Fred Rogers Drove a plain old Impala for years, one day, however the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town. Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. it read " If we'd known it was yours, we never would have taken it"