I'm only in the office for 20 minutes to-day and then not for a fortnight - Empeg BBS, before work! So I haven't read the whole thread, If somebody else has pointed this out, I apologise.
Consumer programmes in the UK (Watchdog and one other) have been featuring the scandal of how thieves know to break in to Volkswagens, the police know all about it here, but Volkswagen won't admit to it.