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Crazy thing happened today ... U-Connect?

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#1 ·
I had driven my JGC across town, parked it and walked a couple of blocks to check out some merchandise. As I walked back to the Jeep, I noticed a young couple standing nearby. I started to get in the car but they stopped me and said his phone had just been stolen at the gym and the tracking GPS on his other phone lead them to my car! One look at me and you'd know I don't go to the gym.

I opened up the doors to the car and offered to let them search. He called his number and nothing was heard. They believed me, to their credit, and I left them standing on the sidewalk quite puzzled.

The crazy thing, while driving across town earlier, I did happen to drive by their gym before this all happened. I've searched the inside of my car on the chance someone tossed it in an open window without me noticing. 98% improbability of that scenario raised to 100% after the search.

What happened? If his cellphone was not in my car, how did his GPS track his number to my car? Was the thief hiding nearby and just picked my car to bounce a signal???
 
#3 ·
Or they were up to something....

The U-Connect wouldn't have anything to do with a random cell phone and even if connected via USB or Bluetooth the phone wouldn't use the vehicle's GPS.

The phone was in the area...perhaps hidden in your trailer hitch or not even in your Jeep...who knows. Perhaps their GPS data wasn't realtime and the stolen phone was in the area a few minutes before.
 
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