Most common car to be broken into?

[al-ti2d]

What are the most common cars that people break into/steal? I've heard the older Hyundai Tiburons are #1 but then others tell me that Civics are #1?

[A3GTiVR6SC]

dc2 integra (94+)

[bluetek]

About 4 or 5 years ago when I was getting an alarm installed they had reports that said it was the civic.

[dj_rice]

Who'd wanna steal a Hyundai Tiburon??? :confused: :dunno: :nut:



It changes every year but Honda Civic, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry seem to always make the list of top 3

[Vietsta]

yeah i would say civic casue mine was broken into few weeks ago

[2shy4u]

Cavalier, explorer, NEON.

[al-ti2d]

hmm.. my civic has an alarm system already in it but i don't know how good it is.. (rattler is the brand??) anybody know if that is a good brand??
i think i'll go out and buy a steering wheel lock for my civic tomorrow lol. i can't quite afford a compustar system as of yet :(

[likwid]

I heard Subaru's were the cars that are most stolen

[Vietsta]

i got a compustar on my civic it works great

[QuasarCav]

The one with the huge obvious stereo??

[CivicTunr]

actually in my super street they had this


already said it was the DC2(94+) integra

[Xtrema]

Any Civic/Integra are good targets.

Accords/Camry are also targeted for parts.

If you have to park outside @ night, make sure you leave nothing in the car. And if you have fancy radio, take the face plate off.

[mo_money2supe]

Originally posted by Vietsta
yeah i would say civic casue mine was broken into few weeks ago


Originally posted by Vietsta
i got a compustar on my civic it works great

The compustar sure must be great if people can still break into your car. Or are you saying that the compustar was added AFTER you had your civic broken into?

Since I drive a Civic myself, I was thinking of investing in a Compustar as well, but I'd like to know just how secure it really is. But nonetheless, it's nice to be able to tell if your car has actually started after you press the button (with their 2-way remote that is).

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by Xtrema
Any Civic/Integra are good targets.

Accords/Camry are also targeted for parts.

If you have to park outside @ night, make sure you leave nothing in the car. And if you have fancy radio, take the face plate off.

^^^ Best advice in this thread.

Nobody wants to steal my cassette deck, and they can't see the CD changer. :)

[B20EF]

Originally posted by mo_money2supe
Since I drive a Civic myself, I was thinking of investing in a Compustar as well, but I'd like to know just how secure it really is. But nonetheless, it's nice to be able to tell if your car has actually started after you press the button (with their 2-way remote that is).

I have a theft recovery civic which was stolen when it had a compustar, it's apparently not hard to bypass kill switches and what not

[Speed_69]

viper > compustar

[HiSpec]

honestly, if someone want to break into your car bad enough... it can be done

[?????]

This is for Canada.

http://www.ibc.ca/en/Insurance_Crime/Top_Ten_Stolen_Cars/2005.asp

http://www.ibc.ca/en/Insurance_Crime/Top_Ten_Stolen_Cars/2004.asp

http://www.ibc.ca/en/Insurance_Crime/Top_Ten_Stolen_Cars/2003.asp

[mac_82]

Top 10 Stolen Cars in 2005 in CANADA:

1- 2000 Honda Civic SiR 2-door
2- 1999 Honda Civic SiR 2-door
3- 1996 4 wheel drive Chevrolet/GMC Blazer/Jimmy S Series 2-door
4- 1994 Honda Civic Si Hatchback 2-door
5- 1993 Volkswagen Corrado 2-door
6- 1995 Honda Civic Si Hatchback 2-door
7- 1992 Chrysler/Dodge Caravan and Voyager
8- 2002 all wheel drive Subaru Impreza WRX, 4-door
9- 1999 Volkswagen Golf GTI Hatchback 2-door
10- 1993 Honda Civic Si hatchback 2-door


Top 10 Stolen Vehicles Overall in 2002-2003 in CANADA:

1- Subaru Impreza WRX 4DR 4WD
2- Ford F350 Super Duty 4WD
3- Cadillac Escalade 4DR 4WD
4- Honda Civic Si 2DR Hatchback
5- BMW 325Ci/330Ci 2DR
6- Hyundai Tiburon 2DR
7- Hyundai Accent 2DR
8- Hyundai Tiburon GT 2DR
9- Ford F250 Super Duty 4WD
10- Dodge Dakota 2WD

Top 10 Stolen Cars in 2002-2003 in CANADA:

1- Subaru Impreza WRX 4DR 4WD
2- Kia Rio 5DR
3- Acura 3.2TL Type S 4DR
4- Kia Rio 4DR
5- Chrysler Intrepid 4DR
6- Mitsubishi Lancer 4DR
7- Chrysler/Dodge Neon/SX 2.0 4DR
8- Toyota Corolla 4DR
9- Infiniti G35 4DR
10- Nissan Maxima 4DR

**edit whoops to late

[?????]

^^^ Thats cool makes it easier for people to see.

