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- From: dunster@sdsu.edu (mark dunster)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos,rec.audio.car
- Subject: Re: interest in car alarm group?
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 20:04:11 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov11.232021.13197@newshub.sdsu.edu> <RSLAU.92Nov19204032@tarazed.usc.edu>
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- In article <RSLAU.92Nov19204032@tarazed.usc.edu>, rslau@usc.edu
- (Robert Lau) writes:
- >
- > In article <1e73p9INNj1g@athena.sdsu.edu> dunster@sdsu.edu (mark dunster) writes:
- >
- > > In the U.S. VW Jettas are number two in the hit parade for car break-ins
- > > and thefts (VW cars make up 7 of the top 10).
- >
- > Uh, where did you pull this statistic from? Top-ten lists are valid
- > only on a county-by-county basis, the 100th car on a nationwide survey
- > may be the #1 in your neighborhood, and vice versa.
- >
- > Also, 7 in the top 10? Let's see, VW has the: Jetta, Golf/Rabbit,
- > Scirocco, Corrado, Fox, Squareback/Fastback, Beetle, Thing,
- > Quantum/Passat, Bus/Vanagon
- >
- > I seriously doubt 7 of these are in the top 10 in any area...
-
- >From Highway Loss Data Institute, 1987-89 passenger cars with
- highest theft-claim frequencies (in the United States):
-
- 1. VW GTI
- 2. VW Jetta, 4-DR
- 3. VW Scirocco
- 4. VW Jetta, 2-Dr
- 5. VW Golf, 2-Dr
- 6. VW Golf, 4-Dr
- 7. VW Cabriolet
- 8. Hyundai Excel, 4-Dr
- 9. Cadillac deVille, 2-Dr
- 10. VW Fox, 4-Dr
-
-
- >
- > > This is because they are notoriously easy to break-into/steal.
- >
- > They've changed the lock mechanism in the Passat/Corrado and in the A3
- > Golf/Jetta/Vento. And it can't be easier than pulling the whole
- > lock/handle assembly off any Honda...
-
- True. (And about bloody time!!!) The theft figures for 1993 could well
- be different.
-
- >
- > Then again, Mark is in San Diego where anything that runs and isn't
- > bolted down is stolen (and driven up to LA and dumped)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (or Mexico)
-
- True! Moreover, I'm a prof at San Diego State University, which is
- the #1 campus in the U.S. for car thefts/breakins!!!! (Twice as
- many as the next highest campus). :^(
-
-