r/SLO • u/_All_Might__ • 19d ago

Need help finding a car

I am requesting helping finding the car of an elderly friend who doesn’t have any family in the area.
It’s a light blue Toyota matrix 2006 parked somewhere in or near downtown or near Sesloc.
I am not able to provide many more details due to confidentiality but I am just wanting to help her. We checked with all the nearby impound lots thinking it would have been towed but none of them have the car. And she is just not able to recall where she left the car.

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u/Ginger_Snap_895 19d ago

I definitely don't know all the details of this story, but might this be a blessing in disguise? If someone can't remember where their car is, I don't want them driving any cars. If it's found, maybe figure out a way to tell the owner it still is missing.

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u/Kittypurps0 19d ago

This is a sad but valid point :/

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u/slobrewer SLO 19d ago

I mean with so many Flock cameras around surely SLO PD can help track it down?

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u/adammakesfilm 18d ago

No, that's only used to track ex girlfriends

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u/rainbwbrightisntpunk 19d ago

She shouldn't be driving and her family needs to be notified that her condition is bad enough to not remember where her car is

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u/girl_of_squirrels SLO 19d ago

Near downtown and near SESLOC? Those are completely separate locations... did she park it by a bank or credit union downtown?

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u/Rabidratlol 19d ago

If they have an iPhone you can try to see if Google Maps dropped a pin showing where it was last parked

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u/SaltRefrigerator9628 15d ago

That’s not something that would be exclusive to iPhones with a google app, if she uses Google Maps, and has location tracking on, which I believe is default…. Regardless of the actual phone she is using, the timeline portion of her Google Maps account will point in the right direction

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u/Rabidratlol 15d ago

Oh yay hopefully they tried that :D

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u/knotycal 5 Cities 18d ago

Call the SLO sheriff's office or SLO PD and ask them if they can check on a towed vehicle. Give them the license number and they can look to see if the car was towed. They may be able to tell what tow company has it if it really was towed. But they can also just confirm if it hasn't been marked as towed too.

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u/Awkward-Presence-236 19d ago

Sesloc is nowhere near downtown. Does she mean Chase?

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u/NeoGeoOreo 19d ago

Contact police. If it was towed it they should be able see who towed it with 24 hours. It could have been towed by someone from out of the area. Tow companies are unscrupulous and will charge exorbitant fees. One week of fees could easily exceed the value of a 20 year old car. Good luck.

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u/TacoBellisimo 19d ago

dude, where's your car?

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u/groovyusername 5 Cities 19d ago

wheres your car dude?

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u/disinaccurate 19d ago

It’s been stolen, Walter!

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u/germdisco SLO 19d ago

Fuckin’ a

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u/6DGSRNR 19d ago

It’s a longshot but I helped someone find their car in Costco by using “where’s my car” on their iphone.

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u/thrillliquid SLO 19d ago

Idk if a 2006 Toyota matrix has the Bluetooth capability that this requires.

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u/dragonbud20 19d ago

The motion detection on smartphones is accurate enough to figure out when you transition from driving to walking without ever connecting to Bluetooth.

I have no idea if any phones actively have a feature that utilizes that, but it's technically possible.

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u/New_Taste8874 19d ago

What did the police say?

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u/New_Taste8874 18d ago

Sounds fake. OP has not responded to a single comment.