UPDATE: BMW "stolen" from Hooters is found It was found Tuesday and returned to its owner, five weeks later. (Roberto Arias) You may recall the story of the man who reported that he'd loaned his BMW 740iL, a $60,000 car in its heyday, to a couple he'd never met before, while sitting inside the Hooters in Fairfax City, and told them to just drop it off the next day. And they didn't do that. That was on June 9, though he did not report it to police until June 17. Now the car has been found, Fairfax City police Sgt. Joe Johnson reports. It was in the parking lot of the Fair Lakes Promenade shopping center, which is the strip mall just off West Ox Road with the Barnes and Noble, Old Navy and the Macaroni Grill. A Fairfax County officer found the car on Tuesday afternoon, undamaged and unlocked. The keys were in the car, on the seat, Johnson said. Fairfax City police inquired of the Commonwealth's Attorney's office whether they should pursue a stolen auto investigation, and were told no, Johnson said. This is likely because grand larceny requires proof that the thieves converted the property to their own use, which they didn't do by abandoning the car at some unknown time. And an "unauthorized use of a vehicle" charge would require clear terms of use by the owner, and the owner may have had some credibility problems, according to one prosecutor I spoke with who was not connected to the case. And all this is if the police even track down the thieves, which might take some doing for a minor charge. The full story of the episode, and the thieves" wily claim that they were trying to get to a wedding, is here. The owner got his 2000 model BMW, current Blue Book value $8,000, back Tuesday, Johnson said. "Hopefully, he learned a lesson," Johnson added. Hopefully he won't be so generous with his vehicle in the future. But it wasn't a false police report, and it wasn't an insurance scam, so he's good to go," from the police perspective.