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X5 Stolen from outside my house

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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by celica » Thu May 31, 2018 12:01 am

Sorry to hear
What year and spec was it

I wander if it’s something specific that caught their eyes to be sold or broken for parts
E70 are knocking on a bit and getting old and so surprised

I was paranoid when I had a hot hatch which was in the top list of being stolen

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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by jevansio » Thu May 31, 2018 7:16 am

Its hard to give up on BMW seeing as they're the ones who make the best cars lol

It was a 2007, 11 years old lol 3.0D with pano roof, was lovely lol

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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by marti » Thu May 31, 2018 7:19 am

They should have their hands chopped off..buggers....
Ive always kept my spare in a safe which blocks any signal and the key I use always goes in a tin lined with lead...again signal blocked, there was an email circulating early last year from a police force in southern England highlighting this sort of theft.....

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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by aruek » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:57 am

I have just searched YouTube and it is scaring!! How should I look for the safe bucket signal blocking??

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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by Alan Gunn » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:22 pm

This signal booster thing they use to steal your car can be bought on amazon.

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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by X5Sport » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:54 pm

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I have just searched YouTube and it is scaring!! How should I look for the safe bucket signal blocking??

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Do a search for ‘RFID wallets’ on your local Amazon Store.  Keep your key in one.
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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by Reusch » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:47 pm

Many moons ago I had a full stereo upgrade in my Escort rs turbo and one of the fitters was copying keys then going back to vehicles and stripping them the barsteward.Hope you get sorted pal and the feckers get caught.
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Re: X5 Stolen from outside my house

Post by RichM50d » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:50 pm

I find the best option is to insure the car, and take out a gap insurance policy. If someone nicks the car, I’ll get another, but I’m buggered if I’m going to have someone enter my house looking for the keys in the middle of the night. It’s just a car.

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