Stolen Civic Si

or, go do other things with your life.

Getting into an arms race with car thieves is a losing proposition. If you get a car they want, they *will* take it from you.

so did they put it on a truck or did they drive it away? if the latter, you could have prevented it. but i'm sure you're after sympathy not analysis.

you are saying that an alarm system reacting to tilts would not have helped in the truck scenario?

Did you check to see if there is surveilance video? There are an awful lot of video cameras around. It probably won't get the car back but maybe.

Jeebus guys, the poor vic is hurtin' and y'all are just twisting the knife. Have some heart;-)

Yep, the best you can hope for is to make it more difficult for them by slowing them down. I'd have settled for that, as in this particular scenario they'd have likely been deterred by anything that would have drawn unwanted attention to them in an area with heavy foot traffic.

The middle of the night in your driveway is a different story.

They drove it away. And I'm very aware that it could have been prevented. Once bitten, twice shy.

There is video but I haven't seen it yet. I was told there is footage of me driving into the garage and another Honda following me, and a few minutes later both cars leaving with my car following the other Honda closely. Not sure yet if the video is good enough to get plates on the other Honda.

Pretty much what I suspected, these guys knew exactly what they were doing and have likely done this before.

Yep, the best you can hope for is to make it more difficult for them by slowing them down. I'd have settled for that, as in this particular scenario they'd have likely been deterred by anything that would have drawn unwanted attention to them in an area with heavy foot traffic.

The middle of the night in your driveway is a different story.

Researched the possibility of my 2005 S2000 being stolen -- apparently it has a low rate. But, a red S2000 would be rather hard to disguise I suppose.

Not with a 40 foot container around it.

I think most of these cars go to "chop shops" parts are in demand. that's why a car a few yrs old is more likely to get stolen. Parts. Let's call recycling. Tuners be aware.