Most car thefts are not real pros. What they are is opportunistic thieves who happen to be in one part of the city, and have used up the $1.25 or whatever bus fare they need, and need to get a ride home. So they steal a car and drive it close to where they need to be then they abandon it.
Ted
A large percent of the US population, believe it or not, lives in areas where car thefts are statistically rare.
IMO a well hidden simple aftermarket system relying on nonstandard placement deters car theft better than do factory systems, which do not stop chop shop thefts nor pro export or conversion rings.
Requiring all glass, sodium azide bag units, etc. to be serialized to the car and puttinng the thumb on carmakers to keep parts prices reasonable is the best deterrent to chop shop theft.
The chop shops go for vehicles like sports cars and luxury cars where the rediculously high price is part of the appeal.
It may come as a surprise to some but it doesen't cost the factory $70,000 to build a Corvette. However if they dropped the price on it then more people would buy them and the snobs who want a car that not very many people are driving around would be uninterested in buying them.
Ted
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