If they did wish to share with the cops that they had an open relationship and this was how they knew her, I can assure (generic) you that it probably wouldn’t be the first time those officers had heard that.
And the text record of making hook-up arrangements on Tindr?
Or is that a thing?
As long as you can prove the car belongs to you and not her it shouldn’t matter what she says, I would assume. As far as getting your car back. Even if you had said she could borrow it for say a week and then 3 days later decided to call the cops and report it stolen I imagine they would still give your car back. She could always sue you on Judge Judy, but as far as getting your car back I’d think the only pertinent detail would be that it belongs to you and not to her.
I’m not sure what you understood the OP to be about. She and Ambivalid already have the car back. Any protestations the Tinder girl might be making at this point will be solely about beating a GTA rap.
Ah, I see. 
I kinda forgot that they put in people in jail for car theft. I was just focusing on what the important part to me would be - getting the car back - and I couldn’t quite figure out why everyone was going on about the girl or why they’d care what she said. But I guess if there’s a court hearing and Ambivalid has to testify or something like that trouble could arise, maybe.
Do they have court hearing and jury trials for stuff like this? I guess if they do for drugs they would for stealing. I should prolly read the op again. 
Yes, you always own the car and can request its return at any time, even if you gave permission for somebody else to borrow it. The issue is whether or not that person stole the car by driving it without your permission.
I’ve read a few mysteries where they did.
“I got clamped…and so did the car.”
Nope, screwdriver was one of these on my key ring.
An idiot(s) broke into my car a few suumer ago and snagged some electronics.
He also tried to start the car with a screwdriver, despite a prominent “this car has an ignition kill switch” sticker. Dude was thirsty for a 15yo BMW with 150k on it - plus my inspection windshield sticker was expired (cops are Nazis about this around here); moreover the car has a very distinctive vanity plate. Grand Theft Auto dude would’ve been pulled over sooner than later.
Not that the idiot weighed any of this in considering a car to steal.
Plus: in the history of earth, has anyone anywhere been able to start a car via screwdriver?
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I had a 1967 BelAir that, as long as it fit in the ignition switch, you could use almost anything to start it.
Some older Ford vehicles had the starter solenoid up on the firewall and you could start the vehicle by jumping across the terminals with a screwdriver. Also, you could do it on some older vehicles by jumping across the terminals on the starter itself with a screwdriver.
Does this method work on newer cars?
Ooh, which ones?
Back when I was in high school (1990s), our drivers’ ed teacher taught us that method, along with the coathanger trick, just in case we lost our keys. I doubt it would work nowadays, though.
Wow. I went thru driver’s ed in the 90s as well. I don’t think they taught any of that shit lol. Our shit was suck a joke, we used to smoke joints while driving on the big, long drivers track out back of the high school. Seriously, you really had to be a fuck-up who was probably better off never being behind the wheel of an automobile if you couldn’t pass school-based driver’s ed in MI in the early-to-mid '90s. I truly honestly gained minimal-if any-drivers education from drivers ed.
You assume something was happening in her head. Some people do dumb shit. It’s not because they think things out, it’s because they don’t.
I’m with Qadgop on this - YOU are not the one screwing up her life. She is. She did a dumb-ass thing. She’s going to pay a price for being a dumb-ass. Jails and prisons are full of people like that.
Of course she seemed like a sweet girl - that’s how she gets into a position where she can fuck with other people.
There’s been no mention made of why Ambivalid broke up with this chick, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was due to manipulation, dumb-ass actions, and pulling stunts like this. (No, Ambivalid, you don’t have to answer or give us any information on that if you don’t want to do so)
I hear they had toughened it up by the '90’s compared to what I had around 1980. Yep, Michigan driver’s ed was pretty unimpressive… My oldest sister supposedly flunked out of her first driver’s ed session in the early 1970’s though she passed a subsequent class. Eventually (although unfortunately after several accidents) she gave up trying to drive, much to everyone’s relief. Yep, I’d say your appraisal of that was spot on.
For one thing, I never actually dated the car-thief girl. I just knew her from years ago. Never dated tho.
And an interesting little side note, I swear the car is cleaner after we picked it up from the impound yard than it was when it was stolen. Shiny, even waxy, with not a speck of dirt on it. I do not understand. I mean, did this girl wash my car after she stole it? Then shortly thereafter just up and leave it? If so, thanks car thief! You can come steal my car anytime!
j/k
Yeah, our instructor was a real hoot. He once showed us where Mario Lemieux lived, too.
On the downside, we never got to watch any of those really graphic movies about the dangers of wreckless driving.
Probably not.