Let's say you see a ford f150 online, and it's got a suede headliner, custom fiberglass/sued lined ipod mount and hookup leading to a 1200$ touchscreen/nav/dvd screen pushing out to a custom box with a 10" competition sub in it, two more tv screens in the headrests, and xbox360 under the seat, and a few other neat little gadgets inside...let alone the HID headlights, suspension work, wheels and tires on the truck, and you KNOW all of this to be on this particular truck two towns over...and you're risking yourself to break into and/or steal the truck altogether, are you going ot make it worth your time to find and pick up this truck, or settle for stealing one down the street that's bone stock? You can steal out the equipment and part it out, and never be traced. You can then choose to chop the truck, or ditch it, whatever, making all that money. Which one are you gonna choose?

I say this example because that's EXACTLY what happened to my buddy's truck. He's still recovering the losses. The guy was never caught, and there are no leads on who did it.