Hi there Last night at around 23h30 the police caught 2 young guys busy removing the back wheel of my Golf in Irwell Street. There were 4 of them - 2 of them sat in a White opal Corsa lite reg CY ..444 - the cops found my wheel nuts on the ground with a ratchet lying under the car . Hopefully they have been caught "red-handed" and will now pay the cost . I am WAY impressed with the police - 2 vans arrived within minutes and this mkorfning I had a sms from the police station with my case number !!! way to go !! Deborah On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 5:08 PM, marion <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Golf wheel theft in Crown st this morning (Tues): > My neighbour's rear wheel was stolen overnight. I saw it when I left > for work this morning. > They left the nuts on the pavement. > They took one wheel and unscrewed the other, but either were disturbed > or could not get it off. > Sounds like the same guys, and obviously it's proving to be an > effective way to make some cash. > Marion > > > On Mar 22, 9:07 pm, Jonathan Endersby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rob & All > > > > Locknuts wasn't the correct term to use. "Locking Wheel Bolts" is > > what they're called. Some more modern cars have one bolt on each wheel > > that requires an "adapter" to remove, thereby supposedly thwarting > > wheel thieves. Unfortunately it's not unreasonable to imagine that > > these guys might have a range of "adapters" that they carry around > > with them. > > > > You can see an example of the more fancy Locking Wheel Bolts here: > http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/208529/evo_mkv_trilock... > > > > So my question really is, is my car with it's VW factory-fitted > > Locking Wheel Bolts any safer than a car with regular bolts? (Don't > > worry, I don't expect you to answer that) > > > > Time for a patrol... > > > > j. > > > > 2009/3/22 Jonathan Endersby <[email protected]>: > > > > > Hi Rob, > > > > > Non-technically speaking, could you guess the year of these Golfs? > > > Pre-2000 or Beyond-2000? > > > > > J. > > > > > 2009/3/22 Rob Gaylard <[email protected]>: > > > > >> This is too technical for me. The Golf in Scott Rd is a metallic blue > > >> Golf 1.4 i if that's any help. In both cases the thieves rather > > >> considerately left the wheels nuts (or bolts?) on the pavement next to > > >> the car! > > >> Rob > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
