What do you do with your steering wheel?

[xblack240x]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I couldn't find it, but then again, I only spent a minute or two searching...

Anyways, I was just wondering, I know some of us here on zilvia have quick release hubs and whatnot, and a question popped into my head...

When I go places, I take off the steering wheel, put the lock on, and put the steering wheel in my backpack and take it with me (most of the time I'm either at school or work)... Other times I just put it underneath the passenger seat...

My question is, when you guys go to dinner with your girlfriend, boyfriend, family, or whatever, or when you go to buy groceries, or w/e, where do you put your steering wheel. I just wanted to see what others did with theirs because its awkward bringing my backpack to a dinner, because I don't like leaving it in the car because yes, they won't be able to drive it, but if they break in, they get a free steering wheel...

Sorry for the lengthy read, but feel free to comment, flame, or w/e you feel...

[the terrible one]

i usually put mine in the trunk when i had one. my trunk lever didnt work so the only way to open the trunk was with the key.

[djp.]

iono i just hide mine under the passanger seat, it was cool at first to take it every where, but it gets old

[liv2drift045]

i only put mine in my trunk if i park ilegally haha... theres many myths here that if you have a uber low car w/ the wheel turned a certain way and blablablablabla that it wont get towed... dunno if any of its true, but i do put the wheel in the trunk if im doin dirt haha...

if im just goin to work it goes in my passenger seat or on the dash... cupholder holds it on the dash... so much easier to get outta the car w/ the quickrelease+bride+ultralowrail haha

[Revhard_s14]

I put mine in the Trunk also. At least if its in the trunk, its not exposed at all

[DrtyRat]

i also have a lock & i put mine either under a seat or in the trunk. at work i used to bring it inside, in my backpack but it was too much of a hassle, so i just put it under my seat. at home i always take it inside w/me. i've contemplated keeping a cable w/a lock in my car to lock my wheel to.

[420sx]

hmm i just put my wisegrips in my pocket and roll

[sideview_180sx]

I take it in the damn restaurant and include it with my coat at check-in. What is hilarious is when you have 6-10 people roll-in and everyone has there steering wheel. usually we get a table or booth and stick all the wheels in the middle. haha

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

i take it everywhere i go. awkward at first but now no one even notices.

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

I take it in the damn restaurant and include it with my coat at check-in. What is hilarious is when you have 6-10 people roll-in and everyone has there steering wheel. usually we get a table or booth and stick all the wheels in the middle. haha

some nightclubs make you check it in for security reasons.

[undesiredshoe]

i put mine next to my keys on my passenger seat with my wallet, social security, and a starbucks double shot

[kdashy]

i usually put mine in the trunk when i had one. my trunk lever didnt work so the only way to open the trunk was with the key.

I trunk mine as well.

Go base model S14's.

[drftrps13]

i used to take it wit me but after a while it gets really annoying. so i just leave it on or usualy put it behind my seat.

[FaLKoN240]

I just stick mine in between my bucket seat and E-Brake.

I usually park in safe areas but I always lock my quick release.

If I'm in a questionable area, I'll take it with me, or throw it in the trunk if storage isn't accessible.

[mrmephistopheles]

Here, we just throw it on the dashboard.
In the states, it'll go where I go.

[Flipzide]

when i go to school, i put it in my backpack or leave it somewhere in the car where it cant be seen (under sweater or in the trunk area).

when i park at home or at a friends house, i either bring it in with me or leave it on the dash.

[ms!3]

usually dont take mine off. bought it as a spacer cuz im kinda tall and its just kinda cool to have. only time i do take it off is when i park my for the night and i just put in my room. other times i just put under the passenger seat.

[ecuastyle84]

i take it with me and where as a chain necklace lol j/k....i usually put it in the trunk as well

[liv2drift045]

Here, we just throw it on the dashboard.
In the states, it'll go where I go.

yea when i get back thats the plan as well haha

[aznpoopy]

throw it on the dash in most cases.
on the floor if the sun is out.
i only take it with me if its a bad area.

[CKAMC]

I put it in my girls purse

[liv2drift045]

haha thats a purty big purse

[xblack240x]

^Haha, I never thought about that, my girl does have one of those big purse things, I'ma see if she'll hold it for me when we go places...

Heh, I saw a post about maybe trying to find a way to tie it down or something, if you have stock s13 seats you can just use a bike lock and put it through the little hole and just hang it there (ghetto :bigok:)...

[s13gold]

depends where im at or going..

if its the malll...i take it no matter what.

jumping in a store.no.

but mostly i take it, im in places usually longer than 30 min.

