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Are the logistics of their boost realistic?


50 cars all within 45 minutes of the dock, 8 people in teams of 2, must be done by 8:00 am, and I'll assume starting at 8 pm. That's an average of 12.5 cars per team and about 1 hour to go get the vehicle and drive it to the dock.

One could assume that each team steals one at a time because one person has to drive the other to the targets and pick them up at the dock, but there were scenes where both teammates fled in the vehicle they just stole, at least 4 people were involved in getting the Mercedes from the impound lot, and the theft of the 4 cars from the warehouse involved 6 people. It could be more efficient for teams to carpool with 1 person driving 3 or more others to the targets or driving a stolen car to another target, but taking a roundabout way in a stolen car increases the risk of getting caught. If all the vehicles were 45 minutes away they wouldn't get done in time without working in teams greater than 2. Maybe they mapped out their targets and stole cars in the same area within a short time frame so they weren't going back-and-forth so much.

Then there are the possible complications where a vehicle may not be at the owner's home or where the thieves expect it to be, or a vehicle could be too low on gas to get to the dock. Maybe the thieves bring a can of gas just in case. I also wonder what vehicles they used to get from the dock to the targets. If they used the same ones over and over again they could be spotted at the scene of multiple thefts, making it easier for the cops to tie the thefts together. They shouldn't use vehicles that can be tied to them because they could be spotted or have to leave the vehicle behind. Maybe they stole the minivan and other non-flashy vehicles from long-term parking somewhere reasoning that such thefts wouldn't garner much attention from the police.


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first of all - they found all Specific 50 cars in one city.

2nd, your right, what if the owner wasn't home, also one of the cars was taken from the valet stand of a country club or restaurant. surely, the owner would have reported it stolen by the morning, It was dusk when they took the car.

Plus 50 cars stolen in one night, Surely it would have been noticed and and reported.

i love this movie, but it's very far fetched.

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