or you could just stick an aftermarket alarm on
But the point is you shouldn't have to, it's not even the fact it's a prestige make, it's the fact the manufacturer shouldn't have allowed this to happen in the first place.
BMW 1M Stolen....
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But the point is you shouldn't have to, it's not even the fact it's a prestige make, it's the fact the manufacturer shouldn't have allowed this to happen in the first place.
Man of Honour
People hated them. The problem was that the box was tucked out of sight so you tended to forget about it. You'd climb in, turn the key, and **** all would happen. Then you'd remember the PIN. Our company Peugeots had them.
M
My mothers early Saxo had one of these, was an absolute farce and I'm glad it didn't catch on.
Soldato
More out of curiosity, you say post 2006 BMWs, does my 06 320D count as one of those? or is it 07 onwards? (i know no ones going to steal that tractor, just curious 
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Soldato
Very sad to see 
How long before insurance companies start raising our premiums as a result? Probably before BMW does anything positive.
I;m going to have a fiddle with my OBD port.
How long before insurance companies start raising our premiums as a result? Probably before BMW does anything positive.
I;m going to have a fiddle with my OBD port.
This is different. It's totally hidden from view, and the car starts beeping at you a minute or so after you set off.
Then if you do nothing, the indicators go off and you lose power.
Soldato
Very sad to see
How long before insurance companies start raising our premiums as a result? Probably before BMW does anything positive.
I;m going to have a fiddle with my OBD port.
omg.. i thought i was the only one that felt sad for 1M to go like that..
Soldato
Hot glue a cover over the port, not ideal but it may slow down any would be thieves.Very sad to see
How long before insurance companies start raising our premiums as a result? Probably before BMW does anything positive.
I;m going to have a fiddle with my OBD port.
Very sad to see
How long before insurance companies start raising our premiums as a result? Probably before BMW does anything positive.
I;m going to have a fiddle with my OBD port.
Hopefully any price rises will affect BMW owners affected by this problem, and not all drivers
Probably in no rush to fix the problems, after all every stolen one is another one purchased
When insurance companies start refusing to insure (or insure them at high rates) them BMW might take notice.
I suspect the latter has already happened.
Man of Honour
at least 10 a day are being stolen (post 2006 bmws that is) daily in just the birmingham area. BMW really need to sort this
Where did you get those stats from?
Soldato
It boggles my mind to think that some people think that someone owning a 1M and a CCTV system is somehow 'asking for it' because he didn't lock it up/have better CCTV/have armed guards surrounding it 24/7.
Fair enough it's a niceish car but it's hardly a Veyron, not saying that you should need that security for a Veyron anyway.
Over here I park my car next to a building site in the middle of town along with many 911s, AMG Mercades, Masaratis and Bentleys and would be suprised if anyone so much as touched any of them, nevermind keyed, broke in or tried to steal them.
Fair enough it's a niceish car but it's hardly a Veyron, not saying that you should need that security for a Veyron anyway.
Over here I park my car next to a building site in the middle of town along with many 911s, AMG Mercades, Masaratis and Bentleys and would be suprised if anyone so much as touched any of them, nevermind keyed, broke in or tried to steal them.
Soldato
I wish someone would steal mine right now.....
Start to raise our premiums? They've never stopped.
very very simple tools to work with tbh and very easy to obtain, 30 seconds on google found me a site selling all the tools I would need to go acquire several new bmws. granted the bits and bobs aren't cheap and most places are charging up to 10k for the proffesional kit but its a one off investment and a would be car theft gang could make 10 times that in a single night. that said theres a lot of cheaper kit out there that would appeal to the budget conscious scrote. a car thief wanting to go down the key cloning route could be up and running for under a grand
theres plenty of crooked people in and around the motor trade who wouldn't think twice to adding a bit of twocing to their nightly activities if the price was right. if you look at it from a career criminals point of view what carries the higher risk, buying/selling drugs or stealing cars? car theft is certainly more lucrative. i'd imagine something like that 1M would be worth 20-25k for a car thief wheras your average drug dealer aint going to be pulling that in for a single nights work
More out of curiosity, you say post 2006 BMWs, does my 06 320D count as one of those? or is it 07 onwards? (i know no ones going to steal that tractor, just curious
would say its still likely to get targeted,
many cars like yours are now at the age where they are requiring expensive components and assemblies replaced. ie engines boxes diffs so theres a growing market for stolen parts. newer things like the 1M in the video will be most likely shipped abroad. or stolen to order (someones got a smashed one they want to clone or similar)
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Where's the market for stolen 1Ms though? Sure, you could shift a couple but I question if the market is that big & lucrative.
Soldato
Teach you to buy on a whim!
Will admit i made a massive **** up. Should know better after being on here for over 5 years lol.
all depends on who you know,
if you know shady characters that will send them to other countries and pay you handsomely then the market is massive and you would shift as many as you can steal.
if your a dodgy garage owner and happen to have a customer who has a 1M then maybe you wont be able to shift so many.
run of the mill cars though will be stolen and stripped for parts.
when you look at the costs of some components these days there is certainly an appeal there to the scrotes