Most stolen Cars in Australia

[buggerlugs]

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au...tolen/2791530/
That is so "stralian" to pinch a commy or foulcan..........

[mike_nofx]

I wonder how the more modern cars are stolen? Like even a BA has decent security, making theft without a key difficult right?
Is it car jackings? or are they stealing the keys?

[XG_Falcon]

I think the fact that stolen cars are often used in crime has something to do with it. If you want a quick getaway from a servo robbery, you would take a moderately fast car which is also common. That way you can run, then slip into obscurity. Holden Commodores are proven to win that game, Falcons do well too.

[ozpacman]

Originally Posted by mike_nofx

I wonder how the more modern cars are stolen? Like even a BA has decent security, making theft without a key difficult right?
Is it car jackings? or are they stealing the keys?

I'm in Cairns Qld and my line of work means that I have a fair bit to do with the issue of stolen cars locally. I can state that probably 99% of the cars stolen in this area are due to the keys being stolen, which is mostly via burglary offences.

Our local crooks all claim to be gun car thieves but in reality they wouldn't know the first thing about hot wiring a vehicle or defeating a security system.

Of interest is the fact that in most cases of burglaries they commit to steal car keys they simply walk in through unlocked doors and grab your keys, wallet and phone.

They also steal the keys to the second vehicle but will leave it there and take the better/newer car. They then either return at some point and take the second car or will on-sell the keys to other crooks and then pass on the address for pick-up. The going rate locally is 50 bucks for a set of keys and vehicle address.

Most of the stolen cars are recovered but they are usually crashed or damaged from jumping gutters and so on. Usually cigarette burns in the seats and trim as well as graffiti. Our typical thief is aged between about 12 and 18 so as you can imagine in most cases their driving skills aren't particularly good.

I can also assure you that they simply do not care about the hardship their actions cause. Not even a little bit!

Russ.