My wheels have been stolen!
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Jim AK said:
V8forweekends said:
Just bought a Disco3 - someone's stolen the spare wheel at some point in the last 6 years. I love this country, but if I had to name my top dislikes, very near the top would be the massive preponderance of thieving b
ds there are here, who will seemingly help themselves to anything unattended at any time.
Common problem on all Discos, back door,or under chassis & previous generation RRS.ds there are here, who will seemingly help themselves to anything unattended at any time.Only option is a thick chain round chassis or door bracket.
V8forweekends said:
Jim AK said:
V8forweekends said:
Just bought a Disco3 - someone's stolen the spare wheel at some point in the last 6 years. I love this country, but if I had to name my top dislikes, very near the top would be the massive preponderance of thieving bds there are here, who will seemingly help themselves to anything unattended at any time.
Common problem on all Discos, back door,or under chassis & previous generation RRS.ds there are here, who will seemingly help themselves to anything unattended at any time.Only option is a thick chain round chassis or door bracket.
Oh, and also had fitted some security in the shape of a metal dish that sits in the tyre meaning the scrotes can't snip the cable again.
photosnob said:
Yeah - because traveller "scum" pick locks and then leave it on bricks.
Whoever stole those wheels had a key. Breaking into a garage is far too easy to mess around with picking locks.
actually its a piece of piss to pick most garage locks. Farrrr too many are simple wafer locks that open in seconds with a set of jiggler keys or even quicker with a strong flat bladed screwdriver and a strong wrist! Even the ones with euro cylinders in arent hard to get in as a lot are single sided cylinders or have a "thumb turn" handle on the inside.Whoever stole those wheels had a key. Breaking into a garage is far too easy to mess around with picking locks.
ging84 said:
I've always wondered about thieves leavings cars on bricks, seems odd they are respectful enough to not drop your car on the ground, but not respectful enough to not nick the fking wheels in the first place.
In this instance, inside a garage wouldn't bricks have been necessary in order to get all 4 wheels off - i.e. simply an access issue.king wheels in the first place.I've had wheels nicked twice! Once in Cyprus off my mini - left it on bricks as per OP.
More worrying was a shed Clio I briefly had in Cambridge, in a decent off-street car park near the house. It had a set of 15" halfords specials alloys on, with brand new tyres.
The thieves broke into the car just to remove the 4 rubbish steel wheels I had in there which were from a Peugeot I'd scrapped, so that they could take off the alloys, and refit the car onto the steels with one bolt each (different PCD!). Didn't take speakers or CD player or sat nav from inside when they broke in.... logic fails me.
More worrying was a shed Clio I briefly had in Cambridge, in a decent off-street car park near the house. It had a set of 15" halfords specials alloys on, with brand new tyres.
The thieves broke into the car just to remove the 4 rubbish steel wheels I had in there which were from a Peugeot I'd scrapped, so that they could take off the alloys, and refit the car onto the steels with one bolt each (different PCD!). Didn't take speakers or CD player or sat nav from inside when they broke in.... logic fails me.
MGJohn said:
V8forweekends said:
Herman Toothrot said:
MGJohn, what sort of st hole area do you live in? This isn't the 1st time I've seen you post about all the thieving / vandalism / general chav scum behaviour on your street.
Nice snobbery.t hole area do you live in? This isn't the 1st time I've seen you post about all the thieving / vandalism / general chav scum behaviour on your street.
A few years ago, my parents had their 18" M-sport wheels stolen from their 3-series, while on their drive. The scrotes didn't use bricks, but did use stone blocks from the verge for safety. In fact, they came armed with 4no brand new scissor jacks to lift the car, and the blocks were in case something slipped; Elf 'n' Safety after all. There were BMW locking wheel nuts on each wheel.
Cost to fix: £2,500 all in.
Cost to fix: £2,500 all in.
Sump said:
Meh, the last immigrant I spoke to came and tinted my windows for £120. Lovely chap from Poland. Compared to the non immigrants £350 I was quite happy as are all of his other hundreds of customers.
Sure you'll be equally as happy when the next immigrant takes your job for a third of the price you are being paid....jonm01 said:
Sump said:
Meh, the last immigrant I spoke to came and tinted my windows for £120. Lovely chap from Poland. Compared to the non immigrants £350 I was quite happy as are all of his other hundreds of customers.
Sure you'll be equally as happy when the next immigrant takes your job for a third of the price you are being paid....Europa1 said:
CraigyMc said:
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Seriously MGJohn, I was with you right until you wrote that last sentence.
Ditto.Seriously MGJohn, I was with you right until you wrote that last sentence.
There is a fairly good link between the rise in metal theft and immigrants, namely Romanian gangs targeting rail lines. A friend of mine was involved in a sting against them. Why is everyone scared of highlighting that crime is driven by impoverished immigrants and/or travelers? Scared of being labeled racist huh?
We used to deal with some guys for scrap metal. Mostly non ferrous, reliable amounts that generated a good amount of income for them. For six months it was fine, then one evening a truck drove through the back of the building and £8-10K worth of billets were stolen. Following this we never saw them again, co-incidence?
