thebigfelly Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) starting to think one of my neighbours or someone near by is messing with my car , 2nd time in two weeks if had a flat tyre, first time was the passenger front tyre and it had a roofing nail in it, which i thought ok seeing how their still building houses in my scheme/estate then it could happen , then sat night going to pick my sister up from up town on a night out im driving along and start thinking something feel strange about the car , and i pull over just up from the new royal ed-hospital which if you know where cathy stays im just round the corner so its about 10min drive , look at the tyres and hardly notice anything then spot the rear passenger side is looking low so think great ive got a slow puncture , anyway long story short ,change the tyre in pitch black ,have a glance at it dont see any hole and then notice the valve is missing , finding it strange i chuck everything in the boot , anyway it plays on my mind how the valve could go out only seeing it in films where its been ripped out ,cut off , or i think i filled the tyres to 49 psi and maybe the ehat and presure blew it out , get home today and think il look at it again and look at the alloy this time and see scratches around where the valve and think ive either caught the kerb and its scraped the valve out or someones been at it with a set of plyers. the cars parked in its own private spot comunual parking so theres 7 spaces and we each have our own set space that we own , i decide to have a look around the space i park in and the grass surrounding just incase someone has pulled it out and lobbed the valve just incase .. i dont find any valave but i do find a valve cap broken with grazes/scrapes on it , in teh grass about 8 foot away from my car but no valve . (picture below) thats two flat tyres in two weeks on the same side, i am thinkign it could be one of my neighbours but theres only one new person moved into the flat thats rented in the past couple months and its been fine the 2years before hand which makes me think if it is someone it could be this new 19year old lad and his 28 yearold misus who owns a wee sporty citreon C2. im not saying this is the case but just seems fishy .. will show pictures and wondering if anyone knows of or has had a valave blow out on them, pic of alloy aswel so you can see scrape marks round the valve, its teh marks that makes me think more someone with plyers dunno if you can see the scrape marks on the cap but to me its broke and looks like plyershave griped it and pulled on it and the plastic has worn down thoughts folks? should also add everything seemed fine at start of journey its was about 5mins into it that i felt something strange about the handling , and there was still some air in the tyre when i was taking it off which makes me think maybe its just one of those things thats happened while iw as driving Edited October 4, 2011 by thebigfelly
badbaz Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 you are either a shit parker or someone has it in for you - I suspect the latter - cctv time I reckon
scouk Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 CCTV or sometimes even just a short range proximity alarm can ward people off.. Freind of mine had trouble with damage to his car, broken rear wiper and scratches. He fitted a proximity alarm to hsi car similar to that found on CLifford systems which squaks when you were near the car. Think it was acheapish system off ebay IIRC.. I seem to remember he had it send him an SMS whenever it was triggered too which was kind neat.. Anyways, never had any trouble after fitting it.. Wouldn't have though that woudl be much of a deterrant but ibviously was enough to stop his trouble.. But as baz said, if you can get it' CCTV, if cars not parked just outside you can get in car kits which start recording with motion detectors! I'd have no issues with fitting a CCTV system in or around my car if I was having trouble with it.. Heh! although just read your sig... try sleeping in the car
thebigfelly Posted October 4, 2011 Author Posted October 4, 2011 am no that bad a parker, only trouble with the proximity sensor is the parking spaces are side by side all 7 of them and the others come and go , this person wi the c2 their space is next to mine , on the same side the tyres have been flat , little fcukers , in car motion cctv sounds a good idea but funds are a lacking , no scratches or any other damage just these two flats, i did think to check paint work ect ect ... and found nothing the mising valve is repairable isnt it, just a case of putting a new one in or is it new tyre time...?
scouk Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Valve should be sepearat to the tyre so no new tyre required.. But sadly to fit new one will require the tyre to be removed.. and refitted. Hopefully you can find someone with some sympathy for the problem and do it for much cheapness!
thebigfelly Posted October 4, 2011 Author Posted October 4, 2011 Valve should be sepearat to the tyre so no new tyre required.. But sadly to fit new one will require the tyre to be removed.. and refitted. Hopefully you can find someone with some sympathy for the problem and do it for much cheapness! dunno anyone who wld have sympathy lol so just taking it to farmers in mussleburgh
kennyuk300 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Did you really put 49psi in the tyre?? As Al said the valve is separate .... I think you should just leather the C2 driver anyway ,puts out a message out to anyone thinking of messing with your car Paul
jebus82 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 to me it does look deliberate, what about locking valve caps? only you can get them legitametly off?? failing that buy a baseball bat and sit at the window!!!!
