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TheAngryDog said:
Baldchap said:
Don't believe everything you read.
The majority of us who have had Rs and RSs on the drive for years have never had a problem.
Do you still have one on the drive? When I had a Cossie in the early 2000s it lived at the back of my house but wasn't garaged. The majority of us who have had Rs and RSs on the drive for years have never had a problem.
Never had a Cossie. For some reason they have never appealed to me the way something like an Evo does. An age thing perhaps, I think I'm slightly too young to have caught Cossiemania when it was a big thing.
TheAngryDog said:
How is it that we are now at a point where by people can leave Supercars parked on their driveway over night, but you cannot leave something like a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth on the driver way over night without worrying that it'll be gone by the next morning? What a time to be alive!
1992 wants it's post back!TwigtheWonderkid said:
TheAngryDog said:
How is it that we are now at a point where by people can leave Supercars parked on their driveway over night, but you cannot leave something like a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth on the driver way over night without worrying that it'll be gone by the next morning? What a time to be alive!
1992 wants it's post back!I suppose it depends on the reason for the theft.
I mean if you're looking to break a car up and sell parts on, then I'd imagine classic parts for an old classic will be more sought after. Where as how many people are trawling eBay for a set of genuine Ferrari wheels? But I'd imagine there are more looking for a set of genuine Cosworth wheels perhaps?
As said, modern cars are harder to steal and involve key scanners or break ins. An old Sierra with a steering wheel lock would be far easier to get moved.
Also if you're going to carry out a burglary in a stolen car, a fast car like a Golf-R or RS3 is firstly more practical, can seat more people in it, secondly doesn't stand out to the average member of the public, thirdly won't shout about it's arrival in comparison to the noise a Lambo makes just idling or rolling in 1st gear.
I mean if you're looking to break a car up and sell parts on, then I'd imagine classic parts for an old classic will be more sought after. Where as how many people are trawling eBay for a set of genuine Ferrari wheels? But I'd imagine there are more looking for a set of genuine Cosworth wheels perhaps?
As said, modern cars are harder to steal and involve key scanners or break ins. An old Sierra with a steering wheel lock would be far easier to get moved.
Also if you're going to carry out a burglary in a stolen car, a fast car like a Golf-R or RS3 is firstly more practical, can seat more people in it, secondly doesn't stand out to the average member of the public, thirdly won't shout about it's arrival in comparison to the noise a Lambo makes just idling or rolling in 1st gear.
It’s not complicated, crims want an easy life generally speaking. It’s the same reasons why people steal tools from vans instead of fine works of art. They want something that’s easy to steal and easy to convert into money. There’s also a benefit to stealing lower value items as they attract less attention.
People will nick anything, but I can see why classic fast Fords are more targeted.
The demographic that wants them perhaps contains a larger number of folk who arent averse to stolen stuff if they get what they want, stands to reason more folk aspire to them as they are more attainable (or at least were) and desirable to them than Supercars, there is more of a ready market.
It was Fords and Vauxhalls getting ragged round back in the nineties and back then supercars were pretty rare.
Buy the remains of a totally rotted out mk1 or mk2 Escort on eBay for a grand to get its logbook and vin, then steal a nice example from somewhere else in the country, get it back and repaint it, add the identity from your eBay ringing kit, make a few other changes and there you have it, a nice MK1 Escort for three/four grand and not the 30 grand it would cost to build or restore.
Fairly easy to cover up, with supercars its more difficult due to much smaller numbers and rocking up in a Ferrari might be difficult to explain and there aren't the worthless ones with an easily transferable identity readily available, and if you want an RS Ford, a Ferrari or similar is perhaps not on your radar anyway.
The demographic that wants them perhaps contains a larger number of folk who arent averse to stolen stuff if they get what they want, stands to reason more folk aspire to them as they are more attainable (or at least were) and desirable to them than Supercars, there is more of a ready market.
It was Fords and Vauxhalls getting ragged round back in the nineties and back then supercars were pretty rare.
Buy the remains of a totally rotted out mk1 or mk2 Escort on eBay for a grand to get its logbook and vin, then steal a nice example from somewhere else in the country, get it back and repaint it, add the identity from your eBay ringing kit, make a few other changes and there you have it, a nice MK1 Escort for three/four grand and not the 30 grand it would cost to build or restore.
Fairly easy to cover up, with supercars its more difficult due to much smaller numbers and rocking up in a Ferrari might be difficult to explain and there aren't the worthless ones with an easily transferable identity readily available, and if you want an RS Ford, a Ferrari or similar is perhaps not on your radar anyway.
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