According to the CBC news report, it sounds like Honda CRVs are the most stolen there. That being said, Mercedes, Porsche, BMWs, and Land Rovers are still the most stolen of the luxury vehicles. But, watching the news report, with a vehicle being stolen every 17 minutes in Ontario, it really looks like it's a wide variety of makes and models; Toyotas being one of them.
That is also at least 4 years old likely older like during Covid based on masks everywhere.
You Canadians sure are nice to criminals, a hockey stick
You see that statement is about if I see it happening from an American is going to be a lot worse.
It’s all good. Probably should have done some research on that. But honestly didn’t know it was like that In Toronto. I was staying next to the cn tower at 300 front st w. Parked in the open paid parking lot. Unfortunately couldn’t park in a garage due to my RTT being to tall lol
Honestly I thought it was sketchy cuz the lot attendant had me park in the space next to the side walk and the road. In open view which in hindsight wish I said I’d like to park more in. Of course just bad luck too I guess
Not that it helps, but you were actually staying in one of the areas with the least amount of car thefts. I wonder if someone saw your out of town plates and followed, seeing if you would park in a known air bnb area. Some real bad luck looking at it statistically.
Bro... fun fact they are so nice Canadians voted to disarm themselves years ago...this is self inflicted. Made your bed now lay in type stuff...That is also at least 4 years old likely older like during Covid based on masks everywhere.
You Canadians sure are nice to criminals, a hockey stick
I live in the US, love guns, but this is a dumb take. It has nothing to do with car thieves or theft. It's not like Canadians (or any one) was sitting out front guarding their vehicle and preventing theft with a firearm and now they "cannot" or something. A firearm can prevent some crime, some of the time, in specific circumstances if properly deployed, but I don't think having your car taken without your knowledge and shipped out of the country is one.
having lived in the metro van area all my life - I've never heard of auto theft of any model of car being such an incredible rampant problem as it seems to be in Ontario/Quebec. Smashed windows in sketchy parking lots though, definitely, although that's everywhere these days
That really sucks. They tried to get me last night but left the scene before they could complete taking it. Had I known I would have never brought my 4Runner up here. I’m probably looking at thousands of dollars in damage as they broke a window, scratched the door and two trim panels, and destroyed the interior dash panels next to the steering wheel. Everyone needs to be on alert that this is happening. Mine was in a quiet area of MississaugaHey group. Had one of the most heartbreaking days of my life. I was up in Toronto for a week. And on the 2nd day I woke up to my 4Runner missing. It was stolen. They seemed to have known what they were doing. They disabled the tracking and created their own key. Toyota safety connect ain’t worth a damn. No real hope of being retrieved. I put a lot of work into my 4Runner with after market parts. But sadly in hindsight I didn’t put in the most important. A kill switch or some aftermarket antitheft system. Come to find out they are pretty easy to steal. I had no idea my car was missing until I walked to the parking lot. No notification nothing and when I checked tracking it was still saying it was in the lot but hadn’t been updated in 9 hours.
Thankfully. I had an AirTag in my backpack and was able to locate all my stuff dumped out on the side of the road 30 mins outside of town. Unfortunately no car. But I was able to get all my stuff minus some camera gear/drone. And my passport that was in the glove box. Also found one of my windows and and my dashboard and glove box and my pop out speaker from the car lol
Hopefully my insurance doesn’t try and give me a run around because this sucks. Anyway just posting this to give yall a heads up on investing in an aftermarket antitheft system. IGLA looks to be what I will invest in on my next 4Runner. And also never taking my car to Canada again.
Cheers
