Stolen BMW M2, where bandits outsmart BMW security systems using relay theft technique
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2018
- The M2 is a very special M series car, built in low volumes, it's light weight and extremely nippy !
Never before have we heard of a stolen BMW M2 being successfully recovered. These specialist high performance cars are stolen to order by professional organised criminals.
On the 16 May 2018 Bandits captured the customer keycode whilst he was sleeping and then simply drove off. The standard fit BMW tracker had been removed in minutes as a police officer delivered it back to the owner along with other vehicle contents. This gear was found close to the theft location on the side of the road.
With no GPS signals to track Automatrics attempt to successfully track down the car down using GSM and RF location techniques.
An Automatrics radio signal finder is deployed from Southampton to Solihull Birmingham to meet up with four police pursuit vehicles.
Watch to find if the Automatrics MTrack GPS, GSM and RF theft recovery tracking system and four armed police response units can fight back against organised crime. - Авто та транспорт
It's a joke that such expensive keyless cars can get stolen so easily. Manufacturers should be held to account
Anything can get stolen if you are determined enough. Cars that are stolen to order will get stolen no matter what even if it means car jacking you and sticking you in the trunk and just tying you up and leaving you somewhere.
TehHijack Just get the bmw machete under the passenger seat upgrade.
doesnt fucking matter if you have a forklift and a truck. any goddamn car. should we sue the car manufacturer not strap a 10 ton anchor to it? people been doing similar kind of stuff for ages. with everything gone "smart" now. you can hack anything. damn even they can hack my smart fridge to make a shit load of ice and over freeze the baby milk.
Tuzz Nation Lol
If the manufacturer wants to put a sophisticated alarm system in the car, there needs to be a guide book for the authorised service centre so they know how to repair it. No matter how complicated, it will be described here. Needless to say, these guides do disappear sometimes ...
I would like to see the thieves have their hands removed.
Even better - The thieves should be disassembled and thier parts sold... Probably no useful parts though....
Or sending back where they came from
I’d like to see the thieves tied up and made to watch while their mothers are disassembled with a Stanley knife
You spelled heads wrong
I agree with you. But let's be realistic: we know this is not going to happen. But now that the owner of the bmw knows this location, he should definitely go back there and set the place on fire. I'd pay to watch it.
As a car guy, it breaks my heart to see cars get stolen and be broken apart for the parts to be sold.
Your installers must do a very good job and take pride in there work for the device not to be found - unlike some other tracker companies
Mrflash222006
When the geeza started videoing plant hire breakers that had them fitted you know it's sophisticated shit he uses
Like who im just about to get a tracker
Unlike bmws tracker whixh are all on one place and thr thieves xan get hold of the service handbook and find out where its located and how to remove it. Lol
They should put a dummy tracker device in there too so the thieves think they've found it.
@@JHA854 agreed, that's what I would do
Anyone with a Merc keyless go: Make sure you double press the LOCK button, this will stop the key signal (and prevent it from being relayed)
There's a good tip. You should also be fit a cheap and nasty sim style tracker to cars along with your own hidden system. When they find the cheap tracker they just stop looking.
It's good advise....That's exactly what I've done with my RS4.
Too late....they read this thread.....
Patrick Steinmark lmao but so tru
www.amazon.co.uk/Disklok-Steering-Security-Thatcham-Approved/dp/B00SLB6WXE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533435431&sr=8-1&keywords=disklok
@Baerchenization | ...how exactly does this stop you from turning the steering wheel? It doesn't look like its attached to anything except the steering wheel...
The whole insurance claim thing is just unfair when a vehicle gets stolen. Why should the owner suffer on their own insurance for someone else's fuckeries?
This is outrageous and shouldn't be the case, since it's not your fault.
I'm glad that it works different here in Germany. If your car gets stolen, your insurance will pay the value of the car and it won't go up if you make a claim. Also you get new car price compensation for up to two years. So even your car has 20k miles on it and it's 1,5 years old, you still get the sticker price back from your insurance.
