[trackbird]

My wife's Honda was totaled Tuesday of last week. So I've been driving the Camaro daily and she's been taking my truck to work while we are car shopping. This morning she left, opened the garage door and yelled for me. The tone of her voice told me it wasn't good. I ran outside and we found my truck in my driveway on blocks with all the wheels and lug nuts missing. All of them. Apparently they needed them for their truck. I had to take her up to borrow her mom's Accord and I spent the morning chasing down parts. I'll have the new wheels tomorrow and tires as well. $3386 is the total for wheels, lug nuts, tire pressure monitor valves, and replacement tires for the ones I bought in November. Fucking awesome.

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[CrashTestDummy]

Etch your VIN in the replacement set. Had a friend who had a truck towed. The reason was dubious, and the cops said they were trying to find a way to prosecute the towing co. When he got his truck back, the Alcoas he had were gone, yet the tow truck in the yard had a nice set of Alcoas on it. The cops said there was nothing they could do unless he could verify his VIN was on those wheels. Even if the spot he could verify was sanded down, that would help their case. Unfortunately, he hadn't done that.... then.

Everyone, etch the VIN in your wheels. Even if you do it so that it makes the wheel look like crap, do it!

And a 220v capacitor connected to the vehicle when it's in your driveway can't hurt (you) either. Sure, people frown upon it but... dead perps tell no tales. :-)

This post has been edited by CrashTestDummy: May 25 2017, 02:40 AM