370z and park & rides
 

Learned my lesson today about parking my Z at a park & ride in Prince Georges County MD.
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OH MY GOD. Hope whoever did this SUFFERS 10xInfinity power of Joules

Damn, bro. Really sorry this happened to you. Police report filed and reported to insurance, I'm sure.

Damn sorry to hear that. It's been happening somewhat often. If you are on the Maryland Car Meets Facebook group they got a 370z in Germantown about a month and a half ago, a GT-R about 2 weeks later, a Toyota pickup truck in security square mall dealer lot a week after the GT-R, another GT-R in a parking garage, and last I seen a Toyota Corolla. Today some body posted a SS Camaro that was hit also on the back of a tow truck. 5x114.3 seems to be the popular targets and stock wheels for some reason.

The GT-R was done over night in front of the owners home. It was a Baker's performance GT-R.

Yeah, we work hard for our stuff. It just Sucks when someone has such disregard for someone else's property. Just trying to think of all this issues I should be on the lookout for.

Stuff like this is what makes me mad at the scum of society. :mad::mad::mad:The lack of total disregard for others property like if a car, house and you name it, comes to us just by falling from the sky.
I often wish we have a day like in the movie The Purge. After all, I think it will be beneficial for the entire society.
I know its just rims, but the hassle involved with the insurance company, maybe the rates will go up to the owner and all the other things involved in a situation like this. But the biggest issue that I have is the feeling of being "violated", the feeling of not being secure, the feeling of not being able of having something nice because some scum bag decides to take stuff from hard working people just to make a few dollars for crack or alcohol.
I feel sorry for the OP. He was doing the correct or what is best for the community and the environment by parking his vehicle and utilizing mass transportation and that's how he gets rewarded.
I hope the insurance company settles this in the most convenient way for the OP.
Amen!.

Losers
 

You'd half figure since the pr***s were relieving you of your wheels, they'd have the decency of not beating the cr** out of the rest of your car while doing it. That would have me more choked than losing the wheels. I can only imagine what shape the wheels are in now after those clowns removed them.
Geez I hate seeing this stuff happen.


I have the same Sport wheels and they're finally starting to grow on me. Took awhile. I think they look a lot better on a car with a drop now that I've put the Swifts on and had a bit of time to get used to it.

Nice looking Z. Silver is real nice. I don't think I've ever seen one in real life, and I don't think I've ever looked through the Brilliant Silver pic thread.
I will now.

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They also hit 3 other cars as well. 2 newer Maximas and a Tahoe. The maximas were owned by a wife and husband. At least i wasn't alone in my misery.

Damn sorry to see that ...get a blackvue camera..I have it on my car and it says on even after the car is turned off....insurance will pay you full value of ur rims plus tires and stuff so it won't be so bad ..hope they catch them

When I was younger, my friends use to do this and sell the wheel and tire as a set. Most people buying were only interested in the tire tread and not so much the wheel. I hope, whoever is doing this is caught and pays for all damages.

We know they're rookies because they left your calipers which are worth (in my book) more than the wheels.

Park and rides are where your property goes for a ride without you.

I have the exact same car looking at your photos made me feel slightly sick.

I hope there is no additional damage done to your ride.

I installed a tilt sensor within the second week of getting my. The bottom line is all you can do is make it difficult for the thieves.

Good luck

This just makes me sick. I all of my 68 years I have been vandalized 8-10 times because I always owned a sports car. Just no respect for the hard working person. They need to get an education and then a job!!!!!!!!

Hang in there.:tiphat:

sorry to see.

ive had my share of parking lot bs. :shakes head: i only take my dd to such places, or skip it all together.

Ohh man they gave u only 2 bricks, i had 4. It sux dude but ull live.

"People suck." It's sad that that's a motto I've come to live by.

Did you have locking lugs on your rims? If not, I'd say it's time to invest in them... (something I should do as well)...

If you did have the locks, then I don't even know where to start.

Yes, had wheel locks. They busted out the window and rifled around inside until they found the lock.

That type of "less of human beings" won't ever get an education. :confused: You can send them to the best schools there could be and they would not take advantage nor they will appreciate what's on their hands. And a job for them...well that is what they are best at.
Scum of society will never learn to respect property that does not belong to them. Since it did not cost anything to them, it must be "free" for everyone else and that is their type of mentality.

Are there no security cameras on the lot? This suck balls dude. I'm sorry to see this happening to anyone, let alone another Z. For what it's worth your insurance should pay you full value for the wheels and cover the damages. Use the money to pick up a nice set of aftermarket wheels. I hope that will at least make you feel better about the whole thing. Makes me sick to my stomach seeing these pictures. I pray the thieves run into the wrong person one day and get their asses turned inside out!:horse:

Unfortunately there are no security cameras.

I'm from pg County so I'm definitely not surprised. That really sux man I'm sorry you had to deal with that. People like that have no respect for the hard work it took to buy your car... Just sux

This sucks. I know your pain, for the same thing has happened to me on my 2006 Maxima a couple years ago. I have since had a viper alarm system installed with the tilt sensor and I have 2 sets of wheel locks on each tire. (More peace of mind I guess) I live in PG county, MD. The two sets of wheel locks will at least deter and slow the process of even trying to steal the tires from potential thieves.

My friend told me I should keep the wheel lock in the car in case a tire blows out, but after reading this, I think I'll just carry the wheel lock with me from on now, not that big of a hassle being it's a weekend car.

Sorry for loss. I hope who ever did this will get their karma.

Just curious, how did they put the car on the flat bed?

Where in PG County exactly?

The tow company, which was set up by my insurance USAA, put the spare on the front drivers side and some kind of skid on the front passenger side. In the rear they just sat the two rotors in two donuts laid flat and dragged it up. So I'm nervous about how much more damage that caused.

This was at the Accokeek Park & Ride off of Livingston RD.

I can only imagine the noises it made being dragged onto the flatbed. That's absolutely horrible. So sorry.

This is so messed up. They even broke the windows and messed up everything to get the wheel lock key. Makes me want to puke.:eek:

After reading that I will always carry the wheel lock on me.

I'm buying a 02 Sentra off my buddy to park at the park & ride. This shouldn't be a target...I hope.

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Pics pics pics pics.
It should not be a problem at all unless those rims are coated with gold or something of that nature.
On a serious note, if the rims are in excellent shape (no curb checks) and they are the "sportier" version (SE-R model) they had back in 2002, then it could be a potential as with any other factory rims. Nowadays most vehicles come with 18 inches or higher and that seems to be the preferred target so anything below 16 inches get overlooked unless "a specific customer" request for them.

yah, but do realize some older popular cars have high theft risk for the black parts market. :D (like normal looking camry's and accords).

I wish someone would steal my Civic...
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I'm sorry to tell you but that will not deter the thieves, it just slows them down a couple of seconds. There videos all over the net showing how to remove a wheel without the key. You're in for a surprise how quickly it can be done.

Please ship me to Mars. This world is messed up.

RedHorizons, is your insurance going to pay for that? Sheezz I hope.

A wheel lock won't deter a thief. In fact, I knew someone who put all locks (5 different keys) on the wheels. Car was found on blocks one morning.

sorry, the current gen civics are crap. even thieves dont wannit :ugh:

;)

yah, kinda like your house keys.

no key? just kick the door in.

Wow, I hope justice gets served!