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sjjn · Oct 7th, 2002, 05:30 PM

Any idea what the little ba$tard$ do with them?

arabinow · Oct 7th, 2002, 05:36 PM

Mine havent been stolen.. but I just got the plain old metal caps they dont have the mini emblem on them?

did I get ripped off on delivery?

HarryHBMCC · Oct 7th, 2002, 05:47 PM

Just metal caps here too but I guess they are sufficiently cooler than black plastic ones that people feel the need to steal them...

Harry

waynef · Oct 7th, 2002, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sjjn
Any idea what the little ba$tard$ do with them?

I had the ones on my BMW knicked constantly until one morning I loaded up the car - they were there - next I go to the car to drive away and they've gone! Looking further down the street I see the little ba$tard paper-boy from next door attaching them to his BMX.

He didn't do it again. Arse. Grrrrrrr

(Which reminds me, I must remember to tighten them up on my MCS with pliers! Seriously. They'll never budge 'em!

)

EBMCS03 · Oct 7th, 2002, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by waynef
(Which reminds me, I must remember to tighten them up on my MCS with pliers! Seriously. They'll never budge 'em! )

Thats a good idea... but will that put more wear and tear on the threads since we do need to occasionally check the tire pressure. Or are u guys relying only on the Tire pressure monitor?

paulmon · Oct 8th, 2002, 12:14 AM

Did you forget about us Canadians? What about the Australians? The Dutch? Italians?

Paul

Minty · Oct 8th, 2002, 03:58 AM

no, not from the MINI anyway.
i caught someone trying to nick the ones from my fiesta, cheeky little ***....i left him requiring a new back wheel for his mountain bike after stamping on it

notnormallyviolentMinty

Dom · Oct 8th, 2002, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Minty
no, not from the MINI anyway.
i caught someone trying to nick the ones from my fiesta, cheeky little ***....i left him requiring a new back wheel for his mountain bike after stamping on it

notnormallyviolentMinty

I forgot about that you git, I'll never forgive you for it!

Dom

FONTAL · Oct 8th, 2002, 06:25 AM

I had red ones on my car for around a year until last month when I had the crash and while the car was laid up out side of my house some lowlife has pinched them

Minty · Oct 8th, 2002, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dom

I forgot about that you git, I'll never forgive you for it!

Dom

lol, very funny!

MiniMadTez · Oct 8th, 2002, 08:21 AM

One of mine is missing..........

Must have been stolen!

nice shiny ones too!

Tez xx

MGB Boy · Oct 8th, 2002, 12:11 PM

I'm hoping that replying "no" on this poll won't mean they are stolen off my car this very afternoon. Gotta hate that karma thing...

-Ricardo

M for Mini · Oct 8th, 2002, 12:15 PM

I had 2 sets of valve caps nicked and on the third time caught the bugger's, turned out it was 2 kids down the road, i told there dad's and they beat them senseless and they made them clean my car, V satisfying !!!

Big_H · Oct 8th, 2002, 12:53 PM

I'd only had mine a couple days and some toe rag nicked 'em.
Never even had change to see em up close.

oRb · Oct 8th, 2002, 01:09 PM

I 'lost' one within a week despite making them as tight as I could by hand. Bought four new ones from the dealer last Saturday (so I've three spares) - 56p for the lot. Have a pair of pliers in the car now, so hopefully will never need to use any of the spares.

andybrg · Oct 8th, 2002, 03:04 PM

And I thought it was just me. Little buggers!

knaone · Oct 8th, 2002, 04:48 PM

some little B@st@ard stole mine the other day, even phoned a car-park where it was just incase it happened there and they caught them.... no joy.... they stole 3!!!! 3! not 4 but 3!

I have invested in a nice set of ripspeed ones from Halfords... nice and chunky and look really nice... cost far too much tho *cries* FOR VALVE CAPS!!!! came with a cool keyring to tighten them....

Pennyless Dew

Mach5MINI · Oct 8th, 2002, 11:29 PM

I had 3 taken also, why not 4. $2.99 for replacements and while I was there a guy with a caddy was on his 3rd set.

