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In Oakland, where I live, thieves have been targeting old generation 2 Priuses most often. I finally got my 2005 updated for the modern world with a CarPlay ste
by w0mbat 7y ago
In Oakland, where I live, thieves have been targeting old generation 2 Priuses most often. I finally got my 2005 updated for the modern world with a CarPlay stereo and backup camera, and now I have to worry about it getting hacked apart by one of these scumbags in the middle of the night, as happened to my neighbor. They just saw the cat off with a sawzall. The cost of fixing the car afterwards is maybe 10 times the amount of cash the thieves get for the metal, and often more than the car is worth. It’s killing safe low pollution cars that still have years of life in them.
Before this all we had to worry about was the hybrid battery failing every 100,000 miles or so.
- throwawy12345 7y agoJust turn your head when you back out lol
- oppositelock 7y agoGo to a local mechanic, and have a protective plate bolted on. The thieves carry just enough tools to cut a catalyst off a typical car. If yours isn't typical, they won't bother with it.
- megablast 7y ago> The cost of fixing the car afterwards is maybe 10 times the amount of cash the thieves get for the metal, and often more than the car is worth. Why should the thieves care about that? > It’s killing safe low pollution cars They are not much better than any other cars. All cars are polluters and killers.