Florida man accused of trying to trade car to dealer he stole it from

[Eugene]

Source: Autoblog

Florida man accused of trying to trade car to dealer he stole it from

He would have gotten a really good deal

GREG RASA
Sep 22nd 2021 at 12:50PM

A man walks into a car dealership, wishing to trade the vehicle he drove up in for a new one. Happens all the time, right?

But when the man is a Florida man, things get more interesting.

According to First Coast News and some other Florida outlets, police in Jacksonville responded to Lake City Chrysler Dodge Jeep, where the scene above played out, as it does every day. But this time was different.

When the dealership's sales staff logged the VIN on the man's trade-in, they discovered that the car had been stolen from that very dealership just days prior. That's right, a customer, for lack of a better term, was trying to trade a car stolen at that dealership for something better.

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Read more: https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/22/florida-man-tries-to-trade-stolen-car-to-dealership/

[PoliticAverse]

1. See! You never get what your car is worth when you try to sell it to a dealer... n/t

[nilram]

2. Hilarious. Imagine being the guy behind the keyboard.

“Ah, well, ah, you know… The bluebook numbers on this are one thing, but I bet it’s worth more to us than that. I’ll go in the back and talk to my manager. I think he knows some guys who would be really, really interested in this.”

[hobby10113]

3. Florida man

The hero we deserve! *Sarcasm*