Someone has been in my Zed overnight . . . .

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:55 am

So I left the house this morning for work and unlocked the car remotely (I think) and noticed a bunch of house keys on my windscreen where the screen meets the bonnet (drivers side).

Then I get in the car and notice the glove box is open and I realise that keys are the spare keys for our parent’s houses that we keep in the glove box.

Then I notice the lid to the cigarette lighter is open and the insert is missing along with my car park coins about 2 - 3 pounds in change.

Nothing else is missing – my leather driving gloves (in the glove box) the wheel locking nuts (in the glove box), my satnav and CDs, my sunglasses and my driving glasses (in the centre console between the seats) – all untouched.
There is no sign of forced entry and no vandalism.

Here is my take on what happened:

I forgot to lock the car and kids have taken the money and checked the glove box for more. Found the keys and left them for me to find on the windscreen as some sort of bizarre ‘calling card’?

Your thoughts welcomed . . .

Scooba_Steve · Post by **Scooba_Steve** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:09 am

I would say leaving unlocked is most likely. Kids/junkies looking for a quick few quid? Do you have a dash cam to check?

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:15 am

Oh - never a good feeling.

A few quid might be the best outcome given that you have no damage to the car and personal stuff is all there. Can the E85 be coded to lock after the ignition is turned off and doors are closed if it has not been manually locked after a given time delay? This is the sort of challenge Scooba-Steve likes isn't it!

One of our Fords locks if you unlock it and don't open the door - never tried not locking though. Might go and play when it stops raining.

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:30 am

Scooba_Steve wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:09 am I would say leaving unlocked is most likely. Kids/junkies looking for a quick few quid? Do you have a dash cam to check?

No dash cam Steve.

jamie_z4 · Post by **jamie_z4** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:35 am

you need a Dash Cam Colin! They are cheap and really handy to have! never a nice feeling tho knowing some scally has been rooting through your car

idej_z4 · Post by **idej_z4** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:42 pm

Must be very young kids looking for an easy 'score' otherwise I would have thought your Sat Nav would be gone (and anything else that can be easily flogged).

Many a times I've gone back to my car and double checked I've locked it - I hate that nagging feeling in the back of your head 'did I leave it open'.

Post by **srhutch** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 1:04 pm

Dash cam wouldn't catch this though

Regarding auto locking, it can only be coded to lock if unlocked and not opened (after 2 mins from memory it auto locks). No end of people would get locked out if the car auto locked after turning the ignition off and just closing the door.

Scooba_Steve · Post by **Scooba_Steve** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 1:07 pm

Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:15 am Oh - never a good feeling.

A few quid might be the best outcome given that you have no damage to the car and personal stuff is all there. Can the E85 be coded to lock after the ignition is turned off and doors are closed if it has not been manually locked after a given time delay? This is the sort of challenge Scooba-Steve likes isn't it!

One of our Fords locks if you unlock it and don't open the door - never tried not locking though. Might go and play when it stops raining.

Locking after unlock and no open can be turned on as it's an option. I don't think anything else can but will have a look again.

Silverzedtom · Post by **Silverzedtom** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 1:07 pm

A dash cam would only be any good if it's still there.

I'm not a thief, but if I was the first thing I'd yank out of the car would be the cam.

coupedan · Post by **coupedan** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 1:15 pm

Following on from a similar thread...

Ghosts!

Buckz · Post by **Buckz** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 1:24 pm

CCTV? Depends where you park it I guess. Mine always overlooks the car in front of our house.

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:13 pm

Thanks for all the comments fellas.

I agree that I've got away lightly here with no damage and only a couple of quid taken and my £275 TomTom left.
Taking the bunch of keys from the glove box and leaving them on the drivers windscreen is very odd behaviour, but I'm just glad they didn't key it while they were at it.

I will be double checking I've locked up from now on

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:55 pm

My mirrors auto fold when locked so it's a belt and braces double check !

Silverzedtom · Post by **Silverzedtom** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:08 pm

Now I've thought about it last night I was adamant I had locked the car, every time I always check the clown nose and look for the flash.

I had left some shopping in the boot, went out to get it and the car was unlocked. I have read a few posts on z4s being on a similar frequency to doorbells etc... maybe, but I suspect we are just losing our marbles

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:20 pm

I'm told by the Electronic boffins that there is a very narrow band width for stuff like alarms/door bells etc ?
I had a car with an after market alarm that I could not disable between 0720 and 0740 each day ? It all started to happen after the install of a sub station with dish type devices. I suspect they were streaming data - they pointed towards the police HQ
As the frequency fobs use is low powered - they told me it was easily swamped by other signals.

I hope somebody will correct me if I've been fed some duff info

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