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RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:58 am
by PhilT
"The Audi RS5 was travelling so fast that a police helicopter struggled to keep pace with it"
"a crude respray, which changed colour from silver to black"
“Despite the BMW being a powerful car, it was absolutely no match for the Audi.”
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/crim ... ourt-told/
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:40 am
by adsgreen
But still got caught...
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:40 am
by sonny
adsgreen wrote:But still got caught...
...and the law won.
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:26 am
by adsgreen
I've always thought that best way to avoid helicopters would be to find the busiest shopping centre I could, into the car park and into the building.
Maybe with added shouting of "He's got a gun!" to get some crowd panic...
Never had the need to try it though
Kinda like if you shout "we're all going to die!" in a library everybody just gets cross... Do the same in an aeroplane and everybody else joins in!

Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:33 am
by bam_bam
Seems an unlikely raiding car... a C6 RS6 avant, yep.
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:57 am
by AdrianD
sonny wrote:adsgreen wrote:But still got caught...
...and the law won.
This time, however how many times do they get away and it goes unreported?
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:59 am
by Nickyboy
adsgreen wrote:I've always thought that best way to avoid helicopters would be to find the busiest shopping centre I could, into the car park and into the building.
Maybe with added shouting of "He's got a gun!" to get some crowd panic...
Never had the need to try it though
Kinda like if you shout "we're all going to die!" in a library everybody just gets cross... Do the same in an aeroplane and everybody else joins in!

I love how you've thought about it. If ever I need to do it I will take your advice.
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:24 pm
by Bacardi Jo
bam_bam wrote:Seems an unlikely raiding car... a C6 RS6 avant, yep.
same area this time an EVO .RS5 faster and handles better zoom in on the photo and see the end result
http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/20 ... peed-chase
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:00 pm
by John Johnson
<beep> , you would get more woodbines in an rs6 over the rs5 .... Everyone knows that
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:55 pm
by gdavison
PhilT wrote:
"a crude respray, which changed colour from silver to black"
Must have been into an Audi Dealer then ???

Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:36 am
by chunky79
Sadly not too far away from me.
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:19 pm
by RSDave
Obviously the limiter is very weak or its been de-restricted, to be able to do 180?
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:46 pm
by neckarsulm
you can pay for derestriction - it in the ad of the cheapest one for sale (£38k)
Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:01 pm
by RSDave
Its actually not a derestriction, simply a raised 'limiter' to 174 Mph not 180, derestricted by MTM it does 188MPH......

Re: RS5 used for cigarette raids
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:31 am
by stu
Has anyone actually found their car to have a 155 limiter? Anyone I've ever seen posting about their high speed shenanigans always appear to be significantly over the 155 mark, making me wonder if it's just an 'on paper' limit.