Bury St Edmunds: Audi stolen from garage forecourt

[PhilT]

Just saw this - http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/bury_st_edmu ... _1_2199488

Thieves have stolen a car from a garage forecourt in west Suffolk.

The theft happened when the offenders cut a wire fence to access the forecourt in Skyliner Way, Bury St Edmunds, between 2.30am and 2.45am on May 14.

They then smashed the window of a grey Audi RS4 Quattro Estate, with the registration number OV62 VEW, before driving off with it.

Officers are linking two other offences with the theft.

A garden centre in Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, was targeted at 6.30am the same day.

It had its gates forced open overnight and a sales board and car parts linked to the stolen car were found in the car park.

Later in the day at noon, the front and rear number plates, WP06 VAX, from a grey BMW 118D were removed while it was parked in an industrial estate in Greenwood Court, Bury St Edmunds.

The car had been left in the industrial estate since 5pm on May 10.

Witnesses or anyone with information should call Pc Jonathan Warby at Bury St Edmunds police station on 101.

[scaghead]

Cheers for the heads up phil...maybe worth posting in the b8 forum ...

[sync24]

Forgive my ignorance - "driving off with it" - Doe this mean on the back of a trailer or actually driving it - if so how they do that without the keys? - I thought Audi's would go anywhere without the keys hence why people have their houses broken into and keys stolen.

[RS Owner]

I thought Audi's would NOT go anywhere without the keys

good point

[PhilT]

I thought it was a petrol station forecourt, turns out it's the Audi dealership!!!

http://www.inautonews.com/thieves-stole ... ZkYOLW1Hf4

High-tech thieves managed to steal a grey Audi RS4 Quattro Avant estate two days ago, even if the car was fitted with state-of-the-art anti-theft system.

The thieves cut a whole in the fence of the Bury St Edmunds Audi’s dealership and succeeded in overcoming state-of-the-art anti-theft systems. They entered the grey RS4 Quattro Avant estate, which is fitted with the highest-technology anti-theft system, by breaking the window and drive it away.

Sales manager James Bullivant said: “We’ve still got all the sets of keys here. Apparently there’s a way of getting in if you have the right equipment.”

The police is looking for witnesses and Mr. Bullivant said that since the 450bhp, 155mph four-wheel drive has a powerful engines, someone must surely have heard it even if the incident took place at around 2:45 a.m. The car costs £55,526 new.

“They’ve caused me a real headache because they cut a big hole in the fence and now we’re having to bring everything in at night,” said Bullivant.

The same morning, the police discovered that the gates from a garden centre in Colethorpe Lane, Barrow had been forced open and found in the garden the sales board and car parts from an Audi. The same day the front and rear number plates from a grey BMW 118D were discovered in a car park in Greenwood Court, Bury St Edmunds.

[Bacardi Jo]

I thought it was a petrol station forecourt, turns out it's the Audi dealership!!!

http://www.inautonews.com/thieves-stole ... ZkYOLW1Hf4

High-tech thieves managed to steal a grey Audi RS4 Quattro Avant estate two days ago, even if the car was fitted with state-of-the-art anti-theft system.

The thieves cut a whole in the fence of the Bury St Edmunds Audi’s dealership and succeeded in overcoming state-of-the-art anti-theft systems. They entered the grey RS4 Quattro Avant estate, which is fitted with the highest-technology anti-theft system, by breaking the window and drive it away.

Sales manager James Bullivant said: “We’ve still got all the sets of keys here. Apparently there’s a way of getting in if you have the right equipment.”

The police is looking for witnesses and Mr. Bullivant said that since the 450bhp, 155mph four-wheel drive has a powerful engines, someone must surely have heard it even if the incident took place at around 2:45 a.m. The car costs £55,526 new.

“They’ve caused me a real headache because they cut a big hole in the fence and now we’re having to bring everything in at night,” said Bullivant.

The same morning, the police discovered that the gates from a garden centre in Colethorpe Lane, Barrow had been forced open and found in the garden the sales board and car parts from an Audi. The same day the front and rear number plates from a grey BMW 118D were discovered in a car park in Greenwood Court, Bury St Edmunds.

Same dealership as i bought my S4 from.

[sonny]

Same dealership I bought my RS4 from over 6 years ago.

[Audi Pardner]

Got to have been taken with the keys surely. Might have been with the plastic key that's often missing when a car's traded in

[K7ngy]

Lucky I picked my RS4 up the day before from the same dealer!!!! Albeit not quite that new.

[RichT128]

There is an issue on cars with electronic keys (rather tHan old fashioned ones) where the thieves can break one window, access a port and get the entry codes then programme a new key - takes less than 90 seconds. BMW have had an issue w ith this and can't see a way to stop it, they denied the issue until some lad from Sutton coldfield captured his car (m-something or other i think) being stolen on camera - it's on you tube somewhere

[Graeme4130]

There is an issue on cars with electronic keys (rather tHan old fashioned ones) where the thieves can break one window, access a port and get the entry codes then programme a new key - takes less than 90 seconds. BMW have had an issue w ith this and can't see a way to stop it, they denied the issue until some lad from Sutton coldfield captured his car (m-something or other i think) being stolen on camera - it's on you tube somewhere

I think that was a BMW only issue as there was a level of code encryption missing from their software
As far as I understand, Audi's don't use the same encryption programme, so should be ok
That incident was a tad embarrassing for BMW at the time

[neckarsulm]

As far as I understand, Audi's don't use the same encryption programme, so should be ok

So how did they do it?
Maybe it was an inside job and the window was broken to look like it wasn't nicked with the keys?
One for Jonathan Creek (he's based in Suffolk)

Or maybe they hacked the Audi encryption? Costs £50k to hack it and once done EVERY VW Group car is easy pickings. Get one RS4 and it's paid for itself;

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1085 ... p-vehicles

This really is one to watch because if these cars are going without the keys I'd have to think carefully about buying one, you wouldn't be able to leave it anywhere.