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Pete
20-04-10, 07:24 PM
Well to start off what im on about, 6 times in the last month fekin pikeys have stopped outside my house when ive been working on my car and asking me if im selling it, i always tell them its not for sale, and then they try to buy parts off it, like my alloys,exhaust etc and i tell them no..
4 of them have drove off and not seen them again.
today and last friday 2 of them have both said they will come back later in the night and take them.
the friday night one said he would take the car, but didnt.
and one today said he would come back for the alloys (i dont have locking wheel bolts)

What can i do?
its pissin me off with them stopping and asking. obviously i dont want my car robbed but i dont wanna go sitting up all night waiting to see if something happens.

(ive got the reg of all the cars/vans that have asked aswell)

General Baxter
20-04-10, 07:26 PM
easy, take the wheels off your self and put it on bricks, that will confuse them lol

draper
20-04-10, 07:28 PM
as much mechanical immobilisation as possible, HT leads removed, no battery, no wheels etc

let_nova
20-04-10, 07:30 PM
all there really after is the CAT, battery and alloys.

cons of rising scrap prices.

MattBrown
20-04-10, 07:31 PM
CCTV FTW:)

Also, remove king lead, and loosen all wheel studs, so if they take the car theyre gonna die:thumb:

muzzy
20-04-10, 07:32 PM
Report them to the Police, at least you will then have it logged if anything was to happen. In the mean time just try and make thieving as difficult as possible for them. Remove the steering wheel and the king lead.

General Baxter
20-04-10, 07:33 PM
I can't see them taking a car with no wheels.

they would have a go lol

muzzy
20-04-10, 07:33 PM
they would have a go lol

I just edited my post because I re-read the original and I think removing the wheels may be a bit OTT lol

Mcgowan
20-04-10, 07:34 PM
Buy a shotgun!! lol

General Baxter
20-04-10, 07:35 PM
buy a garage lol

muzzy
20-04-10, 07:36 PM
Just buy some clothes pegs or whatever pish gypsy's are selling these days and that will keep them happy.

Pete
20-04-10, 07:37 PM
haha, well battery is off and so are my ht leads, i managed to drain the petrol right down so it wont start it just chugs.
im not to bothered about the alloys, if they go they go, they only cost £40, but i just dont want the whole car goin lol

muzzy
20-04-10, 07:38 PM
I assume you don't use the car daily do you?

General Baxter
20-04-10, 07:38 PM
lol, ill come and hiab it away tonight lol

Pete
20-04-10, 07:41 PM
I assume you don't use the car daily do you?

No the car gets used about once a week or so.

muzzy
20-04-10, 07:43 PM
The problem is that if they want it they will have it, just need to try and make it as difficult as possible so much so that they would have to physically lift the car or similar to get away with it.

novacabrio
20-04-10, 07:45 PM
Buy some locking nuts!!

MattBrown
20-04-10, 07:46 PM
Put it at someone elses house?

General Baxter
20-04-10, 07:46 PM
Buy some locking nuts!!

umm yeah £20 there you go lol

Pete
20-04-10, 07:46 PM
i know what there like round here, 3 trailers have been robbed from peoples front gardens up my road, (about 200-250 houses) where my car is parked theres grass behind it and then a layby which is full at night, the only way they can get to it is if there isnt a car parked there tonight blocking the way.

(if needs be i can get someone to park their car there)

Pete
20-04-10, 07:47 PM
Buy some locking nuts!!
Ive actually just bought some off ebay now lol

General Baxter
20-04-10, 07:48 PM
to late, your wheels are going tonight lol

Pete
20-04-10, 07:49 PM
good point lol £45 wasted on some bolts lmao

General Baxter
20-04-10, 07:50 PM
WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTT £45 lol

Danny s-p
20-04-10, 07:50 PM
they kept asking me one day i came out and a jipo was saying that mine pointing at random stuff and he was keep saying this is mine to. a plainly said no go away then locked my car in down the side of the house and load's of peeps have cam's looking round my street. and i now have one looking over my car and shed . this is were my car is kept now http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/nova%20gte%20project/Photo0293.jpg

