Stolen C6
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Yea but it will be a 'new' used C6. Most everyone insures their car for actual cash value. Assuming one's car is owned free and clear....say your 2006 C6 is stolen and written-off as a total loss, you'll be able to purchase another used, 2006 C6 from insurance proceeds. Insurance won't provide enough money to buy a new 2008 C6. Even if you finance and use proceeds for a down payment on a new model, you're still going to take a hit. Hope your car isn't stolen.
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Let's be clear about what we're talking about. There are lots of ways to "steal" a C6, but only one really counts.
1. Someone could find the car in a garage, parking lot, etc., and flatbed the car away. That really isn't the classic "theft" situation - it doesn't take a genius to flatbed a car, and it's hardly a "subtle" theft, now is it?
2. Someone could carjack you - that's not a classic car "theft" situation, either. Carjacking is a crime of violence, not a traditional theft.
3. Someone could steal your Vette because you left it running and/or left the fob in it. That's your own stupidity and not a classic "theft" situation.
4. Finally, there is the kind of theft I think the OP meant - someone actually breaking into your Vette, getting it to start, and driving off with it WITHOUT doing 1-3, as noted above.
Has anyone ever heard of #4 happening? Read about it? Seen it? Experienced it? If so, I'd be interested to hear about this since I've never heard of it.
1. Someone could find the car in a garage, parking lot, etc., and flatbed the car away. That really isn't the classic "theft" situation - it doesn't take a genius to flatbed a car, and it's hardly a "subtle" theft, now is it?
2. Someone could carjack you - that's not a classic car "theft" situation, either. Carjacking is a crime of violence, not a traditional theft.
3. Someone could steal your Vette because you left it running and/or left the fob in it. That's your own stupidity and not a classic "theft" situation.
4. Finally, there is the kind of theft I think the OP meant - someone actually breaking into your Vette, getting it to start, and driving off with it WITHOUT doing 1-3, as noted above.
Has anyone ever heard of #4 happening? Read about it? Seen it? Experienced it? If so, I'd be interested to hear about this since I've never heard of it.