My wife's retirement car was an Electric Blue Cooper (Union Jack roof)
LJ57SRX and it was stolen from the driveway last week
It was a Mk.2 with the keyfob/immobiliser, the drive is overlooked by three houses, there was no broken glass, and the car was seen on a police traffic camera at 12:45 a.m. driving towards Portsmouth. The car was bought 2nd hand from a London dealership (6 months ago) and was serviced just recently at the local BMW/Mini franchise.
Our (and police's) assumption is that the thief must have had a key. Both of our keys were safe and sound. So in checking with MINI UK, a third key had been registered by the dealership 3 days before delivery of the car. In challenging them over the key issue, they claim it was done because a key had 'gone missing', but were unable to say whether the missing one had been deactivated
In discussions I have found out that another insurance company had some issues with the dealer over a loss of a BMW.
If there was an active key in circulation then this could have clearly been passed on and used. The Sales Director said to me that you can also clone keyfob transponder keys. In looking at the web there are Chinese keyfob copiers advertised, does anyone out there know whether a Mk.2 keyfob can be cloned by one of these machines or by any other means (to avoid a record on the MINI/BMW database)?
Thanks in advance for your help and if you see my wife's car, please let me know
