Had a buddy with a 30-year-old Ford beater that he would leave the in hoping someone would steal it but no one ever did. (It was in bad shape although it still drove).
My dad made the mistake of buying a Chevy Vega. It was such an underpowered unreliable 💩box my 1968 Charger was actually cheaper to drive. When I worked for him whenever I had to go to the south bronx, Newark or other such “exotic” neighborhoods I would leave it unlocked sometimes with the keys in the ignition. And the damn thing would still be where I left it.