Wheels Theft

[barry1010]

In my local network group a member tells us he dropped his car off at his usual car wash, walked to work and collected it on his way home, as usual.
A couple of days later he noticed his alloy wheels had been swapped - he thinks they are his own tyres.
He is convinced the car wash people did it, but of course there is no way of proving it.

Have you heard of a similar crime? Seems unlikely to me

[Hymie]

Many years ago a colleague said that a friend of his had dropped his car off at a car park where the staff park the car (not an airport drop off), when the friend returned to collect the car, he noticed that the tyres were all close to the legal tread limit.

Within his glove box he a receipt for 4 new tyres that had been fitted to his car a few days earlier.

[barry1010]

I've never heard of such a thing. Wonder how long it would take me to notice?

[wolf63]

I know less than nothing about cars ...

do the alloy wheels have a high enough resale value to make it a worthwhile venture? If it could be proven that they were stolen at a car wash, car park etc. people would avoid that place like the plague.

CCTV are designed for such things☺☺

[barry1010]

They can be hugely expensive

[Gizmonster]

£30 ish on a set of locking nuts won't make it impossible for the alloys to be stolen ..... but it'll make life difficult for potential thieves :)