Stolen Mitsubishi EVO 8 FQ300
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Dear fellow enthusiasts,
On Saturday 11th January 2014 our EVO was stolen from Newcastle-Under-Lyme in Staffordshire. We had a couple of asian guys turn up to our house in a Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe - dark silver - to test drive an EVO 8 we were selling. During the test drive and swapping seats to change drivers - the guy boosted off with the car! He had an accomplice in the back of the C63 (blacked out windows) to jump in the drivers seat of that car and boost off together. We can't believe it!
Please find below further details on the car:
2003 (53) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII Ralli Art FQ300, only travelled 60,000 miles, finished in metallic silver with black and blue cloth and suede upholstery, Racaro front bucket seats. As seen in the pictures it also has some (admittedly) fairly tasteless wheels on it! Which hopefully will make it easier to identify, even if they turn up on eBay!
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Please if anyone has any information that might lead to anything get in touch
Many thanks.
From a gutted petrol head.
On Saturday 11th January 2014 our EVO was stolen from Newcastle-Under-Lyme in Staffordshire. We had a couple of asian guys turn up to our house in a Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe - dark silver - to test drive an EVO 8 we were selling. During the test drive and swapping seats to change drivers - the guy boosted off with the car! He had an accomplice in the back of the C63 (blacked out windows) to jump in the drivers seat of that car and boost off together. We can't believe it!
Please find below further details on the car:
2003 (53) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII Ralli Art FQ300, only travelled 60,000 miles, finished in metallic silver with black and blue cloth and suede upholstery, Racaro front bucket seats. As seen in the pictures it also has some (admittedly) fairly tasteless wheels on it! Which hopefully will make it easier to identify, even if they turn up on eBay!
[url]
|http://thumbsnap.com/rCG1urjZ[/urlPlease if anyone has any information that might lead to anything get in touch
Many thanks.
From a gutted petrol head.
Edited by Shibbyjames on Monday 13th January 11:06
Edited by ThisIsSparta on Monday 13th January 22:55
Wonder if the Merc was stolen too? Might be a lead there...
bozzy101 said:
Hope they catch the b
ds and you get your car back.
I don't. I hope they crash and die in a fiery ball (with no collateral damage). I wouldn't want the car back once it has been stolen, and knowing it became the perpetrators' coffin would be a satisfying end.ds and you get your car back. Edited by r11co on Monday 13th January 10:33
r11co said:
Wonder if the Merc was stolen too? Might be a lead there...
I think it probably was - had scratches all over one side of it and was generally in a bit of a mess. Unfortunately don't have the plate number of the C63. Police said this same duo had recently beaten up a salesman and broken his collarbone in the Stoke On Trent area and stolen a car in the same week too. scum.3rd guy hiding in the boot eh? the lengths these toe rags will go to.......
i bet its quite a shock to see your car being driven off like this.
Get on the Lancer owners club website too. alert people to cheap EVO parts they are offered etc. and check gumtree and ebay for anything that could have come off your car. some cars arent broken and get shipped overseas.
did it have tracker ?
i bet its quite a shock to see your car being driven off like this.
Get on the Lancer owners club website too. alert people to cheap EVO parts they are offered etc. and check gumtree and ebay for anything that could have come off your car. some cars arent broken and get shipped overseas.
did it have tracker ?
Did it have a tracker?
I know two guys that have them and they both had to have trackers fitted before they could get insurance just because they're such a high value target for things like this.
Also check out the MLR forum, seems like an Evo can't move in this country without getting spotted on there.
I know two guys that have them and they both had to have trackers fitted before they could get insurance just because they're such a high value target for things like this.
Also check out the MLR forum, seems like an Evo can't move in this country without getting spotted on there.
Exactly the same thing happened to a friend of mine about a year ago. Same thing, two asians, looked at the car, drove away with the car when they were swapping drivers. The car stolen was an Audi RS4, the car they turned up in was a BMW M6 which also turned out to be stolen from the Birmingham area.
Sorry to hear about your car and hope you get it all sorted soon.
Sorry to hear about your car and hope you get it all sorted soon.
No tracker 
it was a cheap buy for track days etc - I have also put it on the MLR - thanks buddy.
it was a cheap buy for track days etc - I have also put it on the MLR - thanks buddy. dave7692 said:
Did it have a tracker?
I know two guys that have them and they both had to have trackers fitted before they could get insurance just because they're such a high value target for things like this.
Also check out the MLR forum, seems like an Evo can't move in this country without getting spotted on there.
I know two guys that have them and they both had to have trackers fitted before they could get insurance just because they're such a high value target for things like this.
Also check out the MLR forum, seems like an Evo can't move in this country without getting spotted on there.
Swapping drivers??? Were you letting them drive????
I'm going to be selling my evo later this year and no-one will be getting anywhere near the drivers seat without me speaking to their insurers to confirm insurance and their car keys left with a friend.
Not looking forward to selling it after reading this and a few other horror stories. I think I may have to get a couple of mates to come round for any viewings.
One of my friends also offered to let me do the viewings at his house and to make it clear that the car is not kept at that address to avoid any potential non-sale/late night visit.
Sad state of affairs.
Really sorry to hear about this OP. fking pricks
I'm going to be selling my evo later this year and no-one will be getting anywhere near the drivers seat without me speaking to their insurers to confirm insurance and their car keys left with a friend.
Not looking forward to selling it after reading this and a few other horror stories. I think I may have to get a couple of mates to come round for any viewings.
One of my friends also offered to let me do the viewings at his house and to make it clear that the car is not kept at that address to avoid any potential non-sale/late night visit.
Sad state of affairs.
Really sorry to hear about this OP. f
king pricksI know with hindsight it's obvious but when selling a car and they ask for a quick drive you think it's reasonable at the time, especially when one turns up in C63 - WHAT WAS A I THINKING!
Captainawesome said:
Swapping drivers??? Were you letting them drive????
I'm going to be selling my evo later this year and no-one will be getting anywhere near the drivers seat without me speaking to their insurers to confirm insurance and their car keys left with a friend.
Not looking forward to selling it after reading this and a few other horror stories. I think I may have to get a couple of mates to come round for any viewings.
One of my friends also offered to let me do the viewings at his house and to make it clear that the car is not kept at that address to avoid any potential non-sale/late night visit.
Sad state of affairs.
Really sorry to hear about this OP. fking pricks
I'm going to be selling my evo later this year and no-one will be getting anywhere near the drivers seat without me speaking to their insurers to confirm insurance and their car keys left with a friend.
Not looking forward to selling it after reading this and a few other horror stories. I think I may have to get a couple of mates to come round for any viewings.
One of my friends also offered to let me do the viewings at his house and to make it clear that the car is not kept at that address to avoid any potential non-sale/late night visit.
Sad state of affairs.
Really sorry to hear about this OP. f
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