A Dallas area woman was left dumbfounded after she had two different C7 Corvette vehicles stolen from her apartment’s locked parking area within a 90-day period.
Melissa Anderson told local NBC affiliate NBC DFW that she had her Torch Red C7 Corvette Z06 stolen from her apartment’s parking garage in February. She then replaced the vehicle with a second C7 Corvette Z06, which was also stolen from the same locked parking garage earlier this month.
“This has been the most expensive mistake I’ve ever made in my life, having over 180k in cars stolen in less than 90 days,” Anderson told the news station.
Anderson believes thieves, potentially part of an organized crime ring, have been targeting the parking garage of her apartment building for high-value auto thefts.
“It’s a target, there is an organized crime operation when it comes to auto thefts and burglary when it comes to this building,” she added.
Dallas police told NBC DFW they are currently investigating the thefts of Anderson’s two C7 Corvette Z06s. Police also said there have been a total of 10 motor vehicle thefts from the parking garage at Anderson’s apartment in recent months.
It’s not clear how thieves were able to steal Anderson’s two Corvettes or what measures she took to prevent the second theft. She said she had a locked car cover on the vehicle after the first example was stolen, but evidently, this wasn’t enough to deter the perpetrators.
While the standard OnStar satellite security system in the C7 Corvette Z06 could theoretically be used to help recover Anderson’s vehicles, thieves now have ways of disabling the anti-theft tracking software enabled by the technology.
Unfortunately for Anderson, used Corvette prices have jumped dramatically in the past year, so she may find it difficult to replace her C7 Corvette for the third time without spending a little more than usual.
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OnStar anti-theft is worthless for anything other than generating recurring revenue. Any thief smart enough to know how to bypass the immobilizer is smart enough to bring a cell/GPS jammer. Worse, GM is putting the OnStar modules in very easy to access locations. Look at the trucks: it’s exposed in the footwell. Anybody with a pair of diagonal cutters can disable it in 5 seconds.
Sounds like an inside job. Somebody in the garage is tipping off thieves.
Disabling OnStar in older GM cars is silly easy to do. In a C7, it’s a bit more difficult, but still possible without a trace.
The REAL concern here is the key, and how they got those codes to generate a key… unless they towed it. Someone had to be working with a dealer to get them. Feds will be asking GM and the dealerships involved for records, count on it.
Surprised it is Dallas. Many vehicles stolen like this go to the nearest shipping port for customers in other countries. I don’t think it’s the same garage being checked out, she is being followed. At one time if someone’s TV was stolen by a house break in, the thieves would go back a month later to steal the new TV.
You can’t drive a car merely because you have a duplicate key. That ended when immobilizers became standard around 15 years ago. Besides, only work trucks and economy cars can be started with a key today.
The hackers have it all figured out,anything newer and luxury gets put on a boat to a country that does not care if it is stolen as long as the import tax is paid.
I suspect Gone in Sixty Seconds 2 will be hitting theaters this fall.
I would think it is time for the building to put up cameras. thieves that steal cars with the keys left in them simply pull the rearview mirror off.
You would think that a locked cover would have done it…🤔
If GM would TERMINATE BIDENS DEMAND FOR ECO DESIGNED ANYTHING: THE MARKET WOULD CLEAR THE false idea!
I don’t see how ECO DESIGNED ANYTHING is causing the problem. Although, your ignorance is telling.
All things aside I would demand that cameras be installed in this parking garage.
Time to buy a Spark.