Originally Posted by blackland

Our kid's baby nanny had her Hyundai sedan stolen recently by teenagers, right out of the parking garage of her condo building along with several others. Based on what she told me the reason you might not want it back is you will never get that weed smell out of the car. They recovered her car and it was pretty nasty inside.

Originally Posted by AlterZgo

This is nonsense. These cars are meant to be driven hard. Thrashing them (short of running into another object or purposely overreving them with a money shift if they are manual) is not going to harm the car. What do you think happens when people track these cars or go for top speed runs on the autobahn? They're basically "thrashing" their cars, i.e. driving them very very hard. Also if a thief is able to get the car started, it's highly unlikely they are going to immediately floor it and burn rubber. They will likely quietly drive away to not attract attention.

And what does "warmed down afterwards" mean? Who actually sits and waits for their cars to warm down after driving them? In the old days, that was something people did after driving turbocharged cars hard so oil can continue to circulate through the turbochargers. Then people installed turbo timers that did this for you. Now, all turbo cars have this feature built in where the car will continue to cool and circulate oil through the turbos after you shut them off.

Originally Posted by detansinn

Modern Porsche 911s don't attract thieves. They're hard to steal and there isn't nearly as much demand for parts as there is for something like a Honda Civic. It's a low reward proposition compared to the econoboxes. If you look on the Internet for the most common stolen cars in the United States, you'd be hard-pressed to find an expensive car on the list. Thanks to chipped keys, people don't really steal cars to go joyriding in the 21st century unless the owner left the keys in the car.

When traveling, choose your parking well and you've got almost nothing to worry about when it comes to theft -- the car will be there when you get back. Vandalism? Well, that's far more likely than the car being stolen. Depending upon where you live in the country, do not leave anything visible in the interior of the car. In places like San Francisco, thieves will smash windows just to see what's under that sweatshirt you threw in the back seat. When in doubt, unload the contents of your car and bring your stuff into your hotel room, etc.

At home, lock your car. Don't leave your keys in the car. Don't keep your keys with the car in your garage.

Originally Posted by BondJ

To me, your post sounds incredibly naive. However, if you’d really take back your stolen 992 in the belief that any amount of abuse will be negated by the turbo timer, I will respect that 👌

Originally Posted by michaelp

I took the AirTags out of my cars. Apparently thieves are using Bluetooth scanners to target cars, looking for phones and electronic devices:
https://www.wired.com/story/bluetoot...er-car-thefts/

Originally Posted by michaelp

This is the way.

Certain Kia and Hyundai models had a recent surge in thefts, and it became a thing on TikTok. Google / YouTube Kia Boys. This was due to cost cutting measures, US market cars had no immobilizers!
https://www.theverge.com/23742425/ki...ok-hyundai-usb

Fear not, our Porsche cars have immobilizers that are essentially impossible to bypass.

Originally Posted by Deerfield

Then there is just this way - left the Porsches for the AM - Video shows carjackers punching driver before stealing his Aston Martin from his own garage - ABC7 Los Angeles