"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/08/2015 at 15:01 • Filed to: canada, car theft
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/08/2015 at 15:01 • Filed to: canada, car theft | 1
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Canadian car thieves do love their Ford pickups. Perhaps a resident Canuck can explain the demographics/geography of these lists. I’m sure it has something to do with snow and Timbits.
Most stolen vehicles in Canada:
2005 Ford F-350
2006 Ford F-350
2007 Ford F-350
2006 Cadillac Escalade
2003 Ford F-350
2006 Ford F-250
2001 Ford F-350
2004 Ford F-250
2007 Ford F-250
2001 Ford F-250
Most stolen vehicles in Ontario:
2003 Cadillac Escalade
2010 Acura ZDX
2009 BMW X6
2013 Acura MDX
2003 Chevrolet Avalanche
2013 Toyota Highlander
2005 Hummer H2
2014 Toyota Venza
2011 BMW X6
2004 Chevrolet Avalanche
Most stolen vehicles in British Columbia and Alberta:
2004 Ford F-250
2000 Honda Civic 2 door
2006 Ford F-250
2006 Ford F-350
2005 Ford F-350
2007 Ford F-250
2005 Ford F-250
2001 Ford F-350
2010 Buick Enclave/Saturn Outlook
2007 Ford F-350
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JGrabowMSt
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:07 |
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There was a year here in the good ole’ US of A where the LX platform Dodge Charger was the most stolen vehicle in certain areas.
It’s only funny because it’s one of the top police fleet vehicle choices.
DrJohannVegas
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:08 |
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I wish these numbers would be corrected for the proportion of the total fleet which said vehicle represents. If a car is the most common in the nationwide fleet (I’m looking at you, Ford pickups), then it’s not all that surprising that it’s the most stolen, if thieves steal vehicles in a relatively indiscriminate fashion.
Edit: In other words, I’d be interested in whether these thefts over- or under-represent the number of F350s in the entire Canadian fleet. I’d suspect it does, to some extent, but probably not as much as other vehicles.
thebigbossyboss
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:11 |
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The F series has been the best selling vehicle in Canada for the last 12 years or so and in the top 2 for about 25 years. Mind you mostly it’s F150’s. But I live in the north end of southern canada and everyone has a Ford truck.
EL_ULY
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:11 |
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2000 Honda Civic 2 door.... only car in Canada
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:14 |
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Well, what else *is* there to steal in Alberta other than a bunch of pickups?
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A win from the Oilers.
Wait...that’s not theft when they are giving those away...Even the Maple Leafs beat them. With Sparkles!
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ttyymmnn
> KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
12/08/2015 at 15:15 |
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Apparently, there is at least one Honda Civic and one Buick Enclave.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> thebigbossyboss
12/08/2015 at 15:16 |
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But I live in the north end of southern canada and everyone has a Ford truck.
So you live in North Dakota? Michigan? Montana?
Wacko
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:19 |
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thieves steal cars that have parts that will sell.
guessing the list in the usa is similar, except the Camry is somewhere in there.
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:22 |
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Or Saturn Outlook. They weren’t sure which one it was.
MrDakka
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:24 |
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The thieves are obviously using the stolen pick ups to smuggle those diabeetus filled Timbits past the FDA embargo and into the US.
Meatcoma
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:26 |
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Whew thankfully while I live in Ottawa, I have a 2003 Ford F250 which is not on this list as well as the Ottawa I live in is in Kansas. haha.
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ttyymmnn
> Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
12/08/2015 at 15:26 |
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Does it matter?
jariten1781
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:27 |
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60% of thefts are from running unattended vehicles. I betya that’s a uniquely arctic statistic.
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ttyymmnn
> Wacko
12/08/2015 at 15:27 |
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Parts, yes. FTA:
Dubin said there has been an increase this year in shipping containers at the Montreal and Halifax ports filled with car and truck parts.
