Interesting bit here, I wonder what age group these are and what simple device is used? Wonder if it applies to Honda and Mazda as well?
California man arrested for allegedly stealing 26 cars to see girlfriend
Published: Saturday, April 28, 2007 | 11:00 PM ET
Canadian Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Whenever Antonio Moreno wanted to see his girlfriend, he'd jump in a car and drive right over.
But there was a problem. The 26 cars Moreno jumped into all belonged to someone else.
Authorities arrested the 31-year-old near his suburban home on Wednesday. They said he was behind the wheel of a 1987 Toyota when they found him.
Police say that since January, Moreno had been stealing Toyotas and Nissans by using a simple device that starts Japanese cars of a certain age. Acting on a tip, members of a regional auto-theft task force took him into custody.
He was "stealing vehicles as transportation to pursue their relationship," said a police spokesman in Santa Barbara, where some of the thefts took place.
He didn't have a driver's licence or car of his own.
His girlfriend, who was not arrested, told authorities she had been trying to dump him.
Moreno faces charges of auto theft.
