Truck load of Bmw's stolen

L-M

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0427/clonard.html

Around €1m worth of new BMW cars have been stolen in Co Meath.

A gang stole a car transporter late yesterday evening near Kinnegad and drove it to a house that had been under construction near the village of Clonard.

There were 12 new high-powered BMWs on the transporter.
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The gang tried to manoeuvre the transporter to the rear of the house.

It is believed they were going to offload the cars over the coming days.

However, the vehicle got stuck, so they drove one car off and then set fire to the others.

The house was also badly damaged in the fire.

Gardaí have appealed for anyone who saw the transporter with the BMWs in the area or anyone who saw anything suspicious over the last number days to contact them.

Gary ITR

Jesus. They can't steal them so they set fire to them

Beta Ray Bill

Onkle wrote: »

Jesus. They can't steal them so they set fire to them

That's standard procedure for the Scumbags in this country

JimmyCrackCorn!

Onkle wrote: »

Jesus. They can't steal them so they set fire to them

Why leave evidence?

mike65

Talking about this now on rte news. Boggy conditions got the better of them.

Jip

What evidence ? They never got them off the transporter so I doubt there would be any on all the cars.

L-M

Onkle wrote: »

Jesus. They can't steal them so they set fire to them

Same thing happened to a friend who was building a house. The robbed all the tools and copper, and threw them into the boot of the car. The car wouldn't go with the weight so they burnt it out in the driveway, with all the tools in the back.

Gregor Samsa

Jip wrote: »

What evidence ? They never got them off the transporter so I doubt there would be any on all the cars.

They probably set fire to the transporter, and it spread to the cars (and on to the house).

robtri

am I the only one thinking.... mmmm maybe one or two wasn't too badly burned, make a nice project car

Tipsy Mac

Its the usual rubbish reporting, no models given or colour to be on the look out for the stolen one. I wouldnt be surprised if "high powered" turned out to be 1.6 petrol.

Stevie Dakota

How long before we get some one moaning about how the BMW they ordered is now going to be 3 month late, or has a feint whiff of burning inside, or that the anthracite headlining is in fact soot.

L-M

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

how the BMW they ordered is now going to be 3 month late,

I was only thinking about that about 2 seconds before I read your post, lol.

cHaTbOx

Ok "they" drove one care off and left the others .

Proof scumbags are stupid(If there was ever any need) .

Why the hell didn't they split up and take a car each ? Or if they could not do anything leave it and reduce there sentence ?

There were 12 . They got away with one . So they basically stole a million and burned all but 80k of it . Idiots

bazz26

Chances are they may have drawn alot of attention to themselves while getting the transporter stuck outside a house and only managed to get one car off the back of the transporter before taking off.

Jip

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

I wouldnt be surprised if "high powered" turned
out to be 1.6 petrol.

Wouldn't be so sure, 12 cars worth around a million average just over 80k each.

L-M

Jip wrote: »

Wouldn't be so sure, 12 cars worth around a million average just over 80k each.

Who's to say they weren't lying about the million?

Jip

Conspiracy theories is elsewhere.

L-M

Jip wrote: »

Conspiracy theories is elsewhere.

Well there you go, lol.

GB15

Does anyone find this fishy? Maybe some sort of insurance scam? Dealers may have a better chance getting money for cars this way than trying to sell them!

peasant

GB15 wrote: »

Does anyone find this fishy? Maybe some sort of insurance scam? Dealers may have a better chance getting money for cars this way than trying to sell them!

That's a bit far fetched, don't you think?

serfboard

GB15 wrote: »

Does anyone find this fishy? Maybe some sort of insurance scam? Dealers may have a better chance getting money for cars this way than trying to sell them!

That's a scary thought ... but why didn't they just not order them in the first place?







And, yes I know the answer is that they could have ordered them and then the buyers pulled out.

GB15

peasant wrote: »

That's a bit far fetched, don't you think?

There was a high performance car reported stolen not so long ago on this forum (RS4 if I remember correctly) and someone on here commented that in times of recession it is common for this type of thing to happen. This story just reminded me of that.

MarkN

I'd say the 1 million is a little bit inflated, just like the 'high powered' bit.

High powered BMWs on paper are M3s, M5s, M6s etc.. there is no way in hell there's 12 of any combination of those on order right now.

Stevie Dakota

I'm surprised there haven't been factory fires throughout the US GM network.

peasant

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

I'm surprised there haven't been factory fires throughout the US GM network.

Because everybody would immediatedly be suspiscious ?

R.O.R

The only one I'm expecting at the moment is a 118d SE, and the paper would never classify that as a high powered BMW, or would they............

EPM

Maybe a million including truck and trailer?

For a decent tractor unit and car transporter trailer you could hit close on 200k without trying too hard...

TomMc

Car crime appears to be on the increase these days. So lock up folks and don't leave keys lying around in hallways, sitting rooms or kitchens.

Some pups stole about a dozen cars recently and were stupid enough to store them in a rented stable yard (albeit in a town & country type location), but wait for it .... on a narrow lane with at least thirty houses either side of it. Thankfully the boys in blue, came up trumps.