Pete
20-04-10, 07:51 PM
mother is buying :)

Pete
20-04-10, 07:52 PM
they kept asking me one day i came out and a jipo was saying that mine pointing at random stuff and he was keep saying this is mine to. a plainly said no go away then locked my car in down the side of the house and load's of peeps have cam's looking round my street. and i now have one looking over my car and shed . this is were my car is kept now http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/nova%20gte%20project/Photo0293.jpg
thats sort of how my car is stored, its at the side of the house, but i dont have a gate infront of it. and no cctv


(refused to buy the nuts :( got some £9.99 ones now lol

Danny s-p
20-04-10, 07:54 PM
get some of ebay prob's get some for £50 think your wheel nuts will neally cost more than them lol

Pete
20-04-10, 07:56 PM
get some of ebay prob's get some for £50 think your wheel nuts will neally cost more than them lol

mums refused to get me some good ones, so ive settled for some £10 ones as the alloys are only worth £40, + im off to go let a tyre down soon :) just incase lol

Danny s-p
20-04-10, 07:58 PM
lol this wat happens when scrap go over £200 a tone

blue_peg_16v
20-04-10, 07:59 PM
i give the local pikeys the odd bit of scrap when i have it keeps them happy and i know were they live so they know when i have owt ill go and nock so they dont bother me anymore

Pete
20-04-10, 08:05 PM
i give the local pikeys the odd bit of scrap when i have it keeps them happy and i know were they live so they know when i have owt ill go and nock so they dont bother me anymore

ive always gave the ones that come past my house our scrap metal, like dishwashers etc, but the ones that have came past lately have been in cars, and transits etc

but hay what can you do, if they want stuff that bad then they'l take it...

draper
20-04-10, 08:19 PM
i give the local pikeys the odd bit of scrap when i have it keeps them happy and i know were they live so they know when i have owt ill go and nock so they dont bother me anymore

so your neighbours drop metal at yours lol

Connor
20-04-10, 08:20 PM
Get a garage, or a sawn off lol

Jack
20-04-10, 11:01 PM
And Hayley wonders why I want a double garage.... lol

Hayley
20-04-10, 11:16 PM
And Hayley wonders why I want a double garage.... lol

yeah thats great..
but we have 3 cars between us. Where was it assumed mine has to go all the time. oh yeah, thats right - out on the road!! :wtf: lol

Jack
20-04-10, 11:19 PM
Its ok, if they try and nick it, they might just end up popping it lol

Lee
21-04-10, 12:21 AM
Big angry dog chained to the car, and dont feed it for a few days.

General Baxter
21-04-10, 08:01 AM
wheels still on?

or is the car gone aswell lol

Pete
21-04-10, 08:08 AM
wheels still on?

or is the car gone aswell lol

haha wheels are actually still on it :)
i woke up and straight away went to the window to have a look lol

General Baxter
21-04-10, 12:30 PM
idea

park your car on a steel plate, put your house negative on the plate, and a positive on the car, it wont earth out due to the tires, but when they touch your rim (lol rim) the shock should be big enough to pass through them

Pete
21-04-10, 12:56 PM
idea

park your car on a steel plate, put your house negative on the plate, and a positive on the car, it wont earth out due to the tires, but when they touch your rim (lol rim) the shock should be big enough to pass through them

Lmfaoo lol trust you to think of that

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 12:56 PM
id go get a alarm asap but just get some locking nuts ect for now and remove the king lead!

L33 LEG
21-04-10, 01:17 PM
An alarm wont do **** as they'll just come with a trailor and tow it away in seconds. If you call the police and they find out they will take it for sure. Cameras will be pointless as they have no ID. Taking wheels off they will still take your car.

To be honest, there isnt much you can do lol

Nebbz
21-04-10, 02:10 PM
I had this once, but to my advantage i have a peice of crap orion sat out side my house and they took it away for £400 hahaha fail on them. Got it off my drive way!

Nebbz
21-04-10, 02:12 PM
An alarm wont do **** as they'll just come with a trailor and tow it away in seconds. If you call the police and they find out they will take it for sure. Cameras will be pointless as they have no ID. Taking wheels off they will still take your car.

