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Another w140 has been stolen and dumped at the local shops around my area.

I find it interesting that, now that w140's are so utterly worthless that they can be purchased by teenagers, they are being insured and "stolen". Call me a cynic but i think its far too coincidental that these cars are showing up dumped all the time and their insurable value is much higher than what their actually selling for.

Food for thought.

S-class's being dumped is disturbing in its own right, but for insurance fraud?? Please, just use a nissan or something else no one cares about... 

I wouldn't be surprised if it was insurance fraud.
Some years ago, early in the morning, we heard a series of loud explosions. It turns out some jerk had stolen a W210 E-Class, dumped it in the carpark and set it alight after doing burnouts all over the place. It ended in a pile of molten plastic and sheetmetal... the bitumen was incinerated beneath it. Some people have no respect.

Tim

Having just read something about how hitech these were, it is a wonder they could be stolen without leaving the keys in the ignition! Maybe insurance guys don't look into those things?

Indeed, you would need the keys. These days people break into your house, grab the keys and steal your car(s).

Tim

well jurgen schremp, he of ex rsa mbsa and db Ho in germany parked his S600,bullet proof, with the latest high tech tracking system, and when he came back 15 mins later, the car was stolen.not to be found.
even with the infrared keys, these b*ggers can still steal the cars.
dont know how, but they do

Phone a Mercedes dealer, present a "German" registration and "German/International driver's license that has the same name as the original registered owner and any dealership in the USA will MAIL you a new key.

NOBODY knows what international documents look like - it has been over 15 years since I've seen anything but a Canadian plate in the Midwest, and we have a BIG Mercedes dealer in our town of approx 300,000 people.

Just to get the language issue off the phone they'd probably throw in the key to the owner's house too.  Nobody in the USA can understand why anyone would ever bother to learn a language.  They think English is a genetic characteristic like a bird call.