Suspected tyre theft - advice please!

[ferg1986]

Need some advice please guys.

I put new rears on my chariot 2000 miles ago at £430.

I got an MOT 6 weeks straight through and then took the car to another local garage for some radio issues which were fixed.

When I look at the rears now they are through to the canvas. I absolutely haven't driven it that hard over 2K, and it passed an MOT the day before it went to the other garage.

I suspect someone has swapped the rears off. Has anyone had this kind of issue before and if so do you have any advice?

I'd be grateful for some help as at the moment I'm contemplating popping over to the garage with my Polish cousins for a brief chat to clear things up.

[ferg1986]

Yeah 100% sure they are different widths.

The rears were good enough for an MOT the day before and the car spent 2 days in the radio place with the locking wheelnut in the boot.

I thought I could trust a car garage

[ferg1986]

No.

They got straight through an MOT and then went to the other garage and are now on the canvas.

I’ll leave to my cousins

[ferg1986]

Nah they’re completely gone across the entire surface and then canvas on some parts.

They definitely aren’t the same and I think it is probably one of the minions in the garage rather than the management.

I just wondered if anyone had experience of similar and how they resolved it

[ferg1986]

Yeah they’re pretty standard off the shelf continental rears on an M3 that BM fitted.

It’s not really that much of a coincidence for some putrid foreskin of a scrote to spot a set of rears that fitted their car and swap them over.

My old man took the car in and it was there for a few days in a garage with a ramp and everything needed to swap it.

On the balance of probably someone is more likely to have swapped

[ferg1986]

Oh yeah good idea perhaps it’s not the same car. I’ll check the chassis numbers good point mate well done

[ferg1986]

KungFuPanda said:

Well if you think you have enough evidence to satisfy “On the balance of probably”, start a civil claim against the wrongdoer and you’ll win then.

Yeah I'll take a look at it and look into the garage a little further. Good news is my brother is a barrister so they've done it to the wrong chap

[ferg1986]

Naturally it's unlikely. It wouldn't be worthy of wasting forum time otherwise.

I don't have any photos as it's back with the old man. I'll pop up to the garage this week for a gentle chat.

[ferg1986]

0ddball said:

Quite. He's got his cousins as the heavy backup, his brother for the legal route. I'm surprised you haven't set your dad on them yet!

Or you could be a man and go down there and make it known that you are not happy. It probably won't solve anything but you'll get a feel for where it will go from here if you persue it.

It's good to hear opinions from here thanks chaps. Helps make a clear plan for how to look into it a little further, much appreciated

[ferg1986]

Brilliant to have the full range of opinions including the Brains Trust and helps me get some traction on what to do next. We're popping in this week after work one day and will take it from there