Got my RX-8 mags stollen in 21 days!
09-25-2003, 08:33 AM
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Got my RX-8 mags stollen in 21 days!
Hi all,
I’ve been reading this excellent forum for many, many month and now I’m another proud owner of a great titanium GT (ordered March 03). I took delivery of my baby just over 3 weeks now and I got a bad surprise on my return of vacation yesterday (yep… 10 days off in the Bahamas!)
IT TOOK 21 DAYS TO GET ALL 4 MAGS STOLLEN!
This is what annoying me; I’m living in a very quiet city on the Montreal south shore in a nice area surrounded with nice houses and a lot of very decent cars everywhere (S2000, Audi, BMW, MB…). I’m also living in the kind of street that leads nowhere, ie to pass in front of my house, you basically have to live on the same street.
Now there is my questions:
Q1: How can someone knew that a brand new RX-8 was on a little street in a little village that nobody goes? In addition, if you do the math, out of the 3 weeks that I had the car I had very little time to show off since it remain mostly in my the drive way (2 over 3 weeks)! Do you guys suspect address leaks from the dealer?
Q2: On which, if any, other cars can those 18” mags fit?
Advice, get lock nuts on your RX-8 mags, it seem to have an unforeseen growing market…
Ciao
I’ve been reading this excellent forum for many, many month and now I’m another proud owner of a great titanium GT (ordered March 03). I took delivery of my baby just over 3 weeks now and I got a bad surprise on my return of vacation yesterday (yep… 10 days off in the Bahamas!)
IT TOOK 21 DAYS TO GET ALL 4 MAGS STOLLEN!
This is what annoying me; I’m living in a very quiet city on the Montreal south shore in a nice area surrounded with nice houses and a lot of very decent cars everywhere (S2000, Audi, BMW, MB…). I’m also living in the kind of street that leads nowhere, ie to pass in front of my house, you basically have to live on the same street.
Now there is my questions:
Q1: How can someone knew that a brand new RX-8 was on a little street in a little village that nobody goes? In addition, if you do the math, out of the 3 weeks that I had the car I had very little time to show off since it remain mostly in my the drive way (2 over 3 weeks)! Do you guys suspect address leaks from the dealer?
Q2: On which, if any, other cars can those 18” mags fit?
Advice, get lock nuts on your RX-8 mags, it seem to have an unforeseen growing market…
Ciao
09-25-2003, 08:48 AM
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eek! Seriously the locks should have been on the car from the dealer!
And I don't think they will fit any other car, well maybe but very rare indeed. They will probably sell them.
And I don't think they will fit any other car, well maybe but very rare indeed. They will probably sell them.
09-25-2003, 08:51 AM
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Originally posted by alarabie
what happened to the lock nuts that came with the car, did you have those installed?
what happened to the lock nuts that came with the car, did you have those installed?
I guess they figure there is no crime in Canada, or something.
I had mine ordered and in to the dealership a week before the car arrived.
09-25-2003, 08:58 AM
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Truth, if you go to any site and search for wheels to match the RX8, you'll then be able to find anything else the RX8 wheels will fit.
The web serves all well - even crooks.
Bad break - sorry for ya.
Any other damage to the car - those logs?
Remember too, it's not just the wheels, the tyres alone are worth a bit too! Particularly new!!!
The web serves all well - even crooks.
Bad break - sorry for ya.
Any other damage to the car - those logs?
Remember too, it's not just the wheels, the tyres alone are worth a bit too! Particularly new!!!
09-25-2003, 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by alarabie
what happened to the lock nuts that came with the car, did you have those installed?
what happened to the lock nuts that came with the car, did you have those installed?
Sorry to read your tale. That truly sucks.
09-25-2003, 09:45 AM
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Sorry to hear about this... If I see another car with rx8 wheels on it, I'll definately take the plate down and give you the info!
On a brighter note. It doesn't look like they dropped the car on the ground. Less damage. So it looks like they were interested in the tires and wheels and not a crime to hurt you personally.
On a brighter note. It doesn't look like they dropped the car on the ground. Less damage. So it looks like they were interested in the tires and wheels and not a crime to hurt you personally.
09-25-2003, 03:01 PM
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Originally posted by alarabie
That sucks, mine were in the glove box when I got my car.
That sucks, mine were in the glove box when I got my car.
09-25-2003, 03:03 PM
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Originally posted by MyRxBad
Sorry to hear about this... If I see another car with rx8 wheels on it, I'll definately take the plate down and give you the info!
On a brighter note. It doesn't look like they dropped the car on the ground. Less damage. So it looks like they were interested in the tires and wheels and not a crime to hurt you personally.
Sorry to hear about this... If I see another car with rx8 wheels on it, I'll definately take the plate down and give you the info!
On a brighter note. It doesn't look like they dropped the car on the ground. Less damage. So it looks like they were interested in the tires and wheels and not a crime to hurt you personally.
Thanks for watching!
ciao
09-25-2003, 03:39 PM
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Originally posted by MyRxBad
On a brighter note. It doesn't look like they dropped the car on the ground. Less damage. So it looks like they were interested in the tires and wheels and not a crime to hurt you personally.
On a brighter note. It doesn't look like they dropped the car on the ground. Less damage. So it looks like they were interested in the tires and wheels and not a crime to hurt you personally.
09-25-2003, 04:23 PM
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Goddamit! Why do some people think it it acceptable to trade their short term happiness for other people's misery. What kind of mental reality do such fools have?!
09-26-2003, 05:13 PM
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Ouch!!!!
Sorry to hear about that. It was the first thing they did when the car came in aside from locking it in the garage.
As an aside, I just bought my wife a 2004 Toyota Matrix XR. The car came with locks installed. I did not ask for them. Sucks that Mazda did not make this standard across the board.
Sorry to hear about that. It was the first thing they did when the car came in aside from locking it in the garage.
As an aside, I just bought my wife a 2004 Toyota Matrix XR. The car came with locks installed. I did not ask for them. Sucks that Mazda did not make this standard across the board.
09-26-2003, 05:37 PM
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MOG, so sorry to hear of the wheels theft.
Wheel locks are standard on the RX-8 in the US - it's Mazda Canada that changed the spec on the Canadian RX-8s. 
Regards,
Gordon
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Sucks that Mazda did not make this standard across the board.
Sucks that Mazda did not make this standard across the board.
Regards,
Gordon
09-26-2003, 07:06 PM
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Where on the south shore are u, i'M on the sounth shore and want to know if youre close to me.... Wich dealer did u buy it from .. u can PM me if u dont want others to see the answers, and for sure i'll be checking for RX8 mags on the cars ...
Mad.... realy madjoker
P/S dont youre neibhours look around , kinda looks weird to see someone taking youre neibours wheel...
Mad.... realy madjoker
P/S dont youre neibhours look around , kinda looks weird to see someone taking youre neibours wheel...
10-25-2003, 06:45 PM
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FWIW, there are four RX-8 tires and rims for sale on e-bay from Montreal
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2438621033
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2438621033
10-26-2003, 04:44 AM
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Interesting how most his "good" comments are all from the same people, most on items from the same motercycle... I can't imagine this is some kind of a chop shop! :D Now, the problems is, how does on report this and actually catch the bastard???
10-26-2003, 08:27 AM
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The big problem I see is actually identifying them as yours...I wouldn't have a problem since I put a nice scratch on one of mine going through a "touchless" car wash 