How long it takes to steal a modern BMW...

If they've used the OBD hack that was prevalent a few years ago, then it took much longer than I was expecting.

I've seen it done in about 10 seconds, and that was about 5 years ago.

Most of the modern BMW should have had the OBD slot modified/hidden to avoid this - assuming the owner has bothered to take it back to the dealer to get it done.
 
trying to find out what year it is but it looks newer than an '05? edit: lol missread the above sorry
 
Maybe I'm not seeing it correctly, but it looks like after hanging around for ages, the bloke walks up to the car and leans straight in through the window, but I couldn't see at what point the window was opened? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
So who was videoing it ?? the camera is moving around and you can here the person doing it. If it's the car owner, why not turn on the lights and make some noise ??
 
The footage seen was someone video recording the cctv footage being played back on a tv monitor, probably the next day.
 
There's another thread about this,and apparently they used the owners own key from inside the house,boosting the signal to start the car etc,via the keyless entry function!!
 
Why would they do that - if they had the owners key, they could just get in and go?

I did wonder why the rear internal lights were on for so long before they got in though.
 
pvr said:
Why would they do that - if they had the owners key, they could just get in and go?

I did wonder why the rear internal lights were on for so long before they got in though.
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The key was in the house still. They were using the board to magnify the signal supposedly. Bit bizarre though as why would you need to brake the window if the key could be used.
 
Never wanted comfort access for exactly that reason of increased security risk.
 
mmm-five said:
Most of the modern BMW should have had the OBD slot modified/hidden to avoid this - assuming the owner has bothered to take it back to the dealer to get it done.
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The recall to effect vehicles, my previous E88 being a car that had to have it done involved a software upgrade to stop keys being able to be programmed using the OBD II port and no modification or hiding of the OBD II port. There have been people who took matters into their own hands and cut the wires to the OBD II port rendering it useless but that's not something BMW would do for you.

I did returned my car to the dealer and they actually never did the upgrade even thought they were asked 5 times to do it! I even had 3 guys randomly surround the car (135i) at my home prior to having the upgrade done and even when I stressed it must be done, they completely ignored my request.

So they may well have asked the dealer to do it, doesn't mean the dealer did it.
 
pvr said:
Never wanted comfort access for exactly that reason of increased security risk.
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I'm sure there is something similar happening with the L494 (RRS 2) hence why many insurance companies will no longer insure a second gen Range Rover Sport 2 without a decent tracker.
 
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