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ok people, every night i park my car in the driveway, and close the gate.

this mourning i got up to go work, and found the gate open....... FRIST THING! CHECK THE CAR, so i was looking and i found 1 of 4 of my lock nuts missing, from my rear wheels

NOW! i think they are finding / making a tool to get the other 3 lock nuts off quicker?

they know where i live, and my car is always in the driveway

i was thinking i stay up late, an when i see them then..... POW!

WHAT WOULD YOU DO!

(please this is not a joking matter)

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holly crap that aint good.

well if you think they are making a tool to get the lock nuts of (which isnt that hard anyways) just for a piece of mind go get another set of nuts and have a mixed combo happening

try parking another car behind yours in the driveway if you can

know anyone with a dog? since you have a gate leave it in your front yard and it will make some noise if someone enters

tell the cops theres been an attempt to steal your car (lie to them) and get them to drive past every so often

get an alarm with tilt sensor in it so if they lift your car up of goes the alarm

first thing i would do is buy a new set of lock nuts..... no questions asked.

and are u sure 1 locknut didnt jus vibrate itself off? but anywayz thing to do :

1. get a couple a mates over wait up and see who comes along...

2. go to bunnings buy some criket bat size peices of wood (jus a bit thinner) and a heap of 3inch nails, sharpen the nails with a bench grinder or angle grinder (u want these babies sharp) nail them threw the peice of wood facing up (make sure they are spaced apart, so they dont support the weight of the foot when stood on) paint them the same color as your driveway and place in darker spots (ie: between car and fence) also remove all exteroir lighting for best effect.

3. install a sensor light...

4. lock the gate....

2. go to bunnings buy some criket bat size peices of wood (jus a bit thinner) and a heap of 3inch nails, sharpen the nails with a bench grinder or angle grinder (u want these babies sharp) nail them threw the peice of wood facing up (make sure they are spaced apart, so they dont support the weight of the foot when stood on) paint them the same color as your driveway and place in darker spots (ie: between car and fence) also remove all exteroir lighting for best effect.

LOL :)

now that would hurt

but what if they miss it???

tie some bells to strings and run them around your car. if you hear bells jingling in the middle of the night, go out with your best golf driver and share some of the festive spirit.

Run some fishing line at shin height across the driveway, connect the end of the fishing line to something that will fall and make a loud noise (eg. frying pan or some shit). Cant remember where i saw this.. most likely on TV.

This way they will walk into the fishing line and then will make a loud noise, causing them to probably flee or gives you a chance to know they are there and give chase.

LOL :)

now that would hurt

but what if they miss it???

you do a couple, and there will most likely be 2people there, so 2 people stumpling around in the dark trying to get rims off, i think its a pretty safe bet that 1 of them will stand on it...

Run some fishing line at shin height across the driveway, connect the end of the fishing line to something that will fall and make a loud noise (eg. frying pan or some shit). Cant remember where i saw this.. most likely on TV.

This way they will walk into the fishing line and then will make a loud noise, causing them to probably flee or gives you a chance to know they are there and give chase.

or connect the other end to a bucket on top of ur roof filled with petrol as well... thus awaking u and making it easy to light them on fire.

actually... i take it the gates steel? or at least the latch... wire it up to a car battery or even better... the mains power... so when they go to open it... CRISPY FRIED INTRUDER.

How about a sensor light? That will come on if there is any movement around the car, and you could probably sleep or sit near a window where you could see the light.

Get a few friends to stay over and bash the kunts good.

tie some bells to strings and run them around your car. if you hear bells jingling in the middle of the night, go out with your best golf driver and share some of the festive spirit.

LOL

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Non-violent way would be to park the car in the backyard if possible and setup a cheap surveillance/camera network, that way you can see what is going on.

However, who would go the non-violent way? These guys deserve to be beaten!

or connect the other end to a bucket on top of ur roof filled with petrol as well... thus awaking u and making it easy to light them on fire.

lol i am liking the fire part :)

an as for the nail in the wood....... my mum would use it on me, if she stood on it

is there anything you can buy that stops people knocking off your rims, besides lock nuts?

just sit in ur car all night and wait till they come... i take it u have tints????

that wud be the ultimate suprise, then yeh beat the shit out of them. after that u might want to move, or sell the car, actually move coz u can bet they will be back with a bigger group for revenge

or connect the other end to a bucket on top of ur roof filled with petrol as well... thus awaking u and making it easy to light them on fire.
actually... i take it the gates steel? or at least the latch... wire it up to a car battery or even better... the mains power... so when they go to open it... CRISPY FRIED INTRUDER.

ROFLLL!!! ...the funniest shyte i've heard today! :)

Get yourself a IR camera and set it up in the driveway and connect it to the AV to the T.V in ur room. Make sure its well hidden though. You can get good quality wireless color camera's with good IR for relatively cheap these days; mine cost $80 odd...

And if u really wanna be jazzy, u can get programs where u hook the camera to ur computer and it begins to record whenever it detects movement and sets off an alarm thru ur speakers

just sit in ur car all night and wait till they come... i take it u have tints????

that wud be the ultimate suprise, then yeh beat the shit out of them. after that u might want to move, or sell the car, actually move coz u can bet they will be back with a bigger group for revenge

hmmm that would be a mad suprise....... yea i dont really feel like moving at this point of time

does anyone have a well trained dog that i can use? ill swap you for my stupid cat for a week.

like that WIFE SWAP program but with pets

sucks that someone is trying to steel your rims.

Might want to avoid causing any harm to them, because they know where you live and could take revenge back on the car.

Buy a sensor light and a dummy camera from dicksmith, they wont know if its real and will act as a great deterrent.

Or get microwave sensor for your alarm which should turn on alarm if anyone is close enough to the car.

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