Originally Posted by
detroitsgwenivere
Meddle is right, when the perp is thieving for drug money. But the sad thing is, many of these thefts are being committed by an organized group of individuals who go home to a wife and kids. There is a culture among us of people known as "car hustlers," men and women who flip janky used cars to unsuspecting people without a second thought of those they take advantage of. One of the tacics they use to make money is selling stolen parts on e-bay and Craig's list. They buy the parts from junkies for rock money or from teenaged hoods, turn a big profit, and reinvest the money into a legitimate business. They keep small shops in areas like 9mile and Dequindre or Groesbeck, close enough base to 8mile to not get caught and far enough from home to keep their element away from their families. And they all know each other, trading parts and favors.
One guy I knew liked to sell cars with frame damage and stolen parts to young welfare moms with tax returns in hand. He would put his money into a house in Troy, then turned around and sold the house for over 140k cash, bought a house in Shelby Twp., and built himself a car garage/compound [[no permits of course)where he works on his hustle full-time. The neighbors know, they don't care and have hustles of their own. Their attitude is: F*ck those lowlife Detroit/ liberal/ poor/ black/ white trash people. We symbolize everything they never want to be and they wouldn't give a damn if we fell off a cliff tomarrow if only it wouldn't affect their wallets.
One of their most lucrative money makers is tires and rims. Steal them and then sell them back to the lowlife people they stole them from......