theft

Dear all I am a proud but very concerned 14 Reg C63 owner following all the coverage re. the increase of keyless thefts around the country - especially around Redbridge-area where I reside! Has anyone heard or have knowledge/experience of AMG products and aprticularly C63s being stolen...

Just when you thought the issue was sorted, or perhaps didn't apply to Mercedes cars, there was a main story piece on Midlands Today tonight, including an interview with a guy from Thatcham who said that the list of vulnerable cars was changing on a monthly basis. No specific mention of MB...

A friend had his led lights stolen from his 2011 c class, just a heads up to be careful they seem to be rather easy to remove with just four screws holding each light housing in situ. Cost from mb to supply and fit two new units.

A neighbour has two cars - an Audi A5 unknown year but recent (his), and a Vauxhall Astra 06 plate (hers). They came down the other morning to find both cars open, and the Satnav (Astra) and other contents gone, with the remaining contents on the passenger seats. Both cars were locked the...

From pistonheads, lets see if this thread can run without a certain member getting involved and having it closed like last time. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1319613&nmt=Scumbag+%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2As+&mid=61437

Hi all, just a quick warning to any W124 (actually an S124) owners in the North London area, and further afield, my S124 E200 auto was stolen from my driveway between Friday night 23:00 and Saturday Morning 05:00. My bedroom is right above where I park my car, it was a hot summer evening so the...

Hi Everyone This may sound a strange question, but i have a 2007 W211 E320 cdi Avantgarde and there seems to be no alarm. There is a little light space on the internal central locking button, which i believe is illuminated when the alarm is armed. When i lock the car it does not light up...

I noticed one of my neighbours had picked up a new C63 last week and spent the weekend checking it out when I passed. Left to go to work this morning and saw this rage-inducing sight :mad: It is what, 3 weeks old at most?

"There is no specific BMW security issue here. We, like our customers and those of other manufacturers, are victims of this new high-tech organised crime." BBC News - BMW owners hit by high tech theft BBC One's Watchdog on Wednesday 12 September 2012 at 2000

Some interesting car theft dodges in an MSN article. Pretty standard fare but a timely reminder and one or two interesting ones.  Cars - Road tests, Used Cars & New Cars - MSN Cars UK

Her Ladyship has seen a nice SLk and is poised to buy it. Just phoned our insurer (Privilege) for a quote and they will not cover if for theft unless it has a tracking device fitted! Any SLK owners had the same problem? Is the SLK more likely to be stolen than any other car? Thanks chaps

I've had a bad day. It started with me getting a parking-ticket. While the attendant lifted my windscreen wiper to put the ticket, he set the alarm off. This in turn meant I got back to an immobilized car that wouldn't let me in. I then got home, only to find that the game I had just bought...

I have a 2010 C180 Sport and found overnight it had been "opened". I know I locked it. Has anyone heard of cars being opened? I've seen stuff around "Key Catchers" catching the signal that opens the locks but don't know if this is real....

seems like the thieves are not like what they used to be:)) [here]

some thieves tried to stole a 1970s-era Mercedes-Benz C111 show car it seems that they tried to nick it off a lorry bringing it to England while the car waited on a transport trailer for a Channel crossing on its way to the Mercedes-Benz World Brooklands but they missed out that the car is a...

Has anybody else out there been the victim of door mirror theft? I couldn't believe the fact that MB designed them with three philips head screws revealed when retracted. All it takes is for someone to unscrew them and unplug the wire and they are away. Over £1000 for a pair. It has now...

During the past fortnight, my car and a friend's MB have been stripped of their dustcaps: larger hexagonal ones that are easier to handle. Yesterday, a black laurel-leaf centre cap was prised off my car. It looks like these incidents happened in Whitwell during daytime, the other possibility...

Some lowlife has had a go at my E300 TT in the lock-up garage that it sometimes occupies. They failed, but ruined the fuel flap and damaged its surrounding edges. Is that area of the car an obvious target for a security breach or do you reckon they were just after the fuel? Someone here will...

I'm going to look at a car tomorrow at a garage and I have found out from the previous owner that the car was stolen from him. Apparently by the time it was recovered, his insurance company had already paid out and he had another car. So the insurance company sold it through an auction to the...

Hello chaps, Some lowlife tried to break into the car last night. Me and my wife went to my brothers house to see his new born baby and stayed there for the night. When we planned to leave for home at 11am morning, I saw that some SON **************** had smashed the window with a possible...