# Escalade still the favorite of thieves

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**Created:** [August 29, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escalade-still-the-favorite-of-thieves/67493 "2011-08-29T00:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escalade-still-the-favorite-of-thieves/67493/1 "2011-08-29T00:14:25Z")

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> **[Cadillac Escalade still thieves' favorite target](https://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/25/cadillac-escalade-still-thieves-favorite-target/)**
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> If you own a Cadillac Escalade, you better keep one eye on it at all times. According to the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), the Escalade is still the apple of a car thief's eye. The large luxury SUV is six times more likely to be plucked away by...

if you own the truck version of the Escalade, 14 out of every 1000 are reported stolen.  
The list in the press release shows it’s mostly large trucks. Property theft is included in the ranking, so I imagine that catalytic converter thefts on these vehicles are one of the higher causes of theft claims.

old video showing how easy it is to steal an escalade:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L6OQZVVl37A/hqdefault.jpg "Cadillac Escalades gone in 14 seconds") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6OQZVVl37A)

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escalade-still-the-favorite-of-thieves/67493/2 "2011-08-29T02:38:44Z")

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I don’t think I would be accepted into the Brotherhood of Automobile Thieves union because an Escalade is the last vehicle I would want to steal. I think a Mazda Miata would top my list. In fact, I think I would rather track down the 1954 Pontiac in another post and steal that car.

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**Author:** ![peacesells560](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@peacesells560](https://community.cartalk.com/u/peacesells560)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escalade-still-the-favorite-of-thieves/67493/3 "2011-08-29T03:03:07Z")

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I find the absence of the Civic SI from that list to be shocking.

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**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escalade-still-the-favorite-of-thieves/67493/4 "2011-08-29T23:43:31Z")

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the MUGEN version maybe. Remember reading awhile back that thieves came in the night at one dealership and stripped the wheels off, leaving the car sit on the brake rotors, took the badges and shift knob while it sat on the lot