BMW Car Theft
I'm posting this as I just want to make readers aware of my recent car theft of a 2008 BMW 1 series. This happened in Amherst Road on 30th April 2015 in the early hours. The car was taken without keys, there was no broken glass and it was taken using a sophiscated mobile device to gain entry and drive off. The police are aware of this method.I have copied a couple of articles below. Perhaps our theft could have been avoided.From http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/crime/bmw BMW had a significant security problem with some of its models produced between 2007 and 2011, which made them fairly easy to steal for high-tech criminals armed with the right electronic gadgets. Our data shows a higher than average rate of thefts for quite a few BMW models. The problem has been rectified in new BMW models and those with at-risk vehicles can have a security update applied free of charge at their local dealership. This is the likely explanation as to why the X6 sees such a high crime rate.It’s not all bad news for BMW, though – if you take all the types of crime across the board for all models the mean average comes out at slightly better than the average overall crime rate for all models – most BMWs have good alarm systems, which are enough to deter opportunists who want to take sat navs and other valuables. And another article from http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/11437787.Letter_to_Editor__Thieves_have_new_way_of_stealing_your_car/ First published Thursday 28 August 2014 in Ealing TimesPLEASE could you make your readers aware of a car theft which occurred last night. My BMW was parked outside my house in Drayton Grove when it was stolen. It was taken without keys or any sign of forced entry (broken glass, etc), possibly by some sort of device that the police say criminals are using to deactivate your key when you try to lock it. The thieves then enter the car using some sort of re-programming method for a new key. I have chased it up with the police, who have simply told me: "It is probably on some shipping container going abroad." Please make Ealing residents aware of this new method of car theft. Dr Fatima Al-Ruhaimi, Drayton Grove, W13
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