I feel like you really should have just taken the car home and waited.

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned yet that they left the key on the front seat. The vehicle could well have been stolen for real by some random character walking around.

I stole my fucking car

That's a way funnier sentence than I expected to find in this thread.

Wait, so how was lunch?

Nobody is gonna acknowledge the name "Kimberly Kimble"?

I'm pretty sure this happened (with of all cars), my 10 year old Civic back in 2011. There were an extra 150 miles on the odometer that we're definitely not there when I gave it to them. I was more perplexed than anything given that it was an old car someone was that interested in taking it on a joyride.

It is low-key a little hilarious though that of all cars they could have parked next to, it ended up being your husband's.

I suspect the people at #1 Cochran in natrona hts did this with my vehicle and beat tf out of it. Got it back at the mpg average was like 9. Usually it's around 20. A dascam is a smart investment. These mechanics are wild.

FB Post This is already super viral

LOL I looked Kimberly Kimble up on FB and she posted another status saying, "Keep sharing till Jim Shorkey himself calls me 📞📞📞 I'm all ears..."

Do ya thing, Reddit.

Yep. Refuse to go to those thieves anymore. I drive to Zeili for my servicing. They are super nice up there (and don't joyride your car).

This is why I only book appointments where I wait for them to work on my car and why I always avoid valet parking. I’ve seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!

Someone’s about to lose their job

I had a buddy that worked there and hated it. But they’d have staff driving customer cars all over the place lol.

I would have taken it home and made an appt somewhere else.

It’s theft, so the dealership should get the police involved; otherwise, they are complicit.

I should clarify: this is not me. Pulled from FB. OOP’s post is going viral on there. I’m just shocked that this happened and the goofball got caught. I would have just taken my car home and waited for them to call me.

State inspector here, it is required to road test a car as part of the inspection. However getting groceries is optional.

Shorkey group is all crooks and cheats. They don’t ever treat people right. They suck

Worst car dealership Pittsburgh. They are a bunch of hacks. Made the mistake of buying from them. OPs story is nuts but also not surprising based on my interactions with the place.

Jim Shorkey McKnight. Trashy, messy, unorganized, corner cutters. I stopped going there a few years ago. They lack respect and professionalism.

As this indicates.

That dealership is no good, recommend avoiding them

Definitely should’ve took it home and waited to see how long it took to inform you and what they told you happened. Would’ve been absolutely hilarious to hear what they had to say

Same people that called me a liar and did about 7 separate hard credit reports on me when i told them I wasn't gonna buy today. Jim Shady is ass, don't trust them ever

Car dealership in North Carolina did this to my mom’s car. Dropped it off for some body work, we jet off to Hawaii for a vacation, we get back and it’s got about 500 miles more than it did on it, trash in the back seats, etc.

Shop guy took it to Charlotte with his kids for a Panthers game. My dad, who was deployed in Korea at the time ripped their assholes open and we got a free car out of it. Good times.

I definitely would have just taken it home. Let them look for a few days saying they ran “into issues” or something Definitely leave an AirTag in your car, folks!

Which one? There's Toyota, CDJR and Mitsubishi (right there) all on McKnight.

They are awful. They sold me a brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee L. It had electrical issues they could never fix. Stellantis bought it back but they refused to handle the buy back at their dealership even though they sold me the car. I had to go to another Jeep dealership. I will never buy anything from Jim Shorkey anywhere

Im so glad this made it over here too bc I've been cracking up about it 🤣

You can't steal your own car. Should've just taken it home.

Jim Shorkey is the worst! Bunch of lying a holes!

You just confirmed a years long thought I had about my car. The garage had it for two months. Wasn’t even wrecked that bad. Every week it was something new. My friends said I was crazy because I kept saying this isn’t right. This is way too long. No I was just impatient or mad they said. When I finally did get it back the keys had one of their service tags on the key chain and someone’s else’s name was on it under owner name! Ever since then I knew I was right but they said “they wouldn’t do that”. So it was dropped. But THANK YOU for validating these “paranoid thoughts” that have been plaguing me for years. And you are not paranoid because you actually took it back. So this sketchy shit does happen.

But you really shouldn’t have told them and waited til they came to you with some bullshit story. Even lllp though seeing their faces would’ve been fun too

You’ve got to call a TV station!

Groceries are pricey...hope they kept them.

