Probably a stupid question... Options

[Jen]

This may be a stupid question, but I'm a relatively dumb as far as car things go, so humor me.

Long story short, someone moved my truck while it was in park. I was not there and it was locked, so I'm assuming they either drug it or pushed it to move it. There were tire marks on the pavement from the beginning location to the ending location. It was probably a 10-12 yard distance--I was too pissed off so I'm just guessing that's how far it was.

Now, what damage could this and would this have done to my truck. I'm guessing it couldn't have been good for my transmission...

help...please

[Hartmann]

What kind of truck do you have?

The reason I ask is because I am wondering how they moved it. If it was moved by being pushed by another truck then I'd definitely take it in and have the tires looked at.

The damage to the transmission depends on a couple of things, is it a standard or automatic? If it is a standard, was it still in park when you got in? On most vehicles you can "shift" the vehicle (even if it's an automatic) from underneath by manipulating a lever.

If it's a smaller truck (Ranger, etc.) or a Jeep then they could have easily (with four people) picked it up and moved it. We used to do that in high school to a baseball teammate.