your comment about a vehicle being stolen and then being offered up for sale. a couple of years ago my brother inlaw had his series 2 stolen it stood our as it was fire engine red with loads of special features added inside it had a custom dash made anyway to cut along story short 2 years went by and nothing then suddenly we saw one the same but in yellow the seller posted pictures of it with the inside and there it was the custom made dash still in it and as he made all the bits himself it stood out, they removed the bits to paint it and put it all back but they come unstuck as there were sertain bits he made and he could name every bit of work and say how it was done he got it back after 3 years 6 months .. buthe was lucky nearly all are stripped for parts then go abroad the police found 11 containers full of stolen parts at the docks ready to go i live out in the sticks and we have had 12 go in less than a year