On: Car-sharing service HiGear shuts down due to theft of 4 cars worth $400,000

[bane]

My understanding is (and I could be completely wrong in this) is that most low end cars are stolen for the parts, not the car.

[jonknee → bane]

Zipcar's all have remote kill functionality and the ignition is tied to the RFID Zipcard. It's likely not worth the effort to defeat the tech to get the end result. It would be for a $100k exotic.