Gang of burglars tried to steel my RS5

[Crash Master]

At 1:42 Thursday morning 4 large masked men armed with crowbars broke into my house to get the keys to my car, they ripped the toilet window out of the frame and came into the house.

As soon as they opened the door to the utility the alarm sounded and all four were seen by a couple of neighboours pegging it up the road. The wife and kids were terrified and live in constant fear.

Later a neighbour remembered seeing a vehicle outside for 30 minutes around 10pm scoping the house.

I have bought 2 cameras, IR lights for front and rear, window locks until the UPVC windows come, and I'm adding a PIR into the downstairs toilet.

Police have said this is now an epedemic, they call it Operation Mainstream which tells you everything you need to know, they said that gangs of burglars have got together all over the country just to nick car keys. The Police said it's a ready made gettaway vehicle, they drive it into a container and have no stolen goods on them when the Police kick in their door, the rewards are higher, and the break in takes less time.

Their view was that due to technology vehicles are too hard to break into but houses are dead easy, 6-7 seconds! Nicking DVD players and TV's is no longer profitable as they have to store them somewhere and supermarkets sell them so cheap the stolen market has diminished.

The Police said these weren't professionals, he said there are lots of pro's doing this and they come in with knives and sometimes guns and don't care about dogs and alarms, he said they will instantly kill the dog and put a knife to the throat of your wife and demand the alarm code and keys.....

Doesn't bode well for the future of my beloved ownership, I would lose sooo much money I can't even sell it, very scary.

[PJC]

Wow, sorry to hear your news, glad to hear the wife and kids are ok, although extremely upset and traumatised.

[sonny]

Wow, sorry to hear your news, glad to hear the wife and kids are ok, although extremely upset and traumatised.

+1

Must be terrifying

[rs4blacked]

<beep>, Glad all are ok

[Hedgehog Dodger]

Bl00dy b@st@ards the lot of em. They need hunting down and torturing for what they have put you and your family through.

[Mr V10]

[lofty]

Definitely a growing trend towards these types of thefts.I don't think you can do much than your doing with regards to cctv and extending the alarm.If you have got doors with euro locks make sure the barrels are not the type that can be 'snapped', as this is also an increasing crime.

[Brooner]

sorry to hear this hope your family recover form the ordeal that's one of the resons my car is never on the drive it's always garaged out of site out of mind

[jasonpaul]

Sorry to hear that, I have a friend which had a white S5 for a week they got into the house a nicked the car never seen again, he has now a Rs5 he will not let the these gangs get the better of him, he has just updated his alarm in his home and put gates up so no one can see up his driver way.

[K1Mac]

Wow that's scary! Hope your family are ok

[Crash Master]

Another attack has happened 4 minutes down the road to a fellow club rider, they broke in to take their RS6 and Q7, probably the same gang.

Thankfully the house alarm sounding saved the day again.

[rs4blacked]

Another attack has happened 4 minutes down the road to a fellow club rider, they broke in to take their RS6 and Q7, probably the same gang.

Thankfully the house alarm sounding saved the day again.

i think all Audi RS owners in the area should be put on alert. Stealing to order i reckon.

I hope they meet up with a nice dog at the next one they do

[Dave_Hedgehog]

this is horrible

hope the scum kill themselves in a fireball



they only slight glimmer of hope is that with BMWs being so easy to program keys for they will all take the easy option and leave the RSs alone

[535dboy]

Makes me sick to read this and worries me massively about my impending new fleet of cars

[sobers4]

Where is the aftermaket for a stolen RS5? It cannot be very good, seriously, because this is a very rare car. You steal anything rare and you are pretty much f*****.

I wish you and your family the best and hopefully the authorities will de-tangle your issues. Stay strong.

Cheers!