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Re:A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves by Spooky23 on Monday September 05, 2016 @10:44PM (#12433366)
In olden times, stealing a car was trivial. Ditto radios, which had resale value.

Now it's parts. Wheels, airbags, bumpers, etc.

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Re:A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves by hnal943 on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:17AM (#12436152)
It's also to provide untraceable vehicles for other crimes. My city has a huge carjacking problem right now, and most of them are used as get away vehicles in other crimes.
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