Big Money Pit

******* boils me over.

i'll tell you who it was. it was ******* methheads. they will steal anything they can get their hands on. that **** is RAMPANT here in east tennessee, even in the yuppie parts. (yes, east tennessee has yuppie parts)

about two months ago i was upstairs asleep in MY house, and i heard someone downstairs. well, i live alone, so that was clue #1 something was up. long story short, i ended up taking a sheetock knife to the back and shoulder of a methhead i caught running out my front door with a GEORGE FOREMAN GRILL i **** you not.

i cannot make that kind of **** up.

it was an unpleasant experience, going through all of that hassle with the stand your ground law here and whatnot, but seriously? it was 11:00 at night, my cars were parked out front, and the lights downstairs were on.

that stuff makes people ******* desperate.

Ever Hernandez

Awww, fawk...those *ssh*les... I feel your pain man. I've had my stuff stolen before, not on my 8 though.

blackenedwings

Well, I've still got my stock rims in my house... no tires to put on them of course, but I have them. I'll probably have to take the stock rims up to Mr. Tire and get some cheap tires put on so I can at least take the car off the goddamn rocks/bricks. Insurance is -going- to pay for the damage if I have to club them to do it, but it's still a $500 deductable which is money out of my pocket that I was going to put towards my turbo install next month. Now I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to do the install. I guess I'm just fortunate they didn't break the windows and steal anything else like the car itself. Hell, I still had my brand new turbo in the trunk.

Renesis07

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Yea from this point forward, it may be a good idea to not leave anything of value in your car. I get nervous with my subs in my car.

Rotr8

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Blackened that blow big time, Icant imagine how pissed off I would be if this happened to me,,,,

Rhawb

******* scum - Too lazy to get a job and get their **** in line, so they just steal the things other people worked hard to earn. Walking wastes of space. Hope you get your things back from these dirtbags. Bonus points if you get to seem them getting locked up for a few years.

YaXMaNGTO

You guys should see how easy it is to remove the wheel locks when you know what you're doing. Next time you're getting new tires at Discount or whatever, ask the guys how long it takes to remove them if the owner doesn't have the key.

Basically, your wheels are not safe because they have locks.

Sorry that happened. I'd be pissed out of my frickin' mind. It could have happened to any of us.

ShellDude

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Here's how I took care of mine...

cornholio135

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Another reason why I park mine in the garage... I know not everyone has a house with a garage, but most of the people in my neighborhood use their garage like a storage unit and park their cars in the driveway. That really sux dude.... F@CKING THEIVES. I cannot stand that ****... I know of at least 2 cases here where a vehicle owner shot and killed someone for breakin in/trying to steal a vehicle... No charges filed....

newcastle

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That sucks man! I highly recommend getting a shock sensor and lojack or equivalent, especially if you get that turbo installed. Of course you may want to consider going sleep style so you don't draw much attention....until you get a garage or something.

Yeah, regardless of what type of protection you have on ANY item. If a low down dirty piece of scum wants it they will eventually get it or die trying.

photo chick

this makes me sad for you.

hopefully you can sort this out with insurance.

karma will take it's toll.

YaXMaNGTO

Ah. I don't get it... what do those do for you? I've never seen them, but how difficult is it to find a half inch drive and remove them?

always.anthony

WOW that pisses me off. i feel for you man, had subs stolen from me just a broken window. but that even makes ME ANGRY! for you!

wheel locks just slow people down, for a prank i stole my friends rims and put them in his back yard, i put the car on LOTS of phone books, the wheel locks or w/e can be taken off if you are not retarded, you don't need the key, just find a wrench or anything to grab the wheel lock and apply rotational force, at an angle.

ShellDude

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Allow me to clarify, as others have suggested, the image I provided is an example of how you can easily defeat the locking lug nuts. They're reverse threaded sockets that tighten down as you apply counter-clockwise (loosening) pressure and they come in a multitude of sizes to accomodate just about any type of pesky nut.

By "took care of mine" I meant that is how I removed my locking lug nuts because my car did not come with a key (mentioned in more detail a couple posts up).

User24

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yeah yeah rx8 get stolen straight out of garage too, plenty of times. Plus once rx8 becomes $14,000, nobody gonna put $14K rx8 into $15K garage.

GPS, video camera, camping in rx8... nothing is foolproof.

Everything is either broken, in the process of breaking, or getting broken into. Keep rx8 long enough it is bound to happen. I just consider myself lucky and way past due for all that garbage to happen.

They say, when you go to sleep, everything you got you give back to the world. When you wake up in the morning, you get it all back again. Now we know, just check outside first to make sure your tires aren't gone before telling yourself you're in the clear.

"Stupid peoples stealing things" who are they anyway? You go outside, catch them in the process, and hope to beat up some thug, but it's just a bunch of young faced punks who got nothing to live for, no role models, no futures. "Why are you stealing my car? Let's talk about this" or maybe they just pull out a gun when you're trying to help them. That just about sum it up.

ShellDude

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Arming your house's alarm at night in "stay" mode helps, especially if you have a sensor on your exterior garage door.

[K]Jae

Hope you find those a-holes

blackenedwings

Well the cop basically told me they have almost no chance of catching the people who did it. He said because the rims were so unique they "might" see them show up at one of the local flea markets, but thats best case scenario. My guess is that I'll never see those rims again. I can't express how upset I am, but on the other hand... its just my wheels, its not like they broke into my house and hurt my family or something. I'm trying to kind of take the whole thing in context, but its pretty rough. I've been really excited about all the work I've done on the car and seeing this happen just burns me.

Pretty much regardless of what the insurance does for me, I'm out a bunch of money. Thankfully my folks live in the area and have an extra car I can borrow to get to work. Walking past my ravaged Rx8 up on rocks to climb into a Toyota Corolla to go to work is not going to be much fun.

EdwardsB

^what brand are they ill check on ebay over the next few days?

its worth a shot, you never know how dumb they may be

lesper4

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whether you have stock or after market wheels your innsurance co. should reimburse you for stock parts. our stock wheels and tires are a pretty penny!

YaXMaNGTO

No ****... I knew it could be done quickly, but I didn't know that's what they used.

Race Roots

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I feel your pain.....this sucks. Let me know if I can help. I hate when stuff like this happens. I will give you cost on any wheels when it is time for you to buy. Let me know I would be more than willing to help. Even if it is 6-12 months down the road.

YaXMaNGTO

^^^ damn nice.

alz0rz

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holy crap.. you said you had your turbo in the trunk? all they would have had to do was smash the window and pop the trunk and you would have been out ALOT more than the wheels/tires which are covered by insurance..

sucks though dude.. as someone else said.. karma will take it's toll.

Wind Dance

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Damn.. sorry to hear.