Man unwittingly buys back his own £20k car after it was stolen weeks before
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A man unwittingly bought back his own stolen car without even realising it.
Ewan Valentine says he was devastated when his Honda Civic R was stolen two months ago.
The nine-year-old motor - which can do 0-to-60mph in six seconds and has a top speed of 168mph - was his pride and joy.
Keen to replace it, the 36-year-old searched for a similar car and eventually came across one he thought was just like it.
But it wasn't until he'd shelled out over £20,000 that he realised it actually was his old car that he'd bought back.
Ewan, from Solihull, said: "In February, my partner woke up around 5am to drive to the office and asked where my car was.
"Slightly dazed, I looked out of the window and sure enough, the car was gone.
"A few weeks passed, and I was dealing with the police and the insurance company, but not much was happening.
"So I decided to start looking to replace the car.
"So I was looking for a more or less identical car and the one that caught my eye was identical, colour, make, model, even down to the custom exhaust system.
(Ewan Valentine bought back his own car without realising -Credit:Jam Press/Ewan Valentine)
"But I think my judgment was a little clouded by how desperate I was to replace my car, so I didn't do the most thorough check.
"I drove it all the way back to Solihull to buy a steering wheel lock.
"But when I went to put a few things in the boot, I noticed a tent peg and some Christmas tree pines in there.
"I'd also shattered a bottle of beer about a year before and could never quite get rid of the smell.
"So I could smell beer, and I also noticed some wrappers in the central column that were mine.
"I started driving home, feeling a little strange about the situation because it could all have been a coincidence.
"So I suddenly had the idea of checking the satnav history.
"Sure enough, there was my address, my parents' address, my partner's address and places we'd visited the previous couple of years.
"It then dawned on me that my phone connected instantly as I left the garage, rather than needing to pair it as a new device.
"So it was pretty clear at this point that it was my car."
(Ewan's Honda Civic R -Credit:Jam Press/Ewan Valentine)
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