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How is car theft in 2023 still a problem? What happens to a stolen car? It doesn't seem feasible or realistic to try to sell it for parts (where are you going t
by laweijfmvo 3y ago
How is car theft in 2023 still a problem? What happens to a stolen car? It doesn't seem feasible or realistic to try to sell it for parts (where are you going to store all these cars before/after parting them out), and there's no way you can just sell the car and expect it not to get flagged. WTF is going on?
- Vvector 3y agoMany stolen cars are transported out of the country
- Blahah 3y agoThey either get reworked in a chop shop, stripped for parts and then the remainder used for scrap, or they get shipped abroad for resale
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- rolph 3y agobody panels and related polymer. interior re-options, operations like that have established shops, and compounds. they just have to be wary of buying from a "heatscore" with cops on thier tail.
- rootusrootus 3y agoOn the contrary, pulling apart a car and selling it for parts is frequently worth more than the car itself on the used market. It's especially profitable when you've stolen the car. The hardest part is probably getting rid of the parts of the shell that have VINs stamped into them.
- bagels 3y agoUsed to be that they would drive it somewhere quiet, pull parts off, and leave the carcas on the side of the road. At least, that's what happened to my cars a few times in the early 2000's.