Esoteric is its own reward?

[Hirsch <Catenary@domain.elided>]

Charlie writes:
>> ...Meanwhile, what that means to US as Alfisti is that it's
pretty unlikely (in the USA anyhow) our vehicles will be
bothered. A woman in AROSC previously had two Corvettes -- both
stolen -- and many Alfas including some really terrific ones (TZ)
and as far as I know, nary a problem with crooks over many years.
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Esoteric is its own reward?
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In a recent article "Where Not To Park Your Car" by Pat Hayes
published in "The Redline," AROC Orange County, he cites a study
by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), that lists the
top ten metropolitan areas for car theft based on 1997 figures.

Metropolitan area   Total thefts   Theft rate*
1. Miami FL          33,968         37.9
2. Jersey City NJ     5,971         41.0
3. Fresno CA         10,440         49.7
4. Memphis TN        13,855         50.4
5. New York NY       56,185         52.3
6. Tucson AZ          8,874         52.6
7. Phoenix-Mesa AZ   32,529         53.1
8. Albuquerque NM     9,093         55.6
9. Sacramento CA     18,516         57.9
10. New Orleans LA   15,027         58.7

*As an explanation of the table: Memphis TN ranks 4th on
the list. In all, 13,855 vehicles were stolen in the Memphis area
in 1997. One of every 50.4 registered vehicles in the Memphis
metropolitan area was stolen, according to the NICB.

Pat comments, "With around one third of all stolen cars never =

recovered, they point out that it is no coincidence that the =

majority of these areas are close to a port or border. According to
them, the estimated total annual cost of auto theft in the U.S.
is about 7 billion dollars."

In terms of individual Alfa models stolen in the ENTIRE US in 1997:

Model    Rank    Total number stolen
164       486    19
Spider    499    15
Milano    533     9
GTV6      605     4

To search for other metropolitan areas or car models select
=93Theft Prevention Checkup=94 at www.nicb.org/carwatch.

Rich Hirsch
'87 Milano
'78 Spider
'67 Duetto
'66 Sprint GTV
Editor, i Saluti, St Louis AROC
Website: http://www.catenary.com/victor/isaluti

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