I posted this on a BMW M3 board, and figured i'd share the story here to.
I live in central NJ and I only had my M3 for 8 months.
This Friday I was sick in bed with a fever. Around 3AM I heard what sounded like a tow truck outside my apartment. Diesel engine and chains, but i was too tired and sick to get up and look. Last thing I was thinking that it could have been my car.
I slept in until past noon and woke up feeling a bit better. I was going to go to the mall and when I went outside the car was missing. I imediately called the cops and they responded.
Tuesday at 6:30 am i got a call that the car was recovered and totaled.
I went to go see it in East Orange, NJ. About 45 miles away and a BAD AREA to be in. The Car was totaled in my opinion. This is what appears to have happened. The car was towed out of my development. (i'm guessing cause i heard a tow truck at 3 am, maybe or maybe not) They took a screw driver and pushed in the lock all the way. (The guy at the pound says you can push a lock in on a bmw and wiggle the screwdriver around until it hits a contact, it thinks it's the key and opens the locks.) They then went thru the car and found my vallet key in the owners binder in the glove box. And went joy riding. They had it all day Sat and Sun and then Monday nite crashed it. It appears they went thru wooden pole of a "L" shaped street lamp, then into a chain link fence, skidded along the fence and cracked and knocked over a utility pole on the other side of the fence, and then came off the fence into a tree. The SOB got outta the car and ran, He left the screwdriver he busted in with, his hat, and his keys behind.
Here is a link to pics i took of the car in the pound and the accident scene.
Insurance is going to pay off the lease, but it looks like i'm going to be out $7600+ dollars on what i put down and this months payment. I don't even have the final word that this is a totaled car in the insurance eyes, but i can't see them fixing this. Look at the 2nd pic to see what he did to the rim, the frame has to be way off wack.
Maybe i'm the only idiot out there, but take you vallet keys out of your cars if you have them there.
Here are the pics: http://www.officebuildings.com/m3
I live in central NJ and I only had my M3 for 8 months.
This Friday I was sick in bed with a fever. Around 3AM I heard what sounded like a tow truck outside my apartment. Diesel engine and chains, but i was too tired and sick to get up and look. Last thing I was thinking that it could have been my car.
I slept in until past noon and woke up feeling a bit better. I was going to go to the mall and when I went outside the car was missing. I imediately called the cops and they responded.
Tuesday at 6:30 am i got a call that the car was recovered and totaled.
I went to go see it in East Orange, NJ. About 45 miles away and a BAD AREA to be in. The Car was totaled in my opinion. This is what appears to have happened. The car was towed out of my development. (i'm guessing cause i heard a tow truck at 3 am, maybe or maybe not) They took a screw driver and pushed in the lock all the way. (The guy at the pound says you can push a lock in on a bmw and wiggle the screwdriver around until it hits a contact, it thinks it's the key and opens the locks.) They then went thru the car and found my vallet key in the owners binder in the glove box. And went joy riding. They had it all day Sat and Sun and then Monday nite crashed it. It appears they went thru wooden pole of a "L" shaped street lamp, then into a chain link fence, skidded along the fence and cracked and knocked over a utility pole on the other side of the fence, and then came off the fence into a tree. The SOB got outta the car and ran, He left the screwdriver he busted in with, his hat, and his keys behind.
Here is a link to pics i took of the car in the pound and the accident scene.
Insurance is going to pay off the lease, but it looks like i'm going to be out $7600+ dollars on what i put down and this months payment. I don't even have the final word that this is a totaled car in the insurance eyes, but i can't see them fixing this. Look at the 2nd pic to see what he did to the rim, the frame has to be way off wack.
Maybe i'm the only idiot out there, but take you vallet keys out of your cars if you have them there.
Here are the pics: http://www.officebuildings.com/m3
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