New BMW's getting stolen using blank BMW keys

[DanL]

Fox- said:

DanL said:

http://youtu.be/RLWyA5phe5E

From the same company

Yet another E Series car..... thats an E70 X5. Not an F Series.

That's handy - maybe they've fixed it then. Can't say I'm going to invest more then the 10 seconds I've already spent to find something else, as I both own one of the older stealable BMWs and have insurance.

[tomic]

tomic said:

They attempted my car last night. E92 330i Coupe in South London. Had the door lock smashed in and the OBD cover was off. Fortunately mine had been updated.

I'll have to take it round to BMW to be repaired later. They've taken the lock cover which I guess will have to be painted to match, and they've scratched and dented the door. Big bill looming. B*astards

So after the attempted theft in Feb, my license plates disappeared last night.

I guess there's a possibility that the same people who attempted to steal it managed to get away with another car the same that hadn't been updated and came back for my plates to clone my car knowing they couldn't nick it.

It also now wears a Disklok and obd updated stickers which may have put off other thieves.

I guess this all means that if you've visibly beefed up your security you now need to make the license plates tamper proof as if they can't steal your car, they'll use it to clone cars they can steal.

Edited by tomic on Sunday 16th November 16:10

[Cheib]

Count yourself lucky it was only your number plates.....I try not to think of the amount of times I have had parts stolen off my cars.

[bigdom]

My LCI E61 estate (2008) was taken from my drive overnight, not the best start to my day ever!

I'm assuming who ever took it, wasn't there first time. We live in a very quiet close, no noise, no alarm, no broken glass, and now no bloody car. Very fked off at how this can happen.

[chandler99]

bigdom said:

My LCI E61 estate (2008) was taken from my drive overnight, not the best start to my day ever!

I'm assuming who ever took it, wasn't there first time. We live in a very quiet close, no noise, no alarm, no broken glass, and now no bloody car. Very fked off at how this can happen.

Do you know if you had the security update?

[bigdom]

Don't know, I'm assuming no.

[rj1986]

Cheib said:

Count yourself lucky it was only your number plates.....I try not to think of the amount of times I have had parts stolen off my cars.

I've had some steal a tree off my doorstep last month!

[tomic]

Cheib said:

Count yourself lucky it was only your number plates.....I try not to think of the amount of times I have had parts stolen off my cars.

From what I've read, I'd rather they'd stolen pretty much any other part of my car than my number plates.

One poor sod I've read about had his plates stolen - the culprit then drove into the London Congestion Charging Zone every day for a month.

He had to write a letter of mitigation for every single occurence, and justify numerous parking tickets his plates had incurred. I may well invest in a cheap personalised number plate to avoid the hassle.

[pingu393]

tomic said:

I may well invest in a cheap personalised number plate to avoid the hassle.

Just curious. What difference would that make?

[tomic]

pingu393 said:

tomic said:

I may well invest in a cheap personalised number plate to avoid the hassle.

Just curious. What difference would that make?

Once the car has a different number plate I wouldn't receive any parking tickets, speeding fines etc run up on the old plates. It would obviously be accompanied by some tamper proof screws.

[pingu393]

tomic said:

pingu393 said:

tomic said:

I may well invest in a cheap personalised number plate to avoid the hassle.

Just curious. What difference would that make?

Once the car has a different number plate I wouldn't receive any parking tickets, speeding fines etc run up on the old plates. It would obviously be accompanied by some tamper proof screws.

Ah, get the personalised plate AFTER the theft - good idea.

[AW10]

If you're really worried about your plates getting nicked then surely change the fixings now? Your approach seems to me as being analogous to moving house after you've been burgled rather than improving security beforehand. Or are you just looking for an excuse to get personalised plates?

[5to1]

tomic said:

Once the car has a different number plate I wouldn't receive any parking tickets, speeding fines etc run up on the old plates. It would obviously be accompanied by some tamper proof screws.

Or just get the private plate "S70 LEN" now. They'd have to have some front to steal those to stick on a stolen car

[Billyray911]

5to1 said:

Or just get the private plate "S70 LEN" now. They'd have to have some front to steal those to stick on a stolen car

Hmmm,you might be wrong there...!
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news...

[5to1]

Billyray911 said:

Hmmm,you might be wrong there...!
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news...

The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze :O

[IATM]

5to1 said:

Billyray911 said:

Hmmm,you might be wrong there...!
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news...

The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze :O

I think they should just chop him up and sell him for parts too. Thousands of pounds to be had on the market for organs

[5to1]

IATM said:

I think they should just chop him up and sell him for parts too. Thousands of pounds to be had on the market for organs

No one will want the brain though

[pingu393]

To be fair, he did drive it like he stole it

[tomic]

AW10 said:

If you're really worried about your plates getting nicked then surely change the fixings now? Your approach seems to me as being analogous to moving house after you've been burgled rather than improving security beforehand. Or are you just looking for an excuse to get personalised plates?

If you'd bothered to look a few posts up you'd have noticed that my plates have already been nicked - bit late to change the fixings. I didn't have tamper proof screws on them before as I wasn't that aware of the problem.

Anyway, this isn't a particularly difficult concept to grasp.

- Someone nicks your plate, uses it, and you get months of hassle from various agencies dealing with the fines they incur, and they get all the free petrol they want.

- You then change your plate (and secure it), you don't get any of that hassle, and the scumbag who stole it is now driving an unregistered car and may get pulled over by the police.

Sounds straightforward to me. Didn't think it would generate that much controversy.

When I said "cheap personalised plate", I just meant any one of the thousands of cheap numbers for sale on ebay or the web. These are quicker to transfer to your car than asking the DVLA to consider re-registering it (which I would have much preferred). Bit of an unnecessary sarky remark when you clearly hadn't read the thread properly.

[AW10]

You're right - I missed your post.