Powerful Audis still being targeted by scum
Discussion
Dog Star said:
Genuinely - it's made me ill and I really wish them dead.
I can't blame you for that.The scum add nothing to society and everyone would be better off if they were dead.
Part of the problem is there's so little deterrent. The police are hard pushed to get the CPS to prosecute unless its absolutely nailed on they'll be convicted and the sentences are laughable when they do get convicted.
You only need to watch the fly-on-the-wall police programmes on TV to see the number of 'insufficient evidence' and 'nothing to link them to the crime' outcomes, and the £100 fine and 'supervision order' outcomes for those who are 'unlucky'.
Dog Star said:
Even more annoying these days is the way that the Police seem to have removed any sort of involvement in the level of theft in the UK (be it down to funding or IPCC meddling) and basically it's down to insurers to (maybe) pick up the tab. These days folk just expect to have nice things taken from them.
When it comes to theft or damage of property, the police haven't been interested for some time.Having had the misfortune to live inside the M25 between 1996 and 2003, and having had a car stolen and two vandalised during that period, I'm convinced the Metropolitan Police's sole responsibility even then was to hand out crime reference numbers. When I reported that my car, along with half a dozen others in the street had been keyed down both flanks, had its front fog light kicked in, and the rear wiper twisted off, the Met's helpful response was "Can't you park it off the street somewhere?". My fault then, clearly.
The lack of investigative effort feeds the problem. These thieving / vandalising scumbags know that as long as they aren't caught in the act, there are no consequences for their actions. CCTV has replaced local policing, just as speed cameras have replaced traffic policing. All well and good unless the offence is committed away from the cameras.
Edited by Limpet on Tuesday 25th July 10:09
Our house was burgled in Nov '15, no one was in and I reckon (from my neighbours statement about what she saw) I missed them by about 10 minutes as I was coming home from work. I was driving a 650i at the time, but I was driving to work so it wasn't on the drive. Seeing red, I 'cleared' the house as, even though I'm a licensed shotgun cert holder, the police still took 20 mins to arrive (station 10 mins down road at a leisurely drive) and I was well in the mood for a scrap. Probably very fortunately for me, no-one was in there.
I swopped the 6 series for an S6 Avant and, despite having a decent front door installed following the burglary and installing CCTV and security lighting, I had a couple of occasions that caused me concern. One night I woke up to the security light going off and full beam headlights shining through our curtains because a car had pulled onto my drive. This was accompanied by a load of shouting lads. The adrenalin was really going and I told the mrs to get ready to call the OB and I was sufficiently concerned to pick up the cricket bat that I had definitely been practising shots with and the hammer I was definitely doing DIY with before I went to bed, your honour. Turns out it was some inconsiderate pissheads on the way back from the local and a taxi driver they had flagged down. Let's just say I wasn't best impressed and asked them ever so politely to move on. Trouble is, even though I lived in a nice village, I had read stories about S cars being pinched and had a guy from work have his front door smashed down so they could steal his Golf GTi and immediately thought that was what was going on.
I'm a big, confident guy who has stepped in on a couple of occasions when I've seen a case of spousal abuse and also to an attempted mugging, but the effect on me from the burglarly was profound - so I can only imagine what it must be like for the woman in question.
TL:DR - Catch the little sh!ts and burn them....
I swopped the 6 series for an S6 Avant and, despite having a decent front door installed following the burglary and installing CCTV and security lighting, I had a couple of occasions that caused me concern. One night I woke up to the security light going off and full beam headlights shining through our curtains because a car had pulled onto my drive. This was accompanied by a load of shouting lads. The adrenalin was really going and I told the mrs to get ready to call the OB and I was sufficiently concerned to pick up the cricket bat that I had definitely been practising shots with and the hammer I was definitely doing DIY with before I went to bed, your honour. Turns out it was some inconsiderate pissheads on the way back from the local and a taxi driver they had flagged down. Let's just say I wasn't best impressed and asked them ever so politely to move on. Trouble is, even though I lived in a nice village, I had read stories about S cars being pinched and had a guy from work have his front door smashed down so they could steal his Golf GTi and immediately thought that was what was going on.
