Stolen M5 (Be careful where you have your keys!) - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

UKMFreak · 23rd August 2005, 22:04

Recieved the dredded phone call today, house been broken into and M5 gone (3 weeks old) They used a Porsche 911 Silver grey (Reg No either 33-PP-VL or 38-PP-VL) is was right hand drive and the person who saw the plates say the plates looked foreign, could be Southern Irish?

The use the 911 to break through the electric gates (nice to know M5 better resepected than 911) they broke into the house after kicking the door in (window smashed but held out) ransacked the house looking for the keys.. (found my hiding place!!!!) and drove of with the car... Tracker now activated..

Still hopeing to make the October meet if Tracker comes up with the goods..

If they find the car I hope they find it burnt out with the little F*cker and his mate still at the wheeel.....

Couple who saw them drive off say they all had hoodies on... How original

MortenDK · 23rd August 2005, 22:10

Oh man... That sucks....

I hope you'll be able to find your car..

Ashok Arora · 23rd August 2005, 22:17

That's terrible.

Could you please post some more info about the vehicle - e.g. license plate, VIN number etc. so that we can keep an eye out for it.

Please keep us posted with updates. Our thoughts are with you....

NaeemT · 23rd August 2005, 22:18

Shocked and sorry to hear this bad news m8....Hope you recover your car very soon. these b@ste!ds

need to have a good battering

.........Keep us posted

NaeemT

Gustav · 23rd August 2005, 22:23

Wow, that is unbeleivable! I am happy they didnt car jack you.

Also, now afterwarda: where did you hide the keys?

m_five · 23rd August 2005, 22:53

Sorry to hear about that. The good news is nobody was injured or worse.

Ghufran · 23rd August 2005, 23:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by UKMFreak

Recieved the dredded phone call today, house been broken into and M5 gone (3 weeks old) They used a Porsche 911 Silver grey (Reg No either 33-PP-VL or 38-PP-VL) is was right hand drive and the person who saw the plates say the plates looked foreign, could be Southern Irish?

The use the 911 to break through the electric gates (nice to know M5 better resepected than 911) they broke into the house after kicking the door in (window smashed but held out) ransacked the house looking for the keys.. (found my hiding place!!!!) and drove of with the car... Tracker now activated..

Still hopeing to make the October meet if Tracker comes up with the goods..

If they find the car I hope they find it burnt out with the little F*cker and his mate still at the wheeel.....

Couple who saw them drive off say they all had hoodies on... How original

I'm in the Bucks area - I'll keep an eye - what colour ?

hal2000 · 23rd August 2005, 23:06

Actually the last thing you want them to do is find your car. A recovered stolen car will be nearly worthless when you resell it. Who knows how badly they abused it?

the best bet for the police to find it burned out or totalled.

Andy-UK · 23rd August 2005, 23:18

What a bunch of thieving tossers!

There was a guy on FerrariChat who had 3 cars nicked (one being a 550 Maranello) from his home in Kent in one swoop. Same story guys broke in the house to get the keys. This tatic worryingly, seems to be on the increase in the UK.

Best thing is to have an extremely strong safe in which to keep valuables (keys, watches, jewellery, credit cards).

Stevie · 23rd August 2005, 23:24

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Originally Posted by UKMFreak

They used a Porsche 911 Silver grey (Reg No either 33-PP-VL or 38-PP-VL) is was right hand drive and the person who saw the plates say the plates looked foreign, could be Southern Irish?

Looks like a dutch plate to me. Yellow plates front and rear? with a little blue sections on the left? FYI: ran them through the dutch plate register:

33-PP-VL: VW Touareg 3.2, gray
38-PP-VL: Audi A6 Avant 2.4, gray

Ran all close numbers as well, no 911 pops up, although 37-PP-VL is no longer registred in Holland. Funny, since 01-PP-VL (Skoda) is from 01/11/2004, and 99-PP-VL (VW) from 07/11/2004. The entire __-PP-VL range was registred in 7 days and used on Audi, VW, Skoda. All imported by the same company, who also imports Porsche.

MLOCO · 23rd August 2005, 23:26

Sorry about your loss..
Best investment you can make is a home safe..bigger the better
Was the m in the garage or parked in the driveway so they the dirt baggs could see it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by UKMFreak

Recieved the dredded phone call today, house been broken into and M5 gone (3 weeks old) They used a Porsche 911 Silver grey (Reg No either 33-PP-VL or 38-PP-VL) is was right hand drive and the person who saw the plates say the plates looked foreign, could be Southern Irish?

The use the 911 to break through the electric gates (nice to know M5 better resepected than 911) they broke into the house after kicking the door in (window smashed but held out) ransacked the house looking for the keys.. (found my hiding place!!!!) and drove of with the car... Tracker now activated..

Still hopeing to make the October meet if Tracker comes up with the goods..

If they find the car I hope they find it burnt out with the little F*cker and his mate still at the wheeel.....

Couple who saw them drive off say they all had hoodies on... How original

Stevie · 23rd August 2005, 23:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stevie

Looks like a dutch plate to me. Yellow plates front and rear? with a little blue sections on the left? FYI: ran them through the dutch plate register:

33-PP-VL: VW Touareg 3.2, gray
38-PP-VL: Audi A6 Avant 2.4, gray

Still crunching numbers here:

50-PP-VL is a gray (could be any shade, register only know basic colors) 911 (997) Carrera S automatic, registered on Oct. 6th 2004 and hasn't been transfered since.

51-PP-VL, Cayenne 3.2, gray
52-PP-VL, Cayenne 3.2, black