Slava
04-19-2006, 03:04 PM
I just recently joined another forum in Japan for DC2 and DC5 owners. Its basically like here. where we discuss parts, racing, impressions, etc.
Well, I was surprised to learn that the DC2 Type R is now the 5th most stolen car in Japan. Once guy had his R stolen, and guess what? They found it a month later in pieces on in shipping container bound for N. America! I was like WTF!!! Fuggin American thieves as stealing our cars now! They said that there is a huge auto theft ring in N. America who have decided to expand their operations overseas, and many R's are disappearing because of it.
Another guy who had just bought a DC5 Type R got his car stolen on the same day he took his car home from the dealership. He thinks it's an inside job and someone at the dealership had tipped off some thieves.
I am so paranoid now. All these years I had been coming here and reading about people's R's being stolen and thinking that it would never happen to me. Now its truly becoming a reality that my car may be stolen someday. Luckily, my car is pretty hidden from site, but if someone really wanted one, I guess it wouldn't be too hard to follow me home one day and take it. I was followed home once by a car driving another CW ITR about a year ago. He passed by my driveway which is really hidden, (so it made me really wonder what he was up to), but then he drove away. I think it was just a curious owner wondering if my car was really turbocharged
So, if you find a JDM or even a USDM Type R on ebay or anywhere else for sale really cheap, please questiion the seller thoroughly about where he got it. Especially a JDM R. Those aren't too easy to ship from here, so I would beware as to the way the got a hold of one. Just my vent and my 2 yen...thanks
I got this from a guy on HT that lives in Japan.
Well, I was surprised to learn that the DC2 Type R is now the 5th most stolen car in Japan. Once guy had his R stolen, and guess what? They found it a month later in pieces on in shipping container bound for N. America! I was like WTF!!! Fuggin American thieves as stealing our cars now! They said that there is a huge auto theft ring in N. America who have decided to expand their operations overseas, and many R's are disappearing because of it.
Another guy who had just bought a DC5 Type R got his car stolen on the same day he took his car home from the dealership. He thinks it's an inside job and someone at the dealership had tipped off some thieves.
I am so paranoid now. All these years I had been coming here and reading about people's R's being stolen and thinking that it would never happen to me. Now its truly becoming a reality that my car may be stolen someday. Luckily, my car is pretty hidden from site, but if someone really wanted one, I guess it wouldn't be too hard to follow me home one day and take it. I was followed home once by a car driving another CW ITR about a year ago. He passed by my driveway which is really hidden, (so it made me really wonder what he was up to), but then he drove away. I think it was just a curious owner wondering if my car was really turbocharged
So, if you find a JDM or even a USDM Type R on ebay or anywhere else for sale really cheap, please questiion the seller thoroughly about where he got it. Especially a JDM R. Those aren't too easy to ship from here, so I would beware as to the way the got a hold of one. Just my vent and my 2 yen...thanks
I got this from a guy on HT that lives in Japan.