Going around a neighborhood or some other place with a lot of cars late at night, preferably 1-3am, and seeing if the cars are unlocked. If they are, search for GPS's, stereos, iPods/phones, or other items worth value. Favored spots are hotels(travelers need cash and GPS's), amusement parks(Kings Island/Holiday World, they need GPS's and cash too"

If you set an alarm off, run and hide between houses, hop fences, do anything you can to get away. If you have a feeling you aren't going to get away, ditch the items somewhere the cops/civi's won't find, and won't get ruined. So when you get caught, you won't have anything on you.

After you collect enough valuables, I'd recommend waiting about 3-5 weeks, and then pawning the items.
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Don't do too many items at one place, and switch up pawn shops, it's smarter to not get caught.
Steve: Wanna car hop tonight? I know a good place to get good shit.

Friend: Sure, what time?

Steve: about 1-2am, i'll hit you up.
by 00101011010 November 3, 2011
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The term for the act of jumping from one car to another at an amusement park without going through the line again. Grace and cunning required along with oblivious operators; being caught may result in expulsion from the park.
I'm gonna car hop, this operator doesn't pay attention to anything.
by Jennifer "Norma" C. September 29, 2005
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The term for the act of jumping from one car to another at an amusement park without going through the line again. Grace and cunning required along with oblivious operators; being caught may result in expulsion from the park.
I'm gonna car hop, this operator doesn't pay attention to anything.
by Jennifer "Norma" C. September 29, 2005
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Breaking into random people's cars usually at parties, and stealing all their shit.
Yo man all these girls drunk lets go car hopping!

Fa sho
by drew cassity November 19, 2006
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walking (this is crucial! do not drive! two words liscence plates!) down streets near your house, aproaching cars parked on the side of the street, and casually checking to see if one of the doors is unlocked, then if you are lucky enough to find one unlocked (odds are about 7-1), quickly and swiftly searching throughout it for money, drugs, stereo equipment, cell phones, electronics, wallets, purses, gift cards, (you get the idea), then taking it, quietly closing the door and moving on to the next vehicle -ive never done it
tom: hey dude im so sick of work but i need the cash for a new system for my car

joe:dude this weekend lets just go car-hopping, last time i earned over $350, got a video ipod, subs, 2 wallets, and 4 pounds of grass

tom:arent you worried you'll get caught?

joe:i'm fast and not retarded, so, no
by yelt'n May 4, 2006
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Car-Hopping is the act of secretly entering someone's automobile and taking whatever one finds useful, profitable, or interesting. Car-Hopping usually takes place after 1:00am.
He asked the kid where he gotten the GPSes and the 80G iPod from, and the kid responded, "I went car-hopping last night."
by KnarGnap January 12, 2012
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An activity in which you hop onto several automobiles creating havoc. This act is usually done on a large street(block) on Sundays when there are many automobiles parked.

Verb.
1.) Yo man lets to car hopping tonight in the polish ghetto. 2.) Lets go hop some cars tonight.
by killjoy (rg represent) April 28, 2006
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