For the second Valla in a row some bugger had nicked the dust covers off the valves for my wheels !!! Grrrrrrrrr
What a pain in the rear end !!!!!! I'm glad that they were just the crappy black ones and the nice shiny chrome ones are sitting in the garage !!!! hehehehehehehe
Did anyone else experience the dust cover bandit ?
Bizarre 路
Hmmm.... dunno
I bought some smoked tail lights at the dinner/auction.
Put them in the car - yeah i had the windows down to dry some of the water out.
Nothing else dissapeared (VWMA mag, CDs, Berg T shirts)
Was quietly thinking it was the 2 light beers i consumed on Sat night that effected my thinking on Sunday but wasnt until i was ready to leave that i noticed they werent in my car anymore.
Hope i am wrong - but..................馃ゲ
aussiebaja 路
worst part is its probably some bastard you know
ian.mezz 路
some poor bloke from Sydney got his rear air vents nicked off his super bug
Volkswagenboy 路
Why would a VW owner do that to another VW owner??
Shame on anyone who stole something at Valla.
-Staggers.
byronbus 路
Wow, we had stuff lying around, splitties unlocked, coronas and rums...laptops etc
waltermitty 路
Barrie It wasnt me I tried them on the T3 but the colours clashed.LOL
Mate sad and bad.M
Did you say 2 beers ?????????????????????/
warb 路
may have to get the locks on the bus sorted... crazy..
hellbugged 路
:cry this thread bites!
i was pretty sure i had locked and closed my quaters on Saturday night, only to find one open and the door, although locked still, was pulled to the second notch on the striker plate.........hmmmm didn't think much of it at the time, better check and see if anything is gooone also.
i f.....n hate thieves
crewcabconnection 路
fk, ditto on the locks...left the whole thing open all weekend...thanks for the warning...jeez there are some vankerz out there. Its not like most dubbers are flushed with money ... arseholes.
Bizarre 路
yeah Mitch
I probabaly left them on the top of the car while i drove off.
I reckon Rich hid them - thought i was going "ricer" :P
GASBNR 路
I heard John Waldron had his polished oil filler cap lifted off his Light blue KG.
Its a shame when someone does this
mscabrio 路
That really sucks and it makes it worse when you know that the person who did could well be the person that you had a beer with a few hours earlier!
I always worry about leaving my bug at shows and things (especially anxious at the street parade with all those ppl around). As it is shiny and blemish free (and watercooled) I worry that it will be a prime target for being "keyed" or something similar!
Volkswagenboy 路
I have no bling, no shiny job, no polished caps to worry about!
Oh except for my custom (As Ashleigh calls them) Spider eye tail lights! 馃檪
-Staggers.
Boozer 路
empikg wrote:I heard John Waldron had his polished oil filler cap lifted off his Light blue KG.
Its a shame when someone does this
I remember walking past and going "hang on, something's missing". I couldn't find him to let him know. Whoever did it had to walk straight up to it and pull it off in full view. I hope they find their body in not just one but several bins, each six blocks apart...
VWCOOL 路
I long ago learnt:
Know everyone
Trust no-one
and paddle your own canoe
71superbug 路
yeah staggers no worries about people stealing them cos they probably couldnt reach them!!!
that buig is so high..needs to be DUUUMPED
Anthony
Boozer 路
71superbug wrote:yeah staggers no worries about people stealing them cos they probably couldnt reach them!!!
that buig is so high..needs to be DUUUMPED
Anthony
Don't do it!!! I rekon it's perfect the way it is.
It really makes it stand out.
karmen 路
i recall going to a wrecking yard with my teenage boys . went in to get an exchange part.
10 mins later on our way home,walla: the boys produced a couple of badges
not rare... but I went wild.
Let's hope the kid visitor's ears are burnin HOT and they weren't dubbers.
I did it too as a kid ..see bling and think : only a dust cap.
trust no-one it's not a perfect world !!
Dasdubber 路
Sorry to hear the bad news - there is little in life I hate more than thieves.
If the culprits are reading this (which one hopes they are not associated with AVD).....hang your head/s in shame and remember karma will come back around some day.
MickH 路
Geez.....I remember the same being posted after the last Valla...Don't trust anyone. Yes Dasdubber,Karma will come back around, you just have to hope it rips their bloody arms off. Low lifes.馃憥
mscabrio 路
karmen wrote:i recall going to a wrecking yard with my teenage boys . went in to get an exchange part.
10 mins later on our way home,walla: the boys produced a couple of badges
not rare... but I went wild.
Let's hope the kid visitor's ears are burnin HOT and they weren't dubbers.
I did it too as a kid ..see bling and think : only a dust cap.
trust no-one it's not a perfect world !!
