Cars Most often Stolen
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Cars Most often Stolen
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Toyota's Camry Is Stolen Most Often
Drivers of the Toyota Camry are once again driving the most-often stolen vehicle in the U.S., a research group reported this week. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), using statistics compiled from FBI data, shows the Camry to be the most popular car for thieves for the second year in a row. The NICB estimates that there were 1.2 million vehicle thefts in the U.S. in 2001, an increase of 5.7 percent. The Honda Accord, another popular midsize sedan, ranked second, followed by the Honda Civic, the Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme/Ciera, the Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee, the Chevrolet full-size trucks, the Toyota Corolla, the Ford Taurus, the Chevrolet Caprice and the Ford F-150.
Toyota's Camry Is Stolen Most Often
Drivers of the Toyota Camry are once again driving the most-often stolen vehicle in the U.S., a research group reported this week. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), using statistics compiled from FBI data, shows the Camry to be the most popular car for thieves for the second year in a row. The NICB estimates that there were 1.2 million vehicle thefts in the U.S. in 2001, an increase of 5.7 percent. The Honda Accord, another popular midsize sedan, ranked second, followed by the Honda Civic, the Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme/Ciera, the Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee, the Chevrolet full-size trucks, the Toyota Corolla, the Ford Taurus, the Chevrolet Caprice and the Ford F-150.
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generally the most stolen car list and the best selling car list are similar.
most of the professional car thieves are out there to steal a car, strip its parts, and dump the car. the parts that sell fastest are the ones that can be used for the best selling cars out there.
of course the joyriding car thieves like to steal luxury and sports cars but those thieves are very few in number when compared to the pros.
Rock.
most of the professional car thieves are out there to steal a car, strip its parts, and dump the car. the parts that sell fastest are the ones that can be used for the best selling cars out there.
of course the joyriding car thieves like to steal luxury and sports cars but those thieves are very few in number when compared to the pros.
Rock.
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car theft is pretty high in LA (where i live). my area isn't too bad and i have a garage so it's not bad but i know one girl who got her honda prelude stolen. police recovered it but it was messed up. she got it fixed (took about 6 months) and it promptly got stolen again 2 months later. the car was parked at the dorms over at UCLA.
i know another dude who got his old toyota celica stolen. police recovered it but it was an older car and my friend didn't have full coverage insurance on it. some parts were gone but the car was driveable (ignition had a screwdriver in it, trunk lock was a hole where you had to stick your finger inside to unlock, the seats were taken out and cheap crappy seats were put in, stereo gone, etc.). he drove it though when he got it back and sold the car about 3 years later for $500. about a month later we saw the car out on the street and it was for sale for $1500. the new owner fixed the ignition key, rear trunk key, etc...but we looked in the car and saw the same old light blue seats in the dark grey interior
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i think the pros just take the cars over to the small garages where the garage owners will give them quick cash (like $500). the thief just walks away with $500 and the garage owner guy will strip the car of all of the useful parts and then dump the car out on the street where it will later get recovered by the cops. nobody wants a garage full of stolen car frames so they take what they can, dump the car, and sell the parts.
they'll sell the parts to normal reputable garages too sometimes because when was the last time you asked for "refurbished" parts to be used on a honda and checked to see if the part was stolen? can you even do that?
Rock
(i like what vincent (john travolta) in pulp fiction said about how you should never touch a man's car....and how it'd almost be worth it if he can catch a car thief trying to steal his car because of what he'd to do the thief)
i know another dude who got his old toyota celica stolen. police recovered it but it was an older car and my friend didn't have full coverage insurance on it. some parts were gone but the car was driveable (ignition had a screwdriver in it, trunk lock was a hole where you had to stick your finger inside to unlock, the seats were taken out and cheap crappy seats were put in, stereo gone, etc.). he drove it though when he got it back and sold the car about 3 years later for $500. about a month later we saw the car out on the street and it was for sale for $1500. the new owner fixed the ignition key, rear trunk key, etc...but we looked in the car and saw the same old light blue seats in the dark grey interior
.i think the pros just take the cars over to the small garages where the garage owners will give them quick cash (like $500). the thief just walks away with $500 and the garage owner guy will strip the car of all of the useful parts and then dump the car out on the street where it will later get recovered by the cops. nobody wants a garage full of stolen car frames so they take what they can, dump the car, and sell the parts.
they'll sell the parts to normal reputable garages too sometimes because when was the last time you asked for "refurbished" parts to be used on a honda and checked to see if the part was stolen? can you even do that?
Rock
(i like what vincent (john travolta) in pulp fiction said about how you should never touch a man's car....and how it'd almost be worth it if he can catch a car thief trying to steal his car because of what he'd to do the thief)
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I used to drive a 93 Toyota Camry. I never felt like the car was a target. I used to park it on the streets and it would be there everyday. I had a 95 Dodge Caravan and guess what happened to it?That's right. Gone with the wind. Any car is a potential target. However, I believe Hondas and Acura Integras are number one on a thief's list. I knew a guy who was into tuning cars and he told me the Integra engine is the most sought after piece of machinery that's out there.
