Comments on: BMW fan helps recovering a stolen 335i

By: Bmw Vin

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By: Rain

Rain — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:06:20 +0000

There’s a brand new BMW parked near my house which is next to a ball field. I called police with the plate and they said it wasn’t stolen. I advised them that I was concerned because there was a set of keys on the driver’s arm rest that looked like house keys. The police said they would do nothing for 48 hours. I ran the vin number through id and found that the title had been registered on July 22nd and the car only had 30 miles on it. It’s a black 328i model.

Who would buy a $50,000 car and then park it on a side street for days, with keys in the front? Maybe it’s a bait car that police are using to trap car thieves

I told the police dispatch that there were keys in the front and maybe the driver was in some kind of trouble. I can’t imagine anyone abandoning a brand new vehicle, especially a BMW. If they can afford a new car, surely they have a garage to store it in! I thought the police would get in touch with the owner to see if they are okay. Instead, the police told me to “call back tomorrow if it’s still there”.

This is unacceptable!

By: BMWowner

BMWowner — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:02:09 +0000

especially after 2 weeks of sitting there!!!

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:03:51 +0000

No one is doubting Tom’s story, but there’s probably some speculation about the driver’s story. And the intriguing backstory. And the NYPD’s theories.

I would get ticketed at 9:05am and towed by 9:15. How the heck did this go 2-3 weeks without getting picked up?

By: John D.

John D. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:29:44 +0000

And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for Tom!!!

By: mark Dixon

mark Dixon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:03:10 +0000

Ok, sorry for being suspicious. I’m surprised cops wouldn’t check an expensive car with out of town plates and twenty tickets in case it had been reported stolen.

New York cops are notoriously lazy and stupid – is this true? The Strokes sang about it, countless tv shows depicted it. Bucking the trend Detective Andy Sipowicz while an emotional type, was incredibly sharp. Probably still is, down on the 15th precinct suffering endless personal tragedies, struggling with his race issues, getting hot headed.

Have to get round to watching the Shield. Everyone tells me it’s *the* cop show, and I love cop shows. Apart from Brit cop shows which are terrible like most British television. The Bill, lol.

By: Cara

Cara — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:18:05 +0000

For all of those who doubt Tom’s story –I was with him the night we both came home to see the BMW facing perpendicular to the curb. It wasn’t parked in an illegal spot, its just that New York city parking signs only allow you to park during certain hours of certain days, so it had accumulated tickets because no one had bothered to move it away during the “non-parking” times for however long it had been there.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:45:05 +0000

You’re Dectective Tom? Good job, man! Can I ask: what direction was the car facing after they found it “reparked”? Was the rear on the curb?

There’s been a number of other BMW stories that got wide attention, like the 335 hit-and-run or the fed agent in his 335xi who got run off the road by a trucker. It’s exciting stuff for a small community.

And yes nypd can be really off the mark. I’ve got so many stories from when I lived there.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:42:12 +0000

Guys,

I cant believe this has spread like it has. Trust me, I tried calling NYPD and even asked them to run the plates as a cop was sitting ACROSS the street from it one night and he didnt want to do it. I took it upon myself to do the leg work.

IM glad its safe now though.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:28:19 +0000

I’d buy it if it were in a quiet back street, for example, but not illegally parked apparently having accumulated some 20 tickets. Isn’t this going to arouse suspicion from anyone – don’t illegally cars eventually get towed over there? To keep putting so many tickets on a car seems ridiculous – wouldn’t the parking attendants inform the police of a possible abandoned stolen car? Would such criminal gang return in the afternoon/evening in daytime? I highly doubt it.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:22:48 +0000

There are some interesting posts in that thread.

Appareantly the police found the battery disconnected. “oneginee” later notes:

“…the reason for leaving that 335i on a street for several days is to make sure it is “clean” have it sit somewhere to make sure that the car does not have a concealed wired antenna like lo jack powered from a secondary hidden power generator (not car battery). Then if the car is still there after a few days they come back and finish the job. They don’t take the risk having that car lead the police to their hub.”

By: jon H

jon H — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:02:04 +0000

lotsss of interesting questions here. seems a big fishy.

By: X5 SoB

X5 SoB — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:44:54 +0000

Yeah, I call shenanegans as well. Something about this story just doesn’t ring true. Besides, wouldn’t a broken sunroof have set off the motion detector inside the car?

By: mark

mark — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:56:13 +0000

Maybe I’m missing something but why not just call the cops? In the time he was playing internet detective the thieves could have moved the car. Anyway, I call phoney. What ‘organised crime ring’ would leave a stolen car in a public no parking zone then return during daylight hours daylight to collect it?

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:43:36 +0000

It sounds like the NYPD is suggesting that a bunch of code-phreaking circus strongmen picked the car up but were foiled by their own poor spatial skillz.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:39:22 +0000

Why did he need replacement keys if the car was stolen with a code spoofer?

Is it possible that he locked his keys in the car and left it there (since it wasn’ t his and he only had one key set) until someone broke into it through the sunroof and attempted to joyride? Hooligan kids do this all the time, and they don’t drive or parallel park very well.

By: Mike Messer

Mike Messer — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:21:59 +0000

That’s a great story to hear about!! I know my dad would have loved if someone had seen the guys that took 20k worth of parts off his e39 530i about 5 years ago (the guys were eventually found).

By: Joseph Khunaysir

Joseph Khunaysir — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:18:35 +0000

Sweet..