Re: S6 Found

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Mark L. Chang writes:
> On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> > Audis have some of the lowest theft numbers around according to 
> > insurance companies...and if they thought they couldn't move it, they 
> 
> Wasn't it rather high before due to the fact that Audi had the fewest key
> combinations out there?

Nope.  The majority of car thefts are done by organized car theft
rings who have a connection to a black market for car parts.  As
such car theft is very much a supply and demand business.  The more
popular and numerous a particular car model, the more demand
for parts, and thus a bigger market.  This is the reason why
the most stolen cars in the US are models like Honda Accord/Civic
and Toyota Camry/Corolla.  Also high on the list are Ford Taurus,
etc.

For this reason Audis have never been popular with organized car
thieves.

As far as keys and such, that is really irrelevant.  A professional
car thief can break into a car, any car, without the use of a key
or use of the keyhole, and with little effort.

-Ti
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