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Old 15th November 2014, 06:37 AM
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Default Thieves strike at German Audi dealership

I have been sent a link to this article.



http://www.carthrottle.com/this-germ...asty-surprise/

Poor Audis, all sitting on the deck.
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Old 15th November 2014, 08:28 AM
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Wow!

Neunkirchen must be twinned with Liverpool!










(only joking)




Edit: Gotta say, I'm puzzled by this photo:



If it had steel wheels, why steal them ... and why leave the wheel-trims behind?

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Old 15th November 2014, 02:12 PM
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germans are actually weird that way and will run steelies all winter

when i was out there as a car salesman it was a regular occurrence to sell a second set of wheels with high end cars for winter .
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Old 15th November 2014, 02:19 PM
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A (UK-based) company I worked for had several senior staff at various European locations with company cars. All the leases included winter wheels/tyres and swapping/storage.
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Old 15th November 2014, 03:05 PM
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I reckon those wheel trims might be from the black golf in the background of this pic?


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Old 15th November 2014, 04:10 PM
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I reckon those wheel trims might be from the black golf in the background of this pic?
Ah, yes, I reckon you're right.

In which case, it looks like someone was trying to make it look like the Tiguan still had wheels, for whatever reason.
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