Eject.

[Bit_evl]

Well peeps its time to say goodbye.

I have decided I am not right for the RS6PE and have pressed the eject button. Interesting experience as I leave that I wanted to share with you to try and assist.

A few weeks ago I put the car up on tootle. A lot of interest and some good bids.
Having seen the level of interest I decided to take a quick punt on Autotrader. Mistake.
I had about ten people all asking decent questions and one who wanted to see the car and make me an offer.
I organised to meet him the next day and gave him a partial post code.
We were worried and so I took some precautions.
KeylessGo so the keys were locked in a metal safe and hidden.
The Mini was parked right across the back of the Audi fully blocking it in the drive.
All keys were locked away at bedtime.
Security lights on the front of the house set to on all night.
Cameras set on permanently.
My favourite metal baseball bat by the side of the bed.

At 3am our house alarm went off.
I went downstairs with my toy.
They had smashed the lock on the back doors with a tool.
They had come in and the alarm would have gone off instantly.
Dirty shoe prints in two directions into the house.
Many draws open as they searched for the keys.
No items stolen, they walk past various shiny apple things.
Lots of marks where they went out and ran for it.
Over the fence into a neighbours garden.

We had the police around in less than 3-4 minutes which is great considering we are in the countryside.
Great reaction and support from the boys in blue. I will never speed again (might be a lie there somewhere)
So new locks on all the rear doors. Very high security anti-burst locks.
Tracker dog turned up 20 mins later and got a lock but it stopped on the neighbours drive so suspicion is they parks on my neighbours to make the getaway.
Two of them came in the house (Timberland and Nike shoes. Plod were real geeks on foot print, impressive)
The good news is that our cameras caught them on cloud/USB/stick. We got a couple of lovely photos of one of them.
They are clearly well practiced according to plod, gloves, tools.
We think we know who the person was from the inbound call and have made the link to that as well.

So we moved the car off site to a secure location and locked it away.
I cleared the advert off Autotrader
Tootle were very helpful. (cannot say the same for Autotrader)
We beefed up the security/CCTV and floodlit the place for the rest of the week.
I got some more toys to go with my baseball bat.

They did not come back.
I made a private sale to someone I know to get it out of the way.

Plod told me the following.
RS6 is one of the highest risk cars out there at the moment.
Just don't sell it from your home at all.
Dont give out ANY private information.
Don't let the plate be seen.
Have at least one person with you at all times.
Conduct all meetings in a secure area so they cannot force you to give them the keys and drive off.

I can say that the person who called had a Brummy voice.
I can say that they are asian
I can say that they have some very well sculptured eyebrows.
I will let the police do the rest.

Four days after our burglary a neighbours friend with an RS6 had the same. Break in going after keys and nothing else stolen. Again the alarm and good positioning of the keys meant they still had the car at the end.

If you are the pleb that tried it on then I trust that you hear a door knock shortly. We got a great photo of you.

So to all of you with a car.
I hope you have a better experience when you come to sell yours.

I now just need to work out what I am going to replace it with. I know its not going to be another RS.

[Ian_C]

Faaaack. Glad you and the family are okay mate

[Markp]

Horrible for you.

Intrigued by claim that RS6 is a theft problem - I know there has been at least one more on here but my premiums suggest otherwise. One of the cheapest performance cars I have ever insured - and no tracker required. Just renewed with NFU and under £400 all in.

[doodlebug]

That is <beep>. And another vote for tootle from me.

[gilford]

That's just awful, where about a in the U.K. Are you based?

Agree with what's already been said, I'd put it down to bad luck rather than it being an RS6, all cars of this price bracket are targeted to some extent and probably nicked to order.

You really can't have anything nice anymore can you!

[skirs6]

Post the scum bags photo on here just in case he tries the "turn up for test drive" option next time. There will be a next time thieving scum.

[skirs6]

Horrible for you.

Intrigued by claim that RS6 is a theft problem - I know there has been at least one more on here but my premiums suggest otherwise. One of the cheapest performance cars I have ever insured - and no tracker required. Just renewed with NFU and under £400 all in.

On total numbers stolen it's still tiny compared to many other cars. It's still quite a rare beast unlike your Porsche, mercs and BMW top end cars

[Afsimba]

As above glad you and family are safe and unharmed just about to buy and quoted £220 all in to insure so guess my location not a huge risk but these people are total scum they'll at large break it for parts on fleabay

[Bit_evl]

Guys I take your comments with respect to being "no worse" but the fact is that the plod said RS6 attract a SERIOUS threat more than many other more expensive cars.
Thats the reason I posted and did not stay quiet. I wanted to try and help others.
We have to get on with things but should always prepare.

Lets just say the plod have asked me not to post the picture at this point.
Here is the first contact shot we had, not all of it but enough to start things off.



Thats a hell of a set of tweaked eyebrows dude.
I look forward to planting a metal baseball bat between them if you come back.
I so want to post all of the others.

[Bit_evl]

Sorry it did not come out so well.

[Afsimba]

And respect to you for it ! Guess the Birmingham area rife with this kind of crime Eddie 555 prime example it's the audacity of them that beggars belief beggars belief ! Scummy ba£@#rds

[stevo55]

That sucks. There's a rash of high performance cars being stolen in off the drive burglaries currently especially inThe Midlands. There have been a fair few victims on the BMW forums most notably M135/140i's. I'd have to say most of the phone calls I've had about my C6 were from Midland accented Asians. Some of them came across as complete tools (offering silly money then getting a bit abusive when they didn't get the answer they wanted).

[stevo55]

Further to that I'll second the OPs advice on showing VRN's in photos...why make it easy for your car to be traced by scumbags?

[wildbore]

Surely the appropriate action here is a £10 PAYG SIM phone number, the cheapest advert possible on Autotrader and a chain-yanking fictitious address at the end of a really crappy narrow country lane miles from anywhere.

When you hear the right accent: "Fully loaded. No tracker. Mint condition. Must sell as I am going blind. Please do come and test drive it. I live in a little cottage at the end of a quiet lane, let me give you the directions...

[Bit_evl]

Except for the poor sods who do live down that road !
(sorry meant as a joke seeing the irony)

As much as we give dealers and indi's crap for selling cars on i for one will never underestimate this moment again.
I have sold a lot of beautiful cars off the drive and never had this happen.