[Smartie]

most stolen vehicles are old vehicles!

"quick get rid of all the old cars before we all become victims of theft, they also run the risk of exploding in the event you want to set your dash clock... can we interest you in a shiny 2016?"

 

[Smartie]

That's something i was thinking, does the article actually specify that NEW civics and accords were the most stolen cars? Or are they just generalizing to every single car on the road regardless of year... i'm sure honda's now are alot harder to break into, hardwire and steal than their 90s predecessors were...

And like someone else mentioned... you have to take into account the amount of these cars on the road (especially older ones because they're so reliable! ;D) and then take into account the types of areas people own and drive older hondas and it makes sense they'd probably get stolen alot.

Oh totally a factor as well... anecdotally the delivery driver that showed up at my house last night with dinner was driving a early 90 accord sedan with mismatched body panels, the wheels matched though. I'd steal that if I needed too...

In other news I did see a MINTY second gen prelude in one of the nicer areas as I was out for my morning ride earlier...

 

[Smartie]

California and Washington. I wonder why? California makes sense because its a huge car culture so I imagine chop shops are common as well.

nah its not car culture...it's just Oakland