It is not a no blame insurance.
3 dislikes, probably car thieves
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113 dislikes, probably car thieves group
No....we just like real cars,not shitty BMWs.
@@frodeskibrek hahaha andf you drive a golf?
You couldn't afford a BMW so don't be jealous
The M2 is such a beautiful car this hurts my soul
I'm sorry, but once thieves have had a joyride in it, i wouldn't want it back. Give me the insurance and move on. Sad!
I agree. if found it tact at least the owner could sell it straight on and he might not loose too much. But I wouldn't want it after it was a basket case.
Professional criminals we don't believe joyride, more they are paid to do a covert job.
The customer wanted to avoid 5 years damage on his insurance profile and the DVLA depreciation caused by stolen status. The plan was for BMW to rebuild the car for him as good as new as all the parts were recovered at this site. We were even going to film the presentation of the car at the end of the video. But the recovery company lost some parts, a real travesty, and stress overload for the owner, who in the end decided to claim on his insurance.
However, the claim loss value was significantly reduced by the proceeds from selling recovered parts. The more you can reduce a theft claim on your insurance the less resulting damage penalty you will receive in the future.
"But the recovery company lost some parts" COUGH COUGH :-(
Did they fall off the back of the lorry...lol
Indeed..... customer also considered something not quite right with that statement.
I notice a lot of the time thieves rip panels apart for tracking devices. Definitely worth having a dummy one to go along with yourselves and have it placed in a position that would make the crims think they've found the legitimate one.
Love your vids.
yeah should get one of those cheap ones that goes in the obd port, they will find it in 5mins and think they are in the clear.
that poor car, watching things like this really broke my heart.
50k car . partially stripped and you say i want 25 grand back it looks like a ford...
Car thieves are the lowest of the low.
I'd say men or women that beat up senior citizens are the lowest.
Not really, but in general thieves are the lowest tier of criminals, usually just partially homeless drug addicts.
all who steal are scabs!
@@ExacoMvm never.
Thieves, especially ones stealing lesser stuff, are not even halfway down the line of bad criminals. Sure, it matters what they steal, how they steal and from whom, but there are countless of worse things criminals can do.
And motorcycle thieves
When my 100 quid Vauxhall Belmonte got stolen (yes I know you can steal it with a tough finger nail) I had to pay 120 quid to recover it ! felt more robbed by the police tbh.
Vehicle theft for bikes, cars or anything needs to come with heavy prison sentences. As a biker living in London these things happen way too often seeing it almost everyday!
The public should also be allowed to defend our property.
Thievery, burglary, vandalism and anti social behaviour are on the rise with little being done by police forces up and down the country, because there is no money in solving these crimes and the police are too busy being road pirates.
The punishment for stealing cars like this should be to have your body parts taken off and sold.
That's done too; Unfortunately Not to them.
@MuffinMan0521
Your comment is totally ridiculous.
It is only a car.. The factory makes thousands of them. They are replaceable and insured.
Here is the problem we face with people such as yourself: And something YOU need to learn.
People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. "♥"
The confusion in this world is that people are used and things are loved !
The saddest part is that 97% of people do not know the difference between
loving someone and being in love, and most people; anyone who treats them
with kindness, they view as suspicious. It is a sad world we live in.
@@andrew_koala2974 I guess i won't be mad if someone stole my Golf R i'll just show love and appreciation for what good deed they did to me
@@andrew_koala2974 Are you braindead?
@@andrew_koala2974 stealing from someone means you steal hours, days, weeks maybe months of the work of their life. Terrible thing.
It's good to see the Automatrics are solving other crimes at the same time
Shame it counldn’t be covertly tracked to that yard and then set up a CID watch on it for 24 hours, get some proper intel on who is coming and going and get the evidence to lock them up.
i agree they had not finished they would have come back to compleat the job
Yeah, the tracker guys should just put a brick through the window ("It was like that when I got here officer") and once verified the police should set up surveillance.
