This story is hilarious. Some guy in Malaysia tricks the saleswoman at a Porsche dealer to give him the keys, so he can hear the engine. He storms out of the building, right through the glass. Of course, the dealership is not going to keep much fuel in the car, for obvious reasons. It has nowhere to go.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A prosperous-looking customer climbed behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 Targa 4 in a Malaysian dealership in the country's Penang state and asked the saleswoman to let him hear the engine note. When she turned the key, according to news service reports, the client-turned-auto-thief crashed the car through the glass doors of the dealership and roared away.
Unfortunately for him, the 911 ran out of gas only about a mile down the road. The thief abandoned the car, which was then towed to a police station.
But wait, there's more: the New Straits Times reported that the same thief appeared later the same day at the police station — carrying the Porsche's keys, which he'd kept, as well as a can of gasoline — and drove off again in the showroom-fresh sports car. He reportedly abandoned the car a second time when he realized there were roadblocks, and according to the paper, police are still "hunting" for him.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121760#3
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A prosperous-looking customer climbed behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 Targa 4 in a Malaysian dealership in the country's Penang state and asked the saleswoman to let him hear the engine note. When she turned the key, according to news service reports, the client-turned-auto-thief crashed the car through the glass doors of the dealership and roared away.
Unfortunately for him, the 911 ran out of gas only about a mile down the road. The thief abandoned the car, which was then towed to a police station.
But wait, there's more: the New Straits Times reported that the same thief appeared later the same day at the police station — carrying the Porsche's keys, which he'd kept, as well as a can of gasoline — and drove off again in the showroom-fresh sports car. He reportedly abandoned the car a second time when he realized there were roadblocks, and according to the paper, police are still "hunting" for him.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121760#3
