Too close for comfort...

Worst one I heard was a friend of my mother who spent years wanting an E type. Finally he realised his dream and he had his car sitting in his specially fortified garage. I was about eight at the time I remember seeing this glorious red car, chrome gleaming sitting on carpet in this garage whose doors were designed to put a bank to shame.
Anyways, long story short, two weeks after he got the car he got up to find the side door of the garage ajar. Fearing the worst he ran out to find the garage completely empty.
Overnight the little gits had bypassed the two alarms on the garage and methodically disassembled the car and stolen it via the side door.
Their dog which was also in the garden was found dead in his kennel poisoned with meat.
Needless to say the car was never seen again, but it does show the lengths some people will go to in order to steal.
Almost makes you think that Islam got it right when dealing with scum like this.
 
Georgio said:
Worst one I heard was a friend of my mother who spent years wanting an E type. Finally he realised his dream and he had his car sitting in his specially fortified garage. I was about eight at the time I remember seeing this glorious red car, chrome gleaming sitting on carpet in this garage whose doors were designed to put a bank to shame.
Anyways, long story short, two weeks after he got the car he got up to find the side door of the garage ajar. Fearing the worst he ran out to find the garage completely empty.
Overnight the little gits had bypassed the two alarms on the garage and methodically disassembled the car and stolen it via the side door.
Their dog which was also in the garden was found dead in his kennel poisoned with meat.
Needless to say the car was never seen again, but it does show the lengths some people will go to in order to steal.
Almost makes you think that Islam got it right when dealing with scum like this.
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This sounds like one of those urban legends.
 
Nope fact mate, the guy concerned never got over losing this car and it even caused a divorce.

rooki said:
Georgio said:
Worst one I heard was a friend of my mother who spent years wanting an E type. Finally he realised his dream and he had his car sitting in his specially fortified garage. I was about eight at the time I remember seeing this glorious red car, chrome gleaming sitting on carpet in this garage whose doors were designed to put a bank to shame.
Anyways, long story short, two weeks after he got the car he got up to find the side door of the garage ajar. Fearing the worst he ran out to find the garage completely empty.
Overnight the little gits had bypassed the two alarms on the garage and methodically disassembled the car and stolen it via the side door.
Their dog which was also in the garden was found dead in his kennel poisoned with meat.
Needless to say the car was never seen again, but it does show the lengths some people will go to in order to steal.
Almost makes you think that Islam got it right when dealing with scum like this.
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This sounds like one of those urban legends.
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robertsskippyj said:
Only in the UK do we fill our garages with rusty old crap to keep it safe and leave 10's of thousands of pounds worth of car sitting on the drive way at night for someone to vandalise or lift.
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Ha! I once thought the same as only in the US...! I've traveled around a fair bit lately, it seems those rental storage complexes for folks whose rusty crap has outgrown their garages are cropping up all over the Western world, most recently in the more prosperous former Soviet bloc countries. Capitalism at it's finest!

I would guarantee those lifted BMWs either had convenience access or the keys were found in the houses. No one has been able to nick an E85/6 without having control of the vehicle's keys. There are a few potential attack vectors, but way to much trouble for typical thieves. As this Zed generation gets older, it also gets less desirable. And lets face it, there's far too many to become a coveted classic in the future.
 
Stick a £50 cycle lock through the spokes on one of your wheels. They're nearly impossible to cut and no way they'll drive off with that...
 
Now that's an idea...not :roll:

helalo said:
buy a pink z4. no one would ever steal that.
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That's a great idea except I've heard of bikers doing the same, forgetting about the lock and trying to ride off; I'm not a morning person and I know I would do the same eventually. :wink:

SGR1913 said:
Stick a £50 cycle lock through the spokes on one of your wheels. They're nearly impossible to cut and no way they'll drive off with that...
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Georgio said:
Nope fact mate, the guy concerned never got over losing this car and it even caused a divorce.

rooki said:
Georgio said:
Worst one I heard was a friend of my mother who spent years wanting an E type. Finally he realised his dream and he had his car sitting in his specially fortified garage. I was about eight at the time I remember seeing this glorious red car, chrome gleaming sitting on carpet in this garage whose doors were designed to put a bank to shame.
Anyways, long story short, two weeks after he got the car he got up to find the side door of the garage ajar. Fearing the worst he ran out to find the garage completely empty.
Overnight the little gits had bypassed the two alarms on the garage and methodically disassembled the car and stolen it via the side door.
Their dog which was also in the garden was found dead in his kennel poisoned with meat.
Needless to say the car was never seen again, but it does show the lengths some people will go to in order to steal.
Almost makes you think that Islam got it right when dealing with scum like this.
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This sounds like one of those urban legends.
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This is sooo sad :(
 
A trick my brother-in-law taught me is to remove the fuse for the ignition.

He did this after they stole his first GMC truck and came back for the insurance replacement. They could not figure out why it would not start and left.

Steve
 
Sounds like the old army trick of removing the rotor arm when leaving a vehicle anywhere.

ShakyDog said:
A trick my brother-in-law taught me is to remove the fuse for the ignition.

He did this after they stole his first GMC truck and came back for the insurance replacement. They could not figure out why it would not start and left.

Steve
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Oakandacorns said:
helalo said:
buy a pink z4. no one would ever steal that.
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Hehe. Quite true.
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No-one would ever come within 50 yards of you either, for fear of being infected with whatever ailment made you do it... :P
 
Trunk monkey no good for a roadster though :( Very funny vid though :D I wonder if they do something smaller for the Z4 like a glove box cobra?

I used to run the live feed to the fuel pump to a hidden switch so i could kill the fuel supply. I don't really get the whole Tracker thing. If some git robs my car I probably wouldn't want it back anyway. It's not as if they give you any discount for having it fitted.
 
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