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Stolen Car

  • 11-06-2012 4:07pm
    #1
    cbyrne11
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭


    hi,

    My brother's car was stolen by some junkie scumbag this morning, it's a 5 series BMW silver 06 Dublin reg, should be pretty distinctive as my dad caught the guy and opened the passenger door just as the guy reversed out of the driveway so he almost took the passenger door off, he said it was hanging by a thread, if anyone sees it or that could you let me know!

    Sorry meant to say it was stolen in the south Dublin area!

    Thanks
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  • #2
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Have you got a pic? Might be no harm to throw one up if yo do.

    Also whats the reg?


  • #3
    cbyrne11
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭cbyrne11


    mmcn90 wrote: »
    Have you got a pic? Might be no harm to throw one up if yo do.

    Also whats the reg?

    Don't have one of the actual car but something similar to this, expect with the passenger door hanging off


  • #4
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    cbyrne11 wrote: »
    Don't have one of the actual car but something similar to this, expect with the passenger door hanging off

    Just so we know what to look out for. Diesel or Petrol, 520 or 530 or other? Reg would be handy just incase they haven't changed it. At least if its damaged thats something to look out for. Hope it turns up.


  • #5
    cbyrne11
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭cbyrne11


    mmcn90 wrote: »
    Just so we know what to look out for. Diesel or Petrol, 520 or 530 or other? Reg would be handy just incase they haven't changed it. At least if its damaged thats something to look out for. Hope it turns up.


    520d, don't have the reg to hand but it starts, 06-d-63XXX don't sure of the end will get it later, I imagine it will be found on fire at some stage this week but the bastard got a lot of stuff out of the house before taking the car so hoping to to find it quickly if possible, thought I give this a try!


  • #6
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    At least we have something to look out for. I'm based in North Dublin but I'm on the road a good bit, I'll keep an eye out.


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  • #7
    cbyrne11
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭cbyrne11


    mmcn90 wrote: »
    At least we have something to look out for. I'm based in North Dublin but I'm on the road a good bit, I'll keep an eye out.

    Thanks, be nice to get it back but not holding out much hope!


  • #8
    andrew241983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 560 ✭✭✭andrew241983


    Not to be pessimistic mate if it was taken for a joyride you will find it burnt out if it was taken for parts ye wont see it again


  • #9
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    andrew241983 wrote: »
    Not to be pessimistic mate if it was taken for a joyride you will find it burnt out if it was taken for parts ye wont see it again

    Doesn't sound like a straight forward joyride though, they used the car to steal stuff from the house. Could be a little more organised than joyriding thugs.


  • #10
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Perhaps you can clarify, but how is the door hanging off? I doubt heavily that your dad would have been aw to tear the door off, or was it caught off a pillar or something?


  • #11
    andrew241983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 560 ✭✭✭andrew241983


    mmcn90 wrote: »
    andrew241983 wrote: »
    Not to be pessimistic mate if it was taken for a joyride you will find it burnt out if it was taken for parts ye wont see it again

    Doesn't sound like a straight forward joyride though, they used the car to steal stuff from the house. Could be a little more organised than joyriding thugs.
    I agree but it could be their just using it to do over houses and when there finished burn it out or the car was there main target and the other stuff taken from the house was a bonus for them


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    andrew241983 wrote: »
    I agree but it could be their just using it to do over houses and when there finished burn it out or the car was there main target and the other stuff taken from the house was a bonus for them

    burglary was just to get the keys id imagine, op. anything else, money jewellry etc just a bonus.

    they dont steal these cars to burn them out, it has probably left the country already. sorry!:(

    whereabouts in south dublin, if you dont mind me asking, living in that area myself.


  • #13
    cbyrne11
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭cbyrne11


    bubblypop wrote: »
    andrew241983 wrote: »
    I agree but it could be their just using it to do over houses and when there finished burn it out or the car was there main target and the other stuff taken from the house was a bonus for them

    burglary was just to get the keys id imagine, op. anything else, money jewellry etc just a bonus.

    they dont steal these cars to burn them out, it has probably left the country already. sorry!:(

    whereabouts in south dublin, if you dont mind me asking, living in that area myself.


    Happened in rathhfarham this morning, say your right they went looking passed up my Audi and my mums Volvo who keys were on display and rooted for his keys that were hidden as he's away at the moment


  • #14
    Briando
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭Briando


    Left the country already? You think same day its driven into a container and shipped?


  • #15
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,878 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    They would either have it go straight on a boat or they would bring it somewhere to strip and bring the parts away. Probably the latter since the door was damaged. Either way I think it's gone, but there's always a chance.


  • #16
    cbyrne11
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭cbyrne11


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    They would either have it go straight on a boat or they would bring it somewhere to strip and bring the parts away. Probably the latter since the door was damaged. Either way I think it's gone, but there's always a chance.


    Say your right, was half expecting to find it down the road far enough for him to get away but thought he'd ditch it since it had a broken door, since it hasn't turned up yet say it's in pieces now. I ****ing hate scumbags, these things are far too easy to get away with!


  • #17
    Vanderbilt
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Vanderbilt


    Sorry to hear OP, hope it gets sorted.

    As an aside, surely this isn't a targeted or stolen to order car? I wouldn't have thought an eight year old car with a value of less than 15k would be on such scummers shopping lists?


  • #18
    cbyrne11
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭cbyrne11


    Vanderbilt wrote: »
    Sorry to hear OP, hope it gets sorted.

    As an aside, surely this isn't a targeted or stolen to order car? I wouldn't have thought an eight year old car with a value of less than 15k would be on such scummers shopping lists?


    6 Years old, yeah you wouldn't think so but I guess the 5 series only changed this year from the model that he had, so he might have just liked the look of it but he did seem to go searching for the keys to it, as there was my Audi A3 (02) keys and my mum's Volvo S40 (09) keys in plain sight but he didn't go near either of them, and pull open all the drawer downstairs in the house until he found the BMW keys.


  • #19
    ballsdeep69
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭ballsdeep69


    cbyrne11 wrote: »
    6 Years old, yeah you wouldn't think so but I guess the 5 series only changed this year from the model that he had, so he might have just liked the look of it but he did seem to go searching for the keys to it, as there was my Audi A3 (02) keys and my mum's Volvo S40 (09) keys in plain sight but he didn't go near either of them, and pull open all the drawer downstairs in the house until he found the BMW keys.
    It's a fast car more than likely it was used for robbery's and brought to scrap yard that's ran by people known to the people robbing the cars


  • #20
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    ballsdeep69 wrote: »
    It's a fast car more than likely it was used for robbery's and brought to scrap yard that's ran by people known to the people robbing the cars

    I'd say it's long gone by now.....thread is from 2012


  • #21
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Old thread lock


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