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[stolen1m]

Hi All. Here's the CCTV footage of my BMW 1M stolen without any keys in 3 minutes!

This is a £43,000 BMW 1M Stolen at 3 am in under 3 minutes. They accessed the car's OBD port in the footwell by breaking the glass, reaching in and using a device to reprogram a blank key fob. The car was simply then unlocked and pushed off the drive and driven away. No Alarm went off, and later found out there is a 'void' on the inside of the car, so if you keep your arm close to the inside of the door and the dash, the alarm will not activate. Just enough room to get your arm down to the OBD port where you can re-program a blank key if you have the correct device (which you can buy in the internet!)

BMW don't seem to want to admit they have a problem on their cars. They are still producing cars with the OBD port located in the footwell in the same location. Over 300 cars have been stolen in March 2012 in the West Midlands alone and apparently the Police told me in one night £250,000 worth of cars were stolen in the region.

[JimmyHelu]

great car..







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Edited by Chris V., 06 August 2012 - 09:45 AM.

[chrisport]

wow i didnt think it was that easy infact i didnt even know that the port for a BMW was in the footwell - these people need to be stopped though so all you BMW drivers keep an ye out for them & those buying a BMW if you think its fishy chances are it is so walk away & inform the authorties