Stolen Z3

JOHN Bailey

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I am sad to be joining here on the day my beautiful, red Z3 has been stolen
1996 65k miles, real roll bar, supercharger. Boo Hoo, a dream come true for my 68th birthday last june.
Stolen down town Northampton, MA right in the center of town. I've been told that the super charger would be the first part to be sold off. Is this one of the sort of cars, even though it's 21 years old, to be loaded onto ships for Saudi Arabia? I can't seem to get a p[picture here, but, you know the RED
 

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Low Rider

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Hello and welcome.
I'm sorry to hear your news
 

ZTec

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I'm gutted for you, looks a lovely car. :(
 

andyglym

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A sad welcome to the forum from West Cumbria, England. That's not good mate :arghh: I wouldn't have thought she's of to Saudi, more likely stolen to order for the parts as it's worth more in parts than a whole car. A new supercharger goes from $4000 - $8000 so worth a few $$ second hand I suspect. You looking for another?
 

BMBabe

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Oh no I am sooo sorry to hear this!! I really really hope your Zed turns up and not to hurt :(
I usually say a big welcome to fellow Zedders but feel it's wrong to say it with your bad news

Here is hoping you get your Zed back in one piece x
 

Antm72

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Sorry to say hello under your sad circumstances hopefully your zed may turn up.
Wishing you the best....
 

DavidM

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Welcome from Ireland! Sorry to hear about your car - hope all works out well in the end - in the meantime it must be a bit of a pain for you - best of luck in the future!!
 

t-tony

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That's a terrible way to introduce yourself John, I hope you get your beautiful car back in one piece and the police catch the scumbag that stole it away from you. Good luck.

Tony.
 

Shelly

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:welcome: I'm really sorry to hear about your Z , I hope you get it back soon :coolsteer)
 

Mint

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Hi @JOHN Bailey, sorry to hear of you bad news, but :welcome: to the forum from me too in Staffordshire, UK.
 

FRANKIE

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I am sad to be joining here on the day my beautiful, red Z3 has been stolen
1996 65k miles, real roll bar, supercharger. Boo Hoo, a dream come true for my 68th birthday last june.
Stolen down town Northampton, MA right in the center of town. I've been told that the super charger would be the first part to be sold off. Is this one of the sort of cars, even though it's 21 years old, to be loaded onto ships for Saudi Arabia? I can't seem to get a p[picture here, but, you know the RED
Welcome to the forum. Sorry about your loss of the car. I'll keep an eye out for it in New Jersey...............Frankie
 

t-tony

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Welcome to the forum. Sorry about your loss of the car. I'll keep an eye out for it in New Jersey...............Frankie
Hey Frankie, pardon my ignorance but is MA Massachusetts? If so not a million miles from you.

Tony.
 

Redline

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Sad to hear bad news by way of an introduction. I was thinking about going out searching as I work just a few miles from Northampton. I then realised you're not in England. Not the same one. Hope your car turns up again.
 

oldcarman

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Hi from Canada and sorry to say but your car is probably in a hundred pieces by now with most sold off. Did you have it serviced lately where they could have had a key made?? Not likely someone just wanting a joy ride though. What brand of supercharger was it as I''m always on eBay looking for one and it might just show up!! JIM
 

Uncle_Clanger

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Hi John and welcome from Northants, awful story mate... Hope its just joyriders and it is found. Disappointed that my towns US namesake has its share of A-holes too :(
 

Randy Forbes

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Besides the usual police reports, you need to post to the facebook Z3 page, and on both the other popular (US based) forums (bimmerfest.com and bimmerforums.com, in their Z3 sections).

Good luck. Too late for this car, but in the future, there are GPS/satellite tracking devices that can be hidden inside cars; you can set a "geo-fence" that will send you an alert if the car gets moved outside a predetermined circle. http://www.rmtracking.com/vehicle_recovery/smart_tracker.php is one such device.
 
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