I was wondering do ITR's outside of the US and Canada get stolen and stripped to the frame like they do here?..I always wondered about that?..can some of you ITR owners in Europe and Asia chime in?...

 

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currently unheard of in England and the rest of the UK

 

As I lived in France for 8 years, I can tell you that there are not as much ITR thefts as is seems to be in USA and in Canada. One thing that surprised me is that thieves in USA and Canada manage to get around anti theft systems quite easily, while in Europe there is more car jacking... In addition R's and Honda's in general are not as much appreciated and well known as in America (most of sporty or luxury cars that get jacked are BMW's and Mercedes), so ITR owners are not bothered that much...
I have to say that I'm quite disappointed cause I love Honda's and the VTEC system, especially the ITR but I'm a little bit paranoid, and I don't want to spend my whole night being scared for my car once I'll be in Canada Is the S2K as easy to steal as ITR or RSX? And as much appreciated by thieves as the latters are?

 

Here in Slovenia 2 or 3 Hondas are stolen in a year on average. But that are mostly beaten up 4.gen or 5.gen Civics and they are stolen for joyride.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ontheroad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">As I lived in France for 8 years, I can tell you that there are not as much ITR thefts as is seems to be in USA and in Canada. One thing that surprised me is that thieves in USA and Canada manage to get around anti theft systems quite easily, while in Europe there is more car jacking... In addition R's and Honda's in general are not as much appreciated and well known as in America (most of sporty or luxury cars that get jacked are BMW's and Mercedes), so ITR owners are not bothered that much...
I have to say that I'm quite disappointed cause I love Honda's and the VTEC system, especially the ITR but I'm a little bit paranoid, and I don't want to spend my whole night being scared for my car once I'll be in Canada Is the S2K as easy to steal as ITR or RSX? And as much appreciated by thieves as the latters are?</TD></TR></TABLE>

truthfully hondas/acuras with their chipped theft deterrent keys are garbage..they are so easily defeated its not funny....so the short answer would be yes, s2k's are just as easily stolen as the next rsx/itr..as far as theft on an s2k i mostly see ripped softtops with the seats and steering wheels ripped out on the street more than anything..at least here on the streets of NYC...

 

i wouldnt think so in europe becasue itr's are the only tegs there

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ontheroad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">As I lived in France for 8 years, I can tell you that there are not as much ITR thefts as is seems to be in USA and in Canada. One thing that surprised me is that thieves in USA and Canada manage to get around anti theft systems quite easily, while in Europe there is more car jacking... In addition R's and Honda's in general are not as much appreciated and well known as in America (most of sporty or luxury cars that get jacked are BMW's and Mercedes), so ITR owners are not bothered that much...
I have to say that I'm quite disappointed cause I love Honda's and the VTEC system, especially the ITR but I'm a little bit paranoid, and I don't want to spend my whole night being scared for my car once I'll be in Canada Is the S2K as easy to steal as ITR or RSX? And as much appreciated by thieves as the latters are?</TD></TR></TABLE>

and the fucked up part is i own an eg hatch and 4dr teg that are both done up along with a brand new BMW on 20's and a bunch of other ****..my eg and teg i wouldnt dare leave on the street..instead i'll take the BMW out and leave it all over the place...

 

You don't actually think all of those JDM Type-R clips, swaps, and pieces were brought over here because the owners "Couldn't afford to drive them", do you?

 

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Same with Japan, Okinawa, and Australia.

 

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i pretty much figured that much but i wanted to hear it from actual people living in those countries to weed out all the bullshit and myths...

 

Well well well... I'll try to make it easy with one simple question: if I have:
1. A garage
2. A good anti theft system
3. I'm living in a quite safe area in Toronto..

CAN I ENJOY OWNING AN R AND SLEEP PEACEFULLY?

 

^ 99.9% chance, yes, you can sleep peacefully. If a theif has the *****/lack of brain cells to break into your garage, and make off with your caR with a nice alarm, I wouldn't feel too bad, because you did all you could.

 

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YES, and after that I can say I would cut his mother f*** ***** and burry them ha ha ha

 

I'm a pretty big advocate of the thought that if you are constantly paranoid about your R being stolen, it will be stolen. I live in one of the car theft capitals of the U.S., and being all of 50 minutes from the border (or much less if a thief is in an R), and honestly, I haven't ever been a victim of theft. I parked my S2000 in plain sight in my drive way (though it was surrounded by walls), and I parked the S every day at the local community college. Never really worried; my thoughts are that if you're stupid enough to not have the common sense as to where your caR can really get stolen, then you shouldn't have it.

My R sits comfortably in my carport each night, parked in by my DA. I take off the steering wheel and set the alarm and leave the outside light on. I'm very confident that I'll be fine as long as I'm here.

Of course, it does also depend on how much you use the car and where you are taking it. Just stay away from Rice-meets, and don't fill your car with eye candy.

