>That's very obviously an anti-theft measure to deter casual smash and grab jobs. Torx head, sure. Two different size Torx? I mean, fine. Three? Now the crowba

>That's very obviously an anti-theft measure to deter casual smash and grab jobs. Torx head, sure. Two different size Torx? I mean, fine. Three? Now the crowbar comes out, and they've ruined your entire interior. I say this as someone who lives on a street that has had a lot of smash and grabs, before my wife and I began weekly garbage cleanups & installed a very visible camera on our building facade. In many cases with BMW/Mini, I would contend that it's very obviously a deterrent from having you do casual work on your own car, and pushing you into their service model. By comparison, Hyundai publishes their service manuals online in their entirety, for free - or at least they did in the 2000s when I was driving that car.