I'm sure this lot were probably 520d's mainly, but still burning all but one, it really highlights how cretinous these people are.

projectmayhem

Jip wrote: »

Wouldn't be so sure, 12 cars worth around a million average just over 80k each.

I would imagine the million euro marker is a little bit... made up.

In fact, it was probably a trailer with 5 mini's on it. But that doesn't have much shock value for readers...

galwaytt

projectmayhem wrote: »

I would imagine the million euro marker is a little bit... made up.

In fact, it was probably a trailer with 5 mini's on it. But that doesn't have much shock value for readers...

...indeed. Of the 1 million, the tractor unit & trailer might account for 300k of it

So, that's 700k of 316i's then.:D

Ooops, Newsflash: the house is included in the 700k.

So, that's 625k of 316i's then

pipsqueak

GB15 wrote: »

Does anyone find this fishy? Maybe some sort of insurance scam? Dealers may have a better chance getting money for cars this way than trying to sell them!

Fishy? nah! then again....
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/garda-probe-into-83642m-blaze-at-showroom-1540702.html

S.I.R

only take the most expensive one as when you sell it on, you'll make Some cash to sort yourself out for the raid...


but they shouldn't of burned them out....


a 7-10 foot grave in the middle of nowhere would of been a better option but they're clearly amateurs

L-M

TomMc wrote: »

Car crime appears to be on the increase these days. So lock up folks and don't leave keys lying around in hallways, sitting rooms or kitchens.

I'll leave a bit sign in my hall way pointing to where the keys to my car are. If someone comes into my house looking for my car, left them have it. I'm not risking my life over something that can be replaced.

Do-more

I actually drove by the transporter on Sunday morning, they weren't new at all, all UK imports, thought to myself that they must be BMW Sterling collection cars. From memory it was mostly 5 series and a few 3 series, maybe others I wasn't looking too closely. Only reg plate clearly visible was an 08.

TomMc

Limerick man wrote: »

I'll leave a bit sign in my hall way pointing to where the keys to my car are. If someone comes into my house looking for my car, left them have it. I'm not risking my life over something that can be replaced.

But the criminals are far more vicious down your neck of the woods.:D

And I doubt they would have much interest in a Golf.;)

Nforce

Do-more wrote: »

I actually drove by the transporter on Sunday morning, they weren't new at all, all UK imports, thought to myself that they must be BMW Sterling collection cars. From memory it was mostly 5 series and a few 3 series, maybe others I wasn't looking too closely. Only reg plate clearly visible was an 08.

Ah............that'll be where they got their €1m figure from then. €300k for the vehicles and €700k for uncollected vrt fees :P

Were the vehicles totalled or could some parts still be salvaged?

L-M

TomMc wrote: »

But the criminals are far more vicious down your neck of the woods.:D

And I doubt they would have much interest in a Golf.;)

You never know!

Guy:Incognito

TomMc wrote: »

And I doubt they would have much interest in a Golf.;)

Depends how many of the letters in TDI are red.:)

L-M

Stekelly wrote: »

Depends how many of the letters in TDI are red.:)

All of them, it's a type r as well:pac:

Actually, it doesn't have any badges on it, lol.

edward543350

i,d say it was inside job and they had no one too buy the cars coz of the big R so they went this way

L-M

edward543350 wrote: »

i,d say it was inside job and they had no one too buy the cars coz of the big R so they went this way

I'd say it was Mrs. Peacock in the kitchen with the dagger...

TomMc

Just saw a picture on the 6oc news. All burned out completely by the looks of it, so no fire damaged resto projects I'm afraid.

Tipsy Mac

Don't think there's anything that could be salvaged, maybe the alloys could be recoated?

Nforce

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

Don't think there's anything that could be salvaged, maybe the alloys could be recoated?

Nah...if the heat was high enough to damage the paint finish on them it's probably altered the strength of the alloy materials used in the wheels.

colm_mcm

there's one MINI in there anyhow. seems odd that cars would be going from southern to northern Ireland, isn't it normally the other way around these days?

also if they were unregistered (no VRT paid), their value would be much lower.

L-M

colm_mcm

An interesting twist on the "Guess the car" thread.

Mini top left?
3 series coupe under that?

7 series top right?
5 series under that?

L-M

colm_mcm wrote: »

An interesting twist on the "Guess the car" thread.

Mini top left?
3 series coupe under that?

7 series top right?
5 series under that?

That's strange, lol, I was just going through that... I think you have them all really.

Edit: That 3 series has 4 dours...

Nforce

Looks like the fire started in the tractor unit. The house looks f@cked though......I feel for the house owners (I hope their building insurance will cover it).

crosstownk

I'd like to know how the 'theives' came across the keys to the transporter and the cars. I'd also like to know how come a transporter laden with expensive metal was left 'parked up'.

For now I'll accept the story at face value but the insurance idea is nagging me in the background........

netwhizkid

Dealers up and down the country are torching cars like crazy, which has accounted for the recent spike in insurance premiums. The only crime here is White collar crime and a few pyromaniac skobes given a few bob for petrol and matches.