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very low theft rate. You do hear about a few on the forum get stolen.
IMHO if they want your car they will get it
IMHO if they want your car they will get it
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with Zilla. Vettes are less likely to be stolen, but get good insurance and forget about it. The majority of the black market pieces are: the engine, seats and some dash pieces. Cars like Hondas are more valuable for there parts because the parts seperately fetch more, opposed to Vette pieces which are bigger, and less "in demand".
I just saw a recovered Vette (I'll get some pix). It was considered stripped .. get this ... only the center console was missing. The vert roof was cut to gain entry. Everything else was intact.
Hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by steve badalamenti
No, Corvettes do NOT have a high theft rate...
They come with a built in anti drive-away device...
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They come with a built in anti drive-away device...
COLUMN LOCK !!!!!
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Depends what state you live in, all the laws are different. Massachusetts goes by the % of cars made and stolen.
So 40k vettes a year 1500 get stolen, thats high theft.
120k ford taurus' 12000 get stolen thats not high theft.
Thats a lesson in insurance company math.
Beleive me when I owned an 85 and 87 grand national, I made them explain to me how they come up with both vehicles being high theft.
So 40k vettes a year 1500 get stolen, thats high theft.
120k ford taurus' 12000 get stolen thats not high theft.
Thats a lesson in insurance company math.
Beleive me when I owned an 85 and 87 grand national, I made them explain to me how they come up with both vehicles being high theft.
) stating that for sportscars the Vette was number 1.
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Originally Posted by cweed
Do C5s get stolen a lot? How is their theft rating as compared to other sports cars? like 4th gen camaros, porsches, etc. ?
However, further review does indicate that in individual locales there are higher risks for Vettes to be stolen (no surprise there is there?).
For Dallas it appears that we Vette owners are in good standing with the Institute
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They seem to have a much lower theft rate than many would expect. I know my insurance is reasonable and I'm sure that is part of the reason.
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there have been three or four post on this forum in the last few months,, two were stolen right from their garage,, one was stollen by kids..18 /19 year olds.. recovered.
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There is also tremendous amount of fraud considered to be stolen cars. In my area the Mississippi river "steals" a lot of unwanted cars from owners who park them on the bank in neutral and forget to set the parking brake. The current will move a car to an old scour hole several hundred feet deep a hundred miles away overnight, and within a few days the same car may be covered a hundred feet deep in sand. Most vette owners want to keep their cars.
