Sometimes they will never find the car. If it had tons of goodies to be raped off it, and the person doesn't want to be suspect, plasma cut the entire car into a million pieces. Shoveled into the trash is where it may end up. I hear tons of horror stories, just have never happened to me. My car doesn't have an alarm, so it will never be in a metropolitan area until it does. First time, shame on you, second time, shame on me....... man, you need to start taking precautions.