i ve heard from numerous people now that the evo is the 2nd most stolen car in colorado. only after the escalade. im really scared now. what can i do? i have lo jack. but that doesnt really prevent it from getting stolen. what else can i do while still keeping the stock steering wheel and not spending $600. i have a ix mr. cant afford an alarm thats as much as a full payment.
thanks

evo monk

 

2nd most stolen by percentage...not just in CO. This is an old topic

 

evol8:
2 thing, first. it was just on our local news about 5 days ago saying that the local insurance association or something.
second
is that your evo in your sig doing the donuts? how did you do them?

 

yeah, I knew I had heard it some time ago...about a week is right.


No, that's not me. Just an avatar I got off here when I first signed on.

 

oh NOOS!!! Your are dooOOMED! The only way to keep your car safe is to get yourself a trunk money. Keep it in the car 24/7 and arm it with an Automatic AK47 :P

 

alright, so i panicked. just not fun to hear. been doing searches and stuff. doesnt really Make sense.

and what would a trunk 'money' do with an auto ak-47? now a monkey, hey theres an idea. and how about i give him a regular ak-47 since its already an automatic. just a thought smart a**7

 

If it's number 2 by percentage, that doesn't mean much. If there's 5 Evos in Colorado, and 1 gets stolen, suddenly there's a 20% theft rate. As a comparison, if there's 20,000 Ford Focuses (Foci?) in Colorado, and 500 get stolen, that's only 2.5%.

And regular AK-47's (civilian) are semi-auto.

 

haha.. thank you for straightening out the ak-47 thing. =) and yes that is true about the % thing. good point.

 

well then it seems the best choice would be investing in a good alarm instead of losing ur evo. it costs more than a payment. would u rather owe 300-400 or having ur evo stolen?

 

yea it seems like the 400 bucks for an alarm and wheel club would be worth the piece of mind if this is a concern for you...

 

If you do get an alarm, may I suggest the type that communicates back to the remote if the car is being breeched? I've been using a Viper Responder alarm system with that feature since owning my Evo in 2003. It's good stuff. Other than that, just be smart about where you are parking.

Idiots are inevitable, but you can at least limit their access by not parking in the very back of the lot. Door dinks are easier to fix than an F'd up Evo, provided you even recover your stolen ride.

 

and almost no EVO's that i have heard of have been stolen in CO, now smashed into by stupid women, yeah, but none that ive heard of.............

 

that's ok.... my insurace agency raised my premium 200 per year just because of the theft rate. i hate insurace people, total bs - especially when in almost 3 years of owning evo's i have only put 4000 miles between the 2 of them

and no, there were not any tickets, accidents, etc that would also have made it go up. none of the other 3 vehicles i own went up

 

damn you should change companies then, mine was wrecked 2 times, the 2nd totalling it, and i went to get another one, (ended up not) and the IX was gonna be cheaper, same company and everything, so i never believe that insurance propaganda.....dont LET THEM do you like that

 

the reason i stay with state farm is that the bike is about 2000 less per year with them than ANYBODY else. damn crotch rocket insurance is rediculous most places