Was It Just a Coincidence? (Got New Tyres on a Saturday Stolen Sunday Night)

[Deactivated] on 02/03/2024 - 17:01
Last edited 02/03/2024 - 18:02 by 1 other user

Some years ago I booked my car in to have four new tyres fitted at a Bob Jane T-Mart store in Adelaide.
The job was completed at around 4:00 PM on a Saturday afternoon.

I drove the car on Sunday and parked it under the carport at around 5:00 PM. At around 8:00 AM on Monday I left the house for work and discovered that the rear of the car was on bricks with the two rear wheels missing.

Was it just a coincidence or do you think it was an inside job? Any one of the Bob Jane T-Mart's employees would have had access to my home address.

In hindsight I should have had locking nuts fitted to the wheels but I lived in an area with a very low crime rate.

Poll Options

  • 149
    A coincidence.
  • 74
    An inside job.
Automotive Tyre

closed Comments

  • Hybroid on 02/03/2024 - 17:02
    +35

    How can any of us possibly answer this factually?

    • askbargain on 02/03/2024 - 17:03
      +62

      answer in a way that satisfies OP's need for attention

        • randomusername2017 on 02/03/2024 - 18:10
          +3

          stupidest comment

          At least it was 💯 on topic..

        • lachhelix on 02/03/2024 - 18:26
          +11

          Lmao rich coming from you as the OP of this beauty of a post 😂

        • brendanm on 02/03/2024 - 18:49
          +8

          Goes well with your award for stupidest topic.

      • timthetoolman on 02/03/2024 - 17:41
        +10

        Perhaps you were this rude to Bob Jane staff and it was an inside job? I hope so

        • [Deactivated] on 02/03/2024 - 17:44
          -6

          @timthetoolman
          (profanity). 😊

      • dtc on 03/03/2024 - 08:40
        +2

        An opinion is where there is a set of facts and you are asked what you think about them

        Your question is ‘what are the facts’. That’s not an opinion, that’s just a guess.

    • HeWhoKnows on 03/03/2024 - 08:22
      +1

      I think its an inside job and OP should investigate further.

      That will give us some free time to focus on real issues instead of reading time wasting posts like this.

  • bobbified on 02/03/2024 - 17:08
    +7

    What car are we talking about and how much were your tyres?

    I think if it was an inside job, they would've taken all four! They'd be 'fired' for only doing half the job! haha

      • djkelly69 on 02/03/2024 - 17:31
        +24

        Seems a lot more likely it was just someone who needed to replace the wheels/tyres on their SS after doing burnouts, etc.

          • DoctorCalculon on 02/03/2024 - 19:42
            +6

            @[Deactivated]: Then why did you create this troll thread?

            • [Deactivated] on 02/03/2024 - 21:37

              @DoctorCalculon: @DoctorCalculon
              Because it was just the cop's opinion and they never investigated anyway.
              I only reported the theft to get a report number for my insurer.
              I just created a thread, the trolls piled on later.

              • pn09 on 03/03/2024 - 14:59

                @[Deactivated]: And you created the thread years after it all happened?

                Have you been "otherwise occuppied" due to anger management issues?

                <backs away quietly….>

      • Sye on 02/03/2024 - 18:19
        +5

        You should have bought a Camry, no one steals Camry tyres

      • Ryanek on 02/03/2024 - 21:12
        +12

        Commodore driver… this explains a lot.

        • The General on 03/03/2024 - 23:50
          +1

          It is 2024, I bet he drives a Ford Ranger now.

      • apey2000 on 02/03/2024 - 22:08

        lol

  • brad1-8tsi on 02/03/2024 - 17:14
    +7

    I've worked at a few tyre places.

    If / when I or one of the other staff wanted the tyres or wheels my boss always gave killer deals, often free.

    I put 4 new Goodyear NCTs on my Commodore for $40 once. I wanted to tart up the Corolla. A set of 2nd hand rims, some spray paint, wheel spacers and fat tyres and it looked great… the car was stolen a month later and they took the wheels.

