Montreal gang “swiping Toronto cars”
Toronto police suspect a Montreal gang has been stealing SUVs in the Toronto area and shipping them abroad through the port.
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JS 21:58 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
How much money can any one cog in the chain get? Guys at the port here, guys on the boat, guys at the next port, other guys getting the cars to and from these ports, maybe a few guys running the abroad end of things, plus all the original guys in the Montreal gang, not to mention all the guys I’m forgetting, like the guys who clean and titivate the cars, replacement parts, etc – how much moolah does each guy really wind up with for all this trouble? I mean, the ultimate buyers must be getting a discount vs a new car or a legit used one, right?
Kate 22:02 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
Cromulent questions, JS.
MarcG 22:36 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
A friend of mine uses the Simpsons word “cromulent” to mean a slight variation on pretentious that’s hard to describe and I’ve internalized it. Kate’s regular use of it in its official meaning confuses the hell out of me.
JS 08:41 on 2020-12-10 Permalink
Kate embiggens the rhetorical context in which “cromulent” functions.
Ephraim 10:06 on 2020-12-10 Permalink
The other side of it… it’s pretty easy to make cars extremely difficult to steal. But who has an interest in it? Not the insurance companies, who need you to buy insurance. No the car manufacturers, who make an extra sale. Not the police, who need forms to fill in and the occasional bust, to make you feel like they are worth paying for. So, since the only one hurt in the transaction is YOU, government needs to step in. As they did in the UK… and the reason we have key holes only on one side, more parts are engraved, etc. We need one government to mandate more security to prevent car theft (mobile tracking, pin to drive, encrypted computers, etc.) to get manufacturers and insurers back to lowering premiums. Or maybe not allow them to increase premiums unless the number of car thefts go down… realizing that it’s not the police that stop crime, it’s the manufacturers.
dhomas 02:58 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
I like that idea, Ephraim. And it is definitely doable. Take the example of Tesla. They have something like a 97% recovery rate for their vehicles. They are practically unstealable and thieves know it so they avoid them now.