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From: Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH on 12 Oct 2009 20:10
Caught some thieves on video. Anybody want to take a stab at IDing the
vehicle so we have a better idea of what to watch for?

http://kd5nrh.smugmug.com/Other/VideoCaps10-5-09/9946067_6LPN3/1/678911047
_sgrAN

If the wrapping kills that url, try http://bit.ly/2o6VRJ

From: Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH on 12 Oct 2009 20:14
"Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH" <kd5nrh(a)g-m-a-i-l.com> wrote in
news:Xns9CA2C364FDB4Ekd5nrhgmailcom(a)198.186.190.224:

> http://bit.ly

Guess I should specify that I mean the small car on the street. The 99
Blazer is mine.

From: richard on 12 Oct 2009 22:38
On 13 Oct 2009 00:10:42 GMT, Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH wrote:

> Caught some thieves on video. Anybody want to take a stab at IDing the
> vehicle so we have a better idea of what to watch for?
>
> http://kd5nrh.smugmug.com/Other/VideoCaps10-5-09/9946067_6LPN3/1/678911047
> _sgrAN
>
> If the wrapping kills that url, try http://bit.ly/2o6VRJ

Somebody once tagged me as "Stoopid".
It is nice to know there are lesser intelligent people out there.
Could you identify that snowflake if you saw it again?
From: Dave C. on 12 Oct 2009 22:19
On 13 Oct 2009 00:14:51 GMT
"Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH" <kd5nrh(a)g-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:

> "Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH" <kd5nrh(a)g-m-a-i-l.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9CA2C364FDB4Ekd5nrhgmailcom(a)198.186.190.224:
>
> > http://bit.ly
>
> Guess I should specify that I mean the small car on the street. The
> 99 Blazer is mine.
>

Oh! I was going to say it's a Blazer or Trailblazer, definitely GM
something or other. I guess that's not what you were looking for.

OK, the first picture is absolutely worthless, might as well delete
it.

The second picture kind of looks like a Ford Explorer Sporttrac viewed
from an angle roughly 120 degrees from the way the vehicle is pointed.
(looking at the right rear tail-light). But then the tail section is
too stubby for that. So ya got me.

Picture 3 is pretty good. The profile is that of a Suzuki Aerio SX or
a Suzuki SX4 or a Toyota Corolla Matrix or something similar (Scion
something?) It's definitely a hatchback. Note above the tail
light the body goes up (hard to see with the glare, I know) to the edge
of the roofline which is gently sloped upward as it goes toward the
front of the car. Also, the brake light being on is a dead giveaway
that it's not a sedan or coupe style vehicle. There is no room for a
trunk, not even a small one. There is a door back there, probably
opens upward. Now that I think of it, it most reminds me of a Honda
Civic hatchback. I think this is the driver's side profile of the same
vehicle here:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vehicle-pictures/1995/honda/civic/92802031990102-480.jpg
But then your unknown vehicle appears that it might be a 5-door. So
did Honda make a 5-door civic hatchback? If not, then you need to find
a vehicle that has the identical profile of a civic hatchback, with
nearly identical tail lights and front parking lights, that was made
with 5 doors.

To be clear, I'm 90% certain that it is a Civic hatchback, probably
from the mid-90s. But then it also appears that it might have 5 doors,
and that is what has me ONLY 90% certain.

I don't know what to make of picture 4. Is that the front or back of a
vehicle? If we could figure out which end of the vehicle we're looking
at, that might be helpful. I mean, if you just find which 5-door
hatchback has lights at one end matching that specific unusual shape,
you've got your vehicle!

Picture 5 is also useless. Picture 6 appears to be a duplicate, again
looking kind of like a Ford Explorer Sporttrac with the back end
chopped a good foot or so.

On a side note, are you sure all these pictures are the same vehicle?
I'm not. -Dave



From: richard on 13 Oct 2009 12:17
On 13 Oct 2009 00:10:42 GMT, Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH wrote:

> Caught some thieves on video. Anybody want to take a stab at IDing the
> vehicle so we have a better idea of what to watch for?
>
> http://kd5nrh.smugmug.com/Other/VideoCaps10-5-09/9946067_6LPN3/1/678911047
> _sgrAN
>
> If the wrapping kills that url, try http://bit.ly/2o6VRJ

You should send the video in to NCIS. They'll ID the car, the license plate
and the driver in minutes.
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