Classic Car Theft

[TimG]

We had three pickup trucks stolen out of the parking lot in Dallas during the NCRS judging retreat in March. These trucks were parked outside of the secured parking lot where they left their trailers because the secured lot was too far away from the Hotel entrance. Nothing in the secured lot was stolen. The police said they take side streets with no cameras, load them up in trailers that cancel out the OnStar signal and store them in buildings that cancel out the OnStar signal. All three were GM products. OnStar had no active signals for these vehicles. I don't know what part of this is accurate as described by the Dallas Police Department, but it shocked the heck out of us hearing about the technology involved.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by TimG

We had three pickup trucks stolen out of the parking lot in Dallas during the NCRS judging retreat in March. These trucks were parked outside of the secured parking lot where they left their trailers because the secured lot was too far away from the Hotel entrance. Nothing in the secured lot was stolen. The police said they take side streets with no cameras, load them up in trailers that cancel out the OnStar signal and store them in buildings that cancel out the OnStar signal. All three were GM products. OnStar had no active signals for these vehicles. I don't know what part of this is accurate as described by the Dallas Police Department, but it shocked the heck out of us hearing about the technology involved.

As usual, the bad guys figure out out to use all this convenience technology against us far better than we can to protect the vehicle.