Don't even get me started on ppl who steal badges off cars. A couple of days before we went to Valla our friend Kate was at our place (she was driving the green NB at Valla) and someone nicked the rear badge from her bug. And the broke it making it a right royal pain to fix it. And as those badges cost $200 very expensive !
pod 路
Mick H wrote:Geez.....I remember the same being posted after the last Valla...Don't trust anyone. Yes Dasdubber,Karma will come back around, you just have to hope it rips their bloody arms off. Low lifes.馃憥
thats why i was locking my bus whenever not with it,and chastising my son when he didnt馃檨馃檨馃檨
bajachris88 路
That is pretty low 馃檨 Especially after complimenting the dubber people and labeling everyone as one big family)
btw, thanx kombi club for the tent assistance, BIG HELP!
Even an obsessed chump like me never had the idea to nick off in a dub... although it did hurt to be the one left out
Volkswagenboy 路
H, where's that picture???
-Staggers.
hypo-vw 路
My son Dean is now without a VW club jacket after I hung it out to dry and it went missing . I assume that the same aresoles who stole other items are the culprits for this dissappearance .
If you see anyone with a SHOALHAVEN VW CLUB jacket and you suspect that they are not in the shoalhaven area , please let me know.........( size L) black jacket with white logo over left breast .
WOULD REALLY LOVE TO CATCH A THEIF !!......then cut his hands off .
sinecure 路
Just his hands?:cussing
butidontunderstand 路
oh man stuff got stolen?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
whats happening?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
some people have no heart :cry :cry
karmen 路
u have e-mail with thanks karina
blue vizion 路
Yep I was pretty dissappointed I didn't get to join the parade due to the rain however that didn't hurt near as much as realising someone would go to a VW event and steal stuff.
Thankfully someone tracked me down to ask why the oil cap was missing (thanks Larry). If they hadn't I would have just driven off none the wiser - what a mess that would have caused!!
In the 14 years of showing the car this is the first time this sort of thing has happened!
HerbieBoy82 路
My God, I can't believe this thread.
We left our tent with CD player, CD's & Our phones & stuff in it & the bug was unlocked, thinking that it would be safe, because......IT'S VALLA. Not Good. Oh well, hopefully Karma will make its way back to them.
:cry
hellbugged 路
at this point, i would like to offer an apology on behalf of the organisers.
we are all very saddened by the actions of these scumbag(s)
byronbus 路
Not your fault luke...gotta wonder if its people who came in and left...
Who heard the crazy drunk woman on saturday night?
bajachris88 路
I DID! I was hanging with her earlier, i regret doing htis, but i was drunk, and i heard guitar, and was some hippy song, so came from tent, and starting randomly singing with them, and the lady was singing too, then said bye, then went in tent again, and over heard her, told her to shut up, then she started swearing out loud.
Crazy hippy! :P
byronbus 路
I thought i was down town lismore on a friday night
frenzix 路
leave my mum alone dude,
avwboy 路
lol
my wagon had the keys in the ignition all weekend no matter where i had it parked /crashed .......... not a single person took it for a joy ride
does it look that bad ? or was it the dead rat inside 馃檨
1303Steve 路
Hi
This post really sadens me, I always tell my freinds that VW people are different, all I can say is that they must not true VW people.
This post should be rehased before each VW show so that these low lifes can be caught and shamed.
Apart from some items, the cost of these missing bits is peanuts, what are these scum thinking?
I saw something really scary during the street parade, a feral got into to her feral Kombi and just let the door swing in the breeze, just missing that really nice orange 1500 Beetle.
Steve
squizy 路
Sad, very sad indeed. No doubt the type of souvenir hunters who would steal gear shift knobs off cars at motor shows. I can't believe how many cars got hit by these crooks.
byronbus 路
1303Steve wrote:Hi
This post really sadens me, I always tell my freinds that VW people are different, all I can say is that they must not true VW people.
This post should be rehased before each VW show so that these low lifes can be caught and shamed.
Apart from some items, the cost of these missing bits is peanuts, what are these scum thinking?
I saw something really scary during the street parade, a feral got into to her feral Kombi and just let the door swing in the breeze, just missing that really nice orange 1500 Beetle.
Steve
I saw similar and i saw people sit in cars, open doors...no respect
avwboy 路
whos cars? was that saturday in town or sunday at the park?
frenzix 路
people are people .. are we really that ignorant to think that vw people arent just like veryone else? common sense , keep your belongings as safe as possible.. it sucks but its reality.
70Beetle 路
1303Steve wrote:Hi
This post really sadens me, I always tell my freinds that VW people are different, all I can say is that they must not true VW people.
This post should be rehased before each VW show so that these low lifes can be caught and shamed.
Apart from some items, the cost of these missing bits is peanuts, what are these scum thinking?
I saw something really scary during the street parade, a feral got into to her feral Kombi and just let the door swing in the breeze, just missing that really nice orange 1500 Beetle.