Of course they will argue it is a waste of money but catching a gang is far better than waiting for the theft and just collecting the pieces every time. Sure it is a "result" but not if it keeps happening again and again.
Let's go blundering in and let the thieves know it's not safe to come back. Amazing.
Does seem like those that did/were involved in this will get away scot free. I'm sure more could have been done (like your surveillance) idea to at least capture a couple of scumbags red handed...then ideally beat the living day lights out of them
It's easier for the Police to simply do this than to actually prosecute these fuckers. The insurance covers it so who cares seems to be their attitude
Who wants a car put back together. Good work lads
Sad to see such a beautiful machine ripped apart like that.
We agree but watch this space, this motor is being rebuilt and we hope to upload footage soon
Wow, the police there actually do some work. Here in Los Angeles, you can be standing IN FRONT of the criminal VIDEOTAPING them, call the police, when they show up a day later, give them the video tape showing the crime, the criminals face and the license plate to their car, all from less that two feet away and they still "will do everything they can". (They won't do anything)
in the UK , it takes 3 hours on the phone, you get a crime report number, wont see a policeman ever, unless you swear at your member of parliament on twitter and they come round in force
They are a police and insurance approved service so I imagine that gives them some leverage over the local police chiefs. Easier to send some cops out immediately than deal with some retaliatory insurance hikes on their fleet of cars.
Not J thats yank cops for ya nothin but trigger happy scum fucks
@@jusb1066 Fucking nonsense.
Same shit ova here in Stockholm. They wont do shit unless someone actually got shot. Otherwise theft is seen as a minor threat to the cops here. I knew a tour guide that brought some Chinese tourists over here and their hotel rooms got broken into, the thieves stole all their bags. All this was captured on the security camera of that hotel. They called the cops and they replied: emmmm call the insurance company and claim travel insurance....
What an excellent job you guys do. Well done on the find, shame it was in bits but good job none the less. Keep up the good work and we'll see you on the next job.
even though the recovery didn't end up with a complete car, you product has proved itself again love watching these videos keep up the good work
Thanks for your comments . The car was complete it just needed re assembly and that's nearly done now . We will run an update video to see the car back together soon
Good job. Without your service these cars would never be heard again of.
6:06 cheeky fingers from the Police Officer lmao
That's well spotted, had to look closely for that. ;)
Great to watch another video from you guys and good work as always locating the car.
Sadly not the end result you or the customer wanted.
Car theft seems to be at the highest its ever been in recent years think its due to most of the modern cars having keyless entry / go and the market for used parts.
Been missing your video's. Keep them up.
If you have a keyless car, I would highly recommend using a faraday bag to block the signal given from the key. This then prevents the relay method of theft. Additionally, it’s best to use physical methods such as a steering lock or a wheel lock. These methods will prevent a thief, but if someone strongly wants your car; they’ll go through extreme lengths to have it.
Love to see your videos on Discovery Channel for a Show, deff will be a hit.
Can you not not wire up a device to the fuel tank so it can be ignited at a desirable moment
Hook it up to a cheap mobile, when I see my vehicle moving on track2find - bye bye thief.
Caramela Mcphee wtf another Zionist of Israel with no clue . Maybe learn proper English . I quote ( can you not not wire up a device ) . Muppet indeed
Gaz Girl
Your problem is ?
Caramela Mcphee nothing just your sad comment is stupid why would someone want to do such a thing if the vehicle cost 50 thousands pounds or more even if it was worth 10 you’ll be left with fuck all if you burned it to the ground with such a device.
Gaz Girl
Sounds like you need to get a better job.
Then Move !
Back in the mid 1980's, I had a friend who had a Sierra Cosworth stolen - despite having an expensive alarm system installed.
