I had a friend of mine get his car stolen when we were much younger. It was his first car and he loved it. After he reported it stolen, he figured he'd never get it back. About a week later the police in another state contacted him saying they found the car. The insurance company loved this news cause they didn't have to pay out. The arranged to get the car sent back and that was that...for them anyway.



As it turns out the guy that stole it stopped just short of completely destroying it. He spray painted the exterior, dinged it up, trashed the interior, put like 2,000 miles on it and basically drove it into the ground while he had it. The insurance company said "you got your car back, be happy", and because he was so attached to it, along with being young and dumb, and having a very high deductible, he didn't push it. In hindsight he should have pushed them to total it, or cover the damage. It was a hot mess.



So moral of the story, you don't want them to find your car, as sucky as that is. Try to stay positive though. Maybe you will end up with something nicer at the end of this.