Anyone here ever gotten their WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOLEN? WTF!!!
 

So I was driving down the freeway here in LA yesterday and needed to use my windshield wipers, and BAAM(!) there is a large screeching sound as just the metal on BOTH my wipers try to wipe window but with no actual rubber on them - they are just GONE.

Some one stole them! WTF!? How petty is that?!

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Lol, that's the first time I heard about it.

Any chances this was a prank??

Nothing suprises me anymore

If it was a prank I would know it by now, so nope. Unreal!

Now the thing is that they are not the cheapest wiper blades in town but still - to use them you need to have my exact car from what I understand and people with this type of car should not typically need to steal... :disgust

Move out of the ghetto. :)

That sucks...did it scratch up your windshield?

A little bit - I couldn't turn the darn thing off right away as it does like 5 wipes before it stops. It was excruciating...

BVF - I would not call Westchester/Playa Del Rey ghetto :) I am sure we get strays over here from the ghetto from time to time though.

You don't need windshield wipers this time of year anyway.

I hate having dusty windows, so I do :winkwink:

Speed up.

LOL - Good one.

Thanks Oystein, They're working great :thumbsup

were they the bosch premium blades or rainx latitude?

Dude..apparently one of the latest popular theft items are catalytic converters. At least this is the first time I hear about it. My brother in law just had his stolen from his car in broad daylight at his apartment building. It was even recorded on the security camera, took all but 5 minutes for them to take it out. Apparently, the cops said that some contain precious metals and can be melted down and sold for like $80-100. Or they can also be sold used as well.

Guess they'll steal anything these days..

Thats crazy talk, i did have my gas cap stolen once... just a strange i guess.

Those have been popular items for years now.

OY Boy

You don't have to live in the ghetto to have shit stolen from you.

although....
as WAR once sang

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5oQOtN5XTcQ

First time I ever heard of such a thing..

thats pretty funny, really odd, but still really funny lol.....hope you didnt scratch your window dude!

No clue what they are called but know I can only get them from Audi store for some reason... It sucks, now I have to drive to Santa Monica just to get them!

Fade, I have heard about the catalytic converters being stolen for some time. It is some gold or some shit in them they extract.

Darren - fuck a duck Valley boy :1orglaugh

Man that is some low shit, but I bet it was a prank.

Someone with a car like yours forgot his at the pump and didn't wanted to buy a new one... :(

The fuck took BOTH...

yup, its happening now.. have heard quite a few of these.. Audis, Porsche, BMW, Range Rovers.. they r those premium blade types... Thieves are also taking the bosch and rainX blades.. but this is happening in Cities like NYC, philly, ATL... from what i heard. dont know what your area is like.....

haha yes they stole mine once, together with all spoilers and skirts and all. Lots of damage, fuckers.

Dude I had my gas cap stolen so nothing surprises me anymore..

first time i have heard that one!

I feel ya! People keep stealing my Jack in the Box Antenna decorations.

man.. that has to suck

where do you think you got them stolen?

that's a new one to me! What a rip. It's not even worth making a claim for insurance, though. talk about a hassle!

now you can go shopping for new ones:)

they break mine off every new years eve, year after year

Who knows... car wash, valet parking, whatever...

Welcome to Midnight Auto! When you're out... We're in!

Was that the movie with Charlie Sheen? I liked that movie :thumbsup

I had just replaced my windshield wipers and put the only ones in the box the new ones came in. Didn't have time to throw the box away, so I just left it in the car. That night, someone broke into my car and stole the old wipers in the new box. :1orglaugh

Those Nigerians will go after anything.

holy fuck, that just made me lol

I hear they melt them and turn them into Condoms for the Chinese market.

just look at a price chart for palladium and you'll see why.

My guess would be that this thread was printed out and stuck under one of the blades.

I had my car stolen early last year. Police found it 2 weeks later, all rammed out and shit, but in general working order, except the fuckers stole the wipe blades. I was like you, cos the car was full of sand (inside and out) - went to clean the windshield and was like wtf????

New car now, and kick ass new blades - these bendy rubber things that cost like 80euro/blade. Luckily enough, it's not possible to steal them without popping the hood, cos the wiper arm goes under the hood. Mine's now a boring Peugeot 307 estate for family purposes.

At least they didn't steal your car. :)

True true - thank goodness, because my golf clubs were in there! :thumbsup

What idiot steals windshield wipers? God I hate assholes!

I had someone steal my wheel and tire once. Just one! I was on my way to work and was like wtf? Where is my wheel?

lol I heard people are siphon gas out of parked cars at night??? LOL I wonder why!

Maybe they got Tire-us interruptus? :) How weird!

damn your sig is big lol

The only thing I could guess was that they got a flat and couldn't afford a new tire so they just found a car like theirs and jacked the wheel and all. Really sucked because I was working a double shift that day and had just come home for a bite of dinner before heading back for the night. Needless to say I was a little late to work.