He got the car back, but didn't rely on the alarm - he installed a hidden fuel cut-off switch in it.
Quite soon after, he got up one morning and found his car gone again - but this time, he found it abandoned just down the road. His cheap little cut-off switch did its job.
You guys are profesionals.... Job well done to recover the BMW for the customer
So heartbreaking to see! But well done guys!
Shitty situation but I'm happy people like you are out there helping stop things like this
you know,this videos is good free marketing for this company,thanks for making this videos
This is better than man hunt and z cars put together, what a brilliant display of customer service this company is.
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It would be nice if you had some follow up on this. I'd like to know if people were arrested for this and other thefts located here.
Birmingham? I would leave some pork chops in the car and use a bacon scented tree for the interior.
thefridgeman lmaoooooo way too underappreciated this comment 😂😂
This comment is fucking golden.
LMAO! Now there's a brilliant new business idea - Bacon-Scented air fresheners
@@JamesBrown-of1rq take to the next level by replacing the washer fluid with pig's blood and use fake bacon seat covers.
Youre not wrong. We're importing this scum direct from africa and we're all surprised why our cars are disappearing and we're all being mugged and hijacked non stop. Watch the South African No Jack guys, same thing, but way more fun.
I absolutely love these videos,I've watched every single one. I love the seeking out of the equipment and the various techniques the thieves use to try and circumvent your trackers. Of course they fail at hiding the equipment. I wish we could have more of these videos from you guys but I take it you may not have these scenarios happen often. A live video would be good next time maybe? Regardless,keep em coming.
What ! ! ! Do a live video. You may as well not have the automatrics tracking system. Let’s just let that group of thieves know that they are on UA-cam Facebook and all other social media platforms. Here’s our live video. Which we are about to recover an unknown amount of stolen vehicles.
You guys are doing a wonderful job and hopefully with the technological advancement we could reduce the risk even more then again with every advancements comes new challenges. The criminals are very quick catching up with technology but till they do it may give us a long enough window to recover our pride and joy.
I bought my girl a 2016 BMW 118I and it was stolen while at a detailing centre. I had my laptop and a phone inside, the car was found with its entire front end sitting in a ditch. Whoever took the car managed to drive it so bad that they hit a ditch and ran with my laptop. The car is written off and I lost £13000. I only saw this video cos of my loss, but it's a good insight to what happens
Same here, I lost my motorbike but police recovered it two weeks later in a field 1mile from my house. Research led me to this channel, and once I had it fixed up, I now have their tracker installed.
Didn't you get any money back through the insurance company?
So you wasn't insured?
Dark Horse you don't lose £13000 on a 118i lol. Insurance pay out after theft anyway.
13k ! Fuck. That must have angered you immensely, I can’t even imagine.
I wouldn't want the car back after some scummy thief had been in it. could have used the intel to do a sting and make arrests.
Excellent viewing as always keep up the great work.
Well done, Automatrics!
So much for the police not having the man power, plenty standing around there.
It was the rest of the city which was short of man power at that time. lol . Everybody went to save a BMW.
109 dirty car thiefs dislike this!
137dirty car thiefs dislikes this!
Get their names!
We already got their names!
Came across one of your videos by accident now I have subscribed to your channel & cant stop watching your videos 😊
Go get them guys! Grand job
Don't come in as there are lots of footprints. Then he and other cop walk all over them plus let him in too.
Well looks like you found a chop shop. Nice work
Well done Mtrac. Sorry thieves, you loose.
Shame about the car. Great work guys, looks to me like they’ve stripped that car to look for the tracker. Keep up the good work .
I absolutely love the M2 every part of that damn car. The thing I hate the most is the keyless start
partially stripped looks like a ford. image, glitzy and shiney bits. when you work in a garage and take cars apart you soon lose respect for them. doors off and interior out its a ford or renault. granted the engine is a bit better, once stripped you will ask for your money back.