Nowadays any tipper trucks that stop get told to move on. The building is fortified and the Police make more frequent patrols (twice a month now
) Scrap is stockpiled and then recycled in house. bks to them. Oh, and how on earth anyone can suggest that an area makes it ok to steal something is beyond me. I guess the average PH Director pulls up each night to staff doffing their caps?
If it walks like a duck, has webbed feet and quacks......
To answer the earlier question stick bricks under it, make it much easier to kick the wheel off, it won't come off easily stuck resting on a disc, I had a jack collapse and found this out.
Who would pay a dealer full price for a replacement set of wheels when you can pick up perfect sets on ebay for £4-500.
Who would pay a dealer full price for a replacement set of wheels when you can pick up perfect sets on ebay for £4-500.
OP and others, as a general note of advise, you can open most older garage doors with something like a paint scraper. Slide it in at the top of the garage door, in the middle, to push the locking bar down out of its catch. When you close the door again, it will lock itself. This way it looks as if none has forced entry.
You should put an alternative lock on it. Sliding lock with padlock.
I used to work for the council...not a misspent youth.
You should put an alternative lock on it. Sliding lock with padlock.
I used to work for the council...not a misspent youth.
yonex said:
Europa1 said:
CraigyMc said:
This message brought to you by UKIP.
Seriously MGJohn, I was with you right until you wrote that last sentence.
Ditto.Seriously MGJohn, I was with you right until you wrote that last sentence.
There is a fairly good link between the rise in metal theft and immigrants, namely Romanian gangs targeting rail lines. A friend of mine was involved in a sting against them. Why is everyone scared of highlighting that crime is driven by impoverished immigrants and/or travelers? Scared of being labeled racist huh?
We used to deal with some guys for scrap metal. Mostly non ferrous, reliable amounts that generated a good amount of income for them. For six months it was fine, then one evening a truck drove through the back of the building and £8-10K worth of billets were stolen. Following this we never saw them again, co-incidence?
Nowadays any tipper trucks that stop get told to move on. The building is fortified and the Police make more frequent patrols (twice a month now
) Scrap is stockpiled and then recycled in house. bks to them. Oh, and how on earth anyone can suggest that an area makes it ok to steal something is beyond me. I guess the average PH Director pulls up each night to staff doffing their caps?
If it walks like a duck, has webbed feet and quacks......
ging84 said:
I've always wondered about thieves leavings cars on bricks, seems odd they are respectful enough to not drop your car on the ground, but not respectful enough to not nick the fking wheels in the first place.
So is it honour among thieves to not do any more damage than they need to?
Is it because it becomes difficult to jack it up for the last couple of wheels if the car is unstable?
Is it to avoid having an extra charge of criminal damage if caught ?
Won't the jack be stuck under the car if you don't hold it up with something? That would stop you nicking the other two wheelsking wheels in the first place.So is it honour among thieves to not do any more damage than they need to?
Is it because it becomes difficult to jack it up for the last couple of wheels if the car is unstable?
Is it to avoid having an extra charge of criminal damage if caught ?
MGJohn said:
Of course folks still steal wheels. The cost of a new set of tyres increases the risk. Even if the actual alloy wheels are not that desirable, a nice new set of tyres are!
Even an old Rover which nobody wants can be targetted. having said that, Vitesse Turbo 17" alloys will always find a buyer.
I had a set of 16" Rover 600 alloy wheels with good rubber which fit so he was soon mobile again.
That was a near neighbour's car. Sometime later, one night no less than seventeen cars were vandalised and stuff stolen in our street including one of my son's cars. Window broken and glove box checked for stuff.
For good measure, metal thieves took a drain grill... they are quite heavy worth a couple of quid weighed in!
I've been having a clear out and have a set of proper Rover 800 workshop manuals and a set of alloy wheel locking nuts, you can have them if you want for the cost of the postage or if you can collect from Coventry?Even an old Rover which nobody wants can be targetted. having said that, Vitesse Turbo 17" alloys will always find a buyer.
I had a set of 16" Rover 600 alloy wheels with good rubber which fit so he was soon mobile again.
That was a near neighbour's car. Sometime later, one night no less than seventeen cars were vandalised and stuff stolen in our street including one of my son's cars. Window broken and glove box checked for stuff.
For good measure, metal thieves took a drain grill... they are quite heavy worth a couple of quid weighed in!
Psycho Warren said:
actually its a piece of piss to pick most garage locks. Farrrr too many are simple wafer locks that open in seconds with a set of jiggler keys or even quicker with a strong flat bladed screwdriver and a strong wrist! Even the ones with euro cylinders in arent hard to get in as a lot are single sided cylinders or have a "thumb turn" handle on the inside.
That was my point without wanting to give a DIY of how to open a garage without a key. Most people who steal for a living are not going to pick the lock - it's easier to open it "another way". They don't care about the cost of breaking the lock. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff