Petrol Thieving Bar Stewards
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I seem to remember somebody started a thread on here called Petrol Thieving (*Insert naughty word*)....
Anyway, just been a victim myself, walking back to the house saw something on the roof, thought it was a leaf...no, too big for a leaf...Oh, it's my fuel cap, now broken...thanks for that. Wasn't sure if it was just for kicks or to syphon petrol at first, but after the AA man had arrived (thanks Russell!) it quickly became clear that they had indeed, nicked all my fuel.
Funniest thing is, mine still runs on leaded.....
Anyway, my point is, is there anyway to prevent this from happening? Can you get a super-hard-to-get-into fuel cap replacement? Or is this just par for the course?
As John Travolta said in Pulp Fiction: "Don't mess with another mans vehicle!"
Anyway, just been a victim myself, walking back to the house saw something on the roof, thought it was a leaf...no, too big for a leaf...Oh, it's my fuel cap, now broken...thanks for that. Wasn't sure if it was just for kicks or to syphon petrol at first, but after the AA man had arrived (thanks Russell!) it quickly became clear that they had indeed, nicked all my fuel.
Funniest thing is, mine still runs on leaded.....
Anyway, my point is, is there anyway to prevent this from happening? Can you get a super-hard-to-get-into fuel cap replacement? Or is this just par for the course?
As John Travolta said in Pulp Fiction: "Don't mess with another mans vehicle!"
Hmm, seems my mini luck has totally run out at the mo, I returned from holiday to find a fist sized dent in my roof (possibly from the petrol thiever?)
It's hard to feel the dent from the inside to push it out with my hands (difficult with the roof lining there to actually get to it) and a local garage owner suggested it could cost up to £350 - an insurance claim then - to get fixed properly. It's not a deep dent, but it's about 10cm from the front right corner near the A-pillar. Anybody know of any cost effective methods of getting this out? What are those suction cups like?
It's hard to feel the dent from the inside to push it out with my hands (difficult with the roof lining there to actually get to it) and a local garage owner suggested it could cost up to £350 - an insurance claim then - to get fixed properly. It's not a deep dent, but it's about 10cm from the front right corner near the A-pillar. Anybody know of any cost effective methods of getting this out? What are those suction cups like?
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