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Old 19-11-2008, 10:22 AM   #1
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Default Top 10 Stolen Cars, Top 10 Worst Suburbs [Perth]

Sorry couldn't see a thread for this anywhere, apologies if re-post.

Top 10 cars stolen, July 2005 -June 2008 - http://rac.com.au/About-Us/RAC-eNews...rs-stolen.aspx

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1. Holden Commodore 1988
2. Holden Commodore 1991
3. Holden Commodore 1987
4. Holden Commodore 1989
5. Holden Commodore 1992
6. Holden Commodore 1990
7. Ford Falcon 1989
8. Holden Commodore 1993
9. Subaru Forester 2000
10. Toyota Hilux 2006
Interesting that Fords/ Holdens disappear past 1993.... but Subaru and Toyota in the top ten in the 200x models.

And it looks like if you want your car stolen, the best place to be is Fremantle:

Top 10 Suburbs of Car Theft - http://rac.com.au/About-Us/RAC-eNews...car-theft.aspx

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1) Fremantle
2) Perth
3) Morley
4) Cannington
5) Mandurah
6) Joondalup
7) Armadale
8) Midland
9) Thornlie
10) Gosnells.
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Old 19-11-2008, 11:09 AM   #2
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I'm surprised Armidale isn't higher up the list there :P
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Old 19-11-2008, 11:15 AM   #3
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Indeed, there seems to be a real concentration of theft in that area of Perth. Checkout what RAC say about this:

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Five of the top 10 suburbs – Cannington (4), Armadale (7), Midland (8), Thornlie (9) and Gosnells (10) – are concentrated in the south-east metropolitan area
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Old 19-11-2008, 12:06 PM   #4
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Old 19-11-2008, 12:45 PM   #5
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Have you, have you, have you, stolen a Commodore lately?
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Old 19-11-2008, 01:02 PM   #6
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I cant believe the XF has left the top 10.
Used to be a fight for 1st with the VL.
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Old 19-11-2008, 02:27 PM   #7
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I'm surprised Rockingham isnt on that list.

No Post 89' Falcons....hmm smartlock must still be an allright system.
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Old 19-11-2008, 04:22 PM   #8
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I'm surprised Rockingham isnt on that list.

No Post 89' Falcons....hmm smartlock must still be an allright system.


Cause rocko is full of cashed up bogans with alot of new cars:P
like me?
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Old 19-11-2008, 05:12 PM   #9
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1. Holden Commodore 1988 VL
2. Holden Commodore 1991 VP
3. Holden Commodore 1987 VL
4. Holden Commodore 1989 VN
5. Holden Commodore 1992 VP
6. Holden Commodore 1990 VN
7. Ford Falcon 1989 EA
8. Holden Commodore 1993 VR
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why didn't they say VL,VN,VP and then other models, they wasted five position with the same models. (if you know what i mean)
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because obviously their going by year not model, its for the general public and come people dont know vl, vn, vp etc

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Old 19-11-2008, 06:36 PM   #11
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1. Holden Commodore 1988 VL
2. Holden Commodore 1991 VP
3. Holden Commodore 1987 VL
4. Holden Commodore 1989 VN
5. Holden Commodore 1992 VP
6. Holden Commodore 1990 VN
7. Ford Falcon 1989 EA
8. Holden Commodore 1993 VR
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why didn't they say VL,VN,VP and then other models, they wasted five position with the same models. (if you know what i mean)
i was thinking the same thing
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Old 19-11-2008, 07:39 PM   #12
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I had a VQ Statesman (VN era) which was stolen 3 times and dumped in Mt Druitt. When I met the towey the 3rd time as I knew exactly where it was going to be dumped and he showed me how ridiculously easy it was to steal it, I sold it.

Essentially it was *crackersINC super-edit - please don't give out info on how to steal cars.*

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Old 20-11-2008, 12:14 AM   #13
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Just goes to show ...
Thieves have no idea which car is the best car !!
Haha
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Old 20-11-2008, 12:31 AM   #14
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Just goes to show ...
Thieves have no idea which car is the best car !!
Haha
just goes to show smartlock is a bloody good system you have to put alot more effort in to stealing a falcon
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Old 20-11-2008, 12:52 AM   #15
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I had my ED broken into in Booragoon, cheeky buggers tried to steal it too. They.. *crackersINC super-edit #2 - please don't give out info on how to steal cars.*
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Old 20-11-2008, 12:57 AM   #16
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i have red and blue leds flashing in my car when its locked might make them think twice lol i used to install car alarms there not to hard to get around smartlock how ever thats another story it can be done but i dunno how
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So if I ever moved to WA, now I know where not to move to and what cars not to have to live a theft free life lol.
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This thread is skating on thin ice. Two posts have now been made with a description of how to break into various types of cars. This sort of info is not what we want floating around on the forums. Please note that if i have to edit another post regarding this the thread will be closed, thanks.
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Old 20-11-2008, 03:06 PM   #19
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i had my car broken into in warwick, and they tried to steal it. Didnt get away with it though as it was an old mercedes! gotta love mercedes security.
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So if I ever moved to WA, now I know where not to move to and what cars not to have to live a theft free life lol.
Car theft is the last thing you have to worry about in Armadale. Might want to invest in a bullet proof vest.
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Those that live/have lived in Armadale will say otherwise, that perception is only held by those strange north-of-the-river folk
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Just goes to show ...
Thieves have no idea which car is the best car !!
Haha
or maybe they do . they are stealing them for parts and guess which ones need parts more often
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Those that live/have lived in Armadale will say otherwise, that perception is only held by those strange north-of-the-river folk
Have lived and regularly visit. I aint no freak form north of the river. I did it tough on the streets of Army
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If ya have a crap enough car it can be left in Freo and not be stolen.
When working on Rotto, I left mine there for a week with missing driver window and not a thing stolen had my tool box sitting on the back seat too.
North and south of river have thier areas where you need fast legs.
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Car theft is the last thing you have to worry about in Armadale. Might want to invest in a bullet proof vest.
Yeah so you'll blend in with all the wannabe gangsters!
Got problems with crew north of the river? well jealousy can be understood
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Number 7 on the list an ea as if you could get away from anything in a ea imagine your a robber and your get away driver rocks up in an ea ha
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When thse cops like this you can. But you drive off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppmx_3gUu_k
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