Be careful out there

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Some scumbag s tried to carjack my M135 last night in a public car park while me and my mate were in it. I escaped with a broken side window and some scratched paint by a crowbar as I drove away.

The police said it's fairly rare to take one that way but they wanted it as a getaway for a job.

My errors were to park in a far corner away from the door bangers and be facing inwards to the parking space stopping a straight forward getaway.

I've never really though of my car as a desirable getaway car (although 'some' people think of it as a junior supercar ) If you've got anything considered powerful 335, M3, 335D (mapped) etc don't take it for granted that you and it are safe when you are with the car.

I will park more carefully and be more observant of what is around in future.

The police said I should have given it to them and walked away but it never entered my head to do that, strange what adrenaline can do to you.

Be careful out there.

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It was scary. No, I would be looking at the inside of a cell if I had been the aggressor

They were tooled up with crow bars and CS Spray and god knows what else.

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Coventry. I don't live there but was up there with a mate going to the cinema to see Mad Max. It felt like we were in the film.

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We had just literally just got in the car when they came out of nowhere and opened both doors and threatened us and pulling my mate out of the passenger seat. Even locking he doors wouldn't have stopped them smashing the windows to get in.

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Yes, Showcase.

Doors opened, threatened with crowbars, mate was pulled out of the car. I started the engine hoping I could select reverse quickly while expecting to get a face full of CS spray/crowbar, thankfully I did get reverse (manual box), backed out with the doors opened and started off forward and got a crowbar to drivers door window which smashed as I was driving and I drove off looking for my mate who was running down the car park. I picked him up and we left and called the police.

Lots of luck involved. Very glad I didn't watch the s driving off in my car.

As MGJohn said, vigilance in future.

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Wills2 said:

Given the violent nature of the attack the OP suffered, surely a self defence (defence) would be the order of the day? It would at home.

TBH I'd be pretty shaken by such an event, hope the OP is ok and can enjoy the weekend as best he can.

It was just kids messing about during half term

Self defence wouldn't really have helped against what they had, maybe a taser or pistol.

I can laugh about it now, but it's over a grand's worth of damage

I would be way, way more upset and angry if I didn't have the car.

My mate can dine out on the story for weeks!

I know it's a cliché, but it does feel like if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone.

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TBH when the adrenaline kicked in i wasn't even thinking about what was behind me and I could have easily run them over if they were in the way. I wouldn't have wanted any more damage or blood on the car!

As I said before there was a lot of luck involved in getting away.