I had someone steal the steering wheel from my TR-8 once, in the parking garage at work. I drove it home using a pair of vice grips on the steering column.
Someone stole my cars wheel at Tampa Hard Rock (2 Viewers)
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I had someone steal the steering wheel from my TR-8 once, in the parking garage at work. I drove it home using a pair of vice grips on the steering column.
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Anthony Martino
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You're just jealous beaause you didn't get to hang out with Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty.
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Does that make you....Dino? Or Mr. Slate?You're just jealous beaause you didn't get to hang out with Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty.
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This happened to my daughters car a few years back while she was driving on the NY state thruway at a rest stop. The cop told her this happens more than you think. Someone gets a flat doesnt have a spare steel your tire or steel a mismatch tire until they can find a match. She didnt have any locking lug nuts, but there are easy to overcome anyway if the lug nuts dont recess like on audi and bmw (not sure what other makes recess lugs into rim) Fortunate she had her spare in the trunk, but you know some people think ...... better you than me.
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>>at Tampa Hard Rock
I am not surprised. Went there once ...... once
I am not surprised. Went there once ...... once
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Anthony Martino
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>>at Tampa Hard Rock
I am not surprised. Went there once ...... once
It's my primary source of income, so "occupational hazard" I suppose
This is epic. I'm sorry someone stole your steering wheel that's not epic. But literally genius.
I had a TR-7. Worst car I have ever owned. Couldn’t even get get in it now!
The TR-7 was a piece of garbage.
The TR-8 was a terrific car -- especially with a Holley 390, full Borla exhaust without resonators, the rally car brakes, a manual rack, Recaro seats, no air, and a Hard Core cage. Prepared by Bob Tullius at Group 44.
That's one reason the steering wheel was stolen -- it was a quick-release wheel, so that I could fit into and get out of the car. All the thief had to do was push a button and pull it off...
Of course, the hexagonal steering wheel mount was just perfect for safe driving with the vice grips. If you clamped them on vertically with the front wheels aimed straight, you really could drive that way just fine -- though the police might disagree.
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Anthony Martino
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Universe isn't through with the nut punches. Just got my baby back and then as I was backing out of my parking spot hit this illegally parked trucks metal step
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Maybe you can gin up an insurance claim.
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Anthony Martino
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Florida is a no-fault state. Already booked my repair monday and a rental
Valet?
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Anthony Martino
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At CVS?
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Maybe? We don’t know the lives of a professional card player!
I think Kinish has hexed your car.
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Anthony Martino
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Lol, ty, needed that laugh today
AWenger
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I hope this isn't the case, but did you make any poker enemies in your successful first month as a pro?
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Anthony Martino
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If someone was targetting me, why give me a replacement tire?
The only people I could think that would despise me would be some filthy canadians, upset about being stuck in the shadow of the glorious U-S-OF-A!
Seriosly though, update you probably missed, Seminole Police found a coupe on camera with mismatched rims and got a TAG#, hoping they found the culprit
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I don't know. I was mostly joking. But sticking to my profile of the suspect -- maybe someone who just can't stand you winning, but isn't ready to go full on criminal to leave you completely stranded without 4 tires to drive home on, but just enough criminal to piss you off, and leave you going WTF(?). Canadians.
Any lead is good. Was the camera footage good enough resolution to show a black-looking rim similar to yours?
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Anthony Martino
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I don't know. I was mostly joking. But sticking to my profile of the suspect -- maybe someone who just can't stand you winning, but isn't ready to go full on criminal to leave you completely stranded without 4 tires to drive home on, but just enough criminal to piss you off, and leave you going WTF(?). Canadians.
Any lead is good. Was the camera footage good enough resolution to show a black-looking rim similar to yours?
Not sure, I spoke with the detective division who said it hasn't reached them yet, but they read the officers updates and said it looked like he did some good work on it
I just called back tonight cause the officer is a night shifter, but he's off until 530pm Monday so no update yet
It wasn't Canadians. They would have left a note saying, "Sorry".
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Anthony Martino
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Good news, bad news. They do have the vehicle that stole my wheel on camera
But, the vehicle was stolen in another county and currently it is unknown who stole the car
It's going to their detective division for further investigation
But, the vehicle was stolen in another county and currently it is unknown who stole the car
It's going to their detective division for further investigation
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That is Detroit! Was a manufacturer’s car.
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Six months from now you are going to be surfing the internet and find a news article about how your tire was used to murder a high ranking official of a Mexican cartel by a rival gang in Juarez
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