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Originally Posted by Nahlem
This type of things happens way to often, i mean we have had comfort access for a long time on our cars regardless of brand, this is an issue. Glad you got your car back, unfortunately when my sisters X5 was stolen the exact same way the car was found in a lorry somewhere in Eastern Europe in scraps and parts she had an X5 hybrid so they didn't even hear the car getting stolen during the night cause the car started in EV mode so when they got out from the house in the morning the car was gone.....
Garage is your best friend, i have wondered so many times when i see footage from the US in the suburban parts of the country and i just see all these cars standing in the front yard even though the homes got Garage, i just wondered for my self why not keep your car in the garage it is so much more protected from all the nasty parts of nature and stuff like bird spill and such.
Oh well maybe Bimmerpost should just run a front page news informing all the owners of cars with comfort access how to keep their keys safe and out of reach from bad people like in the video.
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In the US, car theft is extremely rare... even when it does happen it usually happens in a lower class of car... oddly enough Hondas used to be the most commonly stolen due to high cost of parts and interchangeability amongst all Honda / Acura models. Also you can't really drive a stolen car into Mexico due to tight border controls and no one from Canada would steal cars from the USA. Also, the higher end cars in the USA are extremely common (m3's, M4's) so they aren't really targeted as much.... but even then with insurance, you usually come out better with your car stolen than recovered so owners don't really worry about it... this is all aside from the fact every homeowner has a gun.