This is why the S3 is the car to steal
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Rather steal rs6.. More space for stolen goods ya know.. And good for shoving things out the way!
I must admit, I've always wondered why these ******* steal S3's and Golf r's. If your going to the trouble of stealing something with menace then go for a real car. RS4/RS6/R8/Lambo/Porker/AMG.........
Here we go AGAIN....... The Media ........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
According to What Car Magazine the S3/RS3 ain't even in top 10 stolen cars in Britain
GAP insurance sleep like a baby
According to What Car Magazine the S3/RS3 ain't even in top 10 stolen cars in Britain
GAP insurance sleep like a baby
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I guess there's relatively more to choose from making them easier to find and less conspicuous.
Probably because they are quick enough to outrun Plod. 4 Doors so everyone has easy access / easy exit. And as said above, the S3 will fall under the radar more than the RS3/4/6 will.
And again, as most owners seam to choose Keyless go, they are easy pickings.
And again, as most owners seam to choose Keyless go, they are easy pickings.
Yawn....... should not be giving them the satisfaction of knowing someone has posted a link to their crimes on a car forum ...got a good mind to lock or delete the thread
To be fair though, I doubt the car thieves frequent car forums looking to see if anyone has posted about their car getting stolen.
I bet every BMW, Ford, Merc etc forum have the same threads.
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De badge and the twunts won't even know what it is. I've got an old plate on mine too (private) so even less for them to take notice of.
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What makes you think that the list from What Car Magazine, which report the Mercedes C-Class as top stolen car, is more reliable than the ones reported by the likes of, for example the Guardian, which back in 2016 reported the S3 as the top stolen car?
Well you have to look at the data source to find out. Annoyingly (and perhaps unsurprisingly...) most places don't ever source the original study/data, but after a bit of digging I found one article that had the same list as the What Car list, and said it came from data from a Tracking company called TRACKER. Here is there original list which presumably is where all the other sources got the information from.
The TRACKER article itself is extremely vague about what the data actually is. Just relies on you to trust them that it's all reliable data and that they've analysed it appropriately. Call me skeptical, but I did a bit more digging and found their original release back in 2016. You can see from the numbers, it's basically just the number of stolen and recovered based on the companies data....the numbers themselves, well here they are:
1. BMW X5 - 30 stolen and recovered
2. RR Sport - 26 stolen and recovered
3. ......
Well I don't think I have to go down the whole list to point out the painfully obvious flaw in this data...the number one stolen car according to them was the X5, because 30 were stolen in 2016....30.....out of a total of 80,000 vehicle thefts recorded that year...hardly a representative sample! I would not even consider this list as remotely reliable or informative, since it represents a ridiculously small proportion of the total number of cars. I would guess that of the total number of cars at risk of being stolen, the number that have not only a tracker, but specifically a tracker from this company TRACKER, is ridiculously small...Put another way, it's meaningless...
(As an aside, this same list was reported in numerous media outlets, including The Express and The Sun...So whether it's reported in the media or not is not in itself and indicator of it's reliability)
So what about the list from the Guardian that did the rounds in 2016? The one that had the S3 as the most stolen car? Well the article gives you the source and it's from the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service. Likely to be a much more reliable source than a Tracker company who only has data on cars that are fitted with their tracker....Annoyingly I can't find the original source data (if anyone can let me know), but the fact that the figures are reported as a incidence rate per 1,000 (much more appropriate way to analyse this data as it takes into account the fact that there may be more of certain cars on the roads), and that it comes from a national body who specifically police vehicle related crime in the UK, suggests to me that it is much more likely to be a reliable data source.
TL;DR - The estimate that the S3 is probably a far more reliable estimate than that from the What Car, that was based on very unreliable data from a TRACKER company.
Top tip - Always check the source!
To be honest l don't care how many cars are stolen S3 or not, and threads like this are so repetitive... . ... Insure your car properly is the best form of defence as you know. ..... I have had 2 attempts at my home by car thieves in the last 3 years but l wouldn't start a thread on this forum, never mind one with some Media logistics reprt like you researched
You wouldn’t want to draw attention to where you buried the bodies though.
All forums end up with repetitive threads if you hang around long enough...!
And I completely agree with you, but I just wanted an excuse to point out how crappy that stolen list was....my other favourite is the "30% RISE IN VEHICLE THEFTS" headline that also did the rounds, which is also ridiculously misleading...
Well Sherlock.....!
When one has a wealth of knowledge and Banter.... it's one's Duty to hang around this Forum to shed and lift the all too seriousness and repetitiveness of it all....and also to call a spade a spade....or a shovle a shovle.....lol
Av ye ever heard of Artistic interpretation..............@Just Rob. or in my case Autistic....lol
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I wonder if the 3 door insurance is cheaper than the 4/5 door if the theft figures aren’t as high, never compared but found my S3 quite reasonable to insure even at 22.That's the great think about the 3 door, it takes so long trying to get in and out of the back seats they would just run away
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I've put a spade in the back of my 3 door so fingers crossed !
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A few cars back I went from a 5 dr to a 3dr Golf. The insurance went up. When I questioned it, the agent I spoke to said 3 drs are considered a higher risk as they the preferred by the boy racers types
