[magic77]

Originally Posted by Steve748

The only mod needed Another photoshopped plate You obviously are not proud enough of your plate to share it with us

Not case of sharing having been cloned once before on an old car I now make sure I dont ever upload pics with a number plate, too easy for some WNK to sweap my website or host and find pics of cars with plates,

[SiKkBaSs]

New E90 is pure WIN,

good job on the purchase

[Steve748]

Originally Posted by magic77

Not case of sharing having been cloned once before on an old car I now make sure I dont ever upload pics with a number plate, too easy for some WNK to sweap my website or host and find pics of cars with plates,

Hmmm, I would have thought it easier to do that by looking for a car to clone on the roads rather than spending weeks looking through forums.

anyway it's a bit harder now to clone cars ever since it was made harder to obtain plates that you don't have legal title to..............

[willhollin]

Originally Posted by Steve748

Hmmm, I would have thought it easier to do that by looking for a car to clone on the roads rather than spending weeks looking through forums.

It's a bit harder now to clone cars ever since it was made harder to obtain plates that you don't have legal title to..............

There is an E92 320d black sapphire in Worcestershire on cloned plates carrying out distraction burglaries at the moment. For the time it takes to block out the number plate I think it makes sense.

Oh what a lovely world we live in these days.

[magic77]

its not hard to get fake plates while its now official illegal to even make show plates in UK theres plenty of ways to get some its always safest to not display it as you never know,

I've know of dealers searching throug forums to get out of warranty repairs no reason why a determined band of crooks wouldnt do the same in order to clone a car far easier can be done from comfort of home

[Steve748]

Originally Posted by magic77

I've know of dealers searching through forums to get out of warranty repairs no reason why a determined band of crooks wouldnt do the same in order to clone a car far easier can be done from comfort of home

Hang on, so are you telling me that the BMW dealers search forums to find out if the guy in front of them has been/done something that would give them a reason for not getting something fixed? How could they tie the two together?

Originally Posted by willhollin

There is an E92 320d black sapphire in Worcestershire on cloned plates carrying out distraction burglaries at the moment. For the time it takes to block out the number plate I think it makes sense.
Oh what a lovely world we live in these days.

You seem to know a lot about it! They got the reg number from a forum too?

[willhollin]

Originally Posted by Steve748

You seem to know a lot about it! They got the reg number from a forum too?

One of my customer's was a victim of it, it was not the first time it had happened in the area according to the local Police.

I don't know where they got the number plate from, but they obviously had to find a matching one for the car that they had stolen, as a number plate search brings up the exact make and model.

Easiest way to find these number plates would obviously be the BMW approved used site or Autotrader.

The point I was making that it takes very little time to delete the registration from any photos posted, so makes sense to do so just in case.

[beemerbird]

Originally Posted by willhollin

I don't know where they got the number plate from, but they obviously had to find a matching one for the car that they had stolen, as a number plate search brings up the exact make and model.

Easiest way to find these number plates would obviously be the BMW approved used site or Autotrader.

The point I was making that it takes very little time to delete the registration from any photos posted, so makes sense to do so just in case.

+1 Will, I too have been told of this and even easier on de-badged models (number of exhausts withstanding). Interesting what you find out.

[Dr Dave]

Originally Posted by Steve748

Hang on, so are you telling me that the BMW dealers search forums to find out if the guy in front of them has been/done something that would give them a reason for not getting something fixed? How could they tie the two together?

Yes, it does/has happened on other motoring forums too - suprisingly.

[magic77]

in the past on a vag forum it was proven as dealer got caught out at one point them going through posts to see if cars been remapped etc in order not to caugh up warranty