Mini Beemer · Oct 9th, 2002, 04:53 AM

I had the two rear ones stolen on Monday, which I replaced on Monday night after a quick trip to Halfords (£2.29 for 5 metal ones) But to make things worse all 4

were taken yesterday.

gabe · Oct 9th, 2002, 01:37 PM

I bought ones with a littel Union Jack on them knowing that they would eventually be taken. Well Monday they were indeed taken. But the funny thing is the guy only got 3 of them - no idea what the hell he's going to do with three of them.

View Poll Results: Valve caps stolen
Europe - YES	158	58.30%
Europe - NO	48	17.71%
North America - YES	18	6.64%
North America - NO	45	16.61%
Australia - YES	2	0.74%
Australia - NO	0	0%
Rest of World - YES	0	0%
Rest of World - NO	0	0%
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Oct 7th, 2002, 05:30 PM	#41
sjjn MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: NYC Local Time: 08:39 PM Posts: 167 Offline	Any idea what the little ba$tard$ do with them? MINE!! on 10/18/02 - IB/W Cooper S, White Bonnet Stripes, Premium - Sport - Cold, Lapis Blue interior, Nav, Rally Lamps, 17" White Spokes. Wouldn't change a thing....

Oct 7th, 2002, 05:36 PM	#42 (permalink)
arabinow MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Local Time: 07:39 PM Posts: 217 Offline	Mine havent been stolen.. but I just got the plain old metal caps they dont have the mini emblem on them? did I get ripped off on delivery? ***************** Cooper Launch Edition # 7/500 Chili red , white roof

Oct 7th, 2002, 05:47 PM	#43 (permalink)
HarryHBMCC MINI2 Master Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Can Local Time: 07:39 PM Posts: 2,655 Offline	Just metal caps here too but I guess they are sufficiently cooler than black plastic ones that people feel the need to steal them... Harry MINI Cooper Cabrio: now the car with go cart handling really feels like an open go cart! "... the only man that can come home at 3 am in the morning without getting into trouble with his spouse is the owner of a British sports car!" -- Phil Bailey

Oct 7th, 2002, 08:33 PM	#44 (permalink)
waynef Buy a Fabia vRS instead! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: West Midlands, UK Local Time: 01:39 AM Posts: 654 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by sjjn Any idea what the little ba$tard$ do with them? I had the ones on my BMW knicked constantly until one morning I loaded up the car - they were there - next I go to the car to drive away and they've gone! Looking further down the street I see the little ba$tard paper-boy from next door attaching them to his BMX. He didn't do it again. Arse. Grrrrrrr (Which reminds me, I must remember to tighten them up on my MCS with pliers! Seriously. They'll never budge 'em! ) Wayne Faults: BK52MXM, BN53ZDZ

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Oct 7th, 2002, 09:50 PM	#45 (permalink)
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 05:39 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by waynef (Which reminds me, I must remember to tighten them up on my MCS with pliers! Seriously. They'll never budge 'em! ) Thats a good idea... but will that put more wear and tear on the threads since we do need to occasionally check the tire pressure. Or are u guys relying only on the Tire pressure monitor?

Oct 8th, 2002, 12:14 AM	#46 (permalink)
paulmon MINI2 Senior Derelict Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mississauga(Toronto) Local Time: 08:39 PM Posts: 774 Offline	Did you forget about us Canadians? What about the Australians? The Dutch? Italians? Paul Southern Ontario MINI Club

Oct 8th, 2002, 03:58 AM	#47 (permalink)
Minty Man in the know! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Rugby Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 3,967 Offline	no, not from the MINI anyway. i caught someone trying to nick the ones from my fiesta, cheeky little ***....i left him requiring a new back wheel for his mountain bike after stamping on it notnormallyviolentMinty MINI-3 @ Cotswold MINI \| BMW-four @ Cotswold BMW \| E-Mail Me \| Minty - Part of the IT Crowd!

