Went to our local bluebell woods in Micheldever last night for a walk and to take some photographs. Was only gone for about 20 minutes, but came back to find the Z4's passenger side window smashed and my wife's handbag (which had been left in the footwell) stolen.
Major hassle - not only were all her credit cards in it, but also both our mobile phones and various other things. Fortunately there was a house about 1/4 mile away and they kindly let us use their phone to ring the police and BMW Emergency Services.
Obviously an opportunist theft - they left our TomTom which was on the windscreen, and didn't even open the glovebox (which had an iPod in it).
What only struck me this morning was that I never heard the alarm go off. We were never out of earshot of the car (it's quite a remote, peaceful area, which is why we like walking there), and we didn't go very far. Surely a smashed passenger window (sending glass all over the inside of the car) plus somebody leaning in to the footwell should have triggered the alarm???
And a reminder to everybody: when you park your car, no matter where, or for how short a time, put any valuables away in the boot where they can't be seen. I used to be fanatical about this, but have gotten lax recently and now have paid the price.
Major hassle - not only were all her credit cards in it, but also both our mobile phones and various other things. Fortunately there was a house about 1/4 mile away and they kindly let us use their phone to ring the police and BMW Emergency Services.
Obviously an opportunist theft - they left our TomTom which was on the windscreen, and didn't even open the glovebox (which had an iPod in it).
What only struck me this morning was that I never heard the alarm go off. We were never out of earshot of the car (it's quite a remote, peaceful area, which is why we like walking there), and we didn't go very far. Surely a smashed passenger window (sending glass all over the inside of the car) plus somebody leaning in to the footwell should have triggered the alarm???
And a reminder to everybody: when you park your car, no matter where, or for how short a time, put any valuables away in the boot where they can't be seen. I used to be fanatical about this, but have gotten lax recently and now have paid the price.