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  • 30-01-2006 2:16pm
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    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭


    Was passing through Drumcondra this morning and noticed the Gardai were standing next to this "veh-he-kel". When I looked initially I spotted the owner who looked really distressed. I was wondering to myself, what happened, only then did I spot her new 06 Toyota Corolla up on bricks!! Given the 06 reg of the car it couldn't have been older that 1 week. Poor thing...

    This was this was on a busy route (next to Fagan's pub for those that know the area) - these guys must have been super quick. Anyhow a word of warning to those with Alloys - GET LOCK NUTS!

    Which begs the question, I assume that there was alloys on the car, but imagine for a moment that they just needs 4 new tires! Maybe lock nuts for steel wheels as well?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Funny that. My garage told me to get rid of the lock nuts I had as he says they tend to loose their grooves after making them difficult to remove. They are very cheap ones. He said nobody really robs alloys anymore. (Yeah right!)


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    prospect
    Registered Users Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭prospect


    ronoc wrote:
    He said nobody really robs alloys anymore. (Yeah right!)

    Probably because most have lock-nuts


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    Fabritzo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭Fabritzo


    That's a good point about the tyres jayok, Corollas don't usually come with alloys but if it was brand new they may have been after the tyres alone.


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    ubu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭ubu


    Thats right opposite Berties constituency office, theres usually an unmarked Camry sitting outside it, risky place to rob wheels from!


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