Once you've got a good alarm, LoJack, and a good parking spot, there is no point in worrying. If it's going to happen, it will happen, whether you worry or not. If it gets stolen, yeah, it sucks, but in the end- it's just a damn caR. Haggle your insurance co. to give you what the caR is worth, and buy a new one.

 

Probably Chinese mafia out of this country or canada are picking them off in Japan now since they almost cleaned out USDM ones. I actually saw a DC5R with a club on located few houses next to my gf's parents house in Kawasaki Japan.

 

doostur, is type r theft really uncommon in japan? i've heard rumors that most of the surplus type r parts and engines that we get here in the Philippines are stolen in japan, and i've noticed that most of the steering columns are broken. i have my doubts though, i'm pretty sure they wouldn't be able to get them through japanese customs

 

You know I'm confused that you mix Canada's thefts in with US. Maybe its cause im not from the coast but i live in Saskatchewan(prairies)
Basically the only thing thats going to happent o your car here is the cd deck will get stolen if you leave yoru faceplate on. From my whole life of living her I've never heard of a car being stripped/motor being snatched up. Just to show you how ******* retarded the theives here are, most of the time alls they steal is the cd faceplate which is useless without the deck itself?!?!

My brothers car has been broken in to 2 times cause he always leaves his faceplate on(idiot) On his caprice winter junker he had was parked in the bad area of the city and i guess they tried taking it for a joy ride but they cut the killswitch he installed hahaha. There was 2 expensive apline speakers by the back headrests not covered or anything and they were untouched.

Moral to the story when i purchase a ITR after winter i will be the most unworried ITR owner on here haha.

 

I don't think any country compares to the US of A when it comes to ITR theft. Especially California, since it is on record as being the auto theft capital in the US.

I am so sick of this and this is definitely amongst a long list of reasons why I can't wait to move to Japan. People actually respect other people's **** there. But, it is sad to hear that the situation is changing. I go to Japan twice a year and when any Gaijin ***** up, it makes all foreigners look very bad and makes Japanese 10 times more xenophobic.

 

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Actually, from what I understand, the cost of manditory maintenance and taxes on the vehicles outweigh the cost of just purchasing and paying for these things on a newer car. It's not that they can't afford them. It's just cheaper. Very few of the Type R's I've seen come in have modifications, which shows me that these people weren't much into the scene we associate Type R's with (less attatchment to their vehicles).

Many of the halfcuts we've imported were cars that have been wrecked and/or sold to the business that supplies them to us.

However, I heard of a case where a Type R was reported stolen in Japan, and the car/parts/halfcut was found in a container in the US.

I have a friend who lives in Japan, we actually imported the Type R he owned as a halfcut. He says that he never has to worry about theft. He could drive any of his cars (Type R, 600whp R32 GTR, Lotus, Ferrari, etc. Yes he has some money), and just park it anywhere and not have to disable them in any way. I guess theft over there isn't as major a concern as over here.

 

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Actually, from what I understand, the cost of manditory maintenance and taxes on the vehicles outweigh the cost of just purchasing and paying for these things on a newer car. It's not that they can't afford them. It's just cheaper. Very few of the Type R's I've seen come in have modifications, which shows me that these people weren't much into the scene we associate Type R's with (less attatchment to their vehicles).

Many of the halfcuts we've imported were cars that have been wrecked and/or sold to the business that supplies them to us.

However, I heard of a case where a Type R was reported stolen in Japan, and the car/parts/halfcut was found in a container in the US.

 

itr's would only be ''stolen to order'' here, the majority of itr's were pre owned in Japan so would be relativley cheap cars thus not that sought after by thieves.
i have a clifford alarm & take the car everywhere without ever really having to worry about it, the alarm makes the car more hassle than its worth

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Coreyg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You know I'm confused that you mix Canada's thefts in with US. Maybe its cause im not from the coast but i live in Saskatchewan(prairies)
Basically the only thing thats going to happent o your car here is the cd deck will get stolen if you leave yoru faceplate on. From my whole life of living her I've never heard of a car being stripped/motor being snatched up. Just to show you how ******* retarded the theives here are, most of the time alls they steal is the cd faceplate which is useless without the deck itself?!?!
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Canada has got their thefts too especially in the bigger cities (e.g. Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal). I live in the prairies as well and my friend has had her R stolen while I have been assaulted before from someone trying to get my keys. I'm not saying that it's even close to as bad as the States but we got our crap too. I think it's time to move to Saskatoon haha.

 

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thats the key phrase


cars in the UK/Ireland are stolen for one of two reasons

to order, ie someone is willing to pay a thief money for them to steal a car. usually you're talking £20,000+ value

or for a joyride. and that'll be the easy to steal cars

 

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i bet going threw customs they do need reciepts and vin numbers though, so ehh, def a chance some of the cars are but most of them are probably legit since they pay maybe 1/4 of what they can part the car out, to 1/2 of what its worth, even after shipping theyll still make $ off of legit cars