Oct 8th, 2002, 04:46 AM	#48 (permalink)
Dom Test thread infiltrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Swindon Local Time: 01:39 AM Posts: 8,420 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Minty no, not from the MINI anyway. i caught someone trying to nick the ones from my fiesta, cheeky little ***....i left him requiring a new back wheel for his mountain bike after stamping on it notnormallyviolentMinty I forgot about that you git, I'll never forgive you for it! Dom

Oct 8th, 2002, 06:25 AM	#49 (permalink)
FONTAL MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Shetland Local Time: 01:39 AM Posts: 486 Offline	I had red ones on my car for around a year until last month when I had the crash and while the car was laid up out side of my house some lowlife has pinched them SOLD

Oct 8th, 2002, 07:27 AM	#50 (permalink)
Minty Man in the know! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Rugby Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 3,967 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Dom I forgot about that you git, I'll never forgive you for it! Dom lol, very funny! MINI-3 @ Cotswold MINI \| BMW-four @ Cotswold BMW \| E-Mail Me \| Minty - Part of the IT Crowd!

Oct 8th, 2002, 08:21 AM	#51 (permalink)
MiniMadTez Yip, I'm BACK! My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Aberdeen Local Time: 01:39 AM Posts: 65 Offline	One of mine is missing.......... Must have been stolen! nice shiny ones too! Tez xx

Oct 8th, 2002, 12:11 PM	#52 (permalink)
MGB Boy heterochromic & loving it Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: at the rink Local Time: 07:39 PM Posts: 4,245 Offline	I'm hoping that replying "no" on this poll won't mean they are stolen off my car this very afternoon. Gotta hate that karma thing... -Ricardo 06 MCS-W/77 MGB/69 MGB-GT "2 minutes by yourself and...you feel shame, you know...and then you get free"

Oct 8th, 2002, 12:15 PM	#53 (permalink)
M for Mini MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Manchester Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 7 Offline	I got the ***s who nicked mine I had 2 sets of valve caps nicked and on the third time caught the bugger's, turned out it was 2 kids down the road, i told there dad's and they beat them senseless and they made them clean my car, V satisfying !!!

Oct 8th, 2002, 12:53 PM	#54 (permalink)
Big_H MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ooop North Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 32 Offline	I'd only had mine a couple days and some toe rag nicked 'em. Never even had change to see em up close.

Oct 8th, 2002, 01:09 PM	#55 (permalink)
oRb All White Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mid Lancashire Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 483 Offline	I 'lost' one within a week despite making them as tight as I could by hand. Bought four new ones from the dealer last Saturday (so I've three spares) - 56p for the lot. Have a pair of pliers in the car now, so hopefully will never need to use any of the spares.

Oct 8th, 2002, 03:04 PM	#56 (permalink)
andybrg MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: bedford Local Time: 01:39 AM Posts: 28 Offline	And I thought it was just me. Little buggers!

Oct 8th, 2002, 04:48 PM	#57 (permalink)
knaone MINI2 Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Dundee, Scotland Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 389 Offline	some little B@st@ard stole mine the other day, even phoned a car-park where it was just incase it happened there and they caught them.... no joy.... they stole 3!!!! 3! not 4 but 3! I have invested in a nice set of ripspeed ones from Halfords... nice and chunky and look really nice... cost far too much tho cries FOR VALVE CAPS!!!! came with a cool keyring to tighten them.... Pennyless Dew

Oct 8th, 2002, 11:29 PM	#58 (permalink)
Mach5MINI MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan, USA Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 2 Offline	I had 3 taken also, why not 4. $2.99 for replacements and while I was there a guy with a caddy was on his 3rd set. MCS, PS/B, Blue Leather, Loaded

Oct 9th, 2002, 04:53 AM	#59 (permalink)
Mini Beemer MINI2 Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Glasgow Local Time: 12:39 AM Posts: 122 Offline	I had the two rear ones stolen on Monday, which I replaced on Monday night after a quick trip to Halfords (£2.29 for 5 metal ones) But to make things worse all 4 were taken yesterday.

Oct 9th, 2002, 01:37 PM	#60 (permalink)
gabe MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, USA Local Time: 06:39 PM Posts: 280 Offline	I bought ones with a littel Union Jack on them knowing that they would eventually be taken. Well Monday they were indeed taken. But the funny thing is the guy only got 3 of them - no idea what the hell he's going to do with three of them.

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