Stolen car stories are too common in this world, but this story is incredible. According to a British man, his beloved 2016 Honda Civic Type R was illegally taken from him earlier this year. Then, three weeks later, he accidentally bought it.
Honda owner Ewan Valentine recently shared his incredible story on his Instagram page. He said his Honda had stolen from his driveway back in February. He has owned the car for about three years – like many R-type owners, he has started to modify the car, such as adding Remus’ exhaust.
Because he loves cars, he told Roads and trackshe wanted to buy something similar to the one he was stolen, and eventually found a very similar one he sold in his local garage: the plates, VINs and mileage were different, but the color and model years were matched, and the car even had the same Remus exhaust system.
Valentine said he took the car home and began to notice something small: the trunk had a tent nail and some pine needles from the Christmas tree, just like the back of his old car. Likewise, the key to the lock wheel key was entirely the old bag he kept.
“So, looking for something more conclusive, I checked the history of the satellite,” he wrote on Instagram. “Sure enough, my address, my partner’s parents’ address, my parents’ address. At this point, my phone was immediately connected without pairing. My phone was in Bluetooth device history, my partner’s phone and all our old phones.”
He said he then took the car to a nearby Honda garage, where technicians connected the store’s computer to the ECU and found that the “new” Honda’s original VIN matched the Valentine’s old journey. Apparently, he just bought his own car stolen.
Valentine didn’t believe the app he used to find the car or the place he bought from there was stolen, so he didn’t want to call them out by his name. “I did report to the sellers, but there was absolutely no downside for them,” he said.
As far as criminal investigation is concerned, the lover told Roads and tracks “There is no arrest, the case is currently suspended.” He went on to say that the person who stole his car did a very compelling job in cloning it – now his problem is with the insurer.
“It’s been a long time for the insurance company to handle the whole situation, and I got the impression that they weren’t sure what to do with the whole situation,” he said, thinking it would take weeks to get the car back. He said at the moment, he was stuck driving his partner’s 2007 Civic Type S, which his lover called “much less fun to drive.”
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