    • mapax on 02/03/2024 - 17:16
      +35

      Sounds like an inside job…

  • KangaDrew on 02/03/2024 - 17:14

    Yeah, nah.

  • bhubb18 on 02/03/2024 - 17:14
    +9

    Unrelated but does anyone want two camry wheels? Brand new tyres

    • RockyRaccoon on 02/03/2024 - 22:11

      Nah, but can you obtain 2 Commodore wheels with Brand new Tyres?

      • bhubb18 on 03/03/2024 - 16:50
        +1

        Sorry mate I did have a pair a few years back but sold them

        • RockyRaccoon on 03/03/2024 - 20:56

          I was playing with your post, you selling two new Wheels and Tyres, whereas the OP had just lost two wheels and tyres, Sorta coincidental joke

          • Qazxswec on 04/03/2024 - 09:30
            +1

            @RockyRaccoon: This is your captain speaking, currently flying straight over RockyRaccoon's head as we speak

  • Euphemistic on 02/03/2024 - 17:16
    +23

    Wasnt an inside job, the car was outdoors.

  • Benoffie on 02/03/2024 - 17:28
    +11

    "some years ago" Why does it matter now?

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 02/03/2024 - 17:34
      +2

      Thanks for asking. Cheers.

      • Euphemistic on 02/03/2024 - 19:01
        +3

        If you wanted a true ozb poll result you should have included the "bikies" option.

    • CurlCurl on 02/03/2024 - 19:19

      Op must be thinking about replacing the tyres again and is worried it may happen again.

  • ChrisLevo on 02/03/2024 - 17:37
    +4

    Get a spiritualist to conduct a seance with Bob, who died in 2018.

    You could ask him to haunt the offender.

  • Ocker on 02/03/2024 - 18:14
    +10

    Have you just noticed they are missing?

  • wordplay on 02/03/2024 - 18:19

    classic burnout theft.

  • AustriaBargain on 02/03/2024 - 18:36
    +3

    Bob Jane himself must have followed you home. I bet when you replaced your tyres you got the exact same ones put on. Surprised Bobby didn't ask for his bricks back when you went back in.

  • djones145 on 02/03/2024 - 18:51
    +3

    need new poll option
    bikies

    which prolly is accurate for once

  • mapax on 02/03/2024 - 18:59
    +1

    Why did anyone at the tyre shop even have your address?
    I’ve never given a tyre shop any personal details other than first name and mobile number.

    • [Deactivated] on 02/03/2024 - 21:44

      @mapax
      They asked for my address for the tyre warranty.
      They could have found it in the car's service book in the glove box anyway.

      • mapax on 03/03/2024 - 01:59
        +2

        I guess you’ve never done any personal security and situational awareness training?
        You shouldn’t leave anything in your car with your address on it.

  • ihfree on 02/03/2024 - 19:02
    +1

    100% inside job. They likely had a GPS on the car.

    If you took coffee from the waiting room, there's a strong chance you have a tracking device in you. They were probably watching your vital signs before making a move.

    • djones145 on 02/03/2024 - 20:58

      his kidneys are next!
      dont drink anything br0 its sleeping agent

  • lainey13 on 02/03/2024 - 19:51
    +2

    Are your car tires visible from the street?

    • [Deactivated] on 02/03/2024 - 21:41
      -1

      @lainey13
      Yes they are.

  • AussieDaddy on 02/03/2024 - 19:52
    +4

    "Some years ago….". 🤔

  • JimmyF on 02/03/2024 - 20:08
    +2

    Was it just a coincidence or do you think it was an inside job?

    It go go either way, but I'm pretty sure if you're going to do an inside job there are far easy methods to get 'free' tyres.

    I'm guessing someone that lives locally with a similar car noticed your new rubber.

