(FOUND!)Aurora/Denver, Colorado Stolen 1996 Tacoma light blue

EDIT: LOCATED!!! Ol blue is home safe, no obvious damage but I haven’t been able to start her yet because the thief took the keys and I can’t find my spare, a new ignition cylinder is being installed tomorrow. Luckily my truck door key is different from my ignition key because of an earlier ignition cylinder repair. I have my house keys and my truck door key separated from the rest and they didn’t get those, thank you deer Lord. They did get my trailers lock keys and I had to replace my trailer locks immediately after the thievery took place.

I can’t believe I found her. I went to O’Reillys for kill switch fixins for my 85 4Runner so it doesn’t get stolen, got the stuff and headed home. Fellow TWmember posted this

and as I pulled up to my house, bummed that I didn’t see my truck, I thought about that post then thought, what the hell, why not drive around some more. Said to my doggo, “well sh*t bud, you wanna go see if we can find our f**king truck?” And kept driving past my house, the direction I knew the thief went. Not thinking I’m actually going to find it, I drove toward the gas station that on the night of the theft minutes after, I saw 3 cops that when I told them what was going down they told me they were busy and I needed to call 911 thanks for nothing officers the wife’s already doing that at home.

Anyways, back to coming home from O’Reillys, I go back to that gas station and I’m thinking “I bet that fucker drove right past those cops sitting at that gas station.” So I drove to the gas station kept going 3 streets north, turned east onto 14th and as I’m passing 3 apartment buildings out of the corner of my eye in the parking of a building, low and behold there I see it! Slammed the brakes flipped a bitch and parked where I could see it and called the cops. Got a tow truck to bring her home. And wohoooo!!!!!
She’s safe and sound. End edit.


Light blue 1996 Toyota Tacoma single cab with a white camper shell was stolen(then found!)right out front of my house at about 8:45-8:50pm, thief drove west on 7th Ave towards Dayton. Police report has been filed, if anyone sees this vehicle please contact the police immediately and please message me.


Vehicle 1

Color: Light blue

Make: Toyota

Model: Tacoma

Year: 1996

Type: Truck

License Plate: 334-QCB


I have reported this information to the police.

Don’t know if posting here will help but I really am bummed and just want her back. Color is unmistakable

 

I'm amazed that a millennial-era car thief actually knew how to drive a stick shift!

I hope you get your truck back...

 

Thanks, Such a damn bummer.
I’m hoping since it was dark and my finicky headlights flash on and off with that they ditched it somewhere and someone will see it

 

Were the keys in it or did they hotwire it?

 

Sweet ride man. I hope you get her back soon.

 

Ya I f*cked up and left my keys in there, luckily I had just brought all my tools into my back yard, was doing some work on my house, but got distracted with the dogs and forgot to go back out to lock up the truck and probably left the keys sitting right on the damn seat.

I’m sure if I hadn’t left them in there they would have just scrummaged through it and found my lack of valuables

 

Thanks! I hope so too

 

did you also put up an alert in the TW Colorado section!?

get some more eyes out there working for the safe return of your truck

 

Just did and another friendly TW member did as well. Thanks everyone! I hope I can get some eyes out to see it!

 

It's not uncommon for thieves to stash a stolen vehicle in an inconspicuous spot in, say, a nearby apartment complex to make sure it doesn't have a tracker onboard, and to come back for it later. Might be worth looking in the back lots of places within a half mile radius or so.

Fingers crossed you get it back. My XJ was stolen twenty-plus years ago and after what seemed to be a wild ride by the joyriding thieves, it was abandoned and I got it back.

I hate thieves.

 

@96BlueTacos

Do you have full coverage on your truck?

 

That sucks Dude. I hope you get it back!

 

Damn beautiful taco....sorry OP

 

There are tons of Land Cruiser guys in CO. A paradise blue Taco sure does stick out.

I suggest posting on the Mud stolen section

https://forum.ih8mud.com/forums/stolen-vehicles-parts.279/

And maybe also in the appropriate local club forum.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/categories/clubhouses.144/

Good luck. I hope the thief gets ass cancer.

 

i vote they get cancer of the prick
unless he is a she or whatever

 

I’m actually driving around doing that right now

 

@Wulf

Don't you live around the area?

 

i think no, he is south CO (i think)

 

Yeah he does. And he knows a few people too

 

I’ll keep an eye out

I sure hope it shows up!!