The local BMW stores their excess inventory right behind my work. Over the weekend 2 of the brand new 3 series got their wheels jacked. Both cars are sitting on wooden pallets but because the pallets are not big enough the rotors are touching the ground on the other side. Ouch. Now that's a lowered vehicle



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how they're stored now

 

Times must be tough crooks can't afford cinder blocks anymore !!

 

When I worked for BMW, stolen wheels was a common occurrence, you would be amazed to see a car drive on it's rotors or at least get pulled up a flat bed on the rotors, painful to see and hear

 

I'll bet that thing doesnt have 4 piston big brakes on the front like the LS.

 

damn...they had a lot of *****...at the dealership...no security?

 

No security at all. No cameras, nothing. If I know how to break into cars, I would guess I could of "borrow" one for a month and they wouldn't even know one is missing out of 30 of them sitting in the overflow lot, then bring it back with 10k miles on it

 

which dealer was this!? looks like possibly a new 335i sedan...

 

wow....that is very sad.....I wonder if they had wheel locks on them...hmm

 

No wheel locks on any of them. What's even more sad it that all the cars are still sitting out there. They did get a little bit smart and parked the cars tightly side by side so no space between them but still leaves the cars at the end exposed.

It is too bad people stoop that low to steal wheels.

 

I thought the 3-series were selling like hot cakes?

Sad sight to behold though.

 

Our local BMW shop has attack-trained German Shepards they keep in a big cage during the day, then let them out at night (within the dealer fence-borders) when the place closes. Stolen wheels, there, are NOT a problem. Those dogs, trust me, would scare off a grizzly bear.

 

I wonder if that X6 posted a couple weeks back was at the same dealer... haha

 

There's some 5 series there now too. Sometimes you get a couple 6 and 7 series .

 

I thought all BMWs (and Lexus) came with locking wheel nuts?

 

No, they're actually optional. My Lexus dealer doesn't order any cars without them, but my BMW dealer does.