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Fuel Tank Drilling Is The Hot New Car Theft Trend Sweeping The Nation
Jalopnik ^
| 3/15/2022
| Adam Ismail
Posted on 03/15/2022 8:52:32 AM PDT by nascarnation
Chances are your local news affiliate has already reported on it happening in your neighborhood: criminals drilling into and draining gas tanks to steal the sweet, expensive nectar inside, leaving their victims with not only no fuel but also a hefty repair bill. It happened to one Pennsylvania woman, who said the thief stole the gas right out of her Nissan Rogue as it sat parked outside her home. There are similar stories coming out of California, too, and Missouri, and Wisconsin.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: automotive; crime; gasoline; tank; theft
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Let's Go Brandon!
To: nascarnation
Shoot them on sight if discovered in the commission of the crime.
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posted on
03/15/2022 8:54:04 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
Better still, toss them a railroad flare.
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posted on
03/15/2022 8:55:53 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The enemy of the people is the media )
To: nascarnation
Just another reason to get the EV everybody wants. NOT!
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posted on
03/15/2022 8:55:55 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: Rurudyne
Equivalent to horse thieves???
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posted on
03/15/2022 8:58:22 AM PDT
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
To: nascarnation
And now there will be more...
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posted on
03/15/2022 8:58:25 AM PDT
by
sit-rep
( )
To: nascarnation
Great! Catalytic converters and now this!
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posted on
03/15/2022 8:59:26 AM PDT
by
1956tbyrd
To: nascarnation
Gas, you can get 10-15 gallons at $5 a gallon.
Home heating oil or kerosene you can steal by the hundreds of gallons, and its a buck more than gas around here. Kerosene tanks are even outside. You just need a big enough tank to pump it into.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:00:31 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(45 is Superman!)
To: nascarnation
Hell, the Dems cannot seem to stop drilling their neghhnors or their neighbors wives!
No drilling in ANWAR = drilling in the Burbs.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:03:51 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: nascarnation
They were doing this back in the 70s. I don’t remember them using drills then, though.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:04:03 AM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: nascarnation
“...this has got to be one of the worst times to own a car maybe ever.”
No, but might be the worst time to have your garage so full of junk you can’t put your car away, if you have a garage.
When there are more EVs, will people figure out a way to steal the electricity? I bet they will, but not from the cars, from the utility company, as is done in 3rd world countries.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:05:40 AM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
To: nascarnation
How soon before you can get a gas cap that looks like a pull out recharge cord with a label “conversion” on it.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:06:08 AM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
To: Jamestown1630
I think back then you could still siphon.
To: Rurudyne
Toss a match on them...........................
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:06:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Mouton
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:06:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: nascarnation
Wouldn’t it be just awful if the caused a spark and started themselves on fire?
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:07:58 AM PDT
by
Dave911
To: rightwingcrazy
You can’t now? I know a lot of people have locking gas caps, which seemed to become a big thing later. But I don’t know how gas tanks are made/operate now.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:11:18 AM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Jamestown1630
Nobody had cordless drills then, they were a specialty tool. Now you can pick one up for less than $40.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:11:19 AM PDT
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: rktman
Yeah. Chargers on every sidewalk where people have to park. Because no thieves would ever think of stealing the copper or just have fun and vandalize them.
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:11:47 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: nascarnation
Let's Go Brandon!Rapper Cardi B. (to senile Sleepy Joe who actually "interviewed" her remotely while hiding in his basement during his basement campaign for U.S. President throughout 2020): "Hey, boo!"
Senile Sleepy Joe: "My name's Joe."
Cardi B. (smirked and chuckled because senile Sleepy Joe actually believed Cardi B. thought his name is "Boo Biden")
The guy's in a total fog 24/7/365 - thanks, Democrats/RINOs for that. "Fortunately," there are manipulators & handlers telling him what to do, what to think (if that's even possible for him to do), where to shuffle off to next, what to stumblingly read (from his Trusty Teleprompter), etc. The Ultimate Puppet "President" ...
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posted on
03/15/2022 9:12:27 AM PDT
by
gw-ington
(My preferred pronouns: she, him, it, what, huh, senile, puppet, hyena, headboard, stolen, election.)
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