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Wouldn't have have thought they are that easy to steal?! Some cheap parts starting to pop up soon... 

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11 hours ago, C-130 Hercules said:

Wouldn't have have thought they are that easy to steal?! Some cheap parts starting to pop up soon... 

normally hijacked or stolen keys from house etc

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11 hours ago, BM WORLD said:

normally hijacked or stolen keys from house etc

Be interested to see the rise in this over the next 10 years as the amount of cars you can hammer a flathead into the ignition and go rapidly drops off.

Will car thefts actually drastically reduce or will hijackings become far more commonplace?

Time to enable that 'lock once moving' feature

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10 hours ago, andrewm said:

Be interested to see the rise in this over the next 10 years as the amount of cars you can hammer a flathead into the ignition and go rapidly drops off.

It's already been like this for over 20 years.

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10 hours ago, andrewm said:

Be interested to see the rise in this over the next 10 years as the amount of cars you can hammer a flathead into the ignition and go rapidly drops off.

Will car thefts actually drastically reduce or will hijackings become far more commonplace?

Time to enable that 'lock once moving' feature

yea or dont sit in KFC carpark

 

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35 minutes ago, BM WORLD said:

yea or dont sit in KFC carpark

Yes, KFC orders take on average quite a while to be ready. Especially when you sit and dine. 

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I have no idea how this particular car got stolen, but if it was stolen from a KFC carpark, then the chances are that it was an opportunistic theft.

A few years back I saw a couple of security camera videos that showed guys hanging around in a gas station, waiting for people to leave their car unattended when they went inside to pay for gas. Then, you would see one guy sidle up to the car and check to see if the keys were in the ignition, and if they were, into the car and gone.

From that time on I made sure to always take the keys out and put them in my pocket when filling my car and going inside to pay.

Cheers...

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^ which is why I really like having the comfort access feature on the newer bmw's cuz the key stays forever in my pocket :D

 

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I would lock my car at gas stations if I could but the central locking locks my fuel door too.

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6 hours ago, Blackie said:

It's already been like this for over 20 years.

Yes it has, which is why the most stolen cars are the older ones without all the modern anti-theft devices. Most are opportunistic or kids.

Lots of methods out there, some real urban myths as well, and if someone knows what they are doing then they will take it. All you can do is minimise the risk and make it harder to take than another one.

i see the listing has been pulled from TradeMe... because of the stolen bit or..?

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5 hours ago, Simca said:

I would lock my car at gas stations if I could but the central locking locks my fuel door too.

Open flap, lock, fill gas, close flap, pay, come back, unlock, flap falls shut. 

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2 minutes ago, C-130 Hercules said:

Open flap, lock, fill gas, close flap, pay, come back, unlock, flap falls shut. 

This is what I do all the time and I don’t even have a ‘desirable’ car

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2 hours ago, C-130 Hercules said:

Open flap, lock, fill gas, close flap, pay, come back, unlock, flap falls shut. 

okay maybe im also an idiot who could have been doing that the whole time

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There is an ODB update that improves security on most except last of the e9x platforms. That and turning off comfort entry was a fix for a $30 tool that’s about.

Update was circa 2012.Also can be applied to e70 platform.

See dealer or specialist for a software update and my advice would be to get it done.

The reason for this one being stolen however is on FB
 

 

 

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5 hours ago, Neal said:

The reason for this one being stolen however is on FB

 

 

 

Got a link or screenshot?

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3 hours ago, Ghost Chip said:

Got a link or screenshot?

 

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Sounds like obtaining by deception, not theft. Some great wording in the legislation too:

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In this section, deception means — (c) a fraudulent device, trick, or stratagem used with intent to deceive any person

 

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7 hours ago, leichtbau said:

Sounds like obtaining by deception, not theft. Some great wording in the legislation too:

 

Does that mean they get let off easier? (Not that they penalise theft that much here anyway)

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On 6/11/2021 at 5:48 PM, C-130 Hercules said:

Open flap, lock, fill gas, close flap, pay, come back, unlock, flap falls shut. 

I take it one step further.

Open flap, fill gas, close flap, lock, pay, come back, unlock, drive off.

 

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this thread is meta discussion from Facebook, and a spammage posting of a frankly dodgy "theft".  The facts are not available.  

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