HOT Wheels -- Top 10 Cars Stolen In California

Unlike the characters in the movie "Gone in 60 Seconds" played by Angelina Jolie and Nicolas Cage, most car thieves are not targeting high-end exotic vehicles. Instead, most of the top 10 vehicles stolen in the state of California are more than 10 years old and are Japanese mass-market makes. Frank Scafidi, director of public affairs at the National Insurance Crime Bureau says that top reasons for car theft in California are thieves who work selling parts to local chop shops and just plain "stealing to get around."

"The list reflects vehicles that were made in mass, last a long time and ones that people tend to take care of and make repairs to often," Scafidi said.....
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carguy68 - 10/2/2009 6:56:17 PM

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saturn and toyota truck WFT!!!

Joe_Limon - 10/2/2009 7:29:23 PM

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Is this a list of combined over the years thefts or of just this last year?

rxh8me9000 - 10/3/2009 10:45:47 AM

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In the Northeast,NY at least,the list is pretty much the same with civic hatchbacks,accords and integras taking the lead.I had some friends when I was younger that use to steal these cars in under 2 min.Nothing and i mean nothing could stop them from taking the car they wanted. Some people had steering wheel locks,clutch locks,a boot for the tire,password boxes installed in the car so you basically turn the key once,put in your password,than turn the key all the way to start the car,fuel cut off switches,high tech alarms with sensors on the car that can tell if someone is standing too close to the car or touching it,shaved door handles,steering wheels that the driver takes off when he parks the car,lock around the shifter etc. Ive seen it all be disarmed.

veyron1001 - 10/3/2009 5:40:06 PM

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Car wont go anywhere if you pulled the spark plug wires.