2 cars with all 4 wheels stolen from them

gurramok

Was strolling along here http://binged.it/rMRJP4 at Hanover Quay in Dublin today which is a parking magnet for theatre goers to the Grand Canal theatre and couldn't believe my eyes(neither could passers-by!) seeing 2 cars on bricks with all 4 wheels removed. It was probably done overnight as there does be pedestrian traffic in the daytime hours but not at night and not a sinner around after dark.

I've never seen cars been interfered with in this area(lonely spot) so heads up if anyone is parking down that way in future.





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php-fox

new form of clamping?

johndaman66

That VW Bora doesn't look to be sitting too steady on them blocks at all.

Little skanger ba$tards whoever done that

johnos1984

I'd love to catch them and demonstrate another use for a tyre brace

polod

It's a horid pity the car wouldn't fall in and crush the s**m C***s doing that, I'd love to see someone in a tracksuit trapped under that bora

SOmeone tool a steel wheel off a late 90s fiesta during the day across the road from me a week or so ago. the car was sitting on the drum. Dad found two wheel nuts on the road and put then on the bolts, the owner was a student, left it here while he was in UCC, closest area to it without disc parking, the poor dude.

johnos1984

johnos1984 wrote: »

I'd love to catch them and demonstrate another use for a tyre brace

They'd have one too though john :pac:

johnos1984

Happened a neighbour a few years back while they were on holiday. The car was left on the discs

johnos1984

RoverJames wrote: »

johnos1984 wrote: »

I'd love to catch them and demonstrate another use for a tyre brace

They'd have one too though john :pac:

Naturally I'd use theirs to demonstrate how you can use it to removed hubcaps. I know a taxi driver who keeps one in his door pocket for emergencies

Redisle

RoverJames wrote: »

SOmeone tool a steel wheel off a late 90s fiesta during the day across the road from me a week or so ago. the car was sitting on the drum. Dad found two wheel nuts on the road and put then on the bolts, the owner was a student, left it here while he was in UCC, closest area to it without disc parking, the poor dude.

Lough area? I park there most days, never thought I had anything to worry about!

MidnightQueen

Dont worry karma always gets people back. Cheers for the heads up!

Redisle

Redisle wrote: »

Lough area? I park there most days, never thought I had anything to worry about!

Yep. Wouldn't worry about it, can't remember anything similar happening.

gurramok

KittyKat wrote: »

Dont worry karma always gets people back. Cheers for the heads up!

Thing is, this is probably the only street with no cameras on it as it has no businesses or residents. Outside of this street as near as 50m away from the scene, it is riddled with cameras both public(DCC) and private(docklands) so any escapee which was probably in a van in the middle of the night has a high chance of being caught driving away, thats the way I see it as there is only one way in and out from Hanover Quay.

MidnightQueen

Unless the feckers were smart enough to use a boat and put the wheels into that, would they still get away with it?

KittyKat

KittyKat wrote: »

Unless the feckers were smart enough to use a boat and put the wheels into that, would they still get away with it?

I'd say we can discount that theory
Respectfully.

gurramok

LOL, as a local to the area. The following scenarios for any thief is possible:

1 - group of thieves be them kids or adults would have to escape east on the map wheeling the tyres on foot across 3 canal locks and then down a laneway and then make it up a flight of steps onto Ringsend Road and from there keep wheeling in view of many witnesses like a scene gathering for a halloween bonfire.:)

2 - escape on boats, possible if they actually owned any canal boats and powered their boats out to sea across said canal locks :P

3 - by veh-icle transport heading west to Macken st(the only exit point by road). Riddled with cameras even on side streets, I reckon the unfortunate owners with liason from the Gardai at Pearse st have a good chance of catching the thieves.

MidnightQueen

Great work detectives!

JMSE

Is the VW on UK plates? Seems to have UK windscreen discs. And if it is, maybe theres an anti-British angle to be explored? Shinners I'll wager. Look for 4 heads in Celtic jerseys in a boat - could be them.

gurramok

JMSE wrote: »

Is the VW on UK plates? Seems to have UK windscreen discs. And if it is, maybe theres an anti-British angle to be explored? Shinners I'll wager. Look for 4 heads in Celtic jerseys in a boat - could be them.

How do you make that out? It's on Irish plates by the way.

challengemaster

JMSE wrote: »

Is the VW on UK plates? Seems to have UK windscreen discs. And if it is, maybe theres an anti-British angle to be explored? Shinners I'll wager. Look for 4 heads in Celtic jerseys in a boat - could be them.

Either you're blind or you just overlooked the blue EU strip to the side of the plate, meaning it's certainly not UK plates

johnos1984

challengemaster wrote: »

JMSE wrote: »

Is the VW on UK plates? Seems to have UK windscreen discs. And if it is, maybe theres an anti-British angle to be explored? Shinners I'll wager. Look for 4 heads in Celtic jerseys in a boat - could be them.

Either you're blind or you just overlooked the blue EU strip to the side of the plate, meaning it's certainly not UK plates

Lots of uk plates have them too

challengemaster

johnos1984 wrote: »

Lots of uk plates have them too

Never once seen a UK car with them tbh!

robbie_998

challengemaster wrote: »

Never once seen a UK car with them tbh!

challengemaster

Probably due to the "optional" part

johndaman66

challengemaster wrote: »

Never once seen a UK car with them tbh!

Maybe its the fact that I'm a wee bit hungover and not completely zoned in but I thought that a considerable number of UK cars have the European flag on the reg nowadays?

Anyway, even if the Bora had English plates I think it would be way too far fetched to assume it was an Anti Brit act.

Justjens

johnos1984 wrote: »

I'd love to catch them and demonstrate another use for a tyre brace

polod wrote: »

It's a horid pity the car wouldn't fall in and crush the s**m C***s doing that, I'd love to see someone in a tracksuit trapped under that bora

A bit off topic, but poetic justice none the less:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eClsjSM3oLs

matt-dublin

johndaman66 wrote: »

That VW Bora doesn't look to be sitting too steady on them blocks at all.

Little skanger ba$tards whoever done that

windows open too...

phill106

Wheely bad crime, despicable.