West Seattle resident Craig Vinton learned his battery car was stolen. He just recovered it himself in SODO. We did an article about his home-made car conversions.
UPDATE 5:45 pm Tuesday
Geo Tracker Electric Vehicle recovered! I was down in SODO area on a Photo Booth event (with AllStar Entertainment) and just happened to drive past it parked about a mile from where it was stolen. Loser that took it found out he was in over his head and parked it. Appears to be no visible damage..... will be driving it home tonight and confirm. Thanks to all that posted.
Yay!!
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Craig Vinton
AllStar Entertainment
UPDATE: Saturday, 2:10 p.m. Still no sign of battery vehicle
"Nobody steals an electric car," said a baffled Craig Vinton, who converted the Tracker four years ago. "I don't think it's ever done before. It will only go about another 15 miles. I was a quarter down (in battery power.) It doesn't have a starter. It doesn't make any noise when you start it. If they thought it was a gas car, I think they'd be out of it in a heart-beat. They'd think the starter was broken. The officer said he'd never heard of an electric car stolen. It's just silly.
"That's my winter car, and it gets around the snow real well," he said. "That's why I want it back. My (electric) truck doesn't do that well in the snow."
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"It hasn't happened here before and rarely has it ever happened, but my Electric Vehicle appears to have been stolen!" said Craig Vinton of West Seattle. We did an article on his electric vehicles, including the Geo Tracker here.
He says:
It's a 1996 Geo Tracker EV... stolen sometime between Monday & Thursday from 4th & Lander near Sodo Link terminal. Dark Green, flat grill, EV decals and more indicate that it's and electric vehicle.
Since it had been driven there, the best possible distance from the location is in a 15-20 mile radius unless it was put on a trailer (highly unlikely, but you never know!)
One of 4 electric vehicles I own, but would like to have it back.
http://www.evalbum.com/preview.php?vid=1333
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Craig Vinton
AllStar Entertainment
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