[hnlmorg]

That does happen though. Cars worth more are stolen while cards worth less are not.

The common factor there isn’t that 40 year old hatchbacks have better security. It’s that the risk vs reward isn’t there compared to the brand new luxury cars with higher resale value on the black market.

This isn’t something I’ve just made up either. This is what the police told us when my neighbours Merc was stolen while my Skoda, which was accidentally left unlocked, was not.

Thieves target the expensive cars because they’re worth more. It’s really that simple.

[autoexec]

> Thieves target the expensive cars because they’re worth more. It’s really that simple.

They don't target the expensive cars. The most stolen cars in the US are cheap Hyundais And Kias. Before they claimed the top spot on the list of cars taken most often the winner was pick up trucks and old Toyotas.

Thieves target what's easy to take and easy to chop up and sell, not luxury cars with high resale value.

[hnlmorg]

> They don't target the expensive cars.

US != everywhere.

They do target expensive cars in other counties.

As I said earlier, I have firsthand experience of this being the case.

> Thieves target what's easy to take and easy to chop up and sell, not luxury cars with high resale value.

You’re just proving my point here though. Thieves target cars that have the highest resale value.

Whether that’s as a whole, or for parts where the supply chain for genuine parts has become extremely expensive.

Organised crime happens for money.

Yeah there will there will be a subsection of society that steal cars for shits and giggles. But those also aren’t the sort of motives for hackers who’d go after Microsoft Sharepoint. So if we are to compare like-for-like, then you have to discuss organised crime rather than bored teenagers.

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By the way, I love how your username is accidentally appropriate for this conversation :D