M5 e39 Vamoose
M5 e39 Vamoose
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Sunnyboy

Original Poster:

4 posts

227 months

Monday 2nd May 2011
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My e39 M5 was nicked on Thursday !! popped out for 30 mins to pick up something in the 'skip' [my wife's CRV] and when I got back all the windows on house had been attached !
Back door attacked and finally they'd pushed through a window on conservatory. The police said " they must have really wanted your car !!" expect the bl**dy did.

Bleach sprayed everywhere to cover tracks

Loved that car but have been told that it will be in container on way to scumbag home !!

No tracker so they may have parked up and left to check for a week to see?

If anyone spots Y reg blue shiny, spotless fully loaded M5 shout out !!

Cheers

groucho

12,134 posts

270 months

Monday 2nd May 2011
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Sorry to hear this. Scumbags!! Somebody else not having a great bank holiday.

Quinten

1,168 posts

265 months

Monday 2nd May 2011
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In Bucks? eekeekeek

Sorry to hear that mate, I will keep an eye out for it, although I suspect it won't be in this county anymore frown

The Stiglet

2,063 posts

218 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2011
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tts

Sorry to hear and hope the police can do more than just give you a crime reference number...

Sidewindow

301 posts

247 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2011
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What a shame, hope you get the car back in one piece. Good luck with it.

Pip1968

1,384 posts

228 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Sunnyboy said:
If anyone spots Y reg blue shiny, spotless fully loaded M5 shout out !!
Cheers
Come on Sunnyboy, "blue" would that be Avus, Le Mans, Bluewater, Topaz, Steel or Toledo? I know not all of these are M5 colours but they are all e39 blues. I am a firm believer in puting out as much information as possible to help catch these scum.

I hope it is recovered but more information might help.

Pip
e39 Carbon Black

E36GUY

5,906 posts

242 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Fly to Albania and camp out by the port. You will have your car back in a few weeks!

Sunnyboy

Original Poster:

4 posts

227 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Pip1968 said:
Come on Sunnyboy, "blue" would that be Avus, Le Mans, Bluewater, Topaz, Steel or Toledo? I know not all of these are M5 colours but they are all e39 blues. I am a firm believer in puting out as much information as possible to help catch these scum.

I hope it is recovered but more information might help.

Pip
e39 Carbon Black
Metallic Le Mans blue confused

Still hacked off from Bucks !!! furious

Sunnyboy

Original Poster:

4 posts

227 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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E36GUY said:
Fly to Albania and camp out by the port. You will have your car back in a few weeks!
To true rolleyes


M5 Russ

2,245 posts

216 months

Friday 6th May 2011
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These cars are now really too old to be shipped out of the country. You should always leave the inbuilt code on as it aint gonna start unless that's working.

Most M5 also had a tracker fitted so it may well be parked up for a couple of days. I would spend the next 24 hours driving around the local council estate garages as I bet it's parked up.

Post a recent photo of it with the number plate and everything !

puntograle

2,639 posts

232 months

Friday 6th May 2011
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M5 Russ said:
These cars are now really too old to be shipped out of the country. You should always leave the inbuilt code on as it aint gonna start unless that's working.

Most M5 also had a tracker fitted so it may well be parked up for a couple of days. I would spend the next 24 hours driving around the local council estate garages as I bet it's parked up.

Post a recent photo of it with the number plate and everything !
How does parking up for a while help? Would the tracker not pick it after when it starts moving again? Or is that just to make sure that if it is going to be picked up, then the culprits are not around at the time...?

MattOz

4,017 posts

288 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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puntograle said:
How does parking up for a while help? Would the tracker not pick it after when it starts moving again? Or is that just to make sure that if it is going to be picked up, then the culprits are not around at the time...?
Once Tracker has been alerted, the signal is constant, vehicle moving or not. Most scrotes tend to park the car up for a day or so out of sight and sometimes the Feds will pick it up during that time and sometimes not. Standard practice.

Pip1968

1,384 posts

228 months

Sunday 8th May 2011
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Le Mans Blue possibly the launch colour for the e39 M5. I am sure someone will correct me. If so it goes rather nicely with the beige leather seats.

Pip

Mr Whippy

32,314 posts

265 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Bad luck frown

I wouldn't mind a car being stolen, but the attack on the house is just a bit too much, especially with bleach splashing.

Kinda thing you'd expect when these were new, so I'm surprised people still go to these lengths to nick them... is there any reason they do? Are newer 'fast' saloons harder to steal?

Dave

Pip1968

1,384 posts

228 months

Thursday 12th May 2011
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Maybe it was taken as a get away car. My friends R32 was taken and then used twice as a get away car. The e39 can take four up easily and then make good time on the motorway.

Pip

Mr Whippy

32,314 posts

265 months

Thursday 12th May 2011
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Yeah, I thought the 4.2 biturbo RS6 had kinda pipped the E39 M5 for that role, being automatic, real world faster and bigger kind of thing.

Heard some horror stories of RS6's being stolen frown

Dave