Flashing a cheque book, a smartly-dressed man coolly asked for the keys to a sports car at a showroom in Malaysia.

He got into the RM963,000 ($280,000) Porsche 911 Targa 4, started the engine, and to the horror of the salespersons there, crashed the car through the showroom's glass pane and drove off at top speed.

But he had not factored in one thing – fuel. The car ran out of petrol just 2km away and police found the car within 30 minutes at Hujung Perusahaan Dua in Prai.

The car was was stolen again one day later from the compound of the police headquarters. And police believe it was the same man who pulled it off again, because he had the car keys.

But this time, unlike in the first incident, the car had fuel. Neither the thief nor the car has been found.

Labels: Transportation

Posted by Spluch on 20 July, 2007 at 14:37 | Permalink |