okay, so if someone goes to 7-11, runs in for a second to buy something and leaves their car running it's no longer a theft if someone else takes it...? obviously the car is now theirs to sell, right...? they "allowed" their car to get stolen due to their own stupidity, so that's where the situation ends, right...?
Haha, completely off topic here. But for a winter here in Minneapolis, this was essentially the case. For whatever reason, there was a huge rash of idiots leaving their cars running (while warming up, running in to get groceries, etc.). It got to the point that the police refused to investigate any reports of stolen cars that were left running - they'd just take a report over the phone and that's that.