To be honest, there isnt much you can do lol


out of sight out of mind ;) we park ours in the back garden (has mahoosive gates) is this not an option? park it @ a mates

L14MNP
21-04-10, 02:14 PM
I had this once, but to my advantage i have a peice of crap orion sat out side my house and they took it away for £400 hahaha fail on them. Got it off my drive way!

If that was a Ghia I bet you'd rather have it now. lol

Jack
21-04-10, 02:30 PM
An alarm wont do **** as they'll just come with a trailor and tow it away in seconds.
Any half decent alarm will go banana as soon as the car is moved or knocked.

Pete
21-04-10, 02:40 PM
ive got a sigma s30 alarm. which ill be fitting later on today as i never got round to doing it.
but round here, if they dont take it the day they say they will have it. they dont take it at all..
so ill just have to wait for the next feker

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 02:46 PM
idea

park your car on a steel plate, put your house negative on the plate, and a positive on the car, it wont earth out due to the tires, but when they touch your rim (lol rim) the shock should be big enough to pass through them

Thats good car security ha ha fry the thieving cunts!

Stuart
21-04-10, 03:21 PM
locking nuts are a awste of time imho... We got a vxt from a scrappy to sort out and it had no locking key, had the locking bolts out in less time than normal bolts lol

odds on if you loosened the bolts off and they crash + die you would get a bollocking for it lol

tbh if you dont mind staying up all night one night, just leave it unlocked, windows open and if you feel daring a blank key in the ign.
It will look FAR too suspect for them to ever touch it and probably wont come back.

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 04:11 PM
true mate if you left the wheel nuts undone youl be probrably be liable!

Pete
21-04-10, 04:39 PM
locking nuts are a awste of time imho... We got a vxt from a scrappy to sort out and it had no locking key, had the locking bolts out in less time than normal bolts lol

odds on if you loosened the bolts off and they crash + die you would get a bollocking for it lol

tbh if you dont mind staying up all night one night, just leave it unlocked, windows open and if you feel daring a blank key in the ign.
It will look FAR too suspect for them to ever touch it and probably wont come back.


im not up for taking the risk on that if im honest, when ever they have came and asked me if im selling it etc, its always been a car full or a van full of them. so i highly doubt there will be only 1 pikey comin to take it, theres got to be atleast a 3sum of pikeys..

theres nothing in the car worth a considerable ammount of money, just a headunit (no face) and a mini jack.
so it would be pointless breaking into. and theres no battery,ht leads, king lead is disconected, no dizzy, and ive got locking wheel nuts in the post.
but ill see how it goes...



(baring in mind this has only started becuase there doing road works up my road and the traffic light stop point is right outside my house. so ill be glad when the feckers have gone)

Mike
21-04-10, 04:50 PM
Do a cúnts trick & chain it to the floor or another car :thumb:

Cutting hefty hardened steel motorcycle chains makes a lot of noise lol

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 05:32 PM
^^ that would be got round easy enough my mates dads bike was stonlen from his garage they froze it and smashed it! But at least they would more than likely wake you unlike my mates dad!

Andy
21-04-10, 06:13 PM
Call some mafia members off here,theres always loads of them in threads like this

General Baxter
21-04-10, 06:22 PM
^^^^^ lol

would you like to speak to the don ?

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 06:26 PM
lol mafia members ha ha!

draper
21-04-10, 06:28 PM
Call some mafia members off here,theres always loads of them in threads like this

Flol

Lee
21-04-10, 06:56 PM
Wasn't it someone on here who had their car broken into, and then found it 100yrds down the road where the pikeys had tried bump starting it.

Turned out it didnt have an engine in it lol

Pete
21-04-10, 06:58 PM
Wasn't it someone on here who had their car broken into, and then found it 100yrds down the road where the pikeys had tried bump starting it.

Turned out it didnt have an engine in it lol

Lmfaoo, so what your trying to say Lee is take my engine out of the car? lol

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 08:53 PM
well if theres no engine they wont get far unles they have a pick up lol

Pete
21-04-10, 09:01 PM
its like Let_Nova said tho, all there realy after is the cat, so i might take my exhaust off tomorrow, and put the standard one back on. and some steelies. and then tuck it away under a cover.....

