Mate's RS4 stolen......then recovered!

Youstolemyname · 9 Jun 2010 at 19:23

One of my mates was woken up at 4am this morning to the sound of his miltek exhausts and Audi RS4 leaving his driveway.

The thieves had actually removed the ENTIRE front window of his house to gain entrance and fortunately the keys were downstairs. The window was a full uPVC glazed window and he lives on a reasonably busy main road so how they did it without being noticed I do not know!

He was asleep with his wife and young son while they broke in, but with the warm weather the window was open so the sound of it being started up woke him. Like I say, lucky the keys were downstairs or I expect he would have had a rather ruder awakening and worse time of it.

A 999 call to the police saw it being recovered 15 minutes later thanks to the tracker that was fitted, a patrol car and the police helicopter that was already in the air after another call. 3 arrests later and the car was returned today.

Sadly, he is going to sell the car as his wife is understandably shaken by the whole event. They also got the keys to her A4 Estate but didn't take it, not quite sure why. He had been on holiday for a week and just returned that night so perhaps they thought they had more time to pop back to get that.

Anyway, be careful out there folks and don't have nightmares.

Matt82 · 9 Jun 2010 at 19:25

same happened to a guy a went to uni with with his 993 turbo. window off the house, got the keys, but then they pushed it away down the road. it was never seen or heard again

J86 · 9 Jun 2010 at 19:25

It's always great to hear of someone being reunited with their pride and joy!

Locky · 9 Jun 2010 at 19:33

Pays to have a tracker fitted to cars like these.

Fr0dders · 9 Jun 2010 at 19:39

Evo said the RS4 was becomming the organized crminals favourite.

Relatively quiet on the outside so as not to attract too much attention, loads of room in the back, and goes like stink.

Lets hope it wasn't one that was down on power due to the intake coking no ?

Begbie · 9 Jun 2010 at 19:43

MrLOL said:
Evo said the RS4 was becomming the organized crminals favourite.

Relatively quiet on the outside so as not to attract too much attention, loads of room in the back, and goes like stink.

Lets hope it wasn't one that was down on power due to the intake coking no ?

Plus a lot of folk think its just a Audi A4.

I said to a mate, who is actually quite into his cars.

"nice car that. Yeah nice A4, they look nice in black". :eek:

M0T · 9 Jun 2010 at 19:59

I often think that if it were me owning such a nice car I'd be forced to put the badges of a lower model on it - that way anyone driving round scouting for things to steal might ignore it.

Housey · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:14

They are the car of choice for crims, fact.

Crizzy · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:20

Glad to hear he got it back.

The RS6 is where it's really at for criminals though

[TW]Fox · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:20

M0T said:
I often think that if it were me owning such a nice car I'd be forced to put the badges of a lower model on it - that way anyone driving round scouting for things to steal might ignore it.

Yea right, because a pro theif isn't going to be able to tell an RS4 if it doesnt say RS4 on it..

M0T · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:26

[TW]Fox;16719385 said:
Yea right, because a pro theif isn't going to be able to tell an RS4 if it doesnt say RS4 on it..

Because clearly everyone who steals an expensive car is a pro theif and not just someone who can swipe some keys through a letterbox/window etc...

Lethal` · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:27

M0T said:
Because clearly everyone who steals an expensive car is a pro theif and not just someone who can swipe some keys through a letterbox/window etc...

Well they don't exactly just go for any car do they... hence most likely being able to recognise an RS4 without the badges.

[TW]Fox · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:28

M0T said:
Because clearly everyone who steals an expensive car is a pro theif and not just someone who can swipe some keys through a letterbox/window etc...

Oh come off it they removed the entire front of his house!

Fr0dders · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:30

Exactly

they knew what they wanted, and where to find it. Look at housey's experience FFS, they used a GPS tracking device implanted on the car in the highstreet to track it back to its place of residence to steal it on a night.

They were pros. And knew what they wanted. You really think they cant just check on the askmid website same as we can ? Those guys were pros. as were these by the sounds of it. Only the tracker foiled them.

Dangerous Dave · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:34

If it was a pro car thief it would have been driven away without the need to break into the house for the keys they would have also disabled/jammed the tracker.

Fr0dders · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:36

just like the pros who tried to get houseys car would not have been fooled by the small matter of the GPS tracker they implanted not working in the garage ?

dont be so naive.

Do you need read any crime books ? there is no such thing as the perfect crime. We are human, and humans make mistakes. Even the most well planned robberies get found out eventually because nobody ever manages to get everything.

M0T · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:37

[TW]Fox;16719449 said:
Oh come off it they removed the entire front of his house!

I never said it would help in this situation. Plus you don't need to be a specialist to remove glazing units from windows.

There are plently of theives out there who will drive around with a mate until they see a flash car with a big number on the back and then swipe the keys through the letterbox.

Clearly if they know what they are looking for then it isn't going to help, but if you have a nice car and then stick a bottom of the range diesel badge on the back then its most likely not going to get given a second look by 19 year old kevin and his band of spotty mates.

Lethal` · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:41

Dangerous Dave said:
If it was a pro car thief it would have been driven away without the need to break into the house for the keys they would have also disabled/jammed the tracker.

How would they drive it away without the keys?

TS7 · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:43

M0T said:
I never said it would help in this situation. Plus you don't need to be a specialist to remove glazing units from windows.

There are plently of theives out there who will drive around with a mate until they see a flash car with a big number on the back and then swipe the keys through the letterbox.

Clearly if they know what they are looking for then it isn't going to help, but if you have a nice car and then stick a bottom of the range diesel badge on the back then its most likely not going to get given a second look by 19 year old kevin and his band of spotty mates.

You would have to be pretty much blind to not realise the difference between an RS4 and an Audi A4 even without the badges. It's like saying I'll buy an M3 and stick 318 badges on it. It's not going to fool anyone.

Fair enough if you have a CL600 and you stick a CL350 badge on the back. That'll probably fool most people.

Dangerous Dave · 9 Jun 2010 at 20:43

MrLOL said:
just like the pros who tried to get houseys car would not have been fooled by the small matter of the GPS tracker they implanted not working in the garage ?

dont be so naive.

Don't be naive yourself a pro car thief wouldn't have been caught out by a tracker that is easily jammed or located and disabled.