I saw this Silver 2005 GSR evo with 9000 miles on this auction site. The Silver was purchased at Stevens Creek Mitsu i was wondering is the previous owner of this evo on evom.

 

wait so how was it stolen....elaborate

 

BUMP cuz i've still never heqrd of an evo getting stolen...

 

^^^ You have gotten be joking me, but you will soon find out or know. It is the #2 most stolen car in america.

 

it might help to post in the Regional forums you will get much better luck there.

 

your facts are incorrect #2 in theft claims per 1000 Vehicles. Not stolen vehicles.

 

Ahh, nevermind... I miss read the thread I search on.

 

my 2005 GG MR was stolen a few weeks ago...

 

this is also what i read. my guess is that it's more insurance fraud than anything else...

 

Opps maybe i should have been more clear. The car is up for auction after being recovered from theft. I was just trying to find the previous owner to find out why the car ended up at the auctions.

 

Previously stolen vehicles are sometimes branded as "salvage" titles. This affects the resale tremendously. The owner may not have wanted the car back, especially if there was also damage done to it. So the insurance company pays off the owner, and now that they own the car, they auction it off to make back some of the money they paid out.

 

The only Evo I have heard of being stolen was when the guy left his keys in the car while rafting. That or a flatbed is about what it takes to steal one.

 

Yhea, thats what I was thinking... people get in to deep on modding and want to 'part out' then do a car-b-que then call their provider for a payoff. When I was a struggling chap in my early 20's I was around other stuggling chaps w 'hot rods' ala the 5.0/Camaro crowd was doing this all the time to get out from under the car.. The Escalades are raping peoples pockets for fuel right now and the market is saturated w/used, modded 'Lades and EXT's that are selling for less than value on the market....thats why these are 'coming up missing' as well.

 

The evo is number 2 on the list of stolen vehicles. That means your car has almost the highest risk of being stolen. Even though the number of evos getting stolen may be less than the number of civics, the percentage of evos getting stolen is much higher, therefore a higher probability yours will end up being a statistic. The immobilizer is not infallible.... you don't need a flatbed.

 

Buy it dude.

TRACK CAR!