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 09:04 PM
best way mate get that done!

MattBrown
21-04-10, 09:11 PM
Wasn't it someone on here who had their car broken into, and then found it 100yrds down the road where the pikeys had tried bump starting it.

Turned out it didnt have an engine in it lol

Back in the day, Offplots old black SR IIRC, said they moved his gte to get to it, pushed it, and found no gears lol, no engine lol

mowgli
21-04-10, 09:26 PM
pete G, your car has no cat, it is too old.

they are young pikey traveller scum from that camp at sileby. the rozzers will not dare set foot on there because the travellers have the best lawyers........

they are talking sh!t about coming & fetching it, especially if there is stuff parked round it....and having a laugh at your expense. pikey reg numbers get changed more often than their shirts, what you need is photographs, names are also changed regularly...........


i get some down my street regularly, one lot have been coming round for years & are old school romany gipsies. they are great lads & i let them have stuff. more recently there have been some diddies (our local name) round, and one of them was up my drive, i shot out my front door like a greyhound. he was asking me about an exhaust that was the other side of my iron gates, & was actually obscured from the road by my nova. i told him to leave, he got all defensive & i told him firmly that the stuff was mine, if i'd wanted to recycle it, i would have already done so. he left & thje exhaust is still there

Ste L
21-04-10, 09:30 PM
Wasn't it someone on here who had their car broken into, and then found it 100yrds down the road where the pikeys had tried bump starting it.

Turned out it didnt have an engine in it lol


that happened to me, but car had engine in, but didnt have an ecu in it

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 09:53 PM
^^ at least they didnt get it eh the stupid pikey ****s ha ha!

mowgli
21-04-10, 09:54 PM
they weren't pikeys...... pikeys are interested in scrap value, hence they have hiab cranes. the ones mentioned above were some young tawts who were chancing it......

Andy
21-04-10, 10:01 PM
pete G, your car has no cat, it is too old.

they are young pikey traveller scum from that camp at sileby. the rozzers will not dare set foot on there because the travellers have the best lawyers........

they are talking sh!t about coming & fetching it, especially if there is stuff parked round it....and having a laugh at your expense. pikey reg numbers get changed more often than their shirts, what you need is photographs, names are also changed regularly...........


i get some down my street regularly, one lot have been coming round for years & are old school romany gipsies. they are great lads & i let them have stuff. more recently there have been some diddies (our local name) round, and one of them was up my drive, i shot out my front door like a greyhound. he was asking me about an exhaust that was the other side of my iron gates, & was actually obscured from the road by my nova. i told him to leave, he got all defensive & i told him firmly that the stuff was mine, if i'd wanted to recycle it, i would have already done so. he left & thje exhaust is still there
Same happened to me a few weeks ago,our lass answered the door to some diddycoy asking about a scrap radiator.I shifted her out the way and asked what the fukk he wanted.He soon fukked off.

dj_wudgey
21-04-10, 10:07 PM
they weren't pikeys...... pikeys are interested in scrap value, hence they have hiab cranes. the ones mentioned above were some young tawts who were chancing it......
Some stupid young ****s lol as stated though jipos would use hiabs and lift the lot!

Pete
22-04-10, 11:19 AM
Mike it aint the ones in sileby tho, i went school with 4 people from there that i still talk to now, i let tyem know about it and it deffo aint onyone from there site.

mowgli
22-04-10, 11:38 AM
oh god, its the costalot ones.......... they fire rockets at the police helicopter

Pete
22-04-10, 11:47 AM
oh god, its the costalot ones.......... they fire rockets at the police helicopter
its the what ones :confused:

mowgli
22-04-10, 12:25 PM
the big camp at bagworth.... its name is costalot........ the camp next door is known as the good friday camp, cos they waited till the council broke up last easter & had it built & occupied by the monday night.

Gibbo
22-04-10, 01:23 PM
just do this lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/CrAzY_kAyLL/100_5175.jpg