[maziatr]

Originally Posted by Broncho

Somebody local to me, a friend of a friend, used to do this that was until he woke up in the middle of the night with a gun to his head and 2 masked thugs asking him where the keys where to his RS AUDI were.

I personally leave mine downstairs on the side in the kitchen, if they want it that badly they can have it, keeping my family as safe as possible is a priority not encouraging them to search the house for them.

I don't disagree with you. But if they break in while I am present and threaten me with a gun, then of course I will simply give it to them. My tactic is for when no one is at home. I doubt that all thiefs that break in to steal the key are armed. For a few that are, well as I said before, if they are determined to get hold of your car, you can't do much.

[Ss66]

Having read these stolen car threads,I think if someone nicks mine I certainly won't hassle the police to find it,let the gap insurance do its thing I certainly wouldn't be in a hurry to get it back,would be hoping the low life c**ts crash and burn,as long as no one else's gets hurt of course surely these so called pro car thieves must know the cars are trackable

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Originally Posted by maziatr

I don't disagree with you. But if they break in while I am present and threaten me with a gun, then of course I will simply give it to them. My tactic is for when no one is at home. I doubt that all thiefs that break in to steal the key are armed. For a few that are, well as I said before, if they are determined to get hold of your car, you can't do much.

It's not so much the armed type etc.

It's the scruffy bloke in bad fitting balaclava walking in to your sons / daughters room and the after effects of that trauma.

Very few are armed with guns, knives, hammers, tools yes.

The idea is just to let them take .

Anyone saying they would be able to handle two blokes at 2am while in their PJ's (or less) needs to place an add in Grindr lol

[andyca]

Originally Posted by jayakrishnanv

These cars are stolen to order as well. Many businesses are linked to this. A friend of mine told when she was selling her car and she was approached by one of her neighbour stating he will pay a bit more than her asking price. The catch of that is this guy does shipping of these vehicles and when a vehicle is going to be boarded the containers are charged for the cost of a vehicle but not for what is inside. so they do an illegal courier service by stuffing the vehicle inside. only request from him was like he wont change the owner in the V5C and wont inform that the vehicle is exported or scrapped to DVLA

Ok... I have read this three times and I still have no idea what the scam was here. Is it just me?

[dopper99]

Originally Posted by mpawood

I think what he is suggesting is once the car is gone, don't go through great lengths to get it back.

Originally Posted by gr4z

Yup agree. Wish I hadn't bothered to push and hadn't mentioned operation Cundall now

Yes, this is exactly what I mean. Don't bother telling them about Cundall or if they mention it, don't sign the damn data protection thing.

Goes against your natural feelings of wanting your stolen car back but ....... take emotion out of it and make a "head" decision. It's just a car which has some figure of value.
Yes it's your pride and joy, but all that changed when the bastards took it.

Having said all of that, no idea what kind of impact a claim like this would have on your insurance, so you still lose out big time for many years through no fault of your own.

I do hope the OP and gr4z gets a satisfactory result that they are happy with.

[roshambo]

Does anyone know the impact of a full value claim vs stolen/recovered claim on future insurance premiums? Just curious as opposed to this actually being important in a decision making process.

But agreed with some - I wouldn't want it back if it's been nicked. Let the po po deal with it and what will be will be without my intervention.

[StraightSix-d]

Really sorry to hear this. Here's a picture of the BMW Remote app being able to track a parked car with the ignition off from 600 miles away. I was in Toulouse and the car was in UK. The tracking app won't work when the car's being driven.




But please note that on my vehicle, the nav system is called "609 Navigation System Professional". I don't know if that's the same as yours. My vehicle's a F30, 330d LCI from Dec 2015.

[Danny Fireblade]

The thing to remember about cctv is that it isn't just about catching a good picture of the crims, its also about seeing where they went and what they touched, for forensics to get good samples from, and to see their modus operandi, so future deterrents can be employed.

Most of these people are well known to the police, who have their DNA on file, so all it takes is a little bit of forensics and bingo, they get a rude awakening one morning.

[WHL102]

Good luck, OP. Hope all gets sorted in your favor.


+1 I also leave my keys and wallet in a catch-all dish, on a dresser, just to the side of my front door. I would never want to confront a person who resorts to breaking and entering to survive. You just can't predict their mental state and how they may react to being confronted.

[planemad]

Why not fit an alarm system that activates when on home arm overnight.

[jayakrishnanv]

Originally Posted by andyca

Ok... I have read this three times and I still have no idea what the scam was here. Is it just me?

This is one way of getting the stolen cars out or also taking he cars out of country for any crime in a country in another corner of the world and also got with that lot of smuggling as well happens that is what I meant hope I explained it

[Broncho]

After being burgled and cleaned out including the spare key to the car just over a year ago I now have an alarm system that also covers the garage and I have a cctv system.

My car is always left in the garage, I'd like to think it was a deterrent rather than actually having to rely upon it.

[zacklee]

Sorry to hear this, but Good luck OP.

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Has it been found yet?

Or are BMW dragging their heels.

This is where insurance companies (the actual main company) should be pushing BMW to improve this service.

I still wonder how BMW insurance would handle this.

[doomsday runner]

Still nothing yet, the detective dealing with the case is coming to see us this afternoon!

[Nobby Clark]

Originally Posted by Astute_BMW

Would the alarm go off if someone broke the car window?

The alarm would go off but it's a really pathetic electronic alarm so you probably wouldn't hear it.

[rapid64k]

Hope you get your car back soon.

[335d Touring Xdrive]

Any news on the old bill coming round Mark? Or was they too busy to attend?

[doomsday runner]

Originally Posted by 335d Touring Xdrive

Any news on the old bill coming round Mark? Or was they too busy to attend?

Yes got a call at 3.30pm and told they could not make it, but would be round tomorrow!

[335d Touring Xdrive]

Lol, why did I expect that. They are ucking useless aren't they?

[McBride]

I wouldn't want it back.
A family friend was at home one day when somebody walked into his kitchen and picked up the keys to his Octavia VRS. Chased them out of the house. Guy jumped in the car and as the owner tried to pull him out he reversed out the drive. Owner broke his ribs when the car dragged him into the gatepost.

2 Days later the car was in a police chase and was doing 100+ over speed bumps. Eventually the owner got the car back and its was completely ruined, drove like a banger.

All these stories make me so paranoid for car theft. I live in a block of flats at the minute to my car would be a hard target buy when i buy a house I'll be forever worried about who's driving past.

[Billyray911]

Originally Posted by 335d Touring Xdrive

Lol, why did I expect that. They are ucking useless aren't they?

Maybe something more important came in?I'm not minimising the impact that this has had on the op,however unfortunately,life goes on and shit continues to happen to people...