Thieves drilling holes in cars to steal gas in Atlanta

[HereWeGoAgain]

Good point! That would be terrible. But I agree the explosion danger would be considerable, so I wonder if it's true.

Most gas tanks are made of plastic these days so an explosion is highly unlikely.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

that is why we make sure we have a garage for every car

We live in a gated community so you can park in your driveway without worrying someone is going to steal your converter or your gas.

 

[B. Kidd]

We live in a gated community so you can park in your driveway without worrying someone is going to steal your converter or your gas.

You still have to venture out.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

You still have to venture out.

Not to worried about someone stealing my converter or my gas in the grocery store parking lot.
I dont leave my truck anywhere that I have to worry about it. It's in the garage or out on the lease which sits behind two locked gates in the middle of 6k acres.

 

[Flash]

Thieves should be shot dead on sight.....Problem solved, problem staying solved.

In East Atlanta they are Negroes stealing the gas. They are decedents of slaves so they are entitled to take your gas doncha know. Reparations.

 

[22lcidw]

Ain't gonna happen in my neck of the woods, but, there are field rats that will chew all of the wiring to the fuel sending unit free of charge.

You caused it.

 

[MisterBeale]

This is a good thread topic, because when gas goes way up, $7 or $8, it's sure to spark a crime wave of this sort.

I have to say, I was genuinely surprised no one posted a topic on it. I don't post threads very often. If someone has posted anything remotely close to the subject I want to post on, I will post in another thread. . . . I am a bit lazy that way.



. .. don't like to clutter the place up with more threads than are necessary.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Siphoning is one thing.
Totally ruining a gas tank is another; grounds for breaking kneecaps!!

No kidding do they know how much of a pain in the ass it is to drop a fuel tank?

 

[B. Kidd]

No kidding do they know how much of a pain in the ass it is to drop a fuel tank?

They are lumpenproletariats and have no idea.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Good job Brandon...lol

 

[petro]

Bumfuck rural northern MN.

Northwest Minnesota man charged in massive catalytic converter theft bust

According to court documents, the Otter Tail County man admitted to stealing approximately 180 to 200 catalytic convertors over the past several years.

www.inforum.com

According to court records, an Otter Tail County sheriff's office detective took reports from representatives of College Way Auto and Egge Construction involving catalytic converter thefts on Feb. 23. In each of those reports, the suspect was seen on an early '90s model Polaris snowmobile.


Court records indicated that Dillon admitted to cutting off the catalytic converter on his girlfriend's car. All of the catalytic converter thefts occurred in Otter Tail County. Sale records from January 2021 to January 2022 indicated Dillion sold 155 catalytic converters and 69 car batteries and was paid $54,620.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

I had that same thought. And even battery run drills use .... electricity.

And unless you have a fairly high-end drill, with a brushless motor, there are plenty of sparks in the motor. Even in high-end brands, such as DeWalt or Milwaukee, the lower end drills in both brands use old-fashioned electric motors, with brushes and commutators, which means sparks.

Maybe not so dangerous if you use a drill with a brushless motor, but what subhuman thieving piece of shit is going to buy one of those?

 

[Bob Blaylock]

I remember people worrying about siphoning, during the last gas scare. It did happen, apparently!

Apparently, more modern cars, in general, are very difficult to siphon from.

I remember having a very difficult time siphoning gasoline out of one 1994 Tempo, with a and engine, to feed into another 1994 Tempo.

Much more recently, I had to do some work on the filler system on a 1997 Contour, and from what I saw as I had it apart, I do not see how one would be able to siphon from it.

I don't know if modern cars are being engineers specifically to make siphoning fuel from them more difficult, or of that's just a side effect of the filler system being designed the way it is for other reasons.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

So I take it that there are no cameras in your supermarket parking lot.
Lucky!

Not any more.

Lucky was bought out by Albertson's quite some time ago.

 

[Ordinary Guy]

So I take it that there are no cameras in your supermarket parking lot.
Lucky!

Walmart maybe, don't go there

 

[Mr Natural]

Seems like a lot of trouble for a few dollars' worth of gas.

But then again, small time thieves are stupid people.

 

[Ordinary Guy]

You still have to venture out.

doesn't affect those of us where citizens are supported over criminals, sorry you live in such a shithole