#5 Most Stolen Car in America???
Aug 3, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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#5 Most Stolen Car in America???
Aug 3, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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The oem wheels are an issue without locking nuts, the car itself, no.
Aug 3, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Legz
The oem wheels are an issue without locking nuts, the car itself, no.
wrong. the car itself is actually on the most stolen list. this one it is listed as #3, not #5
The 10 Cars Most Likely To Be Stolen (PHOTOS)
Aug 3, 2010 | 12:53 PM
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From: Northside, Isle of Guam
That's crazy.
Aug 3, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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From: Tampa
Yeah surprising to me too. How are they stolen with inteli-key? Car jackings? I dont think I have seen one story on any of the boards of someones 37 getting jacked. The Excalade I understand.
Aug 3, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Trays news to me. Where are they being stolen from? It s only been the wheels that were reported on here.
Aug 3, 2010 | 01:10 PM
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It's pretty much impossible to "hot wire" a new car. So to steal them, they either steal the keys (or maybe carjack the owner) or simply tow them away. My buddy works in the insurance industry and he tells me that most new cars are stolen by tow truck.
Aug 3, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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Aug 3, 2010 | 01:46 PM
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I wonder how much a 37 when stripped of it's parts, what the parts are woth seperatly.
Aug 3, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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From: Pensacola Beach, FL
or if you use the FOB to wirelessly lock/unlock the car you can copy the signal to a blank FOB and then steal the car
Aug 3, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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i dont think this is true.. and even if it is, 7.1 of every thousand? i cant really tell if that is a significant statistic.
Aug 3, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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Tow truck...really? I have only heard of that in movies. I did not think anyone actually did that.
Aug 3, 2010 | 02:34 PM
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he tells me that most new cars are stolen by tow truck.
yeah that sounds fishy...I'll believe it when I see it somewhere reputable
Aug 3, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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That list is misleading. It only includes stats from the last 3 model years, not overall. Overall I doubt the G is in the top 50.
Aug 3, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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or if you use the FOB to wirelessly lock/unlock the car you can copy the signal to a blank FOB and then steal the car
FOBs using rolling code technology. It's pretty much not even possible to steal a car that way.