  • Gunnar on 02/03/2024 - 20:11
    +4

    Here I am thinking the owners of VX-era Commodores would be more on the supply side of crime

  • Herbse on 02/03/2024 - 20:13

    Why wouldn't these people just steal them from the shop itself

    • Deals For Days on 02/03/2024 - 20:15
      +2

      Host of reasons, way easier to steal at night parked on a quiet street in the dark vs in a shop where a thief probably wouldn't last in the job enough to get manager access keys etc, CCTV

  • DeeeeCeeeee on 02/03/2024 - 20:26

    Definitely an inside job..you should call Jim Rockford…

  • JIMB0 on 02/03/2024 - 20:38
    +3

    It's gotta be an inside job. No one else has a rattle gun powerful enough to remove the wheel nuts after the tyre shop had their way with them.

    • GordonD on 02/03/2024 - 21:03

      Been there, done that. Got new tyres. Got a totally unrelated flat a while later, and couldn't change the wheel for the spare. Bent the wheel brace standing on it trying to loosen the nuts. Had to drive the car back to the tyre shop with the tyre deflating to get them to change it. Got a rattle gun after that.

      Here I was abusing them, and it didn't occur to me that they were just preventing my new tyres from being stolen.

      • serpserpserp on 02/03/2024 - 21:20
        +3

        Here I was abusing them

        Sounds like a regular OZB forum thread starter

  • djones145 on 02/03/2024 - 20:59
    +2

    head back to the store, ur tires are prolly back on the wall

  • serpserpserp on 02/03/2024 - 21:18

    lol at OP. You have great mates/neighbors

  • KangaDrew on 02/03/2024 - 22:11

    I think old mate boomer ran out of negs to hand out

  • t_c on 02/03/2024 - 23:19
    +2

    Most likely told his mate while punching cones after work, coincidently his mate just happened to need new tyres for his commie after doing max doughies in the gravel near lidcombe station. So after smashing 4x woodstocks they went and got some new rubber around 1am in the morning.

    • Gunnar on 03/03/2024 - 01:01

      The OP is deactivated, I can only assume he’s back in Silverwater. Say hello to that jealous lover cop for me OP

  • Mumbles on 03/03/2024 - 01:20
    +1

    People working in the tyre industry don't need to steal tyres. Its just not worth it. If they are deperate their bosses can give them the 2nd hand tyres for free. Its just a matter of putting them aside. If the employee wears out the tyres then rinse and repeat as its no big deal to swap a used tyre as it's easy for them as trained tyre fitters.

    Half the guys in the tyre and automotive industry have other friends working in the industry who can source affordable tyres.

    Commodores and Falcons are owned by a lot of poor bogans. Easiest solution is swap to a car which is useless to a thief.

    It's more likely the timing is to do with the cost of living crisis than your tyre purchase. I had a 1995 Hundai Excel stolen 1 year ago. When I shared the news with a friend they said lots of their workmates had same experience. That local police said more car thieves looking for cheaper running cost cars as their daily driver.

    • Willy Beamish on 03/03/2024 - 02:26
      -1

      " cost of living crisis" it's actually more like people not knowing how to live within their means, too reliant on luxuries and not knowing how to budget because they are dumb, and then people being too lazy to work for money and crying because the government doesn't pay them enough to do nothing.

    • ProlapsedHeinous on 03/03/2024 - 12:03

      Where I work the rule is the tyres need to be replaced at like 4mm tread. usually there are at least 2 tyres that are perfectly fine to resell as used and I hope they are doing it.

  • Willy Beamish on 03/03/2024 - 01:28
    +1

    More likely one of your neighbors noticed you had new tires and stole them than someone that actually has a job and access to discounts

  • lachhelix on 03/03/2024 - 01:43
    +12

    Hahaha deactivated 😂😂

  • gromit on 03/03/2024 - 09:11
    +1

    So they knew your home address, knew that you only had a carport rather than lockup garage and were happy to risk their jobs and freedom for a couple of wheels? or the more likely scenario of opportunitist kids/druggies/criminals saw an easy score.

