Watch out for wheel/tire thieves

MentholGuy · 03-06-2010, 10:59 PM

Scary..

About 10 mins ago, police officer knocked on my door and asking if I own a BMW M3, they recently caught wheel theieves and found a wanted list (those bastards are in jail now!!)

Guess what, my HRE P43 was on their list too!!

I've been told that they had a huge list for all over the bay,

Guys, if you have aftermarket wheels on your M3, make sure you have wheel locks on it, and park secured place only!

endofanera7 · 03-06-2010, 11:03 PM

wow...glad they got caught before jacking your wheels...

Im sure wheel locks are not of much help against those pro-thieves. If they have wanted list, that means they have been tracking you and your locations. Im sure they are prepared for whatever locks you have.

MentholGuy · 03-06-2010, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by endofanera7

wow...glad they got caught before jacking your wheels...

Im sure wheel locks are not of much help against those pro-thieves. If they have wanted list, that means they have been tracking you and your locations. Im sure they are prepared for whatever locks you have.

Yeah.. that's what made me scared,
I might need to replace stock lug nuts with all different types of wheel lock!!

Bluesummer · 03-07-2010, 12:53 AM

damn sounds almost like Gone in 60 Sec.

sole cal · 03-07-2010, 01:05 AM

Woww, pretty crazy

MentholGuy · 03-07-2010, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluesummer

damn sounds almost like Gone in 60 Sec.

That's what I thought!!

tunawi7cheese · 03-07-2010, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MentholGuy

Yeah.. that's what made me scared,
I might need to replace stock lug nuts with all different types of wheel lock!!

5 sets of wheel locks.

KANdaddy · 03-07-2010, 12:27 PM

damn.....thanks for the heads up...

LittleBlueBMW · 03-07-2010, 12:35 PM

Any idea what else was on the list?
Pretty sure my Hamanns are just jacked enough from the PO to keep thieves away.

Cab5er · 03-07-2010, 03:15 PM

lame

sehrgut · 03-07-2010, 04:49 PM

Its sucky we cant have our nice things for ourself. Seems like we have to ride around in garbage for scumbags to be happy. but eff them lol.

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Originally Posted by hvd.kevin

5 sets of wheel locks.

Imagine what the tireguy will feel about this when he is about to change tires on all four wheels

LittleBlueBMW · 03-07-2010, 10:13 PM

Yeah, since I moved here each of my cars has been hit in the parking lot at the apartment. It sucks that we cannot have nice things. Makes me rethink my wheel choices for the E90.

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MentholGuy 190 Rep 1,497 Posts Drives: 11 E90 M3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: S. Cal iTrader: (12)	Watch out for wheel/tire thieves - Bay Area Scary.. About 10 mins ago, police officer knocked on my door and asking if I own a BMW M3, they recently caught wheel theieves and found a wanted list (those bastards are in jail now!!) Guess what, my HRE P43 was on their list too!! I've been told that they had a huge list for all over the bay, Guys, if you have aftermarket wheels on your M3, make sure you have wheel locks on it, and park secured place only!
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endofanera7 Major General 514 Rep 5,392 Posts Drives: 08 JB E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA iTrader: (16) Garage List 2018 Porsche GT3 [9.50]	wow...glad they got caught before jacking your wheels... Im sure wheel locks are not of much help against those pro-thieves. If they have wanted list, that means they have been tracking you and your locations. Im sure they are prepared for whatever locks you have.
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LittleBlueBMW Private First Class 4 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 2010 E90 M3, 2002 M coupe Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Jose, CA iTrader: (1) Garage List 1999 E36 M3 [0.00] 2010 E90 M3 [0.00]	Any idea what else was on the list? Pretty sure my Hamanns are just jacked enough from the PO to keep thieves away. __________________ "M3 drivers have no friends." -Jezza
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Cab5er Colonel 80 Rep 2,339 Posts Drives: 09 E90 M3 (Sold) 13 A1 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fremont, Hainan iTrader: (22)	lame __________________ E90 ///M3/ AW/ Fox Red
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