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Audis ringed

On 1st June this year, I purchased a brand new Audi A6 Avant S line Special Edition. 5 weeks later it was stolen from my drive following a night-time burglary while my family and I were asleep to get my keys. (The Police caught the burglar with my car in Liverpool). When my car was recovered it needed 4 new wheels and tyres fitted at a cost of £5,220. I was chatting to the Audi dealer who told me that another of his customers had a new Audi A3 stolen as well as a Salesman’s A5 and the Dealer Principal’s S5 - So 4 in total. A friend of mine who runs a Car Fleet Management Co in the Midlands supplied 3 new Audi A3s to a customer of and all 3 were stolen. Seems like an Audi theft pattern. Have you heard anything similar?

Asked on 15 August 2011 by ST, Taunton

Answered by Honest John
That's new to me. Over to the readers. But if there is a customer for Audis somewhere, it would explain the problem. If they are all petrol models they might be going to RHD Malaysia. But not if they are diesels.
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