Car got broken into.

[delatlanta1281]

Atlanta is having some serious issues with car break in's and theft. Two E30 M3 have been stolen in the last three months.

Sorry to hear the bad news.

I heard about the one in Marietta. Sucks.

[Jscotty]

I can't cpomplain, when my stereo got stolen, the thief took the time to tape my 12 volt lead, I wanted to thank him for that, a real pro, he did not break a thing, he stole the stereo and speakers, and i found all the screws in the center console, nice and tidy.
:(

Thanks! That really gave me a good laugh. I mean it's terrible that your radio was stolen but I find the irony of courteous criminals always to be entertaining. Much like that episode of COPS where they were chasing this guy in a high speed pursuit and right before he would make an elusive move, he would put his turn signal on.

Now it could be remotely possible that the individual who removed the radio got your car was legitamately working on someone else's E30 and confused your car with someone else's and it just happened to turn out that the key fit your car too. Tow trucks are always towing away the wrong car, the wrong limbs are always being amputated in hospitals, people are always taking the wrong cell phone, the wrong set of keys, or the wrong jacket.. so very well this could be possible. And now some schmuck is sitting at home with your radio trying to figure out how to explain what happened without getting beat up.

[SchnellerVert]

Atlanta is having some serious issues with car break in's and theft. Two E30 M3 have been stolen in the last three months.

Sorry to hear the bad news.

[jimsill]

On the topic of professional theives, I had my quarter glass smashed and a breifcase taken off my front seat filled with paper work and assorted business papers of no value to anyone but me, and the guy actually dropped it off at a post office. I received a call 2 days later to come pick it up. Couldnt fucking beleive it.

[KangamangusDriver]

Bummer, bastards!

When I totalled my car it sat at my work, bastards broke the drivers window.

Luckily I had removed all my audio, PS2, radar, Sat Radio.
Only thing left was the screen mounted in my console and rear speakers,
that they didnt take.

So just a broken window for me, must of ran out of time.

[mtechnik]

Oh my sorry to hear about and see the ravage done to your car Del,

Whhhhhhhhhy????????? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy..

[delatlanta1281]

yeah that's whats weird. Nothing is on, there is a lead wire that isn't connected though..... It has one connector in a white female clip. I think that is the problem, but I don't know where the hell to hook it back up!

[kommissar]

OBC Lights

Besides that slice in my dash everything is fixable.
My obc is working but won't light. It was lit before I replaced everything, but now it is dark...... On a positive note, I replaced the hvac bulbs finally! So that's good.

Welll you could swap dashes if you really wanted to do all that work.

On the OBC there is a white tab on the right side that you can pull out to get at the light bulbs. You can get new bulbs or just buy a new light bar (part 4 in the diagram). There is also a light bulb in the back of the device that illuminates the buttons.

[turbo_negro69]

I can't cpomplain, when my stereo got stolen, the thief took the time to tape my 12 volt lead, I wanted to thank him for that, a real pro, he did not break a thing, he stole the stereo and speakers, and i found all the screws in the center console, nice and tidy.

He needed about 30 minutes at the most, I went to a friend's house and stayed there for half an hour, when i came out i found my car locked and without stereo and speakers.

as i said, a real pro. (i hate him anyway) :(

ROFLMMAO!!!!!!!
:rofl: :rofl: :D :D


sorry but thats the only instance of a tidy and courteous thief that ive ever heard of.

[ivo316]

I can't cpomplain, when my stereo got stolen, the thief took the time to tape my 12 volt lead, I wanted to thank him for that, a real pro, he did not break a thing, he stole the stereo and speakers, and i found all the screws in the center console, nice and tidy.

He needed about 30 minutes at the most, I went to a friend's house and stayed there for half an hour, when i came out i found my car locked and without stereo and speakers.

as i said, a real pro. (i hate him anyway) :(

[Spencer]

excuse my ignorance but what in the world is double locking. i feel retarded, i feel like my car is either locked or unlocked. how do i double lock it?

At the drivers side door turn key 90deg to lock the car and pull key out (leaving lock at 90deg). This prevents the door from being unlocked from the inside (ie if someone broke the glass and tried to unlock your door). You could also use this feature to lock someone inside your car :-)

Good job on the fast repair delatlanta!

[turbo_negro69]

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
godamned theives. that always pisses me off when deystroy the entire console/dash for a F*CKING stereo. bastards!

[delatlanta1281]

here are some pics




Besides that slice in my dash everything is fixable.
In fact I went to Pull-a-part today and for $27 I got two hvac consoles, a new ebrake console, an ashtray, and 3 quarter glass latches! All is re installed except the stereo (I have a new one on the way). My obc is working but won't light. It was lit before I replaced everything, but now it is dark...... On a positive note, I replaced the hvac bulbs finally! So that's good.

[turbo_negro69]

3 cd's= $20
change in the ashtray= $0.90
a cookie= priceless

EXACTLY!!!!!!!

[Rennsport]

thats why i ALWAYS remove the face to my stereo.
the one night that left the face in the glovebox they broke into my car and stole: some cd jewel cases (empty), 3 cd's (crappy), a cookie i had in the glove box, like $0.90 i had in the ashtray and a flashlight in my map pocket. they left the stereo face in the center console, a wallet with 150 cd's under the passenger seat, and my iPod between the seats!. now I leave absolutly nothing of value in my car or anything that LOOKS valuable in plain site.




that cookie must have been awesome..........bastard!

3 cd's= $20
change in the ashtray= $0.90
a cookie= priceless