Thieves steal $250K in wheels from Tyler Dealership

[LS1Goat]

48 vehicles. On site for 4 hours.

Does this sound odd to anyone else but me?

http://gearheads.org/thieves-stole-north-of-200000-worth-of-wheels-from-the-texas-car-dealership/

[svauto-erotic855]

This happens with regularity. The last big one locally was in Rockwall a few years ago. 4 guys using scuba tanks for air to run an impact could pull this off easily but it would be one hell of a workout.

[svauto-erotic855]

I think that I bought some wheels that were gotten this way about 9 or more years ago. They were on Craigslist advertised as new take offs from an explorer sport track. I called the seller a few minutes after the ad posted and was given the run around for a few days before I could pick them up. I met the seller in a resenditial neighborhood and he had the tires in a stack in front by the sidewalk between two houses. I paid him, loaded up and then drove way up the street and observed the seller being picked up. When I got home I noticed that while the rims were identical to the ones pictured in the ad the tire size was a 265 and not 245 as pictured in the ad. The seller was a black guy in his 20's who looked respectable and who did not sound like a hood rat.

[Snatch Napkin]

Authorities are saying it's a ring of people.

4 guys run through with electric impacts and extra batteries to remove all of the lug nuts.
Then come back with a jack and blocks of wood while the other 2 guys toss wheels in a box truck.

They tend to do it during a storm to keep the noise covered up.

[asphaltjunkie]

Not the first time a dealership has been hit in Tyler. Few years ago the same thing happened at Waggner Cadillac.

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[David]

I just assume every set of ford and GM 20s I see on Craigslist that are like new factory take offs are all stolen.

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[Scott Mc]

I wonder if the dealership was in financial trouble before they were robbed.

[paul_376]

I think that I bought some wheels that were gotten this way about 9 or more years ago. They were on Craigslist advertised as new take offs from an explorer sport track. I called the seller a few minutes after the ad posted and was given the run around for a few days before I could pick them up. I met the seller in a resenditial neighborhood and he had the tires in a stack in front by the sidewalk between two houses. I paid him, loaded up and then drove way up the street and observed the seller being picked up. When I got home I noticed that while the rims were identical to the ones pictured in the ad the tire size was a 265 and not 245 as pictured in the ad. The seller was a black guy in his 20's who looked respectable and who did not sound like a hood rat.

NayNay?

[sc281]

NayNay?

"The seller was a black guy in his 20's who looked respectable and who did not sound like a hood rat."

Sounds just like him.

[ceyko]

Not the first time a dealership has been hit in Tyler. Few years ago the same thing happened at Waggner Cadillac.

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Also happened to Reliable Chevrolet in Richardson if I remember right.

...ya fairly common I'd say.

[Cam_Stang]

I woke up to my 3 day old 2016 Tx Chevy on blocks. Had 90 miles on it. A neighbor got hit a couple days earlier and I was told trucks at about 10 apt properties in Frisco got hit.

[TX_92_Notch]

If my simple math is correct, each set is valued at $5,208.33 on average? The dealerships are the crooks...

I'm well under $2k in aftermarket 22's *with* tires.

[helosailor]

If my simple math is correct, each set is valued at $5,208.33 on average? The dealerships are the crooks...

I'm well under $2k in aftermarket 22's *with* tires.

[kobuzz]

Bruce lowrie Chevrolet had a couple sets for sale in the parts dept two weeks ago when I was picking some parts up. $1600 a set