scooby222 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 apart from being crap thats downright dangerous, i think flyers are a good idea if they know your onto them they might stop. but if you do get proof its them, c2's are pretty light to pick up with half a dozen blokes......
kennyuk300 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 apart from being crap thats downright dangerous, i think flyers are a good idea if they know your onto them they might stop. but if you do get proof its them, c2's are pretty light to pick up with half a dozen blokes...... You are right Dave about the weight of the car ,sure some of us could C2 it for him
kennyuk300 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 to me it does look deliberate, what about locking valve caps? only you can get them legitametly off?? failing that buy a baseball bat and sit at the window!!!! It is the full valve that has been taken off Jebus ...
scooby222 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 actually Paul get Kenny to go round and tell non stop puns to them, that should have them moving out within half an hour
subarucraig Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 dirty little if only you can find out who done it maybe we should have a meet at your car park one weekend
boab type ra Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 hi bad news about the wheel i have a cctv system if u want it for a while to catch the culprate out i got it but its still in the box i have no need for it at the moment
fai17 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 actually Paul get Kenny to go round and tell non stop puns to them, that should have them moving out within half an hour Class lol
spect Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 You are right Dave about the weight of the car ,sure some of us could C2 it for him I might be able to aquire some C4, lol
kennyuk300 Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) actually Paul get Kenny to go round and tell non stop puns to them, that should have them moving out within half an hour I might be able to aquire some C4, lol That would come in handy Mr T as it would assist Dave in blowing me Edited October 5, 2011 by kennyuk300
thebigfelly Posted October 6, 2011 Author Posted October 6, 2011 Cheers for the sudjestions folks. Gona get it fixed and if some happens again il go down cctv route kniwing the odds are slim to non exvistent to.it being accidental.issue with cctv is private car park is a good 20ft away fi house. Folks house is just over the road and their bedroom looks down onto car park
jef Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 that valves been cut or ripped out mate. ive never ever seen a valve fail like that on its own accord in ten years, and tens if thousands of tyre replacements. be it by accident or not. if youve ran on it flat tyre could be fcked a new valve you dont have to remove tyre just push bead down past the wheel lip, altho doing either way will take about 30 seconds. but id be very suspicous - the flier idea is the one id go for. fcking cnuts mate, hope you catch them
thebigfelly Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Aye after i decided to look at it the following day in the light it was the marks/scrapes into the alloy that made me think that someones been in at it and thats what made me think id have a look around the car park for the valve and i found that broken cap about 8ft away from the car in the grass with the graze marks on it. Tyre and wheel seem fine when i pulled over on the night it happened the air was still coming out of it. So thats what made me think maybe valve failure. ..Bu like i said no paint damage or body work damage touch wood. And il get it fixed. The car sits there 5days a week while im at work and only gets used if i go out on my days off realy or for club meets/shows. So if something else does happen thats dodgy then cctv will defo get put up. Wouldnt want to put a flyer up as id quite like to see thw scroat thats doing it and get some public justice.. Everymans subaru is his castle and a man has a right to defend that castle. If that means breaking a couple fingers or hand so he cant damage it so be it. And if it is the c2 owner well....lol
thebigfelly Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 P.s if tardis is unknowingly accidently spilt onto a cars body paint by accident and left there for a couple days without being washed off straight away and this is a hyperthetical question what would be the end result. ..
wagonwheels Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Not much unless the suns out and its a dark colour.Battery acid,now thats more fun but it could get ugly so best do nothing the now lol
subarucraig Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 better accidently spilling brake fluid or spark plug hitting window accidently obviously but the best thing to do is to catch him on cctv or camcorder and get the police to sort him out good luck mate
jebus82 Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 i was once told by a reliable source that the wee yellow blocks you get in toilets/urinals placed on the roof on a rainy nite will not only take the paint off but it ****s the metal underneath ans so any re-spray will bubble within weeks. dunno if its true but he was an ex mechanic body shop worker!!
thebigfelly Posted October 8, 2011 Author Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) Lol if it is someone messing with it and i caght them i probably would just get the old bill involved and sort it there and then as much as id love some payback in my own way no point me gettn done for being impulsive. On a side note intresting about the urinal blocks..... Does one have to p!$$ on them first before placement lol Edited October 8, 2011 by thebigfelly
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