Just thought I'd post this for people to be aware

Sniipe

Woke up last week to find my car had been tampered with.



Then I heard other reports of other cars suffering the same fate. I have since bought lock nuts and installed a camera.

Squirrel

Was the disk damaged?

Vicxas

Sorry to hear mate


Where do you live so other people can be on the lookout.

L-M

Always seem to be Toyota's that are targeted!

scholar007

Where did that happen?

TestTransmission

Vicxas wrote: »

Sorry to hear mate


Where do you live so other people can be on the lookout.

scholar007 wrote: »

Where did that happen?

Galway City

Paarse Krokodil

What a scumbag, and an amateur one at that. A somewhat honourable thief would at least have placed the bricks properly to prevent damage. at least if he's this careless he's likely to get caught soon

scholar007

TestTransmission wrote: »

Galway City

Whereabouts?

Sniipe

Squirrel wrote: »

Was the disk damaged?

I don't think so. It was on a slop and the higher end probably had less weight on it. It was on the bracket for the brakes I think. It doesn't appear to be damaged in anyway.

The other 3 wheels were only held on with a bolt each, so they were probably going to take them also. The wheel that was taken was left beside the car. So all they took were the 17 bolts. I think what happened was they were in the process of taking it and the car fell off the block they were using. Silly billies doing it on a slope. They must have bolted (no pun intended) with just the bolts. Guards then came took my wheel and dusted it, but the prints were smudged.

In the end it only cost me €100 euro in bolts and lock nuts.

Sniipe

Vicxas wrote: »

Sorry to hear mate


Where do you live so other people can be on the lookout.

I'm near the city - headford road area. It was on galway bay fm with other cars. 4 taken in Tirellan and then another 4 taken in Mervue...

Personally - I don't understand the use of the blocks...

Guard said this was a first for him; that the wheels were left behind.

It had 3 month old tyres and alloys.

MugMugs

This is the 3rd Avensis I know has been hit in recent times. Something I'm missing here?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Does it not have locking wheel nuts?

scholar007

What possible use would just the alloy wheels/tyres be to them? Is there a ready market for this kind of stuff?

Sniipe

Malaysia Whining Fruit wrote: »

Does it not have locking wheel nuts?

no it didn't. Has now tho

Sniipe

MugMugs wrote: »

This is the 3rd Avensis I know has been hit in recent times. Something I'm missing here?

LOL - could you have looked at this thread 3 times and replied 3 times thinking it was 3 avensis?

Sniipe

scholar007 wrote: »

What possible use would just the alloy wheels/tyres be to them? Is there a ready market for this kind of stuff?

I don't know. But to replace the tyres, wheels and nuts would cost me a grand I'd say.

I should probably learn how to multi quote.

MugMugs

scholar007 wrote: »

What possible use would just the alloy wheels/tyres be to them? Is there a ready market for this kind of stuff?

Wanna buy some pre rubbered alloys?

S Line

Avensi –Avensis’s ?? do not come with lock nuts from the factory, there are others aswell, it bloody madness. That said, the ‘bad element’ (mods – any chance I can use obscene language just this once ???) are now starting to smash windows to get into the boot to get the lock nuts .

Alloy wheels are very useful to the ‘bad element’. There are enough hub cap wearing motorists who wish to upgrade to alloys and don’t really mind where they come from as long as they are cheap !!! It keeps the thiefs in Reebok classics and hash for another week!!!

_feedback_

scholar007 wrote: »

What possible use would just the alloy wheels/tyres be to them? Is there a ready market for this kind of stuff?

I was in a market in Poland recently and they were selling second hand wheels and tyres.

There was also a Cork registered transit van there selling nearly new (08/09) motorbikes with Irish and English reg plates.

There has to be something dodgy about it? Surely a genuine seller would be losing money going somewhere like that.

I took photos of the transit and motorbikes on my phone but they never saved..

