I noticed today, that my stubby antenna has gone missing. I don't know who took it, but I'm going to go walk around every car on my block, and if they took my antenna their going to have a couple of flats tomorrow morning.

 

damn! thats sad. ; o id be mad if someone took my stubby!

 

damn those ppl... they will get what;s coming..

 

If you find it all you have to do is unscrew it and put it back on yours

 

thats just messed up.

some one else on the "rant" thread had something stolen the other week too. from their parking lot at work....

its just sad

 

FWIW, there was a thread here a few years ago about someones stubby getting stolen, so the OP went and stole the stubby off another MINI. It's not cool it got stolen in the first place, but it's like custom tire valve stem caps--all kinds of people take them, so taking someone elses doesn't make it right.

 

yea, that sux. I can't believe that someone would just jack the stubby for their own MINI. It's only about $20 on ebay.

 

thats exactly why i havent put custom valve stems in my mini even though i want to ;[

 

This reminds me to locktite my tow hook in place. I don't think a would be theif would notice its one of the nice and expensive autoteknic hooks, not the cheap moss hooks

Going to do that tonight, me thinks.

 

Can any car use the stubby's, because I know of one MINI that lives in my neighborhood, but other than that it could be anyone else. The kids on my street could of taken it as well, but I just don't know why would anyone take something thats not theirs. I've had it for over a year now, and it just sucks that I have to pay $30 for another M7 stubby.

 

VW antennas fit mini's and they're into the whole stubby thing as well. Same thing for S2000s. I'm sure there's quite a few others.

Voted slash every tire in sight.

 

Dude, giving them flats ain't cool. I mean, they'd have flat tires right there at the convenience of their own home! Get one of those little tools that take the valve core out of their tires, then put the caps back on. First bump and those caps rupture, then it's a nice controlled depressurization out somewhere else, far more inconvenient.

Making flats at their own home... sheesh... these damn kids don't know anything about prankin' anymore...

 

OoooOoooOO! my friend had one of those...

thats BAD news right there

 

I didn't want to go through all that trouble just to give them a flat tire. But that idea is genius.

 

simply brilliant.

 

So when my dog wants something for keeps, he just marks it then its his. No questions asked, i just don't want it back So just mark your stubby, no one's going to take it if you do it right Some of the baseball players do that with their batting helmets, they are just covered with pine tar - stays sticky for a good long time. No one's going to grab your stubby if it is sticky or smelly or covered with razor wire or [use you imagination].

 

My car has the S2000 antenna on it and I love the way it looks.

Go to a honda dealer and pick up one of those, I think they're 24 bucks brand new.

 

i hope this one off antenna wont get stolen. if it did, and i found out which ever car had this spike , that car would gonna need 4 new tires and a paint job


i made it bty

 

I've got a Stubby that comes standard on a Honda Fit. It's a tad longer then the one that most MINIs use, but I like.

The oddest thing I had stolen was one of my FOOL68 vanity plates that I used in Virginia. Fortunately, I was in the process of moving out of the state, but still. I had to report it stolen, and then tap dance around not orderring a replacement for the 1 week I was still down there for last year. How dumb do you have to be to steal a vanity plate... they've got to be much easier to track down.

 

Eye for an eye i always say. When I bought my car it had no antenna so I was like I want that one. (off of another car) and he went ahead and took it. Its a lot sturdier and smaller. Looks really nice.

 

So that was a "pay it...backward" moment?

 

Retaliation isn't the way to go, unless you get Vinny "The Blade" or Jimmy "The Squirrel" to break a leg or make 'em sleep with da fishes. LOL, Just kidding everyone!

Don't respond to bad Karma with more bad Karma! besides, doing so is just plain wrong and goes against everything MINI!

I'd just get another one and see if someone can etch the last 4 numbers of your VIN on it for you, that way you can identify it for sure. Then Loctite it when you install it.

...I guess I better do that my self.

 

Just ain't right.

Dean.

 

personally I don't have stubby issues. No one has tried to take off with the dolphin fin and I still get great reception... just an idea though.

 

I'd bet a dollar to your donut that kids took it....same for that missing vanity plate that probably hangs in a kid's bedroom now.

Back when I lived in VA I lost all my plain Jane ol' valve caps. Yes, they were metal, but just plain otherwise.

One night a kid came a knockin' on the door. Excuse me sir, I stole your valve caps and they are in this bag if you would like them back. I'm sorry sir. He had a big plastic bag full of assorted caps.

Mom was standing in the driveway and returned my wave a bit sheepishly. They were working their way down the street. Parenting ain't dead....amen.