STOLEN RS3

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STOLEN RS3

Post by Bacardi Jo » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:29 pm

Just seen on local news [central news]RS3 stolen at knifepoint from the NEC, video from the police car after they located it by tracker then ramming police car trying to escape .
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Post by HYFR » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:45 pm

Tbh I'm not suprised
These are the next B7 RS 4 avants as preferred gettaway cars

Stupid fast as a road car, 5doors and a estate boot.

I would expect more

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Re: STOLEN RS3

Post by Bacardi Jo » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:09 pm

4:01PM, THU 17 JAN 2013
Police car rammed after car jacking
Last updated Thu 17 Jan 2013
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A police car was rammed after a carjacking at the Birmingham NEC last night.

Two masked men threatened the owner of a black Audi RS3 with a knife as he returned to his vehicle outside the Hilton Metropole Hotel.

The thieves sped off in the stolen car along the A45 towards Birmingham, but the car was fitted with a tracker and was quickly located by the police.

As officers approached, the Audi rammed the patrol car, leaving it unable to continue the pursuit.

Detectives are now appealing for witnesses to come forward to help in the search for those responsible.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 14mouQV18Y

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Post by geek » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:43 pm

D_K wrote:Tbh I'm not suprised
These are the next B7 RS 4 avants as preferred gettaway cars

Stupid fast as a road car, 5doors and a estate boot.

I would expect more
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Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:23 pm

Pretty scary stuff

But very common in that part of the country I am afraid

They will probably get sentenced to 3 or maybe 4


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Re: STOLEN RS3

Post by chunky79 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:08 pm

Dave_Hedgehog wrote:Pretty scary stuff

But very common in that part of the country I am afraid

They will probably get sentenced to 3 or maybe 4


Hours community service .....
Yep, sadly a lot of scumbags around here. God knows why they went down the A45 and didn't hit either of the 3 motorways.
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Re: STOLEN RS3

Post by neckarsulm » Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:50 pm

They had barely left the NEC when the Police found them, Clock Lane is very close by.
Glad the Police at least had a go although the road was a narrow dead end so not exactly had to contain them in
(see map below).

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q= ... d=0CHYQtgM

Looks like they recovered it
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vi ... ar-1542823

The big problem with the RS3 is that there a lot of little chavs driving early 8P A3s and even S3s who are a ready market for stolen body and trim parts - same happened with the Mk4 R32 when it came out.
I don't think this was such an issue with the B7, they were just great heist cars.
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Post by max_b » Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:00 pm

neckarsulm wrote: The big problem with the RS3 is that there a lot of little chavs driving early 8P A3s and even S3s who are a ready market for stolen body and trim parts - same happened with the Mk4 R32 when it came out.
I don't think this was such an issue with the B7, they were just great heist cars.
Bit of a poor show by the bib imo, dead end street and the tea leaves still managed to get away :bash:
At least the car was recovered, had it not been I'm sure parts of it would have been all over different A3's around Brum like Necks says
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Re: STOLEN RS3

Post by lofty » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:04 pm

Not sure what type of Audi they stole but they won't be doing it again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-21377614

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Re: STOLEN RS3

Post by Bacardi Jo » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:39 pm

Its an S4 .See post in B8 S4 section
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Post by RS6chris! » Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:08 pm

Two less scum.

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Feel sorry for the homeowners and innocent people's cars that were wrecked of course.
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Post by Markmyatt7 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:15 pm

I live 10 mins from NEC. Just picked up B7 RS4 today - thank god I have a tracker fitted. But I have lived around these parts all my life and this is a rare occurrence around here.
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Re: STOLEN RS3

Post by MikeFish » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:37 pm

Markmyatt7 wrote:I live 10 mins from NEC. Just picked up B7 RS4 today - thank god I have a tracker fitted. But I have lived around these parts all my life and this is a rare occurrence around here.
I don't want to scare you but a Tracker isn't really worth much nowadays. These scumbags can quickly find a disable one or park in underground until they do.

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Post by Markmyatt7 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:45 pm

Now scared :(
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Re: STOLEN RS3

Post by MikeFish » Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:41 pm

Markmyatt7 wrote:Now scared :(
Like you said, its a rare occurrence so enjoy it!

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