>>Still, it's pretty funny to imagine the owner's reaction. "That...
>>that's not my car, is it?" "Yeah, sorry, I got a little carried
>>away." :)
>>
>>Hell, I can afford it, maybe I'll just start taking occasional jobs
>>and doing them that way on purpose, like some kind of car mechanic
>>Secret Santa.
>
>This is one of those things I can imagine happening in New Avalon.
>Some, mechanic in it for love rather than money just utterly
>rebuilding people's junkers.

Wasn't that a gag in a cyberpunk novel (possibly HEAD CRASH by Bruce Bethke)?

I vaguely recall the protagonist leaving his car in a poor neighborhood, and when he got back to it, someone had broken in and installed a better radio out of pity.