[Carl99]

Are new BMW cars still being stolen because of flaws in Comfort Access or is this now no longer an issue?

[paulockenden]

Hasn’t been an issue for many years.

[lnlyssg]

https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2015940 has a good discussion on the security of it

[Martsatart]

My 2020 G21 m340i disappeared off my drive 2 years ago
Its replacement (a 2021 G21 330i ) has a disklok on it every night!
no idea if the security has improved since

[IfSh3r]

I've always used a Faraday pouch for my last four cars (Audi, BMW). Discretion being a better part of...

[Tommo3]

It is the way of the UK I'm afraid. Everything from cars to motorbikes and even lawnmowers need to be locked down.
Doesn't happen in France or Germany to the same extent yet.

[johno]

Originally Posted by Tommo3

It is the way of the UK I'm afraid. Everything from cars to motorbikes and even lawnmowers need to be locked down.
Doesn't happen in France or Germany to the same extent yet.

A quick google search shows that France is substantially worse than the UK for car theft, unless things have changed dramatically in the last couple of years.

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/08/2...for-car-theft/

I didn't find any data for lawn mowers.

[AlfaM]

It’s not all of the UK either. Had ‘risky’ cars all my life, Cosworths, Scoobies early on and various Mercs and BMWs, never had any issues, but I’ve never lived in any of the hotspots.

[Tommo3]

Originally Posted by johno

A quick google search shows that France is substantially worse than the UK for car theft, unless things have changed dramatically in the last couple of years.

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/08/2...for-car-theft/

I didn't find any data for lawn mowers.

A Google search is no substitute for having lived for 20 years in the UK 20 years in Germany and 20 years in France.

[AlfaM]

Originally Posted by Tommo3

A Google search is no substitute for having lived for 20 years in the UK 20 years in Germany and 20 years in France.

There were 70,649 cars stolen in France in 2023 vs 64,087 in the UK - so I’d say France is worse than the UK for car thefts.

[paulockenden]

Originally Posted by Tommo3

A Google search is no substitute for having lived for 20 years in the UK 20 years in Germany and 20 years in France.

So you’re comparing each country decades apart?

[AlfaM]

Originally Posted by paulockenden

So you’re comparing each country decades apart?

To be fair there was a spate of car aerial vandalism in the late 70s

[paulockenden]

Originally Posted by AlfaM

To be fair there was a spate of car aerial vandalism in the late 70s

And don’t forget the Beastie Boys VW badge thing in the late ‘80s.

[AlfaM]

Originally Posted by paulockenden

And don’t forget the Beastie Boys VW badge thing in the late ‘80s.

Forgot all about that! They ended up giving them away for free to stop people nicking them!

[Funboy78]

I’d say it’s irrelevant……. No matter you live, there are just nobs!!
In my area (supposedly upmarket), my road and behind, 5 x BMWs were knicked in 1 night! I got told this when I moved in and arrived in my, then, M340 and told to be careful

I leave my RS keys at the back door, no pouch, nothing. Let them take it, couldn’t give a t*ss, rather they take it and go than enter the house with family or escalate unnecessarily.