Re: S6 Found & police cars

["Daniel Hussey" <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>]

>I'm sure one or both of you have thought of this, but this sounds a
>lot more like someone who got a less-than-favorable decision >handed down
by your wife, and decided to get a little old-fashioned >revenge.
>As you said, the car was taken from a marked parking space at a
>courthouse. Not too much effort for your average brainless scum to
>figure out which car is hers.
>
>Audis have some of the lowest theft numbers around according to
>insurance companies...and if they thought they couldn't move it, they
>wouldn't have stolen it in the first place, and certainly not a car
>that is that unique.  Stealing a car like that(especially from a
>judge) is bound to draw some unwanted attention, and it's too much
>trouble for them(ie, having to torch the car to get rid of
>fingerprints etc means very good chance of immediately attracting a
>lot of attention from anyone who happens by the area) for them to
>just steal it, and then later realize they can't move it.  Sorry,
>don't really buy that.  Then again, there are some pretty dumbass
>crooks; someone broke into my father's 944T; spent a good couple >of
minutes pounding at the doorhandle(?), levering a crowbar near >the top of
the door, finally breaking the small rear side window.  Note
>car was unlocked.  Oh, and they stole the factory radio, some POS
>Blaupunkt.  Jeez.

Brett brings up a good point.  It could be either, but I would not rule out
the possibilty that this car was targeted.  Somone may not like your wife!
Anyways, Brett is right for the most part that proffessional car thieves
usually steal certian cars that are HOT and can move quickly.  I don't know
what cars are on this list now, but a few years back it was any Chevy
Camaro/Firebird/Trans Am, Mustang 5.0's, and stuff like that.  Mostly due to
it being common, in high demand, and VERY easy to steal.  Any crook with a
hammer and a long flathead screwdriver could steal one.  I doubt things have
changed much though and I bet Mustangs, Camaros, and probably domestic sport
utes are the most popular today.

Audi doesn't fit into that catagory!  But, then again criminals are usually
not the brightest people on earth.  My dad had his car broken into for an
old radar detector which you can buy on ebay for $20!  Anyways, it is a
possibity that someone saw a bright red nice german car and said "lets steal
it" and then later came to find that no one would give them money for it
because it was too rare and too risky, so they torched it.

>special purpose vehicles, then police.  Click on a few of the links
>at the bottom of the toolbar; one of the pages shows a couple
>Canadian staties with a volvo or two, an ensemble of police cars in
>Sweeden, and a pair of Brits taking delivery of a Volvo(marked >POLIS,
which is sweedish for Police, so I think either the picture's >caption is
wrong, or Volvo messed up and painted it incorrectly, but I >guess it gets
the point across anyway.)
>
>I was in the bookstore last night and there was a book, "Ford Police
>Cars".  So I pick it up, and in the back is a whole SLEW of charts
>from the Michigan State Police putting various sedans(mostly Chevy
>Caprice, Ford crown vic), and there was a camaro...Interestingly
>enough was a Volvo 850 turbo mixed in.  2nd most powerful car in >the
lineup, it also had all the 2nd-fastest times.  American good-old->boy
decision making decided that the Volvo wasn't good enough ><snort>. So, they
buy crown vics all around, with a few special >purpose camaros for
high-speed stuff...rather than 850T's all around.
>
>Can you just picture a Detroit cop pulling over someone in his Volvo
>850T police package?  Heh heh...when pigs fly, eh?

That's nothing!  The South Carolina Highway Patrol has a BMW M5!  It was a
special gift from BMW GmbH when they built the plant in Spartanburg.  Termed
as a "High Speed Pursuit Veicle", but I think it is only used in parades and
inaugeral events and stuff like that.

In Georgia, the Highway patrol was given a lot of new BMW 3-series cars for
the 1996 Olympic games (which BMW was a large sponsor), but thanks to
politics and that same good ol boy geniosity, they gave all of them back in
favor of BUYING Crown Vics with our tax money.  That pisses me off.  The
BMW's were FREE!  Keep em!  Bunch of brain dead morons.

Someone has on thier web site a picture of a 4000CS Quattro police car.
Apparently the Audi dealership gave it to the town of Burlington, VT seeing
as how they needed good winter cars up there.  And, in Vail, Colorado, the
police (I believe) drive Saabs!  Can't have anyone driving measly Fords in
Vail!  ;^)

Later,
Dan