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haha i did too, thats one way to steal a Z. take one from what looks like a nissan factory or nissan place. probably keys were in it XD.

why go to a restaurant in a high theft area in the first place? find another restaurant...(?) :icon14:

I appreciate all the suggestions, even those telling me we should avoid the area, but lots of people go there and percentage wise only a few have problems. There are many crowded restaurants around there, and the mall has the normal assortment of stores and quite a bit of business. I was interested in finding out how hard, or easy, it would be to steal the car since it is entirely different than any I have owned before with the electronic control, push button, and no key. I thought it would be hard to steal other than with a flat bed and wanted to verify that. I figured if I just asked the question "how hard is it to steal a 370z?" with no explanation it would sound like I hoped to start a collection. So I mentioned the restaurant which is probably the most risky place I ever leave my car. When I go there I park in front of the building in a well lighted area with people coming and going. If thieves had bogus key units and could walk up, get in, start the car, and drive away I'd be worried. I'm not to worried about someone loading it on a flat bed while while the restaurant is still busy. I love the car and am willing to take reasonable precautions to keep it safe, but not to make significant changes to our habits.

if they wanted to really steal your car, they will flat bed it infront of everyone. that way it doesn't look suspicious at all.

most popular stolen cars are older cars used for parts. newer cars are stolen more by joyriders...and it will be more difficult with immobilizer. they will steal it if they really wanted it and just flat bed it. it only takes a few minutes.

Here in the U.S. the nissans have a 3 stage kill switch. Once the alrm goes off fuel line cuts off and ignition power is cut off and battery sets to aux power. So basically you need a tow truck.

guy had no intention of stealing the car, he just wanted to cut a few sweet drifts in here and there, thats all. And for that, I applaud him. Bravo sir, well done.

cars are stolen with tow trucks now a days. Help I need front end parts for my 370Z

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From my understanding to speaking to service techs, my guy at corporate and my local installer... It's VERY difficult, BUT the way they DO get stolen is by someone who can reprogram a car ECU... They get an ECU, program it with YOUR VIN#, but THEIR key unlock... Then the guy breaks in, swaps the ECU's and bam, their keys work now...

Here's the stats:

Median theft rate for all vehicles model year 1990 and above - 3.58 per 1,000
Median theft rate for 370Z in 2009 - 1.43 per 1,000 (Only 16 reported stolen out of 11,208)

My take - not worth worrying about.

:iagree: This^^

That is how someone would steel a Z, or most modern cars for that matter.

Like others have said, if you're worried about interior contents or your wheels, get an alarm, otherwise save your money.

As far as I'm concerned, if someone steels my car, I don't want it back. I would rather get a cheque from the insurance company and buy a new, new/used car.

Shopping malls are a thieves superstore for stealing cars and stealing items things out of cars.....To buy my first house and get extra money, I worked part time security at a large east coast mall and saw it all happen myself. Malls are NOT safe to park in even if you have an car alarm and people get robbed at malls and assaulted too. Malls are a gathering place of rich, poor, thugs, nerds, emos, gangs, and all kinds....Park near a lighted entrance is your best deterrent....park way out on some lot far from an entrance or all alone in a level of a parking garage.....your a target.

I only worry about flatbed

Thats why my buddy always told me not to be the first guy parked at the end of a street, always have a car parked infront of you so you can't be towed.

I always preferred being "first in line" so to speak so that I didn't have to worry about some guy backing up and hitting me to get into or out of a spot...but, better than making it easy for someone to flatbed your ride away I guess

I imagine it would be pretty hard to steal the car, unless you had access to a tow truck. Even at that point, it would only be good for parts.

My brother had owned a home and some other properties in the Mesa area and finally left. He said Phoenix area was booming back when alot of CA folks sold off the properties and moved to the AZ area to build new for less. He thought the sad part of this boom was the less than desirables that could not afford CA also came during the migration east. He said the crime was on the rise and he sold everything and left the area. At that time he said he made really good money for his properties etc.