Another aggravated RS4 theft

Post by **FatBoy** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:44 pm

A mate of mine had the same thing happen to him a couple of weeks ago in the same area. It was late on a Friday evening, when 4 guys burst into his house and demanded the keys to his Scooby at ..GUNPOINT !!
His car was found less than an hour later with Tracker after it ran out of fuel.

Paul

Post by **chrisa1** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:25 pm

johneroberts wrote: Yeah its weird that we got those letters the other day about the Key thing to original RS4 owners.
jr

What letter ?

I never got one.....

And I live in West Yorkshire.

Sorry to hear about this Andy. This appears to be a growing trend i'm afraid. The only consolation that I can give is that these type of thieves are not just after RS4's. I hope you have not been too traumatised about the whole episode. All the best.

Post by **excursion** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 11:11 pm

Really sorry to hear about what happned, it's awful.

You've gotta question our justice system, and why people aren't more afraid to do this kind of thing.

Post by **Tomson** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:05 am

Guys,

I have started a thread in the Electrical section regarding Alarms and tracking devices and would love to know what people use....

http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... ic&t=45991

Espeically James, your system sounds amazing.

Tomson

Post by **johneroberts** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:22 am

Err this letter

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Cheers
jr

Post by **Bushy** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:13 am

yep, recieved mine on Saturday

Post by **Taipan** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:48 am

Any chance I could get a pm copy of the attached Police letter about vehicule security incentive ?

For my personal use, will not post it here or on AP.

Thanks,

Eric

Post by **chrisa1** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:14 pm

Thanks for the Post John. I finally got the letter this morning.

Post by **JohnW** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:39 pm

No letter for me as yet

JR, is there anything in the attached advice note that in your opinion would be worth a read and is not just common sense ?

Just rang Audi UK and it seems we will not all be getting a letter.
They have searched the Db and only sending letter to those they feel are 'at risk'.
Not sure what that means exactly - live in a high risk area ?

I also asked about the plastic key and was told it does indeed have a chip in it,
as Dog (I think) confirmed.

Hmm, got me worried now

Cheers,
John.

Post by **Chubby** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:17 pm

Sorry to hear about your unfortunate loss.

Its about time the Gov. stood up and started to do something about these gits.

Will keep eyes peeled, as I'm always around your area.

Good luck,

R.

Post by **TarmacTerrorist** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:42 pm

JohnW wrote: Just rang Audi UK and it seems we will not all be getting a letter.
They have searched the Db and only sending letter to those they feel are 'at risk'.

I imagine that Audi have sat around a table and decided it would probably be bad for future buisness if they put the 'willy's' up all of there existing customers. Would like to know how they have decicded where is and where isn't a high risk area though?

Post by **TarmacTerrorist** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:11 pm

Reading the heading letter, it makes me wonder if the traffic cops have been given any instructions to pull over and vechile check all RS cars they see on their travels?

Anyone been needlessly stopped recently??

Post by **Brooner** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:03 pm

Sorry to hear the news. i've just got back to see the letter, but the main thing is you are alright. think we need to invest in a electric shock alarm system to fry the buggers if they attempt to seal the car.
again hope everone is ok and that you'll get over the shock.

Post by **Nige_RS4** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:52 pm

Mmmm, the Audi letter got me thinking .... what if the crook b****ards got hold of a copy of the Audi RS4 database !!!

Scary stuff !

Post by **Golich** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 6:45 pm

This key issue is puzzling me. I remember that when I got a new dash pod which allegedly contains the imobilser. I received new keys along with it. (I had to get an updated immobiliser to suit a revised ECU) anyway I had to have all the keys reprogrammed and got the Germany fax chat too. When they did this they only programmed one of the flip keys and some time later when I tried the unprogrammed flip key I could open the car with the remote but it wouldn't start the car?

So how have these scumbags managed to get past this?

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