Car wheels stolen for the 2nd time

[iainhagger]

We've just had another 2 wheels stolen from our Audi A4 parked on Worlingham Road for the 2nd time in just over a month. Looks like they've come back to complete the set even though we changed all of the locking wheel nuts etc.

Is this happening anywhere else? I'd like to make sure the police are aware if it's a specialist gang focusing on the area.

[Sue]

What a pain.

Shouldn't you tell the police anyway?

There may well be others who have had their wheels nicked around here, but they may not look at this forum or see your post.

[iainhagger]

Yes we reported it straight away I just wondered if this was also happening elsewhere around the area so we could

tell them more detail.

[REDD]

Many people now have dash cams. Catch them in the act and turn it around so it faces the inside of the car overnight.

[stuart-WD]

Hi Iain

Sorry to hear it's happened to you twice.

About 16 months ago there was a spate of wheel thefts in the SE area. We had 2 wheels taken from our Mercedes in West Dulwich and 2 weeks before that a lady down the road had 2 taken from her Mercedes too.

If you search this forum you'll see other reports. I told the police I thought it was the same gang but nothing was done.

We've now two sets of different locking nuts on our car now.

Stuart

[WrightC]

Sorry to hear that Iain. Two wheels were also stolen from my Mercedes early last year, I'm on Crystal Palace Rd.

I reported it to the police, but with no joy. I had to change my locking nuts too, apparently this is very common according to Mercedes dealers, which wasn't nice to hear at the time.

[pop9770]

Best way to avoid this is smash your wheels up on curbs they'll be safe then :(

I did that unintentionally and they've never been stolen.

I'll get them fixed when I sell my car

meanwhile no worries on precision parking and wheel theft #genius

[Jeremy]

pop9770 Wrote:

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> Best way to avoid this is smash your wheels up on

> curbs they'll be safe then :(

Yeah that's our tactic too.

If the OP wants, I'm sure "a certain member of my household" will be happy to lend their services for a day. Nobody will ever want to steal your wheels again.