was behind the shop, in front of a fence so if you didn't know the car was there, you couldn't find it.

Mods:
1993 240sx coupe SE

Engine:
SR20DET
Precision Turbo SC-61 with optional 4 inch inlet cover
HKS 2.0 mm headgasket
HKS step 2 264 intake and exhaust cams
HKS adjustable cam gears
HKS valve springs
Ported and Polished head
Greddy oil and radiator caps
Greddy rocker arm stoppers
Greddy catch can
Greddy front mount intercooler
Koyo Radiator with electric fans
Unorthodox Racing Pulley
Top Mount tubular manifold
Tial 38mm wastegate
Custom Downpipe with Flex Pipe
Apexi N1 exhaust (complete catback with test pipe)
Nismo 740cc injectors
Top Speed intake manifold
Grounding Kit
ACT street strip sprung clutch (you can daily drive this)
ER cooling panel
Nissan 300ZX MAFS
(I probably forgot some things)

Electronics:
Autometer Carbon Fiber boost gauge
Autometer Carbon Fiber A/F gauge
My-Chron 2 (radiator temp, exhaust gas temp)
Apexi SAFC 2
Greddy profec b boost controller
Greddy turbo timer
Redline Tuning ECU

Drivetrain/Suspension:
Greddy front and rear strut bars
Eibach springs
KYB struts
Shortened driveshaft
J30 viscous limited slip
Five bolt J30 axles
Brand new diff cradle bushings ($)

Interior:
Stock (very clean)
Sparco Speed seat
Bride seat rail

Trunk:
Relocated battery
Stock spare

Wheels:
Enkei 92 15x7 0 offset and 15X6 (don't know offset)

 

wow that is a nice 240 damn shame I always had a thing for the first gens
good luck on search to find it

 

That is really nice, I'm sorry to hear that happend =(.

 

It's the shops responsiblity! Call your lawer on this.

Inside job?

 

I second that. Their insurance should cover any car held under their care. It was their responsibility and they are fully liable.

 

what shop was it? i'm sure they have a sign where you can't see it say"not responsible for theft or damage of personal property"/

sucks tho. i'll keep an eye out!

 

nice *** notch that needs to be found...sorry to here that

 

EuroStylesEast on Babcock blvd.

 

its probably in a million pieces by now...sorry man.

 

AGREED!!

Get a lawyer now!!

 

Personal property means the stuff inside the car, not the car they had under their care and had the keys too.

 

What kind of shop is this? They must not care about their reputation or the risk of them being shut down because of a thing like this.

How can they just say, "o, call your insurance company". If anything, they should be MORE worried than you.

Its def a scam on you, do something ASAP!

 

I'm a licensed insurance agent in Pennsylvania. The garage is legally liable for vehicles in there care, custody and control. They should have purchased Garagekeepers Liability insurance to cover the potential loss by theft (among other things).

I would contact the garage and tell them you want to file a claim against there insurance company. If they refuse to file a claim, I would file a claim against your own insurance company - informing them of the garages unwillingness to file a claim or not having the insurance.

You will then be paid by your insurance company minus the deductible. Your insurance company will then subrogate the claim against the garage or the garages insurance carrier. When they get paid you will then receive a check back for your deductible.

In PA a stolen car is considered a non-chargable claim and they cannot raise your rates if you must file against your insurance.

If the garage will not file the claim I would also contact the better business bureau and any other membership based organizations they are involved with and file a complaint.

Contacting a lawyer is the last thing you need to do in this case. Your insurance company will do the work to get your/their money back.

eMail me if you have any questions.

Phil

 

Good info!!

 

Thanks for the info! Thanks to my posting on forums, a shop owner in Indiana, PA was reading the thread on a regional forum and realized that he had all of the parts sitting on his shop floor. A kid came in and said he rolled the car and needed to get rid of the parts. State Police found the kid, but have yet to make an arrest because he has some story that seems like BS. The body of the car has still yet to be found.

 

Car thieves should be put into maximum security prison with a big "rape me" sign around their neck.... After a couple years of ***-pounding, they might think twice about doing it again.

 

Thats awesome. Is the kid in anyway connected to the shop? That would be sweet.

 

cut his left leg and right arm off so he can never drive stick again.

 

^Yeah but then he could buy a right hand drive car so chop them both

 

pedals would still be the same

 

Regardless of responsibility of property, I know that if I own a shop and a car I had dissapears, I wouldn't "just assume" that the owner picked it up overnight. I would call and check. The fact that they didn't leads me to think that they had something to do with the theft.