Car thieves. The scourge of the earth.
Yes, they keep insurance companies happy, but to the automotive enthusiast they are about as annoying as 20 wasps buzzing around your head and intermittently stinging you. Swat one away and it comes back again. Or another takes its place.
The above rant was brought to you by our lead photo, which has to be one of the saddest Corvette Stingrays we’ve ever seen thanks to a thief or thieves who removed all four wheels and left the shapely LT1-powered Corvette Stingray perched on what appears to be a landscaping stone.
According to a tweet by @Michigan_Auto, the red Stingray was located in Detroit. *Sigh*
While there is no way of truly preventing a theft like this, a set of locking lug nuts might just make the thieves’ job that much harder/slower. Oddly, the C7 doesn’t come from the factory with locking lug nuts, though they might be good investment judging by this photo.
As CorvetteBlogger points out, you can easily grab a set of locking lug nuts for your MY14/15 Corvette from GM Parts Direct for $28.84 (part # 19211919), or simply swing by the parts desk at your local Chevrolet dealer.
Until then, mind where you park, folks.
Comments
Just lucky that is all they took.
Hard to believe something that expensive doesn’t come with a set of McGards. I have them on my ’13 Civic, just in case. I asked for them and the salesman put them in the deal for free ($75 accessory, including installation by the high priced dealer tech.). If I had a C7 (or any other C model with nice wheels), I’d probably put two sets on the car.
Wheel locks are great for people who can handle them. Most people would loose the lock anyways and or complain because they were locking lugs.
GM used to offer them as an option on most cars. I used to hate it as back when I worked on cars for a living most people had no idea where the lock socket was.
My ’06 Passat has them which I did not know when I took my car outside of VW dealership.
To make the long story short, I did not had the locking key so I had to buy it from the dealership. I also keep it in the glove compartment locked up.
A toyota is GARBAGE
Maybe just another honest taxpayer taking what is rightfully his.
just wondering, how it was rightfully his ????
My ’03 Mazda Protege5 came with McGards standard. Mazda had the key mounted on a post zip tied to the lug wrench in the lug wrench bag next to the spare tire. I keep the Civic’s wheel lock key in the lug wrench bag that came with the car.