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ttyymmnn
> jariten1781
12/08/2015 at 15:28 |
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You’re probably right.
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KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:29 |
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Doesn’t mean they had Alberta tags on them...
lonestranger
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:35 |
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DrJohannVegas has hit on point #1: Many of these vehicles are simply very common. The Civic has been our best-selling car for 18 years straight.
Point #2: In addition to being very common in the west, the Super Duty F250/F350 is (was?) apparently very easy to steal. And since most car thefts are done in order to commit other crimes, it’s a no-brainer that car thefts done in order to commit additional thefts would be pickups. It’s a bonus to the thief if the truck already has valuable goods in the bed and/or attached to a trailer, which many Super Dutys do. You know when truck ads always picture a truck at a jobsite, farm, or recreational spot, pulling some huge trailer or bed full of stuff? That’s what many of them look like here. Without exaggeration, an F350 with a sled deck or construction trailer is as common in B.C. and Alberta as a Camry.
DasWauto
> DrJohannVegas
12/08/2015 at 15:37 |
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The F series is definitely a top seller here but it’s largely the F150 so the F350 is over represented.
youshiftem
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:37 |
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Obviously because they’re awesome (Canadian F350 owner here)
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Wacko
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:38 |
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I Live about 7 hours away from Mtl, and here everyone knows someone who has had their truck stolen when in Montreal. I live in the regions, so many HD trucks here. HD trucks almost have a Steal Me signs on them in Port cities.
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DasWauto
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:39 |
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Read the top list and thought most of those F350s were probably in Alberta. Scrolled down a bit and lo and behold, ‘yup'.
deekster_caddy
> MrDakka
12/08/2015 at 15:39 |
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timmmmbittttttsss mmmmmmmmm
Nah, I’m going down to Dunks for some munchkins! There are no Timmy’s around here anyway. I wonder how Tim’s and Dunk’s do when they stack up against each other, corner to corner.
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ttyymmnn
> DasWauto
12/08/2015 at 15:43 |
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“Yup” in the proper vernacular.
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thebigbossyboss
> Future next gen S2000 owner
12/08/2015 at 15:47 |
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? I live on the border between true “northern” canada and southern canada in Prince George BC.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:51 |
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“Most stolen vehicles in Canada”:
TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW!
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 15:54 |
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In Alberta, people love their F-350’s in premium or Lariat trims.
That makes them prime targets to be stolen and re-sold.
Also, people who steal them are generally just trying to earn money for fuel to run their own giant King Ranch Edition F-350s
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> thebigbossyboss
12/08/2015 at 16:03 |
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It was a joke about the northern US being southern Canada.
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ttyymmnn
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
12/08/2015 at 16:11 |
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A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli!
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DrJohannVegas
> DasWauto
12/08/2015 at 16:17 |
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Yea, before I stepped out for a coffee and a smoke, I considered looking up sales figures, but my suspicion was that the 150 was the big seller (as it is in the US).
Still, I’d like to see figures on how over represented it is. The one snag is that for relatively rare stuff, one or two thefts will inflate that number.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 16:23 |
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2010 Acura ZDX
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ZDX in real life - I'm surprised the thieves can even find these in the first place.
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DrJohannVegas
> DrJohannVegas
12/08/2015 at 16:33 |
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I got bored (again) and decided to look up the per-model sales data. Some sites (goodcarbadcar) have it for the past few years, but any more in-depth data is usually behind a paywall. While I love Oppo and also love testing hypotheses, I can’t afford to splash out on a subscription to an industry site just to move an Oppo discussion forward.
Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 17:02 |
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This is what I’d like to know since I live there.
With all these brodozers to chose from what the hell do you want to do with a Buick Enclave???
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ttyymmnn
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/08/2015 at 17:04 |
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I’m afraid I can’t answer that for you.
wbizarre - OEM fetishist
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 22:54 |
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2010 Acura ZDX
My God, someone stole one of the two Acura ZDX’s!