{"id":545343,"date":"2010-04-27T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/teachers-stolen-accord-returned-with-new-engine-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2010-04-27T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T18:59:00","slug":"teachers-stolen-honda-accord-returned-with-new-engine-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545343","title":{"rendered":"Teacher&#8217;s stolen Honda Accord returned with new engine, upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/aftermarket\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aftermarket<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/economy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Budget<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sedans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sedan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/government-legal\/\" rel=\"tag\">Government\/Legal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/honda\/\" rel=\"tag\">Honda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/brooklyn\/2010\/04\/25\/2010-04-25_crooks_made_my_car_speed_freak_and_then_i_got_it_back.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/accord-630.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason car <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/03\/30\/nissan-skyline-gt-r-thief-busted-by-internet-forum-members\/\">thieves<\/a> prefer run of the mill vehicles like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/accord\">Honda Accord<\/a> over flashier metal. With thousands of the things running the roads of every city in America, it&#8217;s nearly impossible for law enforcement to track down one car out of the masses. And that&#8217;s nearly exactly what the NYPD told Amanda Pogany three years ago when her 1996 Accord was stolen. Then something unexpected happened. During a recent raid on a chop shop, the police turned up Pogany&#8217;s car, though it had changed somewhat from the last time she saw it.<\/p>\n<p>The individual who bought the stolen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/honda\/\">Honda<\/a> from the thieves had completely worked it over. Not only did Pogany find a new engine under the hood and new wheels on each corner, the car had been converted from an automatic to a manual transmission. Police estimate the car is now worth quite a bit more than when it vanished back in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the Accord&#8217;s rightful owner hasn&#8217;t taken it for a spin just yet. Ironically, Pogany doesn&#8217;t know how to drive stick, and she&#8217;s currently fighting through the mountains of red tape involved with getting a new VIN and re-titling the car. <em>Thanks to everyone for the tips!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/brooklyn\/2010\/04\/25\/2010-04-25_crooks_made_my_car_speed_freak_and_then_i_got_it_back.html\">New York Daily News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/teachers-stolen-accord-returned-with-new-engine-upgrades\/\">Teacher&#8217;s stolen Honda Accord returned with new engine, upgrades<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:59:00 EST.  Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogsinc.com\/feed-terms\/\">terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/teachers-stolen-accord-returned-with-new-engine-upgrades\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/forward\/19454432\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/teachers-stolen-accord-returned-with-new-engine-upgrades\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Aftermarket, Budget, Sedan, Government\/Legal, Honda There&#8217;s a reason car thieves prefer run of the mill vehicles like the Honda Accord over flashier metal. With thousands of the things running the roads of every city in America, it&#8217;s nearly impossible for law enforcement to track down one car out of the masses. 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