I'm a big, confident guy who has stepped in on a couple of occasions when I've seen a case of spousal abuse and also to an attempted mugging, but the effect on me from the burglarly was profound - so I can only imagine what it must be like for the woman in question.
TL:DR - Catch the little sh!ts and burn them....
I have an RS6 so on the owner's forum have picked up on incidents like this. Not a 'new' thing really; they've always been targeted. I'll be honest though, Birmingham and Yorkshire seem to be the hotspots.
I had my last Audi stolen - just a plain A5 (i didn't realise they had security vulnerabilities) - which was taken without any kind of break in - they just jammed the alarm signal and recoded via the OBD port.
This hasn't affected me at all, but the thought of being car jacked is pretty scary! Ironically, I live in - statistically - one of the worst boroughs in the UK (Lewisham) but have never felt threatened.
I had my last Audi stolen - just a plain A5 (i didn't realise they had security vulnerabilities) - which was taken without any kind of break in - they just jammed the alarm signal and recoded via the OBD port.
This hasn't affected me at all, but the thought of being car jacked is pretty scary! Ironically, I live in - statistically - one of the worst boroughs in the UK (Lewisham) but have never felt threatened.
janesmith1950 said:
A nice area is determined to be a nice area due to it being perceived as better than the ones around it. In other words, it will be surrounded by less nice areas by definition.
If you have a nice area next to a not so nice one, where do you think the ne'er do wells from the not so nice one will go to do their 'shopping'?
^^^ThisIf you have a nice area next to a not so nice one, where do you think the ne'er do wells from the not so nice one will go to do their 'shopping'?
I looked into moving to a local village of Balsall Common - a mate who was an Estate Agent asked if I'd checked out the cost of House Insurance - I asked why and he explained that it was the first village in the UK to get CCTV (I have no idea if this is in actually correct) because of Burglary due to it's location:
Easy to get to from Chelmsley Wood and Tile Hill (not so good areas) and 5 minutes on a blue light run from the nearest Police Station.
Dog Star said:
Anyway - back to the point there by V8RX7 - even a simple burglary like that has affected me badly, and there was no violence involved (although the thieves did draw a picture of a motorbike with "ha ha" written under it on the window).
I really, really hope the cowardly weasel that did that ended up coming off the bike at speed, catching his nuts on something as he did so.When I was in the Police, I caught a guy who was in a nicked car. He initially failed to stop, but then tried to run off having abandoned the vehicle in the middle of the road. I apprehended him in a 'home office approved technique'. He then acted like a nobber, refused to give me his hands and reached for his pocket. He was then introduced to my colleague's Taser. Despite being a disqualified driver who was on a suspended sentence, he was let off almost scot free by the courts, much to the understandable unamusement of the victim of the original theft. The victim did however enjoy being told the tale of how the toerag was apprehended.
When I went to the Police station a good few years ago and reported that my car had been broken into and several hundred pounds worth of stuff had been nicked, I got the response, 'And? What do you want us to do about it?' I was not a happy Hector at that point and for the rest of my time living in that city was paranoid about where I parked and if I was being watched. The priorities in this country really are skewed beyond anything resembling what they should be.
I know my former colleagues would like nothing better than to focus on dealing with dishonesty offences and offences against the person. Unfortunately the focus of policing has changed from 'prevent and detect crime' to 'protect the vulnerable.' In essence they're doing Social Services and NHS work because the buck stops with them rather than the people who should be holding the risk for the vulnerable and mentally unwell part of society.
