Lets see, POS honda driving around tampa: I'd say they stole it because it will blend in with the other 10,000,039,283,901,312,093,842,38,,034,293,012 pos hondas on the road. They will nevar get caught.
Tell your friend to have his insurance total the car and give him his $23 check.
Seiously though, sucks for the loss but now he can buy a real car.