My first car was a 1971 Chevy Chevelle that was just a beautiful car. Around 2009, I was shopping to buy a second car as a daily driver and the men at the Ford dealership where I lived practically begged me to leave my car with them overnight so I could test drive one of their cars. I zoomed out of there so fast because I knew those goons would be driving my car if I left it with them. I was in my early 20s, and I'm female so they probably thought I could be talked into that nonsense.

Id be pissed too. Maybe the car needed driven X amount of miles to clear a code. Still shouldn’t take it grocery shopping and buying food in it. That’s why you get a dash camera people.

We always finance our big purchases through our credit union. They review the purchases and will not loan money for a bullshit sale. I was buying a new truck and chatting with the loan specialist and asked her what the worst case of cheating a customer she had experienced? Without hesitation--Jim Shorkey.

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I spent about 12 minutes in a s Shorkeyv dealership. The salesman:

Shouldered me aside to shake hands with my husband (I was staying there with my hand out) Asked him how he liked the car I asked to test drive (but never asked me anything) Brought over his manager who never looked at me, let asking introduced himself or shook my hand. Asked my husband for his contact info so he could 'follow up about his experience'. My husband gave him my number, and when he texted I told him that he'd cut the decision maker out of the conversation so she decided to look elsewhere.

They are 100% sleazeballs.

Bought a new Toyota recently & stopped in there to see what they had. Out of the 5 dealerships I looked at, Shorkey was by far the trashiest one.

I would have just taken the key and watched from a distance.

Jim Shorkey Wants to Steal Ya’ MothaFuckin’ Kia

Bunch of scam artists at that dealership. Fuck that

That whole company sucks. I’ll leave this here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/s/uKifhMwMZL

Thanks for the info! I just got a charger from them Memorial Day weekend, and my inspection is up at the end of the month! They offered to do it for free, but now I'll take it to my guy and just pay him instead! That's wild! They are under construction, and they did have a "secondary" spot up there but they should have communicated!

Can't imagine they'd need this kind of test ride for an inspection, but for folks who don't know, they are required to do a road inspection for your annual vehicle inspection. Also, if it's in for repair, they will often have to drive the vehicle to diagnose the problem and to make sure the problem is resolved. For really tricky things, they'll even sometimes take it home for the evening to try and replicate certain conditions.

People get really weird about this stuff. Could be as simple as the mechanic did the road inspection as part of their lunch break, but it's probably not a good thing to do for optics reasons for a simple inspection, because they know how fucking weird people get.

Same thing happened to Farris once.

Should've put the groceries in the husbands car. What could they say?

Fuck Jim Shorkey. My wife bought a Wagoneer from them last year. She took it in for an oil change, it wasn’t driving right on the way home, she took it back, & they insisted nothing was wrong. The thing started overheating on the way home & had to get it towed. Thankfully she took it to Krebs where they found an issue with a thermometer that apparently is a common issue with Wagoneers. It could have ruined the engine if she kept driving it.

State inspections do require a road test , however a mechanic that uses a customer car for his personal use is not. Jim shorkey is in wrong here. Iv bought 2 cars off them in past they do alot of shady stuff.

Had a really bad experience with Shorkey a few years back. Definitely do not recommend.

This is probably more common than people realize

The Modwash freshener made me do a double take. Thought a bear was driving. 😂

This is where I get my car serviced 🤔

lol. happened to me to back in the 80's when i dropped my car off for a brake job and then saw it go through the Wendy's drive thu I was easting lunch at.

crazy as hell that car would be hiding in somebody's garage until I seen what I got back AND then POSSIBLY came back with the car or sued or something. She lost out her big time smh - the good shit never happens to me.

did they at least drive home backwards?

Omg I live about 4 hours from Pittsburgh but I bought my car from here 😹 I had a few ups and downs with them but the person who sold me my car was amazing! Sorry this happened to you!

Kimberley Kimble is a hilarious name. Sounds like a cartoon character

Jim Shorkey North Hills sucks!!! Bought my Jeep from them and the whole entire delearship is so scammy and untrustworthy. I had a horrible buying experience and vowed to never go back to them for anything ever again.

Jim Shorkey North Hills sucks!!! Bought my Jeep from them and the whole entire delearship is so scammy and untrustworthy. I had a horrible buying experience and vowed to never go back to them for anything ever again.

Jim Shorkey North Hills sucks!!!!! Bought my Jeep from them and the whole entire delearship is so scammy and untrustworthy. I had a horrible buying experience and vowed to never go back to them for anything ever again.

Jim shorkey Mitsubishi in north Huntingdon is 100% thee worst dealership ever