stolen bmw 520d keep a lookout glasnevin/finglas area

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black bmw520d 07d stolen from driveway 1.45am

fell asleep on couch downstairs to be woken by sounds in kitchen taught it was father in law got up minute later seen front porch lit up they were in car in driveway and gone

car is automatic judging by speed of their exit they were well used to it

if anyone spots it give guards a call

Terrontress

Little bastards. Best of luck in recovering it. If they were in your house, be thankful that stealing the car was all they did.

PCPhoto

sounds like they were coming specifically for the car ..... sorry to hear yer loss ..hate when the scummers ruin someones day/life by doing this kind of sh1t.

fingers crossed for Karma !!!

EDIT: Have been the victim of robbery before....twice !!! (Once with no insurance ...€20K gone !!)

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thanks for replies

Seth Brundle

Be very careful about what you post online! You do want your claim to be succesful and not regarded as a ploy to dump the car and make a claim!

robtri

Sorry to hear dude...
hope it works out for you..

joey54

Any particular marks/scratches on it that might make it recognisable?

Tipsy Mac

Will keep an eye out, what colour is it, what style alloys, is it leather or cloth, what colour interior?

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scrath(multiple little scrathes together about inch wide) on upper lip of rear bumper, i.e type you would make when sliding something out of boot

cream leather interior
standard alloys 17 inch a bridgestone on front passenger side the rest goodyear
scratch on the fin shark aerial deep gouge actually dont know how it got there

trad

Ring the Dublin Airport Authority car parks and ask them if your car is parked there also Quickpark. They have numberplate recognition technology on their car parks and will know if they are "minding" it. Also ring the M50 toll outfit and see if it has been through any of the tolls.

High end stolen are often left in public areas, apartment complexes etc until they are required. If and when you get it back get a tracking device fitted.

Dublin_Gunner

joey54 wrote: »

Any particular marks/scratches on it that might make it recognisable?

How about the reg plate?


Little fcukers. I live in Finglas, and family in Glasnevin. I'll keep an eye out if I see it.

My sis had her CL500 nicked last year - same thing, they broke into the house and got the keys. It was found burned out in Ballymun. Unfortunately, I wouldn't hold much hope for finding it in a repairable condition.

uprising

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

How about the reg plate?


Little fcukers. I live in Finglas, and family in Glasnevin. I'll keep an eye out if I see it.

My sis had her CL500 nicked last year - same thing, they broke into the house and got the keys. It was found burned out in Ballymun. Unfortunately, I wouldn't hold much hope for finding it in a repairable condition.

Most probably parked somewhere, with plate's from a legitimate car fitted, just left there till it's "needed".

congo_90

Any pics op? Just it may help. Check a few multistory car parks like blanch if I were you

Gary ITR

This thread is over a month old. Any update OP?

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apologies to all interested

car was recovered a week later parked up in a car park

licence plate recognition equipped garda car picked it up

no external damage expensive watch, cds,kids car seats and keys taken

had checked with toll operators for a few days afterwards but nothing, 4 days later they went through M50 toll so guards trawling through M50 cameras .im still having fun dealing with M50 operators bill is now at 41 euros according to last demand from them.

had an interesting experience driving back from belfast last week, PSNI doing speed check after sprucefield roundabout, so i found myself being followed by them the whole way to Newry. (number plate recognition)couldnt remember what northern speed limit was translated in kilometers so conservative speed adopted via cruise control.(apologies to any other road users at the time) was greeted by a whole possie of PSNI / military looking guys guns galore and a couple of helicopters hoovering above. asked to step out of car and hand over keys ... yeah car still registered as stolen.

talking to the cops while they were checking/verifying my story they couldnt understand why i wasnt making a run for it and they werent prepared to initiate a chase with a 5 series so they were quite happy to tail me whilst rounding up cars and backup from everywhere and also our guards had been notified and they were also busy on the southern side and permission had been granted for them to cross border if neeed be.

the parting comment from PSNI was at leasat you know the system works just a couple of weeks too late, they assured me the car is no longer registered as stolen

had a an especially welcome cup of coffee in mcdonalds newry after that

Big Nasty

Great story and good news OP!

Gary ITR

Well done on getting it back.

That is a great story

Absurdum

Good news, nice to know big brother is looking out for us after all

Alanstrainor

Great news and a great story!

ytareh

Dont mean to be insensitive or anything but I thought that most modern cars had to 'stolen' by taking the keys from the house due to 'Immobiliser' chip in key etc ....I presume that if the 'pro' thief wants a luxury car badly enough theres electronics to get round this ...but is this sort of thing going on routinely in Ireland for mid range cars or even humble motors?Do 'joyriders' have electronics nowadays?For all the talk of dear aul Ireland in the 80s ...simpler innocent times etc I remember getting your car broken into and /or stolen was about as common as getting a head cold or catching the flu...
My sympathies to the OP ...

copacetic

ytareh wrote: »

Dont mean to be insensitive or anything but I thought that most modern cars had to 'stolen' by taking the keys from the house due to 'Immobiliser' chip in key etc ....I presume that if the 'pro' thief wants a luxury car badly enough theres electronics to get round this ...but is this sort of thing going on routinely in Ireland for mid range cars or even humble motors?Do 'joyriders' have electronics nowadays?For all the talk of dear aul Ireland in the 80s ...simpler innocent times etc I remember getting your car broken into and /or stolen was about as common as getting a head cold or catching the flu...
My sympathies to the OP ...

don't mean to be insensitive either, but have you even read the bloody thread?