| Author | Message | ||
| KCCK (Kenneth)
Member Username: Kenneth Post Number: 583 Registered: 10-2002 |
There was a saying, in the old days, that the only way to guard your Porsche in Italy was to sleep in it -- with a loaded shotgun. If that is the case with a Porsche, what would be required for guarding a Ferrari in Italy? | ||
| David Mcguire (Matkat)
Junior Member Username: Matkat Post Number: 53 Registered: 3-2003 |
Have mine tightened up with a socket.use a spanner to hold the bottom nut and tighten the the valve cap,after that thereis no way they are coming of,just remember to carry the appropriate tools with you to loosen them if necessary!! | ||
| Ken (Allyn)
Intermediate Member Username: Allyn Post Number: 1113 Registered: 10-2001 |
I have the same except for the Lotus logo. I had 2 stolen at my mechanics; the other two were too tight so I really have all 4 tightened down hard now. Being a Lotus, I have plenty of on board tools should I need to remove them! | ||
| Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member Username: Paulie_b Post Number: 608 Registered: 1-2003 |
I don't want to jinx myself, but, I have the same caps on my "other" car and never had a problem. I do make sure to remove them if I bring the car in for any kind of service. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 2258 Registered: 7-2001 |
Hmmm..sounds like Nika has a Griots story. I remember her article about their leather car fragrance, she convinced me to buy some! | ||
| Jay Grande (Jay)
Intermediate Member Username: Jay Post Number: 1470 Registered: 10-2001 |
Nika mine were swipped right out of my grandfathers driveway! Found the kids who did it riding around on their bikes with the caps on! Told their parents and they got some good "Licks!" | ||
| Racer Nika (Racernika)
New member Username: Racernika Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2003 |
Mark....wow - that's amazing! I do one day want to see my sticker on a car driving down the road....lord knows I've mailed out enough FREE stickers!! I actually have more Ferrari ones - I think these are the ones that you can't easily twist off. Steve - thanks for the info - but it will be a COLD say in hell before I order anything from Griots again. Thanks again to everyone | ||
| Bill V (Doc)
Member Username: Doc Post Number: 412 Registered: 9-2001 |
Nika--those valve stem covers disappear like nothing else. I had an entire set disappear off of my car while parked in a large , observable parking lot at a swanky restaurant. 2 more were stolen off of my car at another restaurant. Interestingly, my friend's TR , which was parked next to me, also lost 2. In this second instance the thief was kind enough to leave us a set between us! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5667 Registered: 8-2002 |
LOL, Ron, it was a double post... | ||
| Drstranglove (Drstranglove)
Member Username: Drstranglove Post Number: 794 Registered: 4-2003 |
Well you may know a (very) little of how I feel when I found my whole car gone!!! DrS | ||
| Mark Collins (Markcollins)
Member Username: Markcollins Post Number: 311 Registered: 7-2002 |
Nika annoying but I'll brighten your day, there I was in deepest Wiltshire, England today at Merlin motorsports picking up some bits and stuck across their notice board 'a Racerchicks.com car sticker!' Mark | ||
| Ron (Easy_rider)
Member Username: Easy_rider Post Number: 653 Registered: 12-2002 |
DES, are you saying everything twice now...Testarossa Testarossa?  | ||
| Steven R. Rochlin (Enjoythemusic)
Member Username: Enjoythemusic Post Number: 650 Registered: 4-2002 |
Nika, Sorry to hear that. Groits sells anti-theft type caps. Have used them for MANY months and they have never been stolen. i THINK they were $25 or so. They look nice and STAY PUT :-) Enjoy the Drive, Steven R. Rochlin | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 879 Registered: 8-2002 |
Nika, email is on its way. My daughter likes your "Because Girls Can Drive Fast Too" cartoon/saying. I was probably going to buy her one of your tshirts anyway. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5665 Registered: 8-2002 |
Mike, that's class... Rock on, dude. | ||
| Racer Nika (Racernika)
New member Username: Racernika Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2003 |
Thanks Mike! But I think the plastic black ones are going back on the truck. Which shirts do you mean? The white ones with the cartoon or the black with the logo.......e-mail me | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5664 Registered: 8-2002 |
Mike, that's class... Rock on, dude. | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 877 Registered: 8-2002 |
Nika, I have an extra set that can't be taken off without a special tool that fits on your keychain. If you'd like to trade for one or two RacerChick t-shirts for my daughter, let me know. | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 1573 Registered: 5-2001 |
In the garage of his apartment building. Car was covered too...he is now installing an alarm. :-) | ||
| Racer Nika (Racernika)
New member Username: Racernika Post Number: 21 Registered: 7-2003 |
I have that wrench too Dave - I guess I should of tightened them  Sorry to hear about Stewart's car - that is horrible. Where did it happen? | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 1569 Registered: 5-2001 |
TC, taking the valve caps is rather a petty "crime of opportunity", I don't think anyone is going to put anymore effort into taking them than twisting them off with their pinkies...if it is on too tight...they move on... Between my previous 308 and my current 328, I have been using the same little Ferrari valve caps for about four years, but I used the little wrench/key fob they came with to tighten them. I feel for you Nika...Stewart had the front nose emblem and fender shields taken off his yellow 308 recently...buggers uses a screwdriver on the nose and scratched it up. | ||
| TC (Houston) (Tec)
Junior Member Username: Tec Post Number: 215 Registered: 2-2002 |
I don't know, I think I'd just rather them take the caps than spend a lot of effort wrangling with the stem. A stolen cap is better than a damaged valve stem or scratched rim, right? | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 2248 Registered: 7-2001 |
I bought a small cheap crescent wrench that I keep in the door pocket in the Ferrari. My valve caps are on so tight that it requires the wrench to remove them. | ||
| GThomas (Ferrariartist)
Junior Member Username: Ferrariartist Post Number: 191 Registered: 2-2003 |
The horse is noticed no matter how small... sorry to hear that Nika... somewhat related story... i was at the press day at the Toronto Auto show a couple of years ago ... not many people .. the fences where still down around the Ferraris so i was taking some shots... i remember overhearing Remo Ferri (i recognized him.. i dont know him personally) being quite upset about the 456 they had there... it didnt take long to figure out what was wrong... someone had tried to PRY OFF the chrome cavallino from the front grill and had visibly BENT it... needless to say he wasnt impressed and was wondering where security was during this.... if it isnt nailed down someone will take it... sad world... GT | ||
| Pat Pasqualini (Enzo)
Member Username: Enzo Post Number: 846 Registered: 2-2002 |
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| TC (Houston) (Tec)
Junior Member Username: Tec Post Number: 213 Registered: 2-2002 |
Were they the yellow ones with the prancing horse on them? Those badboys are just screaming "steal me!" I've had good luck with the more plain stainless ones on my P-car and Benz, but I still wouldn't be surprised to find them missing one of these days. To lose them in a matter of hours is pretty impressive, though. | ||
| Lee Hamner (Tennlee)
Junior Member Username: Tennlee Post Number: 154 Registered: 2-2002 |
I'm surprised someone would notice little Cavs on a big SUV, but... | ||
| Racer Nika (Racernika)
New member Username: Racernika Post Number: 20 Registered: 7-2003 |
valve caps! I had new tires put on the SUV and one valve cap fell off and the other cracked so I thought..I have these cute little Ferrari caps - may look cool... My first time out with the truck since I put them on and within 2 hours they are gone! I cannot believe it! Broad daylight - busy street parking and the grocery store.... (sigh) I know it's not a big deal - I knew one day they would "disappear" but not within HOURS!!! |