Stan Wilder wrote: > I've had three cars stolen right out of my front driveway in 20 years. > In every case; if they couldn't get the car started they broke a few extra > windows before they left. > In the case of two cars recovered there wasn't any broken glass on the cars. > One a 83 Cadillac was recovered driving through a Churches Chicken drive in, > the other an 86 Olds station wagon was recovered after 30 days down in the > river bottom pretty well stripped but still had all the window glass. > The third car was never recovered so I can't guess the condition it might > have been found in. My brother had his Buick Grand National stolen from our drive in the Chicago suburbs in '89. No anti theft system, no kill switch...got away clean. Cops found it in the city the next week, no wheels and engine blown. He had dropped his car insurance 3 months before. I don't think there are any real rules of thumb where thieves are concerned.
-- Wil
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