Watch a 235 being stolen, video

overcoil · 02-20-2015, 06:41 AM

Video link in newspaper story
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...in-Bolton.html

gaijin · 02-20-2015, 07:46 AM

Dayum! Hope they catch the thief.

Glassjaw047 · 02-20-2015, 08:11 AM

Crap!!! That's awful! couldn't BMW just locate the car via GPS? of it's last location before the car was shut off?

creepy coupe · 02-20-2015, 09:47 AM

Looks like a 4 series.

golf_234 · 02-20-2015, 09:51 AM

Scum of the earth

creepy coupe · 02-20-2015, 09:53 AM

Other reports are saying it's an M3

Killramos · 02-20-2015, 10:15 AM

Well it definitely isn't an m3. 435i is my guess. The lights are characteristic and as we have been reminded on this forum they outsell us 5-1. Much more likely to be a 4 series.

DanG · 02-20-2015, 10:28 AM

Looks like the car was unlocked and must of had the keys in it or it wouldn't have started.

creepy coupe · 02-20-2015, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Killramos

Well it definitely isn't an m3. 435i is my guess. The lights are characteristic and as we have been reminded on this forum they outsell us 5-1. Much more likely to be a 4 series.

Also the highlighted area on the front wing is in keeping with a 4 series air gill.

agustincuenca · 02-20-2015, 01:44 PM

that's pretty close to what happened to me 2 weeks ago here in Creve Coeur near St Louis, MO. Some one took it within 5 seconds just the moment I left it running and went inside to look for something...

Killramos · 02-20-2015, 01:50 PM

^ At least on a comfort access car they cant get far. Leave it running, take key with you. Lock it

I do it all the time. It will kill itself if you try to move it without the key. Makes that feature more worthwhile.

hyperzulu · 02-20-2015, 01:56 PM

That sucks, but the above is what I do whenever I need to get out of my car for any reason and don't want to shut the vehicle off. I suppose someone could break my window and Dukes of Hazard it into my car, but I'm not sure how far they'd get. I once walked away from my car at a car wash and kept my keys without realizing it. The car stayed on through the whole wash, even after I had moved 100 yards away.

golf_234 · 02-20-2015, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyperzulu

That sucks, but the above is what I do whenever I need to get out of my car for any reason and don't want to shut the vehicle off. I suppose someone could break my window and Dukes of Hazard it into my car, but I'm not sure how far they'd get. I once walked away from my car at a car wash and kept my keys without realizing it. The car stayed on through the whole wash, even after I had moved 100 yards away.

If you don't have CA you can also leave it running, pull out the valet key, and lock it while leaving it running I do that sometimes with my E90.

BMW335iOn18s · 02-20-2015, 02:55 PM

It's clearly a 335i coupe e92 with style 313 wheels...like our US spec 335is model

Killramos · 02-20-2015, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by golf_234

If you don't have CA you can also leave it running, pull out the valet key, and lock it while leaving it running I do that sometimes with my E90.

Yes but if they get into the car you are screwed. CA if they get in and put it in gear it will die.

Regardless · 02-20-2015, 09:54 PM

the article calls it a 'brown Skoda'??

overcoil · 02-21-2015, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Regardless

the article calls it a 'brown Skoda'??

That was a description of an earlier theft, not this video.

catch · 03-03-2015, 09:53 AM

crazy! I wonder what the insurance companies in these thefts have to say about their clients leaving their keys in a running car

Exotics Tuning · 03-08-2015, 10:08 AM

That was crazyyy

Thescout13 · 03-08-2015, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanG

Looks like the car was unlocked and must of had the keys in it or it wouldn't have started.

Not true, with the new OBII clone makers you can copy a fob in seconds through the OBII port if you can get into the car. Happens all the time here. But if you have a BMS Jb4 on a map, they won't be able to access the DME and do it.

There was a thread about this on the f30 forum I think. But I may be wrong

Inline_Six · 03-08-2015, 04:58 PM

That's messed up, dude. This world sucks

02-20-2015, 06:41 AM	#1
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Killramos Captain 312 Rep 862 Posts Drives: '19 M2 '21 X5 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Calgary iTrader: (1) Garage List 2021 BMW X5 40i [0.00] 2019 BMW M2 Competi ... [0.00]	^ At least on a comfort access car they cant get far. Leave it running, take key with you. Lock it I do it all the time. It will kill itself if you try to move it without the key. Makes that feature more worthwhile.
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hyperzulu Colonel 701 Rep 2,337 Posts Drives: 2015 M235i Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (0)	That sucks, but the above is what I do whenever I need to get out of my car for any reason and don't want to shut the vehicle off. I suppose someone could break my window and Dukes of Hazard it into my car, but I'm not sure how far they'd get. I once walked away from my car at a car wash and kept my keys without realizing it. The car stayed on through the whole wash, even after I had moved 100 yards away. __________________
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