@@jonathansimmons5353 You seem to imply an M car is just a performance engine that's 'a bit better' than a Ford or Renault. Which makes you look like you're not actually a mechanic or you're lying.
@@unrealeck thats because you are not.germans are very good at marketing, but when you take away the luxury door trims and dash out, engine apart there is no "miracle super star trek/ sci fi " parts inside. Ps i have worked in engine prototype development as a technician and car garages for decades in several countries
Long time no see. Great video thanks.
Well, subscribe now. lol You will never miss them again.
@@Amonginsanity I've been subscribed for over 5 years lol
@@Simonsimps Thanks and good to hear from you. :)
My father had a Passat 5 stolen 14 years ago. No one found it(I live in Bulgaria), so good thing that it was insured. But still, it was very frustrating :( ! Great video, btw!
Another great track guys....
great effort, pity the thieves weren't caught though.
We are awaiting updates on arrests, this chop shop had lots of evidence so watch this space
great stuff and congrats on a job well done!
Any arrests over this one? Updates to the finds would be very much appreciated- thank you.
answered in another comment
Customer is in contact with the investigating officer and we are awaiting for an update
Johnny Ericsson wanna speak English this time you fucking nerd
MichaelKingsfordGray go fuck yourself old bag this is my surname
@@gcasper9191
*People have a FAMILY NAME ( because they have and belong to a family) - A business has a sur-name.
Did anyone teach you that at school ?
Coppers would be well impressed whenever Gandalph rocks up with his beep boop contraption
How crazy is is I've been binge watching these today and just come across this video... and it's only in my area🤣 would love to see more in the wythall/earlswood area!! Really made my day
BMW are happy to allow this to happen - it means another sale for them - this is why security is a low priority on these cars - simply add additional security with text alerts
You really think BMW etc could not make their cars secure? Its not in their interest to make them secure. Im sure they could if they really wanted to!
how about a simple button on the key to switch it on?!!! LOL oh no lets leave it on all the time looking for the car!
They'd make alot more money having incredibly secure cars than they would for insurance claims on stolen ones, its just a case that even with the tech being as good as it is, the crims are always one step ahead of it
It is a bit of a silly comment - if you were BMW would you love it that your cars are easily stolen (because you think people will just come back and buy more) ? Or do you think making cars easily stolen will deter people from wanting to own one ? Think about it. (though I do think you should keep coming up with good ideas for prevention).
These days they could easily put fingerprint scanners on the door and steering wheel to start the car.
You tried eyeballing the car when the bizzys were grabbing the drugs and moolah
It beggars belief that top end motors have such inapt security systems. Scan the keys inside the house then simply drive away. Excellent.
Nice video. Keep em coming. Subscribed 👍
What a sad video to watch, awful I felt sick when the car was revealed. You can't have anything nice can you?
Relay scanner. Again the criminals outsmart the so called experts. In my view any car stolen in 2018 that is a new car like a BMW the company should refund all the customers money back twice over.
insurance pays out if your car is stolen, not the manufacturer.
@@dylanevans1481 Insurance company should go after the manufacturer. As vsboy said, this happening to a 2018 car is manufacturers fault. They charge premium prices and yet don't give a flying fuck about customers security regarding the overpriced car. They could make it much harder to steal the vehicle but it costs money and they are in no obligation to do so.
mmdirtyworkz Any car over around £60000 RRP (premium cars) must by law be sold with a tracker as standard. Though, the manufacturers trackers are usually only gps based and can be easily located, removed or simply jammed. You have to contact the manufacturer to track your car.
@@gtjack9 Thanks for the info, I didn't know that :)
Don't have a garage with cameras? Security guard? Security of any kind aside from GPS? Don't have proper insurance? But you do have money to waste on a car such as M2? Well, good luck. Easy come, easy go. If YOU are not going to protect YOUR stuff properly, then either pay someone else to do it for you, or don't be surprised if it gets stolen. Certainly there is only one person to blame when that happens - YOU!