Steve
Shit!!!.....thats my car. I was worried about parking next to that Kombi. Glad there was enough clearance between the car and the door. Ive never parked it in a car park before for that very reason.
bugeyedbabe 路
shit.....my car handles bumps & bruises ...even from disrepectful drivers and owners....i just add more pictures too her,,,,hehe
but yeah...i assumed people looked before opening any doors, but saw it happening once or twice. For my car its not a big problem...but some other incredibly beautiful cars , well the owners would have been pissed if it left a mark.
i was in my car at one point during the parade...drinking hot chocolate before we left..(the shop was right next to me...) btu at least i had my doors closed...the car beside mine was so immaculate, i'm grateful the person beside me, at least on this occassion, watched as she jumped in.
mscabrio 路
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I saw similar and i saw people sit in cars, open doors...no respect [/quote]
What is it with ppl who think that just because a car is at a car show that they can touch it and sit in it???? At one show I had saw some guy sitting in my cabrio trying to figure out how the roof mechanism worked !!!!!
helterskelter400 路
byronbus wrote:Who heard the crazy drunk woman on saturday night?
yee haa. she was going off. 4am in the morning. every swear word under the sun/moon at full vol. wonder what she did when she quietened her down. wonder if she was with the vw show. sounded like some dudes just dumped her and ran.
on the theiving. i too was lucky, digi cam, lappy, and more etc all in the van unlocked. great time except for getting satched friday.
Matt Ryan 路
every one should have a very careful look at their photo's, you never know, there could be someone caught in the act in the background.
Matt.
GASBNR 路
I do hope this thread will not put people off going next time , or anyother event.
It was a good weekend and would do again next week.
This shit happens today. we just have to be careful ( wrong I know)
simoninoz 路
empikg wrote:I do hope this thread will not put people off going next time , or anyother event.
It was a good weekend and would do again next week.
This shit happens today. we just have to be careful ( wrong I know)
I'm afraid it's gonna linger with me. I find this absolutely disgusting really, to consider that there's people in the scene that are gonna nick off others. You read about it from your Bugjam's and whatever, but with gypos and manky estate kids and God know's what else seeping in you'd be more vigilant. But in the middle of nowhere here?
Is this the first time it's happened??
helterskelter400 路
empikg wrote:I do hope this thread will not put people off going next time , or anyother event.
It was a good weekend and would do again next week.
This shit happens today. we just have to be careful ( wrong I know)
i wouldnt automatically have thought it was vw people, there were alot of general rubberneckkers about.
avwboy 路
dont let it phase u .....
like empi said sh!t happens , might not seem nice it happens at a vw show
but try to remember alot of general public / friends of friends come to the show and in and around the park all weekend
sucks for the ppl who had a d!ckhead pray on them sure
i spose all ppl can do is try to be more careful in future
like i said i had the keys in my wagon and car unlocked all weekend no matter where it was sitting in the park (hell there was even a 20 doller note corner sitting just out of the ashtray....... never went missing)
at the end of the day its a fantastic weekend ( and im grateful the pells go to the trouble of organizing it everytime )
2slow 路
Not all VW people are honest upstanding citizens, just like the greater community.
With all the laughs, offers of beers/food/shelter etc.. over the weekend you would have to say the majority are a great bunch of people.
oval TOFU 路
this is outstandingly disappointing to hear and for this thread to even exsist. That said, I always lock my car, even if I'm only going to leave it un attended for a couple of mins... coz i know nicking something off your front seat only takes 2 seconds..
I know most of the people at Valla were upstanding people, it's the small few that ruin it for everyone. Like a virus. Small, but a real biach when it takes hold...
71superbug 路
yeah im sure the majority are...but they are people.
as someone already stated, to think that just cos its a vw show nothing will get stolen is rediculous.
thats just setting yourself up to be dissapointed.
easier just to lock up.
Anthony
bajachris88 路
ah well. i still have a half decent time, when talking to alot of the dubbers, felt really family like... Was good.
aussiebaja 路
im thinkin im probably glad i didnt go now ,would of been real nice to go look at everything get soaked with rain,then get back to my car with the wife and kids and bang some little a-----hole has broke in to my car and knocked something off,would of been a great weekend
karmen 路
the law now at least in Qld is: LOCK CAR, windows too
and never leave keys. Dunno what the fine is...
a) safety of children
b) diminish temptation
c) reduce or at lest kerb insurance claims ? costs
d) kerb Police work for petty thieving so they can do more important work.
lets lock up and stop whinging AND..
if anyone sends me a list of bits gone i would like to help out where possible.
bugeyedbabe 路
hey karmen...i have a piece of pipe in my glovebox still...its for u...no theives stole it....even thought i advertised i had etc etc 馃檪
only kidding...but the peice of pipe is for u mate...et me knwo ur numbers and when ur in the area...will meet up and give u the peice...
cheers
beb
winerot 路
i think this thread is getting blown out of proportion its pilfering thats what it is
happens anywhere & everywhere, could of been local kids or others staying at the park
maybe even our kids but if its veedubbers then hey they are losers sitting there now reading
this thread shitting themselves thinking someone might have seen them or know them.
karma will sort them out anyway & i would prefer to think it was kids grabing souvenirs.
no car no stereo no wheels no cameras or anything of great value was taken or damaged by the sounds of it so thats a plus in my book.
to those that did lose something hope you's all have a small win on lotto.
wally
POZOOM 路
Sounds like the majority had a great time with only the minority spoiling it.
