What is it with Criminals and BMWs?

deandean

I was watching Crimewatch tonight and EVERY (4 out of 4) crime featured, used a BMW as an escape car.

So what's the craic? Are they:

A brilliant car, - the best getaway car
or

the car of choice for all pr!cks / criminals
or

your suggestion?

I mean there's a scoobydoo or other cars that are as fast / faster than a BMW, so why do criminals choose Bimmers?

My own thought - maybe they are easier to steal???

Nissan doctor

Because criminals have no imagination either:P

MuppetCheck

My dentist drives one, the money he has had from me for what can only be described as grevious bodily harm...

blindside88

They don't stand out a much as a scooby so less conspicuous, they're powerful but not loud and have become very common ( more so than scoobys, focus rs, evo etc)

Pottler

Any time someone pulls up in a shiny bimmer at work I know they are gonna rob me with their bill. I'm usually right. Horses for courses.

unkel

deandean wrote: »

I mean there's a scoobydoo or other cars that are as fast / faster than a BMW, so why do criminals choose Bimmers?

Because they look less conspicuous. A BMW 535d SE would be about as perfect a getaway car as you could get.

Matt Simis

They usually arent the preference, Audi S4 and RS4's are due to AWD and large Avant (Estate) body types.

challengemaster

Matt Simis wrote: »

They usually arent the preference, Audi S4 and RS4's are due to AWD and large Avant (Estate) body types.

Sure they could hide in a sea of RS4 TDI's with a real RS4

STI V5

yep seems to be the car of choice for all the shams who think there gangsta!!! All the muppets in my area drive sh#te 3 series or kitted out A4s !! shame really decent enough cars but wouldnt drive one if i was being given them for free !! id hate to be associated with such knob-heads !!!

dar83

challengemaster wrote: »

Sure they could hide in a sea of RS4 TDI's with a real RS4

They might also be seriously disappointed with the performance of their chosen escape car. Although there is something to be said for nice smoke screen to blind the Guards when you put your foot down! :P

Oral Surgeon

MuppetCheck wrote: »

My dentist drives one, the money he has had from me for what can only be described as grevious bodily harm...

I object.....

gollywog

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

MuppetCheck wrote: »

My dentist drives one, the money he has had from me for what can only be described as grevious bodily harm...

I object.....

Lol!

MuppetCheck

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

I object.....

See you Friday for the root canal.

xoxoxoxo

galwaytt

...saw that too....what I can't figure out is htf they got SIX people into a 3-series........in a 'getaway' ? I'd, really, really like to see the CCTV of that.....

On a related note, and the muppets couldn't get the bike they had as a getaway for the cash, to start.............ah yes, they must have had the 3-series driver on it.........the indicator switch probably threw him, completely......:rolleyes:

...hence the fire.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdnCF40zxGc

STI V5

defo wouldnt be my my idea of a getaway car !!! bmw m3 in the right hands u have a good chance !! bmw 318 + 6 lowlife muppets = gardai on there pushbikes banging on the window telling them to pull over while the idiot behind the wheel struggles to find another gear !!! funny thought ! they always seem to pick cars that wouldnt pull the skin of a rice pudding let alone out run the gardai with 6 halfaheads inside ! haha . probably due to the fact that they only take cars that could be stolen by a 10 year old with a lollipop stick !!

jd6920s

BMW have become so popular now , they've become a more "normal" car to have .The amount of 5 series on the roads today is huge.

unkel

galwaytt wrote: »

what I can't figure out is htf they got SIX people into a 3-series........in a 'getaway' ?

Wasn't there somebody who got EIGHT people in a Passat (same size as 3-series) and drove it like it was a 'getaway'?

helimachoptor

MuppetCheck wrote: »

My dentist drives one, the money he has had from me for what can only be described as grevious bodily harm...

Some people pay good money for that :pac::pac:

pajo1981

I reckon I look pretty gangsta going around in my 320d

Pique

unkel wrote: »

Wasn't there somebody who got EIGHT people in a Passat (same size as 3-series) and drove it like it was a 'getaway'?

They crashed, 7 were killed plus the driver of a second car.
The driver of the Passat survived.
The case is coming up soon. It will be very interesting to see what he gets.

JJJJNR

Remember that case in Donegal, how your man is still alive I do not know.

tossy

BMW just don't stand out,if a BMW went down my road and i later found out it was involved in a bank robbery and had to think back,i'd find it hard to pick out any individual one from the sea of 5 series i see everyday.

tallaghtmick

Any local scummer or well known scummer around me drives a BMW,always reminds me of the goodfella's film where De Niro goes nuts at the guy for splashing the cash,its simple these lads have money and like to show off,sure even the Garda know this,one lad (not Tallaght) had his house raided because he was known to Garda and was seen driving a BMW even though hes on the dole:rolleyes:

bazz26

Mostly Passats down here in my neck of the woods, usually with RS4 replica wheels, Aldi chrome on the doors & window frames and tinted glass. Only the odd senior scanger has a BMW of some sorts and it does tend to be a E60.

Idbatterim

thieves know what cars to pick out for a robbery, anyone who thinks they are picking out 318's doesn't have a clue, alot of 535i and 535d's are being stolen as get away cars... they have serious power and dont stand out much, they are sleepers, your average joe soap just sees another bmw...