In Canada late model car theft is a huge issue, especially in the Greater Toronto Area.
Thieves will usually use a signal extender or something to take advantage of the keyless go and drive away, usually driven to a port in Quebec IIRC where they are then shipped to Africa or the Middle East where they’re resold.
Just two weeks ago $60 million in stolen cars were recovered (article)), I hear about people’s cars being stolen from work parking lots, know of people on my street who have had attempts to steal their cars.
Most commonly stolen cars are probably Toyota/Honda SUVs and pickups.
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I hope they steal my fucking CR-V. Thing’s a lemon.
The 2024 one? I’m seriously considering a hybrid one. Care to elaborate why is it a “lemon”? (Never heard this expression too ahah)
No, it’s a 2018. Bought it off a friend who said it was in perfect shape, except he doesn’t know anything about cars.
Oil dilution, broken door latch actuator, bad wheel bearing, CVT judder, engine/trans vibration at idle.
Honestly, I hate the car and regret buying it.
Shows you what your friend thought of you. I’m using past tense because I’m assuming you’re not friends with them anymore after this.
They may not know cars, but they’ll know that a car is in bad shape.
what year is it?
2018
Hybrid?
Glad I have a stick shift but it’s push button/key fob, so not immune, but also wouldn’t be worth stealing with a value under $10k. I never leave it running unattended either.
Honda/Toyota are most valuable and common to steal here. I think they finally dethroned the Ford Super Duty trucks that littered our top 10.
I know some yards storing new vehicles were getting hit hard. The thieves would try to get them as quickly as they could to a place where they could then block the signal of the tracking devices that newer vehicles have. Some may part them out, but I heard getting them in shipping containers and shipped out to countries where they don’t care about VIN registration etc. and could be sold for big money.
Thought I was pretty safe with a stick, then my neighbors across the street had their stick shift of the same make get stolen in the night. Now I’m scared shitless, I want a killswitch
I think the rate at which car thefts were happening in Toronto in the last 2 years are unmatched anywhere in the world. But ofc, the US has a much larger population and more cars (+older ones with less security features) in general. Thus, the number of thefts is probably still lower.
Also, more than half of all US states have some sort of stand your ground laws where you can protect your property with force. Whereas in Canada, you go to jail for shooting intruders who hold a gun up to your mom.
The US has way worse rates, see topcomment.
I’m talking about the rate at which car thefts are trending. Just 5 years ago, toronto was in the low 3000s for car thefts. Now in 2022/23, were at 10000.
While in Oakland, they were always trending around ~8000 for the last 15 years.
Nothing like Brazil… to reach Expert level, an internship of 3 months there is enough.
A Dodge Charger is 60 times more likely to be stolen than any other vehicle in the US. It’s now taken the most-stolen crown from Hyundai and Kia.
https://www.businessinsider.com/thieves-prefer-dodge-charger-srt-hellcats-according-to-data-2023-9
Vehicle theft in Canada has doubled since 2019 when Trudeau passed his soft on crime bill. Known as catch and release of criminals. Those under 18 are mostly used as the front line thieves now as they are just given a short probation when caught.
Most commonly stolen cars are probably Toyota/Honda SUVs and pickups.
List of most-stolen cars in Canada just came out today (for 2022) and, yeah, Honda CR-V tops the list!
driving dot ca responds to my thread? wow wow what a day
Idk about the greater US but here in North Jersey i just bought a Ring floodlight camera and spotlight camera because they’ve been breaking into houses in my neighborhood to steal key fobs for months.