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Old 8th December 2002, 04:33   #1
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Someone stole my fog lights @!#$%@#
I wanted to share my saga in the hopes it may help.
I left my business tonight around 8 p.m. I had parked my car in my usual space right in front of our building. It is well illuminated and is on a very busy street with lots of activity. As I started my car I was alerted by a message to check my fog lights. I turned on my fog lights but nothing happened. I exited my car for a physically inspections and was presented with a terrible sight. Some miserable bastard had torn my fog lights and proximity sensors off the front of my car! If you could see where my car was parked this was a planned and well executed theft. There’s probably a Civic that will have some really cool new fog lights. It’s hard to tell how bad the damage as my car is very dirty, it’s been snowing. I’m planning on a substantial cost and inconvenience to get this fixed.
Hopefully a couple of glasses of Caymus will dull the pain.
I’ll post the estimated cost and timeframe next week.

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Old 8th December 2002, 06:07   #2
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Oh no! I am sorry to hear about that. I can't believe people do this type of thing. Don't stress too much as it is only money. You can get the parts real quick from your dealer.
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Old 8th December 2002, 06:08   #3
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ouch! sorry to hear what happened!

the foglights are not too expensive.. I think they're roughly about $150 each... the side mouldings and the PDC sensors I'm not too sure... but I'm curious why anyone would want to steal those....
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oh man that is really messed up..
what is going on these days?
dang punks!!
can't they respect other people's property?
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Oh, man, that really sucks! I'd have smoke coming out of my ears!

I suspect an M5 poseur needed to finish his project and you had all the right parts
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ouch!!
It sure does look like the person knew what they were doing. Looks like they were looking for parts for a 5 series.

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes... I hope the cost for the parts isn't too bad.

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