Jonmx said:
When I went to the Police station a good few years ago and reported that my car had been broken into and several hundred pounds worth of stuff had been nicked, I got the response, 'And? What do you want us to do about it?'
what's the betting that if you'd said: "how's about doing your f
king job" they'd have found the time to arrest you....irocfan said:
Jonmx said:
When I went to the Police station a good few years ago and reported that my car had been broken into and several hundred pounds worth of stuff had been nicked, I got the response, 'And? What do you want us to do about it?'
what's the betting that if you'd said: "how's about doing your fking job" they'd have found the time to arrest you....V8RX7 said:
janesmith1950 said:
A nice area is determined to be a nice area due to it being perceived as better than the ones around it. In other words, it will be surrounded by less nice areas by definition.
If you have a nice area next to a not so nice one, where do you think the ne'er do wells from the not so nice one will go to do their 'shopping'?
^^^ThisIf you have a nice area next to a not so nice one, where do you think the ne'er do wells from the not so nice one will go to do their 'shopping'?
I looked into moving to a local village of Balsall Common - a mate who was an Estate Agent asked if I'd checked out the cost of House Insurance - I asked why and he explained that it was the first village in the UK to get CCTV (I have no idea if this is in actually correct) because of Burglary due to it's location:
Easy to get to from Chelmsley Wood and Tile Hill (not so good areas) and 5 minutes on a blue light run from the nearest Police Station.
However the whole strip between cov and brum is a persistent car key burglary hotspot with audis being prime choice. They are a good car for carrying 4 up with sledgehammers. So much so that when a neighbour used to park his new A7 outside my house it was a bit of a worry.
Armed robbery is as big a problem, with some neighbouring village convenience stores being done every couple of months. ATMs taken out of walls with diggers is another local thing.
We're far too soft as a country.
The punishments should increase in severity in response to the sort of thick skinned, hardened criminals that we're now dealing with. These are not the joyriders of the yester-years, but rather very violent people with zero remorse and no value of human life.
The punishments should increase in severity in response to the sort of thick skinned, hardened criminals that we're now dealing with. These are not the joyriders of the yester-years, but rather very violent people with zero remorse and no value of human life.
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/exp...
RS4 stolen with keys in Turiff. Sounds like the owner left it on the driveway and went away for a few days.
Article says;
'A grey Audi RS4 -reg. number K8EDR- was stolen from a property in the Meadowview Road area of Turriff with the owner last having seen it on Saturday July 22. It was discovered stolen on Tuesday July 25.'
RS4 stolen with keys in Turiff. Sounds like the owner left it on the driveway and went away for a few days.
Article says;
'A grey Audi RS4 -reg. number K8EDR- was stolen from a property in the Meadowview Road area of Turriff with the owner last having seen it on Saturday July 22. It was discovered stolen on Tuesday July 25.'
hondansx said:
I have an RS6 so on the owner's forum have picked up on incidents like this. Not a 'new' thing really; they've always been targeted. I'll be honest though, Birmingham and Yorkshire seem to be the hotspots.
I had my last Audi stolen - just a plain A5 (i didn't realise they had security vulnerabilities) - which was taken without any kind of break in - they just jammed the alarm signal and recoded via the OBD port.
This hasn't affected me at all, but the thought of being car jacked is pretty scary! Ironically, I live in - statistically - one of the worst boroughs in the UK (Lewisham) but have never felt threatened.
populated by Pakistani innits whi also own most of the breakers's yards around that way, before someone shouts racist it used to be big white fat geordies around the area i live inI had my last Audi stolen - just a plain A5 (i didn't realise they had security vulnerabilities) - which was taken without any kind of break in - they just jammed the alarm signal and recoded via the OBD port.
This hasn't affected me at all, but the thought of being car jacked is pretty scary! Ironically, I live in - statistically - one of the worst boroughs in the UK (Lewisham) but have never felt threatened.
This video popped up in my YouTube feed. Shows the kind of abuse and ending that a lot of these nicked RS's end up with. It's a nicked 61 plate RS6 Estate in Birmingham, Police pursuit with tactical contact.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Nuq1Vx9S4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Nuq1Vx9S4
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