A tale of two legged rats....

[ignorantmonkey]

Since I live in a two legged rat infested area on Tijuana it's usual for you to be victim at least once a year of something off any of your cars. A short story for those of you that have some xtra time to read:

A year ago we used to have 3 cars: A 1989 Crown Victoria (which I still own and don't want to sell, cuz as a mechanic friend of mine baptized with the phrase: "The one that doesn't know how to fail"... well, this one once last year had an alarm and a new battery; so one morning I drove my teen daughter to her school around 7 AM; came back home and park the car outside; so around 10 AM I was to drive to pick up some groceries; so as I approached the Crown Vic I pushed the button on the alarm control...and nuttin'... WTF???... I thought at first the alarm control was not working, or maybe the small battery inside ran out of power...but no!.... I opened the door and tried to start it to no luck...So I opened the hood to find the battery area emptier than my belly prior to stuff inside my daily dose of McDamage's.... That same month these hairy rats went inside my garage somewhere on the earlier hours of the morning to steal all the fuel they could.
The other car was a 1990 Jeep Cherokee that had its small window broken; once they were inside discovered the original radio installed, so they just left the crime scene without stealing anything. Who says there aren't honest thieves uh?
The third car was a 1998 Cutlass GL whose motorized side mirror was stolen completely with the control gear inside the driver's door.

So seeing this panorama, yesterday a guy approached me with two of these 'end caps' since I asked him to get me some; but these two were different than the original ones with the Ford logo; so I took off the remaining on front and placed these two on the front tires. Where he got these?...Who he stole these from?... Well, when you're immersed in this kind of jungle you don't want to know. How much for these two used? Could you believe US$10?

I recall decades ago that a friend had a car with special aluminum covers that had a small line of steel wire attached to some small lock to avoid one of these rats to steal his prized wheel covers. One night as he came into the parking lot after a night of dancing he started the car and as he ride out of the parking lot he heard the sound of his covers loose, but thankfully he just stepped aside and placed these back in place; so just imagine the thief faces as they tried to rob these.

So with all of this, any one knows of a method to avoid having the 'end caps' stolen? There should be any sort of attachment to have these secure and without a chance of somebody stealing these.

BTW: The neighbor's Mercedes was just stolen off his battery last night.

 

[panda24619]

why take a battery? haha my uncles heep was stolen and taken to mexico and they took everything but the battery. he got an all new jeep. new seats, new radio, new kcs, new soft top, new pro comp wheel, he had stockers before, and new 31s. new everything! it looks so much better now. o and he had a hard top before. but any ways. what i would do is drill a tiny hole into the covers and a tiny hole in to the rim. then paint them. or drill a hole in the rim where the cover goes. then put a wire threw there. that should stop them. or super glue them on, but then you will never get them off again. ahha

 

[99 Expy]

Who the hell jacks stuff from your car and only takes a battery?? I would imagine my 9mm would cure your problem, but might get some trouble by the law. . . I couldn't imagine living in an area like that, hell, the only time I ever lock my vehicles is when I park it for the night, but even then I wouldn't be to concerned about anyone stealing anything.

Hope you can figure something out.

 

[ignorantmonkey]

Should be cool to live like that without worrying about your car safety. Stolen car batteries on here are big business as many of these two legged rats don't bother to steal the whole car, so they take your battery whose retail cost is $100 or so and they sell it to these recyclers that most buy stolen cooper wires from homes, cooper gas lines, recycled soda cans...and yes: car batteries for $10 or so... A friend had a Sony stereo he purchased for some $200 new; then a guy steal it and later my friend hear the word the stereo was sold for $10, so he purchased a cheaper one and had it installed, but added a sign inside that read: Dear Thieves: If you need these $10 I give 'em to you, but please don't be mean and let me listen to music while I drive to work". But 2 weeks after the cheaper stereo was stolen too. No sign, no note from the perpetrators left.