Spare tire locking mechanism?

[Shaky]

Well about five or six years ago my Mitsubishi L200 was in a garage on the south coast that was broken into. Many vehicles inc mine had windows smashed to get to the wheel nut key and many thousands of £s worth of wheels and tyres stolen.

There will always be exceptions to the rule, I totally concede that and if I understand rightly there were multiple vehicles all in one place ripe for the taking.

5-6 years ago would probably be about right for high scrap values as well, which might be another factor.

I am a real stickler for security, I will lock the back door to go to the toilet if I am home alone, however I didn’t even bother putting locking nuts on my Grenny alloys.

Obviously I don’t know for other countries, but thieves will steel lots more off a vehicle before they go for wheels these days.

Oh and if you didn’t put locking wheel nuts on your wheels at least you would have still have your windows intact and just missing alloys.

 

[Logsplitter]

There will always be exceptions to the rule, I totally concede that and if I understand rightly there were multiple vehicles all in one place ripe for the taking.

5-6 years ago would probably be about right for high scrap values as well, which might be another factor.

I am a real stickler for security, I will lock the back door to go to the toilet if I am home alone, however I didn’t even bother putting locking nuts on my Grenny alloys.

Obviously I don’t know for other countries, but thieves will steel lots more off a vehicle before they go for wheels these days.

Oh and if you didn’t put locking wheel nuts on your wheels at least you would have still have your windows intact and just missing alloys.

Agreed and mine certainly won’t be stolen ,steel wheels and very battered BFG’s

 

[C64_forever]

I cannot remember getting so many responses to any of my earlier threads. And on a market down day like today.

The reason I asked the question in the first place is that my wife forced me to go through my promise to sell my old RRC if I got the Grenadier. The RRC went this weekend to my car broker in Sacramento so the Grenny is my daily driver now. We go quite often to Oakland for lunch and in my experience Oakland thieves steal first and figure out later what to do with the loot. Same in certain areas in San Francisco.

Oh well. I shall live dangerously and carry an unprotected spare tire. Or tyre, for all of you chaps in the UK.

 

[anand]

And on a market down day like today.

Who else is looking anywhere but their brokerage accounts today??

 

[Clark Kent]

They are the devils work. Most have the tensile strength of a dairy milk bar.

They won't stop Vera...

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jywX9KS1Uj0&feature=shared

 

[parb]

I cannot remember getting so many responses to any of my earlier threads. And on a market down day like today.

The reason I asked the question in the first place is that my wife forced me to go through my promise to sell my old RRC if I got the Grenadier. The RRC went this weekend to my car broker in Sacramento so the Grenny is my daily driver now. We go quite often to Oakland for lunch and in my experience Oakland thieves steal first and figure out later what to do with the loot. Same in certain areas in San Francisco.

Oh well. I shall live dangerously and carry an unprotected spare tire. Or tyre, for all of you chaps in the UK.

If we're talking oakland then all bets are off

 

[Ovrland Bill]

They are the devils work. Most have the tensile strength of a dairy milk bar.

And a lost/misplaced key for a wheel lock can spell real trouble during a time of need off-road (I once had to use a large can of Fix-A-Flat and a boost from my air compressor every 15 minutes to help get some young guys with a flat tire and a locked up spare on their Jeep back to civilization from Death Valley).