Detractors of Jeeps and Land Rovers have been heard to say that you can't give them away, but it gets worse; it seems that hardly anyone wants to steal them, either. According to the Police's national car theft figures for the last six months, only 10 thieves wanted a Jeep, six helped themselves to a Land Rover and three to a Range Rover. On the other hand, 4wdNewz wouldn't want to park a Patrol-Safari in a dark alleyway. At 32, it was the most-stolen 4WD in the period. Members of the Land Cruiser family, including the Prado, were next at 25, followed by versions of the Isuzu Trooper-Bighorn-Jackaroo, etc at 17. Only seven considered a Vitara-Escudo worth flogging and nobody took a Jimny or Samurai.
Thieves know when they're outclassed :P
ReplyDeleteMy old Defender was so easy to break into I never bothered locking it ... and even then it didn't get stolen!
ReplyDeleteSeriously - if a thief could figure out all the little tricks to starting my Series 3 then good on him and he deserves it.
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