Wheel theft
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Wheel theft
Check this out over in the Canada forum
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=11610
Guy in Montreal has his wheels swiped while away on holiday. At around the same time, a set of RX-8 wheels comes up for sale on Ebay. The seller lives in, wouldn't you know it, Montreal! It's a big city of course but still, smells fishy...
Do Euro RX-8s ship with wheel locks? I know it would only slow a determined thief down for a little while, but it's better than nothing...
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=11610
Guy in Montreal has his wheels swiped while away on holiday. At around the same time, a set of RX-8 wheels comes up for sale on Ebay. The seller lives in, wouldn't you know it, Montreal! It's a big city of course but still, smells fishy...
Do Euro RX-8s ship with wheel locks? I know it would only slow a determined thief down for a little while, but it's better than nothing...
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yeah but up there in dundee they would nick the chassis and leave the wheels propped up by bricks.
Almost as a bad as barrowfield Glasgow and ferguslie park in Paisley.
oh and not forgetting the infamous Wester Hailes in Sunny Edinburgh
Almost as a bad as barrowfield Glasgow and ferguslie park in Paisley.
oh and not forgetting the infamous Wester Hailes in Sunny Edinburgh
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Originally posted by cw007
yeah but up there in dundee they would nick the chassis and leave the wheels propped up by bricks.
Almost as a bad as barrowfield Glasgow and ferguslie park in Paisley.
oh and not forgetting the infamous Wester Hailes in Sunny Edinburgh
yeah but up there in dundee they would nick the chassis and leave the wheels propped up by bricks.
Almost as a bad as barrowfield Glasgow and ferguslie park in Paisley.
oh and not forgetting the infamous Wester Hailes in Sunny Edinburgh
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yeah murphy, i collect my monthly doose of temazpan from my dealer in Paisley and rampage around my place of birth. Then come home and find that Watford has a few dodgy areas as well.
i.e. Garston (which is about 3 miles from leafy tory Bushey where i live now)
i.e. Garston (which is about 3 miles from leafy tory Bushey where i live now)
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You from Paisley then cw007?
My wife works in Paisley and we live nearby in the south side of Glasgow.
Like all towns/cities there are good and bad parts.
A case of "give a dog a bad name and it sticks" much of the time!
(Mind you, I wouldn't park my car in Feguslie Park overnight!)
My wife works in Paisley and we live nearby in the south side of Glasgow.
Like all towns/cities there are good and bad parts.
A case of "give a dog a bad name and it sticks" much of the time!
(Mind you, I wouldn't park my car in Feguslie Park overnight!)
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Like Glasgow, Dundee has something of a reputation, but there's actually not very much car crime here from what I can gather - although it does have its nasty areas like anywhere else.
The only story I remember hearing was a guy at work - he lives a few hundred yards away from me - who had the rear spoiler neatly removed from his Saxo VTS one night. That's a popular, cheap and quickish "boy racer" car so something of a prime target.
He has an Elise now which you could probably carry off by hand if you brought two or three mates along to help out.
The only story I remember hearing was a guy at work - he lives a few hundred yards away from me - who had the rear spoiler neatly removed from his Saxo VTS one night. That's a popular, cheap and quickish "boy racer" car so something of a prime target.
He has an Elise now which you could probably carry off by hand if you brought two or three mates along to help out.
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Originally posted by jimbobjoe
Wheel locks are standard. As they are in every coutry except canada !
Go figure.
Wheel locks are standard. As they are in every coutry except canada !
Go figure.
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on the subject of carting of cars by "hand"
back in the eighties when the 2CV was "fashionable" me and some mates were in Paris, we "picked up" one and carted it round the corner (about 200 yards all in) just for a laff and well should have seen the froggy doing his nut when he found his souped up trash can was missing
back in the eighties when the 2CV was "fashionable" me and some mates were in Paris, we "picked up" one and carted it round the corner (about 200 yards all in) just for a laff and well should have seen the froggy doing his nut when he found his souped up trash can was missing
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On the subject of good ole Paisley, I lived in the "poash" Whitehaugh jist aboot 2 mins fay Barshaw Park. on the hawkhead Road.
Came fay Foxbar or at least thats where i grew up or dragged up as the case may be
Came fay Foxbar or at least thats where i grew up or dragged up as the case may be
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Originally posted by cw007
On the subject of good ole Paisley, I lived in the "poash" Whitehaugh jist aboot 2 mins fay Barshaw Park. on the hawkhead Road.
Came fay Foxbar or at least thats where i grew up or dragged up as the case may be
On the subject of good ole Paisley, I lived in the "poash" Whitehaugh jist aboot 2 mins fay Barshaw Park. on the hawkhead Road.
Came fay Foxbar or at least thats where i grew up or dragged up as the case may be
Ma wife's shoap is in Glasgow Road - near yon Arnold Clarks Mazda garage!
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Originally posted by cw007
on the subject of carting of cars by "hand"
back in the eighties when the 2CV was "fashionable" me and some mates were in Paris, we "picked up" one and carted it round the corner (about 200 yards all in) just for a laff and well should have seen the froggy doing his nut when he found his souped up trash can was missing
on the subject of carting of cars by "hand"
back in the eighties when the 2CV was "fashionable" me and some mates were in Paris, we "picked up" one and carted it round the corner (about 200 yards all in) just for a laff and well should have seen the froggy doing his nut when he found his souped up trash can was missing
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Just got a mail from my dealer.
Dutch 8ths will not come with wheel locks. We have to order and pay for them ourselves. Seeing the photos I will not have any doubts doing so.
Eric
Dutch 8ths will not come with wheel locks. We have to order and pay for them ourselves. Seeing the photos I will not have any doubts doing so.
Eric
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Originally posted by JohnnyCumLately
I heard that a group of students at Imperial College once dismantled a car, carried the parts, and reassembled it to full working order on a roof or somewhere equally inaccessible. It may be a myth, but I want to believe it.
I heard that a group of students at Imperial College once dismantled a car, carried the parts, and reassembled it to full working order on a roof or somewhere equally inaccessible. It may be a myth, but I want to believe it.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp
Like just about everyone else, I was sure that ad was computer-generated...
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