Potential RS4 B8 Car Jacking......

[Christurbo]

To be clear this could have been a potential car jacking I cannot be certain...

So a week into ownership and I am surprised at how much positive attention the RS4 gets especially due to its stealthy appearance. Not like my M2 which is very 'in your face' gets about the same or even less attention!

However tonight I had my first dose of what I am guessing negative attention...

I was driving on the M5 north and stopped off at Frankley Services on the outskirts of Birmingham so my wife and daughter could pop in. I stayed in the car waiting for them to return. I was parked towards the edge of the car park (as I usually do so that it doesn't get bumped by other cars) so it was quite dark.

After about 10 minutes I noticed that a thin guy with a baseball cap was running straight to me past all the other cars in the carpark. He started speaking to me and gesturing through the window for me to wind down.

Now - before you judge me I know I could have done things better from this point on but autopilot kicks in...

I wind the window down slightly and he starts telling me about this story where his van has run out of diesel, was in the petrol station and he has no money to refuel and no phone so is stranded. Instead of asking me for some money so he can refuel he asks if he can jump in the back so I can give him a lift to Wolverhampton or 'just off junction 10 M6'. I say no way, due to not knowing him and for him to find another solution. I then start to get a bit worried remembering some stories of car jacking. I then realised that he approached no other cars (where people were also in their cars) closer to the service station before he came to me... alarm bells!!!!

He then asked if i could lend him some money for fuel and to give him my address so he can send me back a 'tenner'. He starts playing around with his Burberry style cap looking really nervous. I just want him out of my life and should have just driven off as fast as I could however my wife and daughter were still in the services. I decide to give him some change and passed it over to him, he then insisted on passing him my address on multiple occasions... My wife and daughter finally came back and got in the car, so I just told him to do one. He then asked how far away do you live? So I said very, very far! And bolted right out of there before he could think... I then noted that there was no 'Van' in their petrol station which he mentioned to me earlier...

As you can imagine I moved quite quickly and we kept an eye out for any followers.... to which there were none to our knowledge.

If you are in the Birmingham area be careful RS owners.....

[Harris.]

Should have told him you're based at hinckley police station and said " how can I help you "

Would have made him think . Maybe worth upgrading the alarm and immobiliser as loads of this is going on


Scumbags

[ahoooga]

Did you mean Frankley services ?

[Christurbo]

Yes that's the one thanks!

[HYFR]

I had something similar at The Warwick services in my F-TYPE, I had the roof down so felt a tad exposed.

Told him to feck off and then carpeted the throttle and let the quad exhaust fire shotgun crackles into his face

[RS04YOB]

I have had this at service station on the M1 and another petrol station in Birmingham

[Eddie555]

There is only 1 response you should give these mongols. " I'll help you out by calling the police for you. I'm sure they'll give you a free ride "

[Ian_C]

Not a potential car jacking (thankfully). Just the usual scam of trying to take peoples cash by tugging at their heart strings saying you have run out of petrol!

[MrHilario]

Not a potential car jacking (thankfully). Just the usual scam of trying to take peoples cash by tugging at their heart strings saying you have run out of petrol!

Why did he ask for his address then? And why did he ask to get in?

[Ian_C]

Probably part of his game plan to 'come down' to asking for cash - to make money seem like a much easier option than what was first suggested (or 'way out' as Chris even worded it himself)

[chunky79]

You should have pulled straight into the petrol forecourt and alerted them mate. The guy in there (big Welsh fecker) is sound and would have alerted the cops for you. Plus, they could have pulled cctv to catch the <beep> and stop him doing it to someone else!

[Christurbo]

Strange thing is that he didn't go to any other cars first.

[Shoppinit]

Maybe you looked like a sucker likely victim to him?

[Christurbo]

Pitch black - couldn't see me. However a Suzuka Grey RS4 with lights on was fully visible...

[chunky79]

That was probably theirs.