Car symbol robbers in my city

[theserpent]

In Mangalore students are flicking car logos of luxury cars like BMW, Volkswagen

Car logo theft on the rise - The Times of India

Spoiler

Some students even robbed out bathroom parts and sold it from our college

 

[The Sorcerer]

bah! They even take Tata, maruti suzuki. Its happening for some months now, its not a new trend. Happens here in Mumbai too and it still happens.

 

[noob]

ha ha LOL>..and how much money they make ? Any idea ?

 

[theserpent]

^ Depends on the scrap dealer

 

[thetechfreak]

Read this quite a lot in automative magazine Overdive. It seems its a huge problem in many cities. They dont even leave Maruti 800 sometimes

 

[coolpcguy]

^ Overdrive*


My dad's Innova's Toyota logo go flicked few times.


(yes, in Mangalore.)

 

[buddyram]

voila: now the manufacturer has to laminate the logo plate with the bumper or so...

 

[Zangetsu]

I saw this car logo change in a comedy movie....

maruti 800 with lamborghini logo...

 

[tkin]

They should solder the logo to the car. This problem is virtually non existent in kolkata, but wonder by when they will catch up.

 

[freshseasons]

All my Three cars are without logo.And not that they are premium models.They are bottom rug cheap Tata Safari, Ford Fiesta and Maruti Gypsy.
The mischief i know.There happens to be school just around the corner of my house.

 

[tkin]

^^ Feviquick

 

[funskar]

Saw it on news channel couple of days before..

 

[utkarsh73]

ha ha LOL>..and how much money they make ? Any idea ?

They can get from 2000-5000 depending upon the brand. TOI had a good coverage in my city when a gang of three was busted with more than 20 logos.

 

[KDroid]

They can get from 2000-5000 depending upon the brand. TOI had a good coverage in my city when a gang of three was busted with more than 20 logos.

Woah! 2k for a logo? What for?

 

[theserpent]

^^ Many Students mod there cars/bike with logos

 

[utkarsh73]

Woah! 2k for a logo? What for?

2K is the minimum amount for brands like Hyundai or Ford(No one bothers to steal a Maruti logo). Its because these logos are not available or very rarely available at the dealer or any other accessories shop. you r left with two options, buy from these thieves or drive without logo.......

 

[asingh]

Why are they stealing them. Where would they be used.

 

[tkin]

Why are they stealing them. Where would they be used.

BMW autorickshaw FTW!!

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Quick question: Is this stuff covered under normal insurance ?

 

[utkarsh73]

^^No way it is covered under normal insurance. BTW no one generally claims insurance as you can buy them for less than 2K from dealer and claiming for insurance will in most case lapse their NCB which is more than 2.5K.......

Why are they stealing them. Where would they be used.

They steal these things to sell them back to us at higher price. As these things are rarely available at dealership, they steal it and utilize its scarcity in the legal market and sell it in black at higher price....Seems a good business with very less capital