Thread: Stolen 1M
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      03-31-2012, 11:18 AM   #33
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Sorry to hear about that. No defense against a gang equipped with specialized tools and experience with servicing/stealing BMW cars who were determined to steal your car.

Ask your BMW dealer to report your 1M as stolen on the international BMW network. Okay, it's highly doubtful that they will service it at a BMW dealership, but if they (or their "client") ever do, the computer will throw a code at them. I remember someone who purchased a second hand Range Rover, and during first service at an official dealership the computer indicated a conflicting VIN message.

If thieves physically change the VIN all around the car, they might not realize that BMW also stamps the VIN at some less likely spots. I remember a case of a stolen BMW 3er: the VIN was physically changed by the thieves, except for one need-to-know spot. That's how the original VIN resurfaced and the original owner got retrieved (in another European country).

Hopefully you did not leave important ID board docs inside the car, because resale without board docs is more difficult (they got to fabricate copycat docs instead of messing with the originals). On the other hand, you don't want those folks - who know where you live - to pay you a second nightly visit shortly to "collect" the docs at your house.

RHD is a handicap for resale out of the UK, so keep your eyes open for UK car sale websites. If AW represents ± 1/3 of the 450 1M sales, then resale of one of ± 150 AW 1M's might be noticeable. Maybe the future bona fide owner will visit this forum. Cannot imagine thieves will spend time and money on a repaint or wrap. VIN also indicates the original car color.

Don't sell your PSS tires yet. Maybe your 1M is retrieved shortly.

No-one inside your street heard the peculiar loud cold start noise of your 1M ?

Don't give away too many details about your car, how exactly it was stolen and how you could recognize it (eventually edit your first post), because if you simply type the words "stolen 1M" in Google, you'll end up directly on this thread. Needless to say that (potential) thieves use the Internet too...

Good luck.
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