Thursday, February 6, 2014

How £60,000 Audi abandoned during floods was picked apart by thieves leaving just a shell when waters subsided

Stuck in the mud: This £60,000 sports car was abandoned by its owner when its engine stopped on a flooded road and within a fortnight was 'ripped to shreds' by thieves
This is all that is left of a £60,000 sports car abandoned by its owner when its engine stopped on a flooded road after it was ‘ripped to shreds’ by thieves.
The 4.2 litre Audi RS5 - which has a top speed of 174mph and does 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds - was ditched on a road near a railway bridge approaching the M25 in Chertsey, Surrey, last month.
Gone: The remains of the car have now been left to rust on the roadsideIn the past two weeks the grey car - which would have cost £59,350 when new - has been stripped to just a shell by vandals.
Gregg Watkins, who spotted the Audi just two days after it was abandoned, said it was ‘incredible’ how fast it had been stripped.
He said: 'When I first drove past it, it looked perfect, but within a few days the bonnet, wing mirrors and lights had gone.
 


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