Where are you based then?
I work in Harwich, & pass a red 5 door N15 (with a black weld patch on the rear sill) most mornings & evenings (I`m usually in a black 07 plate Qashqai, but sometimes in the GTi).
If it was heading towards Walton, it could be the same lad that had the red GTi with the plate ending LEE, with AOC stickers, alloys & the Joy Tuning front bumper (with a big chunk missing from it the last time I saw it, a few months ago), as it always seemed to be heading for the marshes whenever I saw it.