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Why do people have to steal? Please look out for these wheels!

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Old 05-26-2009, 02:16 PM
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I came home from europe last night, been gone since 5/8.

My S2 was towed b/c the alarm was going off for more than 4 mins at a time.

Then i went to my garage this morning to fix the swaybar that was popped out of the end bushings by the tow truck driver probably and my garage was broken into. It's shared by myself and another lister. There are NO SIGNS of forced entry WTF?? im baffled.....

All my tools, and jacks are gone. They also took my 18" BBS LM replicas, a turbo 2 pc crossover and turbo cyilnder head. Thankfully some other important stuff is safe for now.

Can you guys look out for these wheels if they pop up online anywhere?

They are 18" BBS LM replicas made by highline, powdercoated black, and once owned by the very famous DDP. One of the wheels had a small nick on them that i can identify instantly.



I will have some pics of the wheels shortly but rennlist severs are taking a dump right now
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I'd bet money it was someone affiliated with the tow company. They would know where your car is kept because they have registration info. And they might even be another 944 driver since they took the valuable head and exhaust stuff.
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omg that's nuts. and in lincoln park too? i'll keep eye out for you.
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no the garage was not in lincoln park and the S2 was not towed from inside it. its a seperate garage i rent. they are unrelated.

i also doubt it was someone who was 944 saavy cuz they left some other items untouched that are far more valuable then the wheels and head.
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ah. what neighborhood was garage?
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Keep a look out on Ebay and all VAG & Porsche forums. Hope you find them.
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Originally Posted by krystar
ah. what neighborhood was garage?
humboldt park, but its not as bad as it used to be and the garage is on the eastern side of HP near wicker park
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Airflite40,

If you go to jaxed.com then the mash (http://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/sd.cgi?cat=pts) it will do a search in all craigslist cities and ebay. I usually use this to weed out fraudulent craiglisters, cause they post in multiple cities. Hope you find the wheels....
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crazedlist also works for multiple CL searches.
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Originally Posted by Lorax
crazedlist also works for multiple CL searches.
+1, I use that at home w firefox.

also craigshelper.com, I use this at work because we're stuck on IE6 which doesn't work with crazedlist (not sure if IE7 or 8 work there, either).
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the root of the problem is living in chicago.
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Originally Posted by Airflite40
humboldt park, but its not as bad as it used to be and the garage is on the eastern side of HP near wicker park
I'm surprised it wasn't stolen earlier... try not renting spaces in the ghetto

Edit: err I though you mean hyde park in "HP"
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hey! i grew up in hyde park! hyde park is nice now. just not after u cross the border out of hyde park hehe.

i'm stones throw away from another HP hanover park hehe.
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Hyde Park - whites and blacks united against the poor!

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reading all this made me cry =[

hope you find them


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