Absurdum

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/2384558

handy money (not suggesting the above are stolen or in any way dodgy!)

Vicxas

Genuinely bought avensis alloys - 700 quid maybe?

"On the cheap" - 200.

What would you go for?

Note: I dont know if thats the actual price of the genuine alloys.

Sniipe

Vicxas wrote: »

Genuinely bought avensis alloys - 700 quid maybe?

"On the cheap" - 200.

What would you go for?

Note: I dont know if thats the actual price of the genuine alloys.

I would never ever buy stolen goods - if its too good to be true then I normally back away (except when it comes down to the HP touchpad, have you seen the prices of those bad boys?). I would buy the genuine ones. I hope you would go for the genuine ones also.

Paarse Krokodil

HP touchpad looks interesting. I'm not really into the whole tablet fad but sure if its cheap it might be worth a gamble

Our man in Havana

elviscostello wrote: »

I was in a market in Poland recently and they were selling second hand wheels and tyres.

There was also a Cork registered transit van there selling nearly new (08/09) motorbikes with Irish and English reg plates.

There has to be something dodgy about it? Surely a genuine seller would be losing money going somewhere like that.

I took photos of the transit and motorbikes on my phone but they never saved..

It is quite possible the bikes were of the high temperature type with dodgy paperwork that would not be scrutinised closely when they are eventually registered in Poland.

L-M

Absurdum wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/2384558

handy money (not suggesting the above are stolen or in any way dodgy!)

I know that car I think, they were on it.

Cuddlesworth

Absurdum wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/2384558

handy money (not suggesting the above are stolen or in any way dodgy!)

You can actually see the reflection of the wheels up against the wall in one of the shots of the car. Implying the wheels on the car are not the wheels he is selling. Its such a clear shot they even look the exact same. Easy money is right.

bijapos

We had alloys nicked off a van along with a load of tools from inside it in October 09. We had previously everything marked with a symbol with a cheap engraver like a Dremel, took photos of the marks on the tools. It's the only way to do it, an engraving can be well hidden on the inside of the alloy and is easily identifiable.

We found the alloys on Gumtree and through the seller we found most of the other stuff, though some was obviously gone. Guards knew him by name, still awaiting the case in court.

They will nick anything these days and sell it on for feck all money. A friend had her €450 bike stolen this summer, we found it on adverts.ie for €60, again the seller was known to the cops and again she will be waiting over a year for the case, in the meantime the cnut is still out there nicking stuff. What pissed me off the most is that they do you out of €500 honestly earned quid and flog the stuff on for a pittance.

johnos1984

bijapos wrote: »

What pissed me off the most is that they do you out of €500 honestly earned quid and flog the stuff on for a pittance.

You're going to be really pissed off so when they get off on a technicality or just get a telling off from the judge.

Sniipe

Perhaps this should be in the Galway city thread???

teednab-el

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

You can actually see the reflection of the wheels up against the wall in one of the shots of the car. Implying the wheels on the car are not the wheels he is selling. Its such a clear shot they even look the exact same. Easy money is right.

Well spotted, I smell a rat.

MugMugs

Sniipe wrote: »

LOL - could you have looked at this thread 3 times and replied 3 times thinking it was 3 avensis?

Yeah, In a basement on my phone waiting on somebody and it wasn't going through for me....

Lesson learnt it did. Three times !

dougie-lampkin

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

You can actually see the reflection of the wheels up against the wall in one of the shots of the car. Implying the wheels on the car are not the wheels he is selling. Its such a clear shot they even look the exact same. Easy money is right.

It looks to me like he only changed the two alloys on the drivers side to show what they look like on the car. The two alloys furthest away in the reflection don't look nearly as clean as the other two, meaning they're probably the ones he took off for the photo.

Absurdum

it was just an example of the price they can go for

sure I found my own car stereo for sale in a market down the road the day after it was stolen from my car :rolleyes: