karkrazie626

I've been adding more my Z28 lately. It's not my dd (after 9 years)anymore. Now that I have more $$$ and time vested in the car, I have a choice where to drive it. So what cities should I stay out of? Theft wise of course. What city has your (or a buddies) F-body been stolen or broken into. I have 99 Z, SS body upgrade, CME, Z06 wheels.
I know it might bring back bad memories. Please let me what city to stay away from with my Z28.

HEYPAL01impala

Pomona they'll still anything

BigDaddyBry

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If I were a car thief, I don't know if I would **** where I eat.

Keep in mind the stats you gather may be misleading.

DGageSS

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if you pull into a city and feel its sketch, you probably shouldnt park around there. also dont go places like a sporting event or something and make it obvious your going there, here in SF i heard many cars stolen that way

slogoat

Stay away from malls and gyms.

ConElite

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SS body upgrade is not a Huge mod (Hood and spoiler). Not downing your car or anything. Stay out of Ghetto LA area's or any Ghetto area's for that matter. I understand you live in Pasadena but its not that hard to get a feel for what cities to stay out of.

ZO6 wheels are not really an attention getter.

Im in the SGV area and F-bodies are of no desire to anyone around here. Im on CCW's, Full system and Double Din and never ever had a problem.

knock on wood.

When I had my civic, 4 break ins and 1 time stole the whole car.

Fifedogg

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I had mine stolen in Upland. Got her back though without damage.

6spdchevy

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Everywhere

ReFtheMC

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x2!!!!!!!!

SoCalCal

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Anywhere that there are stray dogs and cracheads.....Im jus saying...dont judge me !

The Double S

Hey bud did you ever find out what happened with that situation. I kept an eye on my car that whole week or two while I was reading your updates.

nomoneyz

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My buddy's v6 Camaro got stolen from him at gunpoint in the mcdonalds parking lot in victorville. Right off the freeway at roy rogers dr. He got it back a couple weeks later with some bullet holes in it and the head unit gone.

SoCalCal

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Times must be hard in victorville, to car jack a v6? smh

karkrazie626

Thanks for all the info. Didn't want to get my car appraised in a thread but oh well. Not saying my Z is the "S" but all the time finding parts, time on body and painting, bloody knuckles etc... It's worth more than my upgrades $$$ wise.

Fifedogg

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Not really. All I know is they only stole my Optima Battery and few small things here and there. No damage was done to the car as far as I could tell. Still runs like a champ.

ZexGX

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No place is safe. If a thief truly wants your car, they will do anything they can to take it. Fifedogg's was stolen right from his driveway on the end of a cul-de-sac in a pretty nice area...

You can install a starter kill switch and/or a fuel pump kill switch, and get an alarm with a pager. I know one person who has a working proximity sensor wired into his alarm system.

If they can't start it up and are determined, they will tow it if they can. The steering columns in these things are nearly identical to 1980s-vintage GM columns, so it's not like they have extra security enhancements to prevent the column from being busted and the wheels being straightened out.

fast01z28

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your car can be stolen anywhere, but I would avoid the following areas:
Santa Ana
Long beach
Pomona
parts of LA

Basically any bad neighborhood. Ive heard of cars being stolen from nice neighborhoods like San Juan Capistrano or Beverly hills too, but its much less common (and even less common to happen to a camaro).