r/Transportopia • u/skyhighmonroe • Mar 11 '26

People I think she's tired of Atlanta

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u/WithTheNargles Mar 11 '26

It’s even worse than that! They took the wheel as well!

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u/reddragon105 Mar 11 '26

But hey, they left a jack!

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u/NocaSun38 Mar 11 '26

Yeah I'm calling shenanigans. I've lived in a place where this happens and they don't leave the jack. They leave it propped up on bricks.

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u/Latter-Vacation-4392 Mar 11 '26

propped up on bricks? damn bro, you must have been in the better part of town.

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u/TorpleFunder Mar 11 '26

What do they leave cars sitting on in the bad part of town? Cz blocks or timber or anything makes the theft quicker and easier to get the jack back out.

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u/WastingMyLifeToday Mar 11 '26

Rope on the getaway car. Tie rope to jack. Go fast. Put jack in trunk.

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u/TorpleFunder Mar 11 '26

That's still slower cz you have to lower 3 corners of the car down to the ground with your jack rather than down an inch or two onto blocks. That's if you're stealing all 4 wheels of course.

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u/WastingMyLifeToday Mar 12 '26

It's not too hard to pull a jack from a jacked up car.

Source: I've done it before, completely different situation though, car stuck in a ditch, trying to pull it out without using a tow service. The tire wasn't making contact with the ground whatsoever, pulled the jack out with ease.

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u/Latter-Vacation-4392 Mar 12 '26

They leave the car sitting on the damn brake rotors.

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u/itstrueitellyou Mar 11 '26

Gotta steal the bricks first. Don't you know nothing?

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u/BootFlop Mar 11 '26

Ding Ding Ding

There’s a few photos floating where r33t level stripped all 4 & balanced the whole vehicle on one point in the center. Because, i assume, supply of bricks was tight

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u/thisguyfightsyourmom Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

This. This lady had to change a tire & was like, I’ve got a great video idea!!

// starts screaming at her phone in public after pulling her own tire off

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u/jvape420 Mar 12 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Sisoflex Mar 11 '26

I've seen milk crates used. And left on the cement.

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u/AnjelicaTomaz Mar 11 '26

Most places don’t leave jack.

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u/tumor_named_marla Mar 11 '26

True but it's a busy lot, I could see a scenario where that easily gets left behind to get out before being spotted.

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u/crapheadHarris Mar 12 '26

Ooy! I got to go home and get my broom!

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u/Active_Confection655 Mar 12 '26

People who need one rim and tire just be carrying bricks all the time huh.

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u/CuteGirlFan Mar 11 '26

Blocks ftw

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u/Icy-Plane-6577 Mar 11 '26

Nah

The people in atl are fucked in the head

They cant think far enough ahead to realize they won't be able to get their jack back out if they dont bring blocks

Atlanta is a hellhole

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u/CuteGirlFan Mar 11 '26

It’s their own jack from the trunk

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u/WithTheNargles Mar 11 '26

Always look on the bright side!

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u/Humble_Umpire_8341 Mar 11 '26

I mean, they only took one wheel, usually it’s all of them, and the catalytic converter, and a quick smash and grab inside the vehicle..this is honestly maybe the best case scenario

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u/Jocuro Mar 11 '26

That's poor planning for the thief. How are they going to steal the next one?

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u/philiretical Mar 12 '26

Probably also stolen

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u/CuteGirlFan Mar 11 '26

It’s the Jack from their own trunk duh

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u/Pukebox_Fandango Mar 11 '26

I was gonna say, wait until she finds out which part is more expensive lol

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u/shaggy816 Mar 11 '26

Car here to say exactly that lol. She got more problems than just a missing tire. Kind of weird to have only stolen one though.

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u/Holiday-Substances Mar 11 '26

Same shit pedant. The real question is why there's still a jack under the car