Hi all
I was woken up this morning at 03:05 to the sound of my car alarm. I saw two blokes with caps on trying to steal my car.
After charging outside to disturb the thieves, they took off. I looked at the damage and noticed my steering wheel had been stolen.
According to police, there is a huge surge in steering wheel theft as there is a global shortage of airbags, hence the steering wheels are being stolen and sold to garages who then fit them to cars that require new airbags.
The car also had a disklock on the wheel which made no difference.
I have heard of a potential remedy where you can replace the bolt under the steering column with a different type of bolt (eg a torx or some kind of unique bolt that thieves are unlikely to carry tools for eg size 7 Allen key).
Car is a bmw M6, apparently all BMWs are being targeted.
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