Awesome video! I love when the good guys win!!! :D
If you’re car is worth 50K plus,two solid wheel clamps will slow down even the best car thieves.The thieves will always find a way around electronic security.
Car thieves should get 30 years in prison minimum. I love my car and it took me 18 years to save up for it, it’s part of the family.
I know exactly what you mean brother; as someone who works hard for what I own.
I got my M3 CP new in 2017, 72k all in with its spec ... so a 400 quid ghost was a no brainier, someone has tried twice to take it, failed both times, thankfully I caught the second lot in the act, and I got 4 months for it 😂😂😂
I wonder what the penalty would have been if he got caught trying to nick 72k from a bank.........40 years minimum?
Love the M3 hence my name. Had 3 of them so far. Planning to get new one soon. What do you think of the new model
This needs to be a tv show
Such a rare car will be restored by someone I'm sure.❤
Just heart breaking ... you work your arse off to save up for your dream car, and some slimebag steals it for parts ... I hope they catch these pricks through forensic evidence
I remember when my £1000 mountain bike got stolen, there was a lot of admin time involved. I can't even imagine with this one....
Sir I salute you. Great job.
Keep up the great work!
This belonged to an old school friend of mine - he's still gutted.
Ian H Hope he got something out of the insurance it’s sad people work hard for their cars and mugs take it without any work simply sad
Technology: blessing or curse?
Pretty fucken amazing that you can locate it due to your guy's tracker and that signal locator
Brilliant results as always
Excellent tracking unit you have. About time the manufacturers of these very costly vehicles upped there game. Since the key less stop and go, vehicles are an easy target.
Trouble is its the poor driver, and also the rest of us who suffer with higher premiums. The courts should bang these scum up for 15 years and make them do it.
The biggest criminals are the ones who work for the big name companies. They know what to do and where to go and what to remove etc.. drive to one place remove the tracker. Drive to another place strip the car down. This time they were lucky only found one tracker to remove but not the main one. And as we heard they was tracking a AMG BENZ and lost it due to the tracker being removed. It’s best to learn how to Install stuff your self to be honest. Even taken your nice car to a professional place to install a high in alarm system. Remember THERE THE ONES INSTALLING IT and they also have your personal info such as your address. Just something to keep in mind.
True in a lot of industries. The amount of sensitive info you can get by taking a minimum wage zero skill job is scary. From getting a job in a shop and filming customers card details, then either skimming money off the cards or just selling the details en masse to Indian cold callers, to getting a job cleaning toilets airside with a view of finding a way to get a TIME BOMB on a jet....
Great find well done..
Great work
I got a faraday pouch off ebay and it works perfectly, cost less than 3 quid...
I would rather have a kill switch to the fuel pump or ignition.
if they tow it, youre f#ed
To much noise.
They push it down the road, then tow it
Once they try started its game over and no one will know it has a trick.
Actually thus happened when he was sleeping. As a result, killing the fuel pump would not work. By the time he wakes up, it's already stripped overnight.
Enjoyed the video lol thanks for sharing
watched quite a few of these now.. if i lived across the pond, this would convince me to get one of these if i ever again have a nice car or bike.
Brilliant. Install a dumb looking tracker, perhaps obdii plug, and hide yours well.
Each dealer should give customers a Faraday box which stops the relay system being used. Instructions are complex though - Put keys in box when not in use.
Or have a button to cut the circuit....
that's completely retarded. the mad in the middle attack can only work when keys are in use duh. if they are not in use they emit no signal whatsoever. it's completely irrelevant to put them on a faraday box. educate yourself before you say shit on internet
Oh, that's really convenient, put your key in some metal box or a sleeve all of the time... Than i rather simply push a button to unlock my car.
@riskinhos it's called relay attack, 'educate yourself' yourself :)
That's a very unpleasant comment and you are completely wrong.
