MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: VC on January 02, 2010, 11:48:32 pm

Title: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: VC on January 02, 2010, 11:48:32 pm: (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fr121%2Fmikemk5%2FDSC_0006-1.jpg&hash=9b4fcbc47645d5b43ea75d3ec12f8615acd3f769)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fr121%2Fmikemk5%2FDSC_0002-3.jpg&hash=36569e3357f4e8e74418d4a7f40f1e39ac36a0fe)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fr121%2Fmikemk5%2FDSC_0001-6.jpg&hash=bc58b0f948cf4ebf076de60a6545926bcf514043)

taken off of a gti outside a dealership by people with russian mob links apparently. As a result nobody wanted to pursue the theft and the dealership made the owner a very decent offer on a new car as an apology as it happened on their premises (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysmiley.net%2Fimgs%2Fsmile%2Fscared%2Fscared0015.gif&hash=9c6f69782032e26f9726ccb928db47b6aa0830b7)
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: JPC on January 02, 2010, 11:50:18 pm: holy sh*t, thats terrible, poor guy! was this in america? or actual russia?
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: VC on January 02, 2010, 11:53:18 pm: stateside, the guy affected settled for a deal on a new R

i would guess he then changed dealerships :laugh:
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: JPC on January 02, 2010, 11:55:46 pm: poor poor guy! i think to myself, id hate to live in a country where i have to worry about things like that.

Then i remember about the gypo's in lancashire! awesome!
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: Andy on January 02, 2010, 11:57:51 pm: if that happend over in this country-the dealership wouldn't make you a good offer...Props tell you to get it of thier fore court :wink:
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: neg on January 03, 2010, 12:00:27 am: Sure I have seen that pic before - is that recent?
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: VC on January 03, 2010, 12:02:01 am: Quote from: neg on January 03, 2010, 12:00:27 am
Sure I have seen that pic before - is that recent?

i think its september last year
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: MAT ED30 on January 03, 2010, 12:35:15 am: 2008 I think the pics are from vc I remember when it happened to the guy and he got an r32 for his trouble and I think there some pics of it about on one of the forums. I think it's a blue one
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: stealthwolf on January 03, 2010, 07:56:43 am: Yikes! What were the original rims?
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: bacillus on January 03, 2010, 10:11:25 am: Quote from: stealthwolf on January 03, 2010, 07:56:43 am
Yikes! What were the original rims?
No, he had some nice expensive after market ones...
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: AlanD on January 03, 2010, 11:11:16 am: I dont think he was asking if they were original. He was asking what they were before they went missing lol.
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: Poverty on January 03, 2010, 01:38:18 pm: Quote from: AlanD on January 03, 2010, 11:11:16 am
I dont think he was asking if they were original. He was asking what they were before they went missing lol.

lol :grin:
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: jonnyc on January 03, 2010, 04:53:47 pm: I think they were HRE rims.. So not cheap!
Title: Re: its all about the rims and the russian mafia
Post by: stealthwolf on January 03, 2010, 05:27:46 pm: Quote from: AlanD on January 03, 2010, 11:11:16 am
He was asking what they were before they went missing lol.
+1. The car is obviously modded and I presumed would have aftermarket rims. Just wanted to know which ones.