  • pn09 on 03/03/2024 - 12:10
    +2

    How bizarre to

    (a) post a poll for something like this

    (b) this is about something that happened "some years ago" - but the title doesn't say this so people would assume when clicking on the thread that it's just happened.

    (c) get annoyed when people respond in kind

  • KangaDrew on 03/03/2024 - 15:04

    haha Poor boomer Gazza is probably starting up a new account now since everyone knows him after this bizarre poll.

  • paloverde88 on 03/03/2024 - 15:16

    in order for this to happen , all the stars in the galaxy S24 must line up in parallel - and it did! so Galaxy s25 will be out in no time

  • DiscoJango on 03/03/2024 - 16:25

    Its for this exact reason that i give a false address for places like these that ask for your full address for their invoice.

    Im just buying tyres, why do you need to know where i live?

    • MrThing on 03/03/2024 - 21:32
      +1

      duh so they can steal them

  • scooba on 03/03/2024 - 16:39

    What on earth is going on in the major cities these days?

  • WaterMark on 03/03/2024 - 16:58

    They wanted their 4th tyre back you got for free.

  • Goraka on 03/03/2024 - 17:05
    +1

    Sounds like some rando work, they are selling you those tyres with double profit, trust me i used to deliver tyres and you will be surprised how much they are paying for them.

  • Jake17 on 03/03/2024 - 18:28

    they get so embarrassed that they deactivated their account? LOL

    • mapax on 03/03/2024 - 18:43
      +1

      Probably didn’t like being teased about their commodore by the Camry drivers who can’t afford a high yield investment vehicle…

      Personally, I thought it was an ok shitpost. Mundane enough to be true, but stupid enough to still be questionable. Got over 150 votes but didn’t make it to 2 pages, I’d probably rate it a B-.

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 04/03/2024 - 08:38
        +1

        Yeah it was just missing that… X factor to really make it a gold tier dumpster fire

  • smartazz104 on 03/03/2024 - 19:03
    +2

    but I lived in an area with a very low crime rate.

    I find it hard to believe an area where at least one Commodore SS is owned would have a low crime rate…

    • MrThing on 03/03/2024 - 21:32
      +1

      Any suburb with holden commodore SS or falcon xr8s are in is as you suggest - most definitely not a low crime area

      high crime bogan infested shit hole

  • Eeples on 03/03/2024 - 19:12
    +4

    This whole tread has made me tyred.

  • MrThing on 03/03/2024 - 21:30
    +1

    Troll account got deleted, that was tyre-ing

  • cybapete on 04/03/2024 - 08:01
    +1

    this reminds me of something that happened on a job site
    i was in a road maintenance crew grading the shoulders on a rural road and one monday we found out our grader's battery was missing
    we all had a good laugh about the idiot who would steal a worn-down old battery with not much life left in it………until the new battery went missing too

  • KovinKing on 04/03/2024 - 08:34

    Considering that this all (allegedly) happened in a carport, it seems like an outside job actually… if the wheels were taken off whilst in a locked garage, then it might be considered an inside job…
    Now, considering that a commodore wheel is the same stud pattern as a BMW, I'd be looking for a 3 series driving around with Korean tyres mounted to steelies on the back axle… because that would be an upgrade for the BMW and BMW drivers are often involved with petty crime of this type…
    My suggestion… take the bricks down to Cashies, get what you can for them, and with another 4 dollars of your own money, go buy a five dollar metro recharge… Buses almost never have their wheels stolen…

  • skillet on 04/03/2024 - 09:18

    If I were to steal the wheels I would just leave the car on the ground instead of BYO heavy bricks.

    • mapax on 04/03/2024 - 10:02

      How do you get the jack out if there’s nothing supporting the weight of the vehicle?

  • imurgod on 04/03/2024 - 09:48
    +2

    Tread carefully

  • gutwagon on 04/03/2024 - 10:30

    It was a coincidence. Someone saw that you had nice new tyres so took them.
    I also don't give my address to people that don't need it.

  • ModeratorRichardL on 04/03/2024 - 10:56

    Commenting closed as OP has disabled their account.

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