Very Sad

Lozza · Post by **Lozza** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 12:29 pm

Went out to my car this morning, all my hub caps missing and some joker had let all my tyres down!

It looks dreadful without wheel trims, so, doing the girl thing when depressed, I went shopping and ordered some alloys so I can bolt them on!

Wait till I catch the joker responsible, they wont want to be living anymore!!

rob · Post by **rob** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 12:53 pm

depending on what size steel wheel and tyre you have you could perhaps sell them to other owners as space savers

Tyce · Post by **Tyce** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 12:57 pm

Sorry to hear about yout misfortune... I hope you catch this person(s).. Its pain to see that they are jealous that they cannot have a car like yours...

I think Alloys is the better option... although this still doesn't stop them from letting the air out of your tyres...

Tyce

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 1:07 pm

Yeah, sorry to hear your woes. Hopefully it's a one off but spending the extra time letting down your tyres (and incurring the extra risk of getting caught) doesn't sound like just an opportunist to me, maybe someone you know locally - bad neighbour or someone closer to home, etc, perhaps?

Maybe an idea could be one of those real cheap video cameras if its parked on your property, otherwise perhaps you can move it to a safer position by a street light or outside the house for extra protection if not already done so.

Robbie.

[ This Message was edited by: Robbie on 2002-04-19 12:31 ]

Lozza · Post by **Lozza** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 2:14 pm

My car was parked on my drive so I just assumed it was safe.

As far as I know I have not offended anyone, the only comclusion that I came up with is that I am an a***nal fan and DID have an a***nal sticker in the car. Needless to say that I have now taken it out!

I will find out who the culprit is, one way or another and then revenge will be on the cards!

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 2:19 pm

OMG - i've an a***nal shirt sticker on mine - at least it's got lockable alloys though.

Lucky it wasn't a spurs sticker or they'd have nicked the whole car!

[ This Message was edited by: Robbie on 2002-04-19 13:30 ]

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 2:42 pm

Sorry to hear of your misfortune :sad: I only had my set of alloy valve caps nicked off the car parked up in the drive at X-mas and was fuming !. Think one of the best deterrents is to get a security light which activates when anyone goes near the car when parked on the drive.

Rgds

Rich

CB · Post by CB » Fri Apr 19, 2002 3:42 pm

friend of mine had a car battery lobbed through the back window of his 205 GTI a few years ago. Someone saw the bloke who did it and when he was confronted in the pub he said he did it because of the a***nal sticker in the back and because it was a "flash b******s" car....
Wonder if its the same fella????

Justin · Post by **Justin** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 3:48 pm

Think one of the best deterrents is to get a security light which activates when anyone goes near the car when parked on the drive.

My mate told me a story about his friends 307, which is parked on a block paved drive overnight under a security light.

His friend woke up one morning to find his 307 up on bricks (which, to add insult to injury, had been dug up from the block paving) and all 4 alloys missing.

That evening he noticed that the security light wasn't coming on, on closer inspection he found this was because the sensor had been turned to face the wall.

This could well have been done during the daytime in preparation for the theft later on (cheeky gits).

My friend said he'd heard (yeah, I know it's hearsay) that there were a gang operating in my part of the West Midlands who were in posession of an alloy wheel "master key" and he thought they were responsible for this theft.

Urban myth or Grand Theft Auto? (well, Grand Theft Wheels

) I do trust my source implicitly though.

Claire · Post by **Claire** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 3:53 pm

Oh God...how am I gonna sleep at night now? Will have to try and train him to toot his horn at any sign of trouble!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 5:02 pm

that would be a clever car

lizolinni · Post by **lizolinni** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 5:03 pm

Hi Justin
Thats true about the alloys getting nicked in the West Midlands. I know loads of people who have had it done. It became a common sight where I live to see some poor car up on bricks with no wheels.
Liz

Lozza · Post by **Lozza** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 5:04 pm

Think i'm gonna have to sleep in my car tonight just for extra security!

Justin · Post by **Justin** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 5:14 pm

On 2002-04-19 16:03, lizolinni wrote:
Thats true about the alloys getting nicked in the West Midlands. I know loads of people who have had it done. It became a common sight where I live to see some poor car up on bricks with no wheels.

Liz,

It's a bit of a worry, especially as I caught someone following me a couple of months back.

rob · Post by **rob** » Fri Apr 19, 2002 6:13 pm

and people thought I was mad the other day when i said I had security cameras on my house.

They will have to use a ladder to get to the or the lights (all 2000W of them) and sensors.

So I will just look for someone who is blind after the lights have been activated