STOLEN AGAIN

[BRUCE182]

Remember me back in April had thiefs break into house steal my car keys and pinched my 182,this got replaced with a shiny new 182 in July only to be woken up this morning 6.30am! by the neighbour.The wheels have been nicked now.

Theres hundreds of these 182s about,and not to wish it on anyone else but why pick on me twice

 

[Pete]

There must be something about where you leave it that makes it appealling to nick. Still harsh though.

 

[bigmouk]

^ sorry to hear that mate, been there and it makes your blood boil !

I had a 306 a few years back and it was used for fookin spares parts while it was on my drive. Countless things pinched of it and broken in it.

one word - SCUM

 

[ViolentJ]

who the hell still nicks wheels these days?

id set up CCTV mate, theyre cheap enough these days.

 

[Gareth]

i think he does mean the car rather than the wheels, but his post does seem confusing, sorry though mate, some proper mailto:b@st@rds">b@st@rds out there!, thats why I wouldnt buy a house without a garage.

 

[BRUCE182]

Quote: Originally posted by _simon_ on 01 September 2005

who the hell still nicks wheels these days?

id set up CCTV mate, theyre cheap enough these days.

I have to agree these wheels arent that expensive,must be the anthracite colour,kids with no knowledge will think there worth a fortune.

P.S Renos locking wheel nuts are crap,they look like theyve been removed with the key.Doesnt look forced or anything

 

[MATT BLACK]

It will be the same people i bet - they become accustomed to previous places theyve stolen from before and got away with it......they think its safe. I would invest in a cheap CCTV system if i was you.

 

[bigmouk]

I got 2 separate security lights setup now. 2 steps on driveway and first one comes on. + got optional buzzer inside to go off if light comes on. (however, doesnt distinguish between scum and cats !)

 

[blink172]

Sorry to hear that mate. Might be time to invest in a lock up/garage in your local area.

 

[Rich]

Nightmare, more grief. Need a garage.

 

[BRUCE182]

Ive got a garage at home but these modern houses with there tiny garages only just fit the car in,then you have to scrape down the side of it to get out,causing scrathcing so never bothered so will have to have a rethink.

 

[BRUCE182]

CCTV would that stop them or will you just see some hooded kids nicking your car/wheels.

My wife used to be a manager of a hotel with top of the range CCTV motion sensors,flood lights the works,yet still they nicked wheels on a regular basis.


[Edited by BRUCE182 on 01 September 2005 at 9:08am]

 

[Gareth]

yeah new house garages are crap, my garage is massive in comparison

 

[bigmouk]

tilt sensors - but guess that means shelling out for a new alarm ??

 

[Ali]

Cheeky diks! Pissed any1 off in the last yr??? Id defo get sum sort of secuirty system!

 

[Rich]

Yeah our garage was built in the 70s and its a tight fit, I think I would still rather try and squeeze it in.

There is a decent amount of space at the front back off mine but its not that wide. I reverse in tight up against the drivers side with the widow down to easily see and get out the passenger side.

 

[Darren S]

Just get the below from eBay. Point it at your drive....... and wait for the scum to return....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/US-WW-II-M19-Twin-40mm-Tank_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80765QQitemZ4570749202QQrdZ1http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/US-WW-II-M19-Twin-40mm-Tank_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80765QQitemZ4570749202QQrdZ1

D.

 

[bang]

wire your car up to the mains, just a thought !

sorry to hear that, get some wheel locks though, thieves are lazy, thats why they are thieves.

Having said that my car was broken into, all they took was the ashtray with some loose change in, but the key to the wheels was in it as well, now even i cant get the wheels off!

 

[eugegall]

cant believe it. atleast you have the car still

 

[Funkyjahooner]

So harsh

 

[fizzy_drink]

Anyone fancy setting a booby trap for those f***ers?

Then we culd catch them red-handed, throw them into the back of a lorry (blindfolded), then drop them off somewhere random... like lane 2 on the M1.

 

[Turkish]

c*nts!!

People like that need rounding up and shooting, no jail just shoot the c**ts and be done with it.

 

[LegoHead]

Sounds like fun, but leave in the middle of scotland. sorry to hear about it though.

 

[BRUCE182]

Recovery wagon just been to take it away,brought some after market wheels with him fitted using originall wheel studs that was left behind,car wouldnt move.Turns out the stude where going too far through the rear discs and catching on the handbrake mech.Took an hour to work it out.

