Romero, who lives in Alabama, had driven his car to the Bay area (as the team spring
trains in Clearwater) yesterday, where his blue 2011 Porsche Panamera TT (valued at $190,000)
was getting serviced at Bert Smith Porsche in St. Petersburg and today ... it’s gone.
Hopefully he had insurance, although Romero has already earned a total of $19 million for his career,
so he’ll probably be able to survive either way.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/04/j-c-romeros-190000-porsche-was-stolen-at-spring-training/




Some photos of his wicked Panamera:

 

damn here local, stolen at the dealer or did it not say?

 

yep, it was in for service and then it mysteriously vanished there last night.

 

it's in a bad part of town, or well VERY close to a questionable area so it's understandable, but why anyone would steal that car thats easy to spot versus others is silly.. they probably dont realize the wheels and such will ONLY fit the panamera...5x130 and odd offsets.

 

or the dealer had it taken to they could sell him one of their PTT's sitting on the lot.lol

 

i think the 1st thing they will get rid off is the wheels, they are not stock and the colour scheme is exceptional.
The rest of the car looks pretty much like every other stock Pana TT.
Maybe the dealer himself is a big Phillies Fan, so..., who knows...

 

...and in a related story, the mayor of Mexico City's son was cited Friday morning for driving over twice the limit in a new custom Porsche sedan his father gave him for his sixteenth birthday...

 

There must be a ring of pros stealing Porsches in for service from dealerships. It happened a couple months ago here too only this time they got 3 Porsches that were all in for service including a Panamera TT......

Prolly prudent at this time to find out where/how your keys are kept when your car goes in for service????? Beware!!

 

Probably stolen and shipped somewhere overseas to a prospective buyer.

 

It's in a container on the way to China, where it'll bring big bucks and no questions.

 

Does the Dealer have any liability or is it all his insurance?

 

That is the dealer that where I bought mine from, and just had my exhaust put on from.

They had a similar incident a few months ago when I was buying my car from them, and gave them my card. My company installs CCTV systems. I think this is an inside job.