Yes I understand - Unfortunately manufacturers have designed the system this way and didn't do enough research into how it could be bypassed. If I had one of these cars I would rather put up with having to put keys in a bag than have my car stolen. Hopefully the whole system will be improved at some stage.
A push button would still need some form of identification but would be cool.
Meanwhile my tracker in my company van is in the bloody glove box.
Top secret then.
You guys make pro's looks like amateurs. Well done
It wouldn't be a surprise to find out that BMW employees are involved.
True they got the resources and tools for the car lol
Police " can't come in to many footprints "
Another copper comes walking in all over the place.
God there jobsworth knobs 😂
"Jobsworth" is one of those British words that we really need in America. Hard to translate but it's excellent.
Good job guys!
Wouldn’t mind doing this as a job. Great feeling getting peoples stuff back.
Makes you wonder if it’s worth salvaging from an economic point of view to the owner. The economic point of catching the thieves is another matter.
Well done guys! If it wasn’t for your tracker would they have got away with it! Scary to think it’s that easy for them! Was the BMW tracker in the boot?
We certainly helped West Midlands police with an important part in their puzzle. The fact the BMW standard tracker was found and presented to the owner raises questions. Like why would any car manufacturer source just one supplier for covert theft recovery security technology, when the partnering process itself deems the system to be known, and thus, to no longer be covert. For this reason alone, we would always recommend to avoid standard fit OEM trackers completely.
yes, exactly.
AutomatricsMTrack I currently own an M140i, should I install an extra tracker? As if it’s that easy to rip out the tracker from the boot, I sure as hell don’t want this happening to me!
Let's just say you will have more chances. It's not just another system, do your homework, self fit battery units are going to be more covert as they offer more places to hide. Also consider units that can locate with or without GPS signals, indoors or outdoors as they will offer best performance.
The Automatrics 24/7 fully managed service provides all that's needed for professional theft finding and recovery. Our products also have Thatcham and CPI Secured By Design police preferred specification for all those that need it. :)
Keyless ignition is the biggest cock up in modern vehicle design....3 new range rovers stolen in 17 minutes from a main dealer. Walk up to the dealer, laptop out and 17 mins later almost 300k of new cars gone. It’s about time the manufacturers woke up !
Automatrics. You need to relocate. Every where is north for you. If you set up in Birmingham. You could go home early. I realise it's a shite hole and you probably wouldn't want to.
Not all parts of Birmingham are a shithole , many roads here have a average house price of a million plus in Sutton Coldfield , Edgebaston, Solihull , do your reasearch any city has good and bad areas.
Thats where they're going to steal the cars from Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Edgbaston, then they always end up in Sparkhill/
My Golf R when stolen triggered the ANPR cameras in Erdington and then was never seen again, not sure where it ended up, but must have been close to there somewhere!!!
Sparkhill is very bad for car theft for sure and also fraudlant Insurance crash scam , no dealt fueling additional premiums of at least 30% to any Birmingham/Solihull post code insurance policy. So x 1 million insurance premiums 30% that is the true figure of the cost of car theft, stripping parts to transfer on to a Category damaged vehicle. Say £200 x 1 million = £200,000,000. (quater of a billion) It really should be high on the polices priority list. It's also a good deal for the insurance companies, I'm not suprised they recirculate these damaged vehicles it's all a big con on the face of it. The easy option is for the govenrment to ban write off vehicles to be sold on, instead sell on to a legitmate strpping yard so the parts can find an honest home. And for the theif taking these cars what ever you may think of yourself you are primarily a theif which belongs on the lowest spectrum of life which makes you no better then a sewer rat .Also any landlords supplying a unit that lets these criminals operate should be fined as they are also profiting from this crime unless they can prove otherwise.
a 34 stratford road goes straight through that rat infested tip sparkhill sparkbrook ... i used to live in acocks green ... its rife for it