STOLEN 1972 BMW 2002 tii

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My car, an orange 1972 BMW 2002tii, was stolen from Rosewood and Sweetzer (near Beverly and La Cienega) in West Hollywood, between 12:30AM and 10:00AM on Monday, 3/29. The car is in excellent restored condition, with great-looking paint. If you see it driving anywhere in or around Los Angeles County, please call 911 to report it; I would be more than happy to give a substantial monetary reward to anyone who does, if I do end up getting my car back.

YEAR: 1972, MAKE: BMW, MODEL: 2002tii, COLOR: ORANGE, LICENSE: 5KUA195

Distinctive features:
There is a green decal on the rear windshield that says "La Mirada."
Brass-colored honeycomb-looking wheels.
Two T-bars in the place of a front bumper, with the front license plate mounted on one.
Circular housing for the rear lights.

I'd really appreciate the help! My father and I took five years restoring the car with one another before it was passed on to me; it has much more worth to me than just its appraised value. Like I said, I'll give a reward to anyone who reports the car and helps get it returned.

Thanks!

All best,

Taylor

UPDATE:

-I am quite certain that the heist was planned, since I live in a nice neighborhood where no cars get stolen, and because no one would steal this car if they just needed a car. I am very suspicious of a Pep Boys in Los Angeles, on Hollywood Blvd. It is the only shop I've taken the car in to in all of LA, and when I was there they had broken my key and then made a copy for me to drive off with; nothing would have stopped someone from making another copy. Plus, they'd have my address on file, maybe. This all makes sense to me, as no windows were broken to get into the car, and it may have been taken during daylight hours with no problem. Someone with some car knowledge could break into it and start it easily and quietly, with or without a key.

-The other car in the first photo I put up (the only picture I had at the time) IS indeed the same car model and same color--BUT, that is the ONLY 2002 tii that I have seen after 5 years of driving my car in Southern California, and my car is still unique because of its lack of a front bumper, wheels, etc. The other orange 2002 tii is located in Encinitas, CA, so unless you're there, assume any orange tii that you spot is my car.

-Undoubtedly the people who stole the car are trying to repaint it and change the plates or something. If you see a tii with T-bars instead of a front bumper, CALL IT IN! My car will be identified by its VIN number, which is located under the hood above the left fender, in plain view

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Hello.

Whatsup, Internet? This is my blog.

I read and follow--I don't mean with Twitter or anything--I read and follow lots of different blogs and news feeds every few days. Two are the blogs of clothing brands, so that I know whenever sample sales happen in LA, to buy nice clothes for super cheap; one is operated by a Futurist collective, which discusses how humans will live and function once we make the move to space, and theorizes new means to that end; one is a feed of fighting-game related news (although I check it less, since I think that Street Fighter 4 sucks now); one is the blog of one of my favorite bands, and another is made up of random, silly posts by all the friends I have who are in bands; one is a stream of photos of well-dressed people in cities like New York, Milan, and Paris--because I like to imagine I'll also dress super badass when I am an old dude (http://tinyurl.com/kjsxwk); a few list different shows and events happening in Los Angeles; one is my favorite illustrator and designer's blog (see below) and one is my favorite painter's blog; three are art blogs that link me to other art blogs.

I read all these individual blogs, I think, because each provides me a service that I want. I figure out how to buy cool threads at their cheapest; I keep track of friends, bands, and artists; I hear about concerts, art shows, bicycle mobs, and open parties happening near me; I keep myself entertained with totally pointless intellectual, philosophical crap, or scientific crap, and stuff; and I know who won the last totally gnarly Blazblue tournament in Japan (I'll devote a post to fighting games sometime in the future). The blogs I check keep me entertained, show me some intensely creative work, and, sometimes, get me to leave my place and do something IRL!! It's amazing. Truly amazing.

So, what will I get out of writing this blog? I do not know. But I will write it because I think it will be a good, fun thing to do, and it will get me to think constructively and creatively about whatever I have rolling through my head, which is more fun than just observing how scatter-brained I can be. I think I'll focus on mini-personal-essay type of posts, instead of just describing what I did during my day--but maybe I'll do that too. I look at this as a means of organizing myself. I've kept a journal before, to keep me from musing too much on whatever is going on in my life, but keeping a journal in a public environment will force me to write more constructive things, and work with some cooler ideas.

What will you get out of reading this blog? Will it help change your life indefinitely, as all the blogs I read have certainly done for me? Maybe. If you actually exist, dear reader, I'll let you figure that out.

Stay tuned: my next post will probably be about something very exciting.

-Taylor

Blogs alluded to:

http://www.thehundreds.com/wordpress/

http://www.grnappletree.blogspot.com/

http://www.spacecollective.org/

http://www.eventhubs.com/

http://joggzblog.blogspot.com/

http://cakepolice.blogspot.com/

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

http://www.losanjealous.com/

http://birdbrid.blogspot.com/

http://joesorren.com/wordpress/

http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/

http://www.designiskinky.org/

http://www.ffffound.com/