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Greg P.
| | Posted on Monday, April 15, 2002 - 06:50 pm: | 
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Some bastard stole 4 of my 5 Land Rover valve stem covers today at work. At first I was thinking it was a kid, but why would they steal 4 of the 5 unless it was a rover owner with a spare tire cover? Hmmmm????
Anyway, sure hope there are no unscrupulous rover drivers in the Philly suburbs.
Sucks, but guess I won't spend another $20 for someone other than me to have nice pretty stem covers. Also guess it means I'll have to take the shakles off or they will probably be gone next.
Cheers,
Greg P. |
Neal Glessner (Nealg)
| | Posted on Monday, April 15, 2002 - 06:55 pm: |
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Tighen the shackel with a wrench and put a lock on the reciever pin. |
Greg P.
| | Posted on Monday, April 15, 2002 - 08:18 pm: |
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I did put a lock on the receiver pin, but the shackel will still come off fairly easily wont it? |
Michael Villanueva (Michael)
| | Posted on Monday, April 15, 2002 - 11:00 pm: |
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Prolly the same Rover enthusiast who stole my Land Rover Albuquerque Kangaroo rear tire cover.
You see that item in Philly let me know, and I'll pay a visit with my .45 |
Neal Glessner (Nealg)
| | Posted on Monday, April 15, 2002 - 11:04 pm: |
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If the pin screws in, tighten real good with tools that way it will require tools to remove it. |
Greg P.
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 07:42 am: |
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Just decided to take them off last night. I'll store them inside and use when needed I guess. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 10:01 am: |
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I took them
i thought I'd put them on my mt. bike
make it go up bigger hills
best mt bike by far
really cant beat plain old caps...nobody wants those |
Greg P.
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 10:04 am: |
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Thats what's on there now. I bought the LR ones when I bought the Disco because I thought they were neat. Apparently I wasn't alone.
I now have regular old black plastic ones on my 4 tires, and the one LR that was left is on the spare. Guess I should take bets on how long it will last.......
Greg |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 10:11 am: |
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took bad roverfest if not happening this year. you could have gone there and had them taken there. along with shackels, etc. |
Bill Bettridge (Billb)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 10:19 am: |
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Garrett
Roverfest is back on again. Doug B told me this weekend. It will not be run by WCRC this time though, but will still be at Bear Mtn. Another new VT based club took on the job.
Bill |
Jon Williams (Jonw)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 10:25 am: |
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Replace them with some of those stem caps with dice on them, as I've seen on one Disco driving around near where I work
...then again, depending on where you live, you may be asking for those to get stolen LOL |
Kyle
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 10:26 am: |
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OK , OK , I admit it , it was me!!! Since I have turned Virtual wheeler I need things like LR valve stem covers and Kangaroo spare covers. PLease forgive me....
Kyle |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 10:34 am: |
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you want my AirForce One too? maybe as a down payment on one of the nice bumpers of yours?
guess that is good to hear about the Fest. just another weekend in VT.....damn.....that can't be a bad thing. |
Kim S (Roverine)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 01:02 pm: |
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Well, I did have my suspicions that it was you Kyle, but I kept them to myself ... 
This thievery has me very upset, but I've come up with a brilliant plan to keep my (overly stretched out, LOL, yeah I'm a dork) spare tire cover from being swiped ... I'm just going to GLUE it onto my spare tire with marine glue/cement ... That'll show 'em!
Kim
(I didn't go to school for nothin' ya know  ) |
Alyssa
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 01:50 pm: |
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Greg, that SUCKS!!! What an odd thing to steal. |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 02:00 pm: |
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yeah i mean i plan to steal a few stickers from alyssa's truck if they head to Uhwarrie. that and maybe the KC Dayliter WITH cover.
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Greg Parrish (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 02:01 pm: |
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Yep, and of all things, I usually park in the rear of my building, but yesterday my CEO and I went for a ride in the rover and when we returned, he parked in his reserved spot up near the street. I don't know if it was kids or another rover driver, but it is strange that they only took four of the five. they must have started at the front left wheel and walk around as the spare was missing, but the front right one was still there.
The funny thing is, that life must have a reason for things, cause the one they left was leaking air out of the valve stem insert, so by leaving it, my tire stayed full until I could get a new insert put in yesterday afternoon. Otherwise, I probably would have come out to a flat in addition to the missing caps.
Oh well.....
Greg |
Alyssa
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 03:39 pm: |
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Yeah, that cover is cheesy, but I had to have it to pass inspection in PA. As for the stickers, it looks really wierd having no stickers on the window ron broke out... like there's a gaping hole. |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 03:56 pm: |
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Alyssa,
That sounds like a good spot for Ron to ride........ With the stickers gone he would still have a view out of the dog house! |
94Rover
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 04:05 pm: |
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Thieves are stupid. During the ad-rush the theif was experiencing while taking your valve stem caps, he/she didn't think of the spare.
When some a-hole stole my Hella 4000's he/she cut the wiring in half to remove them from my ARB..... Also when the Heroin addict/Crack head in B-More City smashed my rear window to get a CD organizer off of my rear seat, he/she could've just opened my door, the doors were unlocked.....
Now if I could just talk to the IDIOT with that Blue DiscoS1, who I'm sure walked into my yard and took my Genuine LR Brushgaurd from the back patio...You fool, it was for my RR Classic, not the Disco! |
Kyle
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 04:43 pm: |
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Damn man , I dont have those issues down where I live. You need to move...... Also , get seem in the yard witha firearm of some type from time to time. It helps....
Kyle |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 04:53 pm: |
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no way. i like that cover. always nice to see something smiling back at you on the trail. |
Blue (Bluegill)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 - 07:57 pm: |
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yeah, 94Rover needs some heads on spikes in his yard to, you know, get the message across. I have a "Beware of Mentally Disturbed Homeowner" sign on my front door....Jehova's witnesses don't even come by any more. |
Douglas Jones (Ozaukeedoug)
| | Posted on Monday, April 22, 2002 - 12:12 pm: |
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Hey, maybe it was this person
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1822809658&r=0&t=0
He's only selling 4! |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Monday, April 22, 2002 - 09:02 pm: |
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Thats funny that you found someone selling 4 caps, however mine were a different style...... |
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