Heres one for the States

http://www.cccis.com/ContentAction.do?topicId=1746

[Eken9]

People will steal your car regardless, I hate it. My cousin in California bay area had his nice civic hatch stolen. He had a alarm hooked up and when the car was stolen it had no steering wheel. Japanese adaptor and key lock. Unbelievable. He told me how it happend when they found the car. I won't tell anyone how though.

It was also not with a flatbed or a random steering wheel. Thieves know their thing in Cali. Not sure about here though, which is a good thing...

[whiskas]

Originally posted by 2shy4u
Cavalier, explorer, NEON.

Its been over a month and the police still haven't found it.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I'm pretty sure you can steal alot of POS American cars like explorers, jimmy's, blazers, etc. by jamming a screw driver into the ignition. They are super easy to get into as well, apparently. My cousin has a GM pickup and a screwdriver is his key and it works every time haha. I don't know why he didn't just get another key made, but that is besides the point.

How are people stealing those 330i's and such? Don't you absolutely need the key to take those, or a crane and flatbed?

[Arthur Dent]

Apparently until very recently Hondas were really easy to steal - combine that with a good market for parts and lots get stolen. Jeep Cherokees are also high on the list (I had one and was shocked at the insurance price).

[barbarian]

Most of these alarm packages are only as good as it is hard to take your lower dash panel off.

[Zephyr]

In the states the Integra has always been number one for many years.............for being the most stolen.

[jdm_eg6]

i agree with civics, i dont have a wheel in my car when i park it and have alarm, and dont leave things lying arround soo iam isolated it as much as i could

[harley11]

Stealing a US$100,000 car with little more than a laptop sounds like the stuff of which long-running urban legends are made. Unfortunately for owners of US$100,000 vehicles everywhere, it's true.

David Beckham, the English soccer football star now swinging his ponytail for Real Madrid, found this out the hard way when his armored BMW X5 was stolen by Spanish thieves (strangely enough, it wasn't even the first time). The thieves apparently used a laptop to pop the locks and start the vehicle's engine, then drove away while Beckham was at lunch.

This isn't just a problem for people married to Posh Spice. More modestly priced cars like the Toyota Prius also use fob-based ignition systems that do not require physical keys to operate. Armed with a laptop, the proper software, and a radio transmitter, thieves can remotely unlock and then start such cars.

Though such cases are still infrequent, they do happen. A Czech car thief told the Prague Post about his own lifelong experiences in the business, pointing to Nicolas Cage's Gone in 60 Seconds as an especially inspirational film. Radko Souèek began his career pilfering cheap Škodas and Italian imports, which he claims could be stolen with nothing more than a pair of scissors. As cars went high-tech, Souèek was forced to follow. Unfortunately for Souèek, the laptop he bought and used to break into certain cars actually helped to convict him. When police finally arrested him, they found information on his laptop about the cars he had stolen.

"You could delete all the data from your laptop, but that's not good for you because the more data you have, the bigger your possibilities," he says.

Such stories will no doubt spur a cat-and-mouse game between car manufacturers and thieves. Before getting too worried about your Prius in the parking lot, though, it's worth remembering that the vast majority of stolen cars have mechanical locks and ignitions. The move to keyless fobs is not necessarily a move away from a secure system, but it does come with a new set of challenges.

Stay tuned to this space for the inevitable report on the theft of Beckham's new Audi Q7.

[khtm]

Top 25 vehicles stolen in BC:

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:RMhq_DI-dCgJ:www.icbc.com/crime-fraud/pdf/PI213M.pdf+icbc+most+stolen+vehicle&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=1

I'm assuming Alberta is similar.

I don't know about "broken into" though...

[dino_martini]

I was watching Market Place special about Car breakins and cars being stolen. Car theifs will steal most anything, as long as it has enough tourqe, and will blend in.

A breakin could happen to any vehicle. You leave some change out in the open or something and a crack head comes along and steals that. If the crackhead does that 4 or 5 more times there maybe enough money for a hit. Dont leave valueables in your car!

[silver_gs-R]

unfortunetely its the dc2 tegs which are in trouble, theives steal them for their engines, and they are uncredibly easy to steal, if you can get something behind the window the window will just pop out of its frame. glad i got my compustar.

[NightRyder]

compustars dont do much anyways.. my car had compustar and still got broken into.. i had a 99 teg.. they didnt try to steal it but my system disappeared anyways..

think about it.. get that hood open and rip out the siren.. thats all it took.. and me being in class.. outta range rite?

lesson: drive a beater to school:guns: :guns:

[DelSoln]

The thing about integras is that the North American stats are highly skewed from the American thefts. Here is a look from a Canadian viewpoint.

http://www.kanetix.ca/ic_auto_info_auto_articles_47

[Annoyingrob]

Caravans and Neons are so easy to break into. That's why people steal them. Doesn't really matter what's in them, if they need a ride, they take them.

[MintRacer]

alarms and clubs are just designed to slow down a experienced thef, the better the install such as hidden moduals and sirens the longer it will take a crook to steal your ride...