 

[V1NNY]

Yeah i had my wheels stolen and its not nice, then i went out and brought some Mcgard locking wheel nuts, dont know how safe they are but cost a fair bit

 

[Ally]

Quote: Originally posted by BRUCE182 on 01 September 2005


Ive got a garage at home but these modern houses with there tiny garages only just fit the car in,then you have to scrape down the side of it to get out,causing scrathcing so never bothered so will have to have a rethink.

Diks! Hope it all gets sorted soon cos thats just sh*te.

Yeah, whats with the crap size of garages in new houses? I could only just get my Punto (hardly the biggest car) in when I first had it - couldnt actually open the doors at all and there was only about 1/2 metre left at the end (lengthways). Only about 3 out of about 120 houses on my estate manage to get their cars in their garages...

 

[Chili Red]

Cant believe youve been done twice, thats so unlucky..Id find away to get that car in your garage.

Put the wing mirrors in and drive it tight over on the passenger side, then put something on the wall so you dont bash the door and find a way to not scrape the car when you get past.

Im still dreaming of having a garage, but Ill make sure I get one thats big enough to fit the car in...

 

[badinvincible]

Unlucky mate.

If I were you I would invest in a proximity alarm for your car.

 

[cat171]

Total scum bags, you need to think about cctv & heat sensitive lights etc.

 

[Phill1978]

im looking into proximity guns as we speak. i was thinking paintball stylee lots of bruises and stained clothes so the poilce can find them. of course i could have no ammo and still scare the sh*t out of someone

http://www.remotelyinteresting.com/paintball%20minigun%20page.htmlhttp://www.remotelyinteresting.com/paintball%20minigun%20page.html

check out the vid at the bottom of the page 1200psi.

iam also developing software to recognise shape i.e human versus animals.



i kid you not !

problem is the movement of the fixed gun, it needs to trace and im not sure how i would do this ?

http://www.montysminiguns.com/Paintballminigun1.gif

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by meggerman on 01 September 2005
<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #407db6">im looking into proximity guns as we speak. i was thinking paintball stylee lots of bruises and stained clothes so the poilce can find them. of course i could have no ammo and still scare the sh*t out of someonehttp://www.remotelyinteresting.com/paintball%20minigun%20page.htmlhttp://www.remotelyinteresting.com/paintball%20minigun%20page.htmlcheck out the vid at the bottom of the page 1200psi.iam also developing software to recognise shape i.e human versus animals. i kid you not !<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #407db6">problem is the movement of the fixed gun, it needs to trace and im not sure how i would do this ?http://www.montysminiguns.com/Paintballminigun1.gif




^^^ http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/crazy.gif

 

[Phill1978]

hahah ! ^^^

nah.. i think a paintball minigun without ammo would be enough.

 

[badinvincible]

What about a human head on a stick that has some nails in it?

 

[Leeshez]

That is nasty and shocking, but when they nicked the 182 for the first time was the wheel locking nut adapter in the car? If so they might have used that.

 

[Jonaldinho]

Very unlucky mate, I agree with the others about getting some decent security sharpish.

 

[norfolkminis]

bloody harsh that. I bet your insurance company cant wait for your renewal.

I fitted a sensor light as soon as I got my 172. Wuithin about a month 2 doors down had the STEEL yes steel wheels and hubcaps nicked off his 1.2 clio.

 

[BRUCE182]

Quote: Originally posted by Leeshez on 01 September 2005

That is nasty and shocking, but when they nicked the 182 for the first time was the wheel locking nut adapter in the car? If so they might have used that.

Its not the same 182 i got back,a new one was bought for me so the new one would have come with new locking wheel nuts.

By all accounts the use gator grips to take the locking wheeel nuts off

 

[badinvincible]

Renault locking nuts are pish Bruce.

One good bash and they seem to fall apart.

McGuard and TSW do good aftermarket ones.

 

[jonnyboy]

A similar thing happened to a guy in our village, they nicked wheels off his mondeo and laguna (both just normal spec cars really) they did both cars twice within a month and then did the mondeo again for luck about 2 months later. You can get thacham approved locking nuts and I reccomend the CCTV option, even if its just a dummy camera. I got a dummy camera off ebay for 7 quid, Im a security engineer so could fit CCTV but TBH the only stuff worth having is quite expensive

 

[polarbert]

Quote: Originally posted by jonnyboy on 01 September 2005

but TBH the only stuff worth having is quite expensive

can you elaborate on this?