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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 .

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

4:01PM, THU 17 JAN 2013
Police car rammed after car jacking
Last updated Thu 17 Jan 2013
UK


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

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

+1. Been considering de-badging for a while now....added to the weekends job list (for what it's worth)

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 .....

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.

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.

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
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

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

Its an S4 .See post in B8 S4 section

Two less scum.

Great and I mean that 110%

Feel sorry for the homeowners and innocent people's cars that were wrecked of course.

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.

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.

Now scared

Markmyatt7 wrote:Now scared

Like you said, its a rare occurrence so enjoy it!