Question
I wonder if it would be feasible to hire a small air plane to fly around to look for a vehicle that has been stolen? Chances are that the stolen vehicle would not be taken very far and would be out in the open.
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- Pickup trucks, esp 4 WD and jeeps. Duallies probably less likely as they stand out. I removed the 4x4 stickers off my chev, it is low enough it looks like a 2WD. I will be installing an anti hijack device this summer. It will cause it to die about 3 min later. If I get hijacked i will tell them they don't want it, it has lots of mechanical issues, so maybe it won't surprise them when it does. Regardless, I stick to toll highways and a set route these days and try to travel with others.
- Question two: Which vehicle is the most likely to be stolen? We will be driving a1997 Ford Explorer.
- In rural areas the car does to the mountains to be used by marijuanos, far-far from prying eyes
- In urban areas the car goes to beneath a six inch thick, rebar re-enforced concrete roof. Will you GPS tracker work work there?
- Stolen cars are new
- THEY ARE CHOPPED UP the parts sold in the mercado negro
- VIN NUMBERS prevent the new vehicle from being sold intact. The SSP has hundreds of online sites roadside checkpoints to seize chocolates
- A new Dodge diesel engine sells for ten thousand dollars in the mercado negro. Dealers charge 15 thousand for a bare long block. Check the parts department for verification
- Seats, fenders, class, electrical, transmission, grill, differentials are all sold on the mercado negro. The selling price for Candian Rainbord's jeep parts would be more than fifteen thousand dollars
- If the car DOES NOT STALL within 10 monutes after being stolen, it is gone, forever. Then say hello to a blizzard nightmare of legal issues with the Mexican government
- If you want to ignore reality that's your choice. Please don't try to preach fantasy as gospel - someone else may believe it and suffer.
- Best to install a GPS tracker & anti-hijack device. If you are still worried, travel in groups or with a caravan and avoid lonely stretches of road like Mx 200 south of Manzanillo.
kcmoedoe wrote:
Also, I have had some experience with recovered stolen vehicles, and seldom do they return in better condition than when they left. You usually end up with a bucket of bolts.
And if you find it, then what? You sure don't want to walk up to your stolen vehicle and find out it was stolen by one of the drug cartels. If you do, your last trip in that car will be in the trunk.- And if you find it, then what? You sure don't want to walk up to your stolen vehicle and find out it was stolen by one of the drug cartels. If you do, your last trip in that car will be in the trunk.
- Insurance?
- I guess the cost wouldn't be worth trying to find a stolen vehicle.
- I can tell you from experience that a helicopter in Monterrey goes for $100 per hour. There is a minimum. So, I am sure you can hire a pilot and a plane.
- That would cost more than my vehicles are worth. How would you determine if it is in fact yours from the air? A rancher hopped into his plane when he saw his truck head down the road and followed it for over 60 miles. He had to quit when he entered an air traffic control zone, the perps got away. The police for whatever reason did not take up the chase.
