RS4 seats stolen Battersea SW London

[kd]

Woke up to window smashed, damage to paintwork and trim and seats gone!! Both seats had the covers on that some of you have got. I guess through the covers you know if they are the buckets or not. Happened between 7pm and 11am. If anyone comes across them with two new covers you know where they came from. They left the steering wheel surprisingly and pulled the wires from the lights where the sunroof control is.. shredded the interior trim and a few deep scratches to bodywork, took nothing else including my tools in the back. Drives me mad!! just a month ago had the seats professionally fixed where the bolsters had worn slightly and was about to put the pics up of the before and after....they did an amazing job too

[sar]

fuckin bastards gutted for you mate, unfortunately looks like it will be written off

[The_Coat]

Not good

These hunts need their hands cutting off!!!!

[kd]

Yeah they really went for it, not sure if they keyed the back panel or it scratched moving the seats but there are two scratches on the bumper to the side panel. Anyone know what seat prices are? would this right the car off? just had a call from the company assigned by the insurance company to access the damage and they reckon they can not get a flatbed until tomorrow. I asked him what happens to the car overnight and he got snotty. Think better see what the insurance company says, with a broken window its just ripe pickings. Drives me mad that you work hard to enjoy these cars and I had a roadtrip planned this weekend to enjoy the drive and some c***s without a brain damage a car like this.

[Outtlaw]

Feel sorry for you mate, fingers crossed its not written off. Peter

[TimDogg]

To be honest I think the insurance company will probably write the car off as the seats are not made anymore - see if you can find an accident damaged one and get the seats from that - there is a thread about locking the seat bolts but that wouldn't have stopped them breaking in and wrecking the interior.

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/rs4-forum- ... riors.html

http://forum.rs246.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=98337

[coffey555]

Really sorry to hear about your seats, unfortunately this seems to be becoming more and more common across the U.K.

If you can find a second hand set of bucket seats, expect to pay roughly around £2,000 for them which is what I paid a couple of months back from a guy on this forum. He had his originals stolen in exactly the same way from your neck of the woods.

There was a company on ebay selling new RS4/R8 ones a few weeks back but they were about £5,500.

Recaro CS's are always an option? I also know of a pair of RS4 comfort seats that will be coming up for sale in 4 weeks.

[toyneg]

stuff like this makes my blood boil - really feel for you bud

[Noyjatat]

Gutted for you buddy, cannot put into words how <beep> this is.

Gaz

[MartayMcFly]

I seem to remember a set of Pole Positions in the classifieds not too long ago, worth considering as a replacement if you can't find OEM ones. Or even something like S5 seats?

[PJC]

Sonny had a set of Pole positions for sale.

[PJC]

Feel for the OP too

[kd]

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated. Will see what the insurance company come back with and maybe change them for another type of seat, wasnt planning on that as I would be looking to change car in a year or so and having a different seat may put people off? not sure?

In terms of insurance, and excuse my ignorance, if they say its a right off or we can not supply the seats do they just give you book value for the car or at that stage I can offer to say I will source the seats? Been lucky so far so haven't had to deal with car insurance claims until now.

Very gutted scum can physically ruin your car like this.... shows how attached you get to your pride and joy. When most seats get stolen is this the way its done? dragged out the window or were these guys just chancers?

[kd]

Just a quick question, the insurance company gave their local approved bodyshop where the car will be checked. I asked if it can be sent to Audi and they said if i insisted on it but I would not get a free car for the duration of the repair. I'm not that fussed on a hire car as I can do without if needed, but would you ask for the car to go into Audi or one of their approved centres?

[RS4pete]

Just bought back a written off car and its pretty simple.

They offer you an amount as an insurance payout - haggle as much as possible to increase their offer. Normally a look through P/H or autotrader will provide examples of cars similar to yours from which you can use to prove the valve.

Once you accept their payment you can agree a buy back price (as long as its a Cat C or D write off you can buy it back- Cat A must be scrapped and Cat B can only be purchased by breakers)- In my case the car was a Cat C so they wanted 25% of the payout to buy the car back. ie They gave me an 8K payout and it cost 2K to buy it back.

Fix the car, it should cost a lot less than the estimates they receive as you can use second hand parts to fix.

There's no requirement to MOT the car (if it has an existing MOT) to get it back on the road. You can get a VIC check to confirm the vehicles identity (costs £40) you don't 'need' the VIC check but you wont get automatic tax reminder in the post and i guess it may be more difficult to sell on as and when. The only thing you MUST do to get it back on the road is inform the insurance company. Most insurance company's will insure a written off car but there is a couple that wont.

It can be quite a good deal to buy back depending on circumstance but do the math first.

On the bodyshop, i very much doubt it'll be fixed so it won't really matter. However as i understand it the higher the quote to fix the greater chance it'll be a Cat C write-off. So going to Audi will probably increase the cost to fix and therefore chance of being a Cat C.

Gutted for you