TheSamba.com :: View topic - Someone just stole my gas tank and a brake line

Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:55 pm

I just went out side to move my bug cause tomorrow is street cleaning and my car started normal then die so i figure out that maybe my gas pump went bad or clog carb,i opened the hood and my tank is gone :shock:

then i realized that my break line too, i was about to move it by putting a soda bottle at th car with gas and now i cant move it :x cause i live on a hill

ill make a note for the ticket person hoping for some merci :(

Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:08 pm

Luis ''Diablo'' Gutierrez wrote: I just went out side to move my bug cause tomorrow is street cleaning and my car started normal then die so i figure out that maybe my gas pump went bad or clog carb,i opened the hood and my tank is gone :shock:

then i realized that my break line too, i was about to move it by putting a soda bottle at th car with gas and now i cant move it :x cause i live on a hill

ill make a note for the ticket person hoping for some merci :(

:lol: That's a new one to me.

Harsh. Sorry, bud'. Hope you come right with a replacement too.

Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:18 pm

and probably they used my own screw driver :x

as a vw person wooow really a tank? Next time ask if we have something u need i may give u one for free :lol:

Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:21 pm

That totally sucks, I'm sorry :(

I was just going to buy a hood lock for my bug ... I hope it helps keep my gas tank from running off :/

Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:57 am

Look for the nearest guy with a project VW that he just got running :wink:

Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:22 pm

That is one I have never seen before... just sad... :-s

Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:47 pm

That's terrible.

What i can't figure out is why the gas tank? :? I mean I've heard of people stealing the whole car, the engine, even the wheels but the gas tank????. I don't really know what they could get out of a gas tank. Sorry that happened.

At least the thing that they stole isn't that expensive to replace.

Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:02 am

that's crazy.

20 years ago it was apparently some kinda fashion to go stealing distributors around nanaimo,vancouver island.

i was kinda puzzled that my nephew always locked his engine lid untill he told me why. :lol:

Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:36 pm

In my opinion, a locking engine lid handle is the 1st modification to be done to any vw beetle.

Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:29 am

man people steal random stuff. not to hijack, but i had a buddy have he just restored '62 rag-top stolen from his house, they took the motor, starter, and battery. and then dumped the car in a fry's parking lot.