Our unit was open most of the time and the drunken guys that came in at 3.30am left all their wallets, phones and keys out on the front table - I think it was something to do with G falling into the lagoon- wet pants also at front door. 馃槵 to the thieves - i hope what goes around comes around.
POZ
bajachris88 路
winerot wrote:i think this thread is getting blown out of proportion its pilfering thats what it is
happens anywhere & everywhere, could of been local kids or others staying at the park
maybe even our kids but if its veedubbers then hey they are losers sitting there now reading
this thread shitting themselves thinking someone might have seen them or know them.
karma will sort them out anyway & i would prefer to think it was kids grabing souvenirs.
no car no stereo no wheels no cameras or anything of great value was taken or damaged by the sounds of it so thats a plus in my book.
to those that did lose something hope you's all have a small win on lotto.
wally
manda and I had our eyes pretty close to ur buses, trust me, if anyone even opened the doors unintentionally, i would have gave them a bit!
MickH 路
bajachris88 wrote:manda and I had our eyes pretty close to ur buses, trust me, if anyone even opened the doors unintentionally, i would have gave them a bit!
馃槀馃槀馃槀馃槀 "A BIT" of what Chris...:o:duh:puke :jesus
bajachris88 路
open the door of it and find out! 馃槀
phatratpat 路
:cussing:duh:duh:duh馃憥:puke:cussing
thats what ! ! !
byronbus 路
Haha, was a fantastic weekend, wouldnt miss it for the world...i never lock the Kombi when i go surfing, infact the keys are under the sunvisor... Random acts at valla are common place...not just valla but every show, ive had stuff flogged at Action Day in Qld...
Enjoy and be more vigilant...or drive a rat, most people think they are crap and dont go near them...
bajachris88 路
was told that if u leave a car unlocked, thieves won't touch it... friend gave it a go and she still got her car... incredible :o! (i'm not game enough too...)
bugeyedbabe 路
bb...now i know where u hide ur keys....i'll take it for a spin next valla..vvroommmmm putt putt vvroommmmm.
cheers
beb
amazeer 路
bugeyedbabe wrote:...i'll take it for a spin next valla...
mm literally!:o
1303Steve 路
Originally posted by 70Beetle
Shit!!!.....thats my car. I was worried about parking next to that Kombi. Glad there was enough clearance between the car and the door. Ive never parked it in a car park before for that very reason.
Hi
Your car is beautiful, it made me walk back to my car to get the voting slip so that I could vote for your car. I was at the back of the feral Kombi when it happened, I yelled out but the feral didn鈥檛 pay any attention.
As far as the thieving goes we need to start up a VeeDubbers watch, just like with neighbourhood watch, if you think someone is acting strange, have a look, ask questions, make sue you have a friend with you, just in case they get physical.
Steve
h 路
pretty ordinary.. sorta glad to leave the 54 at home and took the T4 instead.. thankfully by way of this thread
avwboy 路
this thread really is making it sound way worse then it is
making comments that u are glade u didnt bring car x instead ..wtf?
the thread was started about 2c plastic valve covers.....
karmen 路
this thread terminates here lol
all about kids
who are not cared for and unsupervised and bored !!!
so they cross the line
maybe only once...
did u know stolen cars mostly are found within 5-10 ks of where they were nicked
cause ppl get a bit scared of bein caught
(or find out the car has no juice...guts...c-d's.....
end of thread ha ha
VDUBXTC 路
bugeyedbabe wrote:shit.....my car handles bumps & bruises ...even from disrepectful drivers and owners....i just add more pictures too her,,,,hehe
but yeah...i assumed people looked before opening any doors, but saw it happening once or twice. For my car its not a big problem...but some other incredibly beautiful cars , well the owners would have been pissed if it left a mark.
i was in my car at one point during the parade...drinking hot chocolate before we left..(the shop was right next to me...) btu at least i had my doors closed...the car beside mine was so immaculate, i'm grateful the person beside me, at least on this occassion, watched as she jumped in.
Yep on 2 occasions i saw where that same person didn't watch what they were doing with car doors :bounce (sorry still pissed)