BMWs bound for New York Autoshow stolen prior to show

BMW_F25_X3 · 04-09-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RichReg

Well, ...the port is definitely NOT in Elizabeth.
I think you actually take the Bayonne exit on the Turnpike to get to the port but for some reason, its always referred to as being in Jersey City.

i dont know why they said elizabeth. yeah its exit 10A on the turnpike. bayonne exit. one thing i dont get is how did they get out of the gate? you cant open it its powered and not locked with a chain

BMW_F25_X3 · 04-09-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by auggiem3

they didn't beef up security after the first rip off?

theres no security there at 2am. i think the latest is 11ish.

King335i · 04-09-2010, 05:07 PM

Bangle did it.

ilfz · 04-09-2010, 05:20 PM

cmon guys seriously whats up with comments "inside job" and "oh thats not hard to spot, cops will see them drive around with it"

cmon, we are talking about some professionals here. The only "inside job" information that they would of had would of been when the cars are arriving. I am pretty sure that wasnt hard to find out and where they are arriving. All they have to look at is previous dates

.

They are not that dumb to make this an inside job, the damn cops will be wasting and investigating this first and by the time they are done finding nothing, the cars will probably show up somewhere with a thank you note.

And of course how dumb do you think they would be to drive it around.

There could be 3 possible things that i can see and probably alot more.
1. This is a media scam (which i highly doubt) to get some free press in the media like we've seen with the knight rider car (

) which was lame

2. "Competition" needed to look into the car and mimic certain features so they can get a headstart what bmw is up 2

3. Or which they were professional thieves, cars will stay in this country or not/doesnt matter, hold those cars until the actual ones come out, by then they will have changed vin numbers etc, and will be actual legal street car.

So cmon, enough with the inside job and they will be spotted.

And i must say that I applaud these people

, cause how dumb can that security management be that things like this happen. And seriously after driving off with 2 cars and then coming back for another 1 a day or two later whatever it was, lets get serious

Robert B · 04-09-2010, 05:37 PM

Inside job, outside job, it doesn't matter.

It took big balls to pull this off -- twice.

zivyn · 04-09-2010, 05:47 PM

You would think that BMW would have activated GPS tracking before they put them on a container though, just on the off chance that someone takes their brand new toy.... pretty much a rookie mistake. This is unless they actually did this and the thieves were clever enough to disable the system after they drove off with the cars, which is entirely possible I'm sure.

ciomas · 04-09-2010, 06:04 PM

They are on the way to Putin land by now

ptack · 04-09-2010, 06:05 PM

One would think that BMW should also learn to put a transponder in each rare car they ship.

BMW_F25_X3 · 04-09-2010, 06:18 PM

ok ok i admit it its in my garage

and no one is taking them back

DASHOCKER · 04-09-2010, 07:18 PM

The cars are probably in the UAE drifting on some road.. Wow!

RichReg · 04-09-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Alpine325ci

i dont know why they said elizabeth. yeah its exit 10A on the turnpike. bayonne exit. one thing i dont get is how did they get out of the gate? you cant open it its powered and not locked with a chain

The gate was wide open both times.

There were some sections with closed gates, but a whole slew of them were completely open. In some cases you could actually walk around on the inside to a different section which was otherwise closed off from the main road by the aforementioned closed gate. Go figure....

BMW_F25_X3 · 04-09-2010, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RichReg

The gate was wide open both times.

There were some sections with closed gates, but a whole slew of them were completely open. In some cases you could actually walk around on the inside to a different section which was otherwise closed off from the main road by the aforementioned closed gate. Go figure....

wow that sucks, security isnt very tight around these areas, not very smart either

ilidon · 04-09-2010, 08:07 PM

wow! this is just absurd. hope they would be able to catch these thieves and lock em all up in jail.

BMW1986 · 04-09-2010, 08:35 PM

First off...can a 550i even get to an MSRP of $90,000 US Dollars???

Oulixes · 04-09-2010, 09:08 PM

Well, it was the first sophisto grey 550 on the continent...

dimabimmer · 04-09-2010, 09:57 PM

The Fast and the Furious,- Jersey Drift.

BIMMER//DRIMMER · 04-09-2010, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jaserion

sounds like scenes from a movie!

gone in 60 seconds! lol

Sidh135i · 04-10-2010, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DBFIU

Ok,

Stealing a 'one of a kind' car is dumb, now everyone will know what to look for. What are they going to do with it now?

I agree. What the hell do they plan to do with the car? trying to sell it would be so stupid...

Officer0wnage · 04-10-2010, 03:00 AM

Strange coincidence, saw a new 535xi on on the side of the parkway at exit 131 today around 3:30pm. Did not even realize these cars were on the streets yet, so what are the chances it was one of the same cars?

yamazaho · 04-10-2010, 03:08 AM

Damn~~

04-10-2010, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Officer0wnage

Strange coincidence, saw a new 535xi on on the side of the parkway at exit 131 today around 3:30pm. Did not even realize these cars were on the streets yet, so what are the chances it was one of the same cars?

High Chance

FrankiE90 · 04-10-2010, 04:54 AM

bmwftmfw!!!

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ilfz Private First Class 22 Rep 145 Posts Drives: F10M5 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: nyc iTrader: (0)	cmon guys cmon guys seriously whats up with comments "inside job" and "oh thats not hard to spot, cops will see them drive around with it" cmon, we are talking about some professionals here. The only "inside job" information that they would of had would of been when the cars are arriving. I am pretty sure that wasnt hard to find out and where they are arriving. All they have to look at is previous dates . They are not that dumb to make this an inside job, the damn cops will be wasting and investigating this first and by the time they are done finding nothing, the cars will probably show up somewhere with a thank you note. And of course how dumb do you think they would be to drive it around. There could be 3 possible things that i can see and probably alot more. 1. This is a media scam (which i highly doubt) to get some free press in the media like we've seen with the knight rider car ( ) which was lame 2. "Competition" needed to look into the car and mimic certain features so they can get a headstart what bmw is up 2 3. Or which they were professional thieves, cars will stay in this country or not/doesnt matter, hold those cars until the actual ones come out, by then they will have changed vin numbers etc, and will be actual legal street car. So cmon, enough with the inside job and they will be spotted. And i must say that I applaud these people , cause how dumb can that security management be that things like this happen. And seriously after driving off with 2 cars and then coming back for another 1 a day or two later whatever it was, lets get serious
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