Ja............I understand your faithlessness in South Africa's justice system. Were I a policeman (police-'person') I would wilt ! BUT........I also understand that the number of neighbourhood watch 'night Watchers' - who stalk the suburb on foot, on skateboards and roller-skates, in cars and on bicycles, on horseback and occasionally in micro-lights with very powerful search beams - is growing almost hourly. Which - we believe - bodes poorly for persistant thieves probably already many-times-bailed-out......
CONTINUED STRENGTH TO SAPS MUSCLE !! On Mar 25, 10:54 am, "Helen Swart" <[email protected]> wrote: > Our policemen are doing a fantastic job, but when it comes to the justice > system I have no confidence, once these guys appear in court they are let out > on bail to continue their theifery > > H > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Deborah M > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:28 AM > Subject: [obsnw] Re: Golf owners - look out for your wheels > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.11.19/2010 - Release Date: > 3/18/2009 8:27 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
