Car stolen

My beloved 02 325i has been stolen last week of Sunday. It's a bummer, because I don't know if I'll be able to get another one after everything is settled with insurance. Car is still not recovered.

To all my friends in this group; if I don't get another one, I want to thank you for all the help and support you've given me on maintenance tips and whenever I needed advice. I wish you all the best if I don't come back for a while.

I've been feeling down for the past week, therefore I didn't get a chance to post this until today.

All the best,

William

Reply to
weng94
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No so fast. They have an obligation to "make you whole". They will dick with you but they have to replace what you lost. Be polite but firm and research the topic a bit.

Reply to
Richard Sexton

Do you have info about the car.... color,pic's etc etc....... there's 1000's of people on here that can keep an eye out for you !

Reply to
Emma Ward

Sorry to hear this, but how was it stolen? Did the thieves have keys for the car? I've always had the thought that it would take an **exceptional** pro to drive off with my Beamer without my keys....

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Reply to
clifffreeling

Yup, different situation, but in the UK if a car is "uneconomical to repair" the insurance offer you a sum of money for what they think is the market value. The first offer, you can usually reject as it's too low.

Sorry about the car.

Lordy

Reply to
Lordy

I don't have pictures, but the car is white with California plates#

4XNS606. Car is all stock with chrome license plate frames with the bmw logo. Beige interior.

Car is stolen from San Jose, CA at the Walmart shopping center on 777 Story Road.

William

Emma Ward wrote:

Reply to
weng94

How did they steal it - with a tow truck? In the UK cars of that age have an immobiliser that it's near impossible to defeat.

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

That sucks plain and simple- I had a 5.0 Mustang that disappeared one night- no feeling like it in the world. Don't give up on your insurannce just yet -CSAA surprised me when I wrecked my 323is and paid me well over what I paid for it. Have faith everything is going to be ok.

DD

Reply to
Disney Dreamer

Not necessarily true.

In the US, Fire, Theft and Collision insurance is not compulsory. Only liability insurance is (medical and damage to others). For many people with older cars it does not make economic sense to carry anything more than the required liability coverage. Additionally, even if one does buy the comprehensive coverage, there are varying optional deductibles. If you have, say a $500 deductible and the car is only worth a few thousand you could very well find yourself unable to buy a "like replacement" with the proceeds.

Reply to
Fred W

Keys in ignition perhaps?

Reply to
R. Mark Clayton

Oh dear. But likely joyriders, then?

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

This is the part I almost didn't want to talk about.

When I was shopping at the store, I have lost my key while I was pulling out other things, like my wallet in my pocket. I didn't realize I lost them until I walked to my car in the parking lot. As soon as I noticed I did not have the keys with me, I went back inside the store, retrace my steps and areas where I may have lost it in, but had no luck.

I checked with front desk and no one has seen it or turned them in. As soon as I walked back out in the parking lot, the car was gone.

William

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Reply to
weng94

This is good news in a couple of ways: 1) Me - and I imagine other owners - are now breathing a bit easier knowing the cars aren't quite that easy to steal. 2) This means your car was likely a theft of opportunity, and it will likely be abandoned as soon as it inconveniences the thieves in some way - like needs gas. It might be sitting somewhere already, waiting for someone to consider it abandoned epbrown

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E Brown

"weng94" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

There are a number of 2002 white 325i s on craigslist.. maybe one is yours!

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Reply to
z

This brings up the question of fitting a tracker device.

I asked by insurance (UK) what discount they would give me if I fitted a tracker to my fairly valuable car. It certainly did not cover the cost of acquisition and fitting. I can't remember if the annual subscription was covered, but the overall impression was that such thefts were not significant in the global insurance costs.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the tracker doesn't always work, e.g. if the car is taken away in a lorry and/or is stored in a covered building?

DAS

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Reply to
Dori A Schmetterling

I have a hypothesis: You may have been distracted or whatever, but you left the keys in the car and went into the store. When you came out of the store and couldn't find the keys in your pocket that was because they were never in your pocket.

But don't let the insurance company hear about my hypothesis... ;-)

Reply to
Fred W

Ah.

But isn't there a difference in market price between a clapped out old hunk and a desirable model fstidiouslky maintained?

And any market value that's fair should allow you to buy another one in roughly the same state, no?

Reply to
Richard Sexton

Well, sure, with insurance you get what you pay for. Sorta.

If it's that old maybe vintage car insurance is the thing to do. ou tanks have it easy there it's had to find up here in Canada (but I did find it. $150/yr for my 633; full replacement value).

Reply to
Richard Sexton

Uh, yeah but aren't chances high it's now red with a balck interior and in Brazil? Or that the body panels now grace the chassis of some mobsters car in Moscow?

Reply to
Richard Sexton

That wasn't my first thought. Chop shop in Tijuana.

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Richard Sexton

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