Hmm... I got NO wheels >.<!
10-26-2006, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by stein
Takes *****!
Other than you Ins ded and possibly you rate going up you'll make out ok I'm sure. Still sucks though!
Other than you Ins ded and possibly you rate going up you'll make out ok I'm sure. Still sucks though!
rate will still go up ?
10-26-2006, 10:53 AM
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DAMN MAN...My girlfriend's wheels got stolen yesterday too!
She has a civic and was parked in between a covette and a 911, and some idiots decided to steal her rims. The put one side of her car up on an old steal rim they found laying in the garage, and on the other side, get this...they had it resting on a PAINT CAN!
The paint can didn't hold too well, and part of the car's weight was resting on the front brake rotor...no damage luckily though.
The worst part about it is that she lives in an apartment where the garage is key-accessed...but suprise suprise, the building manager never fixed a door that was stuck open.
She and the detective asked the building manager for the security tapes, and she claimed "you couldn't see the license plates from that angle." Later one of the maintainence guys went to her and the cop and told them that the manager was lying about watching the tape (apparently she never knew how to work the survelience computer). The maintainance guy showed them the tape, but it "mysteriously" stopped recording in the suspected time of the theft...so now the manager or staff is suspected of the theft, or aiding the theives.
I'm sure you ended up handling the sitation ok, but my girlfriend was all tears yesterday. I was trying to locate a place in the area to get rims for her, but no one could get a set until Friday. Finally i decided to leave work, convince a local tire place to let me pick up rims from their warehouse and drive the 2.5 hours down to the NYC area to put them on her car....this time with two comlpetely different brands of locking lug nuts as well.
Sorry to hear about your loss
She has a civic and was parked in between a covette and a 911, and some idiots decided to steal her rims. The put one side of her car up on an old steal rim they found laying in the garage, and on the other side, get this...they had it resting on a PAINT CAN!
The paint can didn't hold too well, and part of the car's weight was resting on the front brake rotor...no damage luckily though.
The worst part about it is that she lives in an apartment where the garage is key-accessed...but suprise suprise, the building manager never fixed a door that was stuck open.
She and the detective asked the building manager for the security tapes, and she claimed "you couldn't see the license plates from that angle." Later one of the maintainence guys went to her and the cop and told them that the manager was lying about watching the tape (apparently she never knew how to work the survelience computer). The maintainance guy showed them the tape, but it "mysteriously" stopped recording in the suspected time of the theft...so now the manager or staff is suspected of the theft, or aiding the theives.
I'm sure you ended up handling the sitation ok, but my girlfriend was all tears yesterday. I was trying to locate a place in the area to get rims for her, but no one could get a set until Friday. Finally i decided to leave work, convince a local tire place to let me pick up rims from their warehouse and drive the 2.5 hours down to the NYC area to put them on her car....this time with two comlpetely different brands of locking lug nuts as well.
Sorry to hear about your loss
10-26-2006, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DavesZ#3
I don't think anybody stole his wheels. What wheel thief carries around some cinder blocks to leave the car on? When your wheels get stolen, your car is left on the ground - unless you have some gentlemen thieves in the neighborhood.
10-26-2006, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by noodleman
someone bothered to steal stock rims? Man, what's this world coming to!
some people just...
too much
10-26-2006, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by DavesZ#3
I don't think anybody stole his wheels. What wheel thief carries around some cinder blocks to leave the car on? When your wheels get stolen, your car is left on the ground - unless you have some gentlemen thieves in the neighborhood.
I think the reason they put it up on blocks (or in my gf's case on a rim and a paint can), is so that they can remove their jack.
after my girl went to the police, they said another car had the same thing happen, but was completely on the ground with the jack still stuck under one side.
10-26-2006, 11:01 AM
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i honestly don't think locking nuts help all that much vs theft, it's easy enough to drill into them to get them loose. It just helps vs the amateurs.
10-26-2006, 11:05 AM
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I think they definitely serve as a hurdle to having your wheels stolen. I'm sure the pro's have master keys and all, but amatuers will be more weary to start the extra steps of drilling or trying to force a socket onto the lock nut. Time is everything, and putting different hurdles in place might help in detering some.
10-26-2006, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by noodleman
i honestly don't think locking nuts help all that much vs theft, it's easy enough to drill into them to get them loose. It just helps vs the amateurs.
i parked in the middle of the lot...
and there r definately ppl going in and out...
so... i figure criminals either had special tools or some thing...
b/c impact tools in the middle of an parking lot like that would make too much noise
10-26-2006, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Vamos_Rafael
well...
i parked in the middle of the lot...
and there r definately ppl going in and out...
so... i figure criminals either had special tools or some thing...
b/c impact tools in the middle of an parking lot like that would make too much noise
i parked in the middle of the lot...
and there r definately ppl going in and out...
so... i figure criminals either had special tools or some thing...
b/c impact tools in the middle of an parking lot like that would make too much noise
I'm sure people saw it, but didn't say anything until after the fact.
I used to work for AAA, and would occasionally have to unlock cars. Sometimes when all of our trucks were out on tows, I would just take my chevy to the call (no sign or indication that I was a AAA guy). There were times where i would unlock the car while the driver wasn't there (can't do that anymore), and people would walk by and just give me dirty looks or stares, but NOT A SINGLE PERSON EVER ASKED WHAT I WAS DOING!! I mean, I'm a brown guy that looks like I'm tying to break into someone's car. If i saw me doing that, I would call the police. Friggin mob mentality ...
10-26-2006, 11:13 AM
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damn man that sucks, you gotta love jersey...haha hopefully insurance takes care of it all. to buy stock wheels at dealership costs which i guess is what insurance would have to do is a lot of $$. you could defiitly go with some nice aftermarkets.
10-26-2006, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Vamos_Rafael
police report says "theft, criminal mischief"
rate will still go up ?
rate will still go up ?
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10-26-2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by DavesZ#3
I don't think anybody stole his wheels. What wheel thief carries around some cinder blocks to leave the car on? When your wheels get stolen, your car is left on the ground - unless you have some gentlemen thieves in the neighborhood.
