Thievin Feckers

Cookie_Monster

They stole the valve caps off all four wheels!

Noticed when I got home today, they were all there when I last checked my pressures two weeks ago.

Who steals valve caps FFS :mad:

Mr.David

On the bright side at least it wasnt the wheels!

Weird though.....how much can they possibly be worth?!

BigEejit

Mr.David wrote: »

On the bright side at least it wasnt the wheels!

Weird though.....how much can they possibly be worth?!

Very little, I bought 5 off fleabay for £2 including p&p last year

Marty McFly

I know how you feel ive had loads of stupid things robbed of my cars, such as wipers, centre caps of alloys, aerials and only last week my front reg plate.

bazz26

Probably taken by kids to put on their bicycles...

MagicSean

Same happened to me. They only stole one though. Had to buy a set of five anyway.

pajo1981

I had one stolen a few weeks back - a metal one.

Hope this is not some sort of new fad.

Crazy Taxi

bazz26 wrote: »

Probably taken by kids to put on their bicycles...

Most definitely, kids call them "dusties" and get great pleasure in nicking them. Did it myself when I was a kid (150 yrs ago)

robtri

have to say thats the strangest thing i heard been robbed of a car...

fecking weird

JHMEG

Kids do it all the time, and apples out of orchards too. Part of growing up.

Midnight_EG

I'm not too far away from being a kid, dusties were all the rage if you had a BMX, and someone I knew had a collection of around.....200?

philstar

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I'm not too far away from being a kid, dusties were all the rage if you had a BMX, and someone I knew had a collection of around.....200?

jaysus!! sad bastard:cool:

Midnight_EG

philstar wrote: »

jaysus!! sad bastard:cool:

He's dead.

Cookie_Monster

philstar wrote: »

jaysus!! sad bastard:cool:

thievin fecker more like!

Tropheus

I used to be into those metal dust covers with the car logo on them. However, so many of them got knicked, I just gave up and stuck with the plastic ones.

cjmcork

some little sh1te stole mine aswell, not that it bothers me too much, but wtf?!

Run_to_da_hills

I usually find them around the compressor at service stations where people forget to put them back on.

Evolute

I will be honest I'm guilty of doing this about 10 years ago I stole two to put on my bike wheels.
Its not uncommon probably the funniest one I heard about was when my friends ford focus was missing them. They are not exactly the flashiest infact they are bog standard and look exactly the same as ones that come on bike wheels

fryup

does a missing dust cap effect the tyre pressure?

Cookie_Monster

fryup wrote: »

does a missing dust cap effect the tyre pressure?

no, just allow dirt to get in and buildup. eventually may affect the valve and you may not be able to open it fully but thats a lot of dirt before that happens

me_right_one

Crazy Taxi wrote: »

Most definitely, kids call them "dusties" and get great pleasure in nicking them. Did it myself when I was a kid (150 yrs ago)

DIE

merchant08

Did you piss someone off?

Usually when I see a car parked ignorantly(outside the lines) I steal their dust caps

Liamo08

Just use plastic ones, I've lost count of the amount of these that have been robbed off my car. I've tried two different types of lockable ones as well and both of them were robbed, whoever was robbing them even had the tool to disconnect them. Unless you park in a garage then plastic ones are the way to go.

JCDUB

A mate of mine drives a Porsche and had all four stroked.

They were stainless steel and had the logo on the top of them so I couldn't imagine them lasting too long!

I just hope it was youngsters wanting a prestige "dustie":D rather than an impoverished porsche driver, heaven forbid:eek:

no1beemerfan

ksimpson wrote: »

I used to be into those metal dust covers with the car logo on them. However, so many of them got knicked, I just gave up and stuck with the plastic ones.

Same thing used to happen to my father. Took him a while to give in and just put the black plastic ones on. Not been nicked since!

SV

merchant08 wrote: »

Did you piss someone off?

Usually when I see a car parked ignorantly(outside the lines) I steal their dust caps

lol..that'd the saddest thing I've ever heard

the_syco

luvbulmers01 wrote: »

only last week my front reg plate.

Keep a rough log of where you drive over the next few weeks, so you know where you were when you start getting speeding tickets... and where you were not.

Marty McFly

the_syco wrote: »

Keep a rough log of where you drive over the next few weeks, so you know where you were when you start getting speeding tickets... and where you were not.

yeh thats what ive been doing and i also reported it to the gards just incase.