[O3DigitalBath]

whats the point of even taking it off to throw it on the dash board?

to show off?

taking it off isn't going to help much..anyone with a visegrip could just clap it on and drive off.

[axiomatik]

note to self.......next time check their trunk. :coolugh:

[Wei240]

i put mine behind the passenger seat with a kryptonite type bike lock on the seat rail, trying stealing that, hahaha
(then again, all one really need is to get a 14mm ratchet/socket wrench for the seat bolt, doh!!)

[TheSquidd]

Usually when I go somewhere, there's like 6 of us with Quick Releases. So we do the old, trunk shuffle.

My wheel goes in X car
X wheel goes in Y trunk
Z wheel goes in F trunk
etc etc etc

It helps that we all have different quick releases, so a thief can break in, get the wheel, and be totally confused.

[AbsoluteZero]

I've been trying to get into the habit of taking it off all the time... It does get quite annoying when you go to the mall and you have a steering wheel in your hand. But I guess it could be used for self defense too. I was in the 909 yesterday and you better believe I took my steering wheel with me! I guess it all depends on where I am if I take it with me or not

[liv2drift045]

whats the point of even taking it off to throw it on the dash board?

to show off?

taking it off isn't going to help much..anyone with a visegrip could just clap it on and drive off.

easier to get out of my car w/ out beatin the hell outa my bride (the main reason stock s13 seats are torn up... getting in/outta the car

and as most people who put it on our dash said [me and kevin @ least] we're not worried about our car gettin stolen.. iirc quick release weren't made to be a car theft deterant anyway.

so no... not to show off

[TheSquidd]

I was in the 909 yesterday and you better believe I took my steering wheel with me!

You are wise.

It is a theft deterrant, if the fucker doesn't have a steering wheel to drive the car away with, he MIGHT not steal it. Same as an alarm is a theft deterrant, if he doesn't want people seeing him stealing a car with a huge alarm going off, he might not steal it.

[Quigs]

^^ I'm glad there are other people that realize that alarms and removable steering wheels are simply for theft DETERRANCE and not theft PREVENTION. Just because you have an alarm, doesn't mean your car wont be stolen haha. +1.

[TheSquidd]

^^ I'm glad there are other people that realize that alarms and removable steering wheels are simply for theft DETERRANCE and not theft PREVENTION. Just because you have an alarm, doesn't mean your car wont be stolen haha. +1.


My boss had a little VW Rabbit in like race spec form. He had it parked out in front of his Apt. one night, no steering wheel, alarm, fuses pulled, kill switched.

Wakes up the next day, walks outside to his car, notices it's about 6 ft back from where he parked it.

There's skid marks from his tires from where it was parked...

The fuckers took a CHAIN, wrapped it around his tow hook and pulled it with a fucking truck.

Morale of the story, if someone wants your car, they're going to do what ever it takes to get it. Oh and stay out of the IE.

[the terrible one]

i dont really worry about my car getting jacked in my neighborhood
even though its ghetto.
im the ONLY asian guy on my street
they dont fuck with me i dont fuck with them haha.

in all honesty though i dont really like the quick releases.
thats just me though. im picky. i think they make good paper weights

[crazyikimasho]

If you buy a Works Bell QR from Logan he lets you use his trunk for storage. He said no knockoff NRGs allowed.

[Shaminii]

I'm sure potential thieves are reading this thread. Its not hard to get in the trunk if you have the key or not. All you gotta do is fold down the rear seats.

[atom]

What my friend does is he uses a metal wire from an old laptop computer security kit and he loops it through the steering wheel and side harness slot on his bucket seat and locks it.

[eastcoastS14]

catchin a plain to cali and poppin 240 trunks when i get there

[AbsoluteZero]

You are wise.

It is a theft deterrant, if the fucker doesn't have a steering wheel to drive the car away with, he MIGHT not steal it. Same as an alarm is a theft deterrant, if he doesn't want people seeing him stealing a car with a huge alarm going off, he might not steal it.

Trust me... I know what the 909 is all about... I practically lived there for 3 years cause my ex lives over there... and I have heard lots of stories of 240s gettin stolen out there as well so I would rather be safer than sorry. I was in the ontario mills parking lot and still don't trust it!

[tacotacotaco]

I throw my shit in someone elses car but if your really baller you burn that shit and have aspec deliver that shit to you in the parking lot. Hand it to the trunk monkey

[liv2drift045]

Yes it is a deterant. I meant that's not why they were made. They originated in track vehicles.

[apexis13sx]

i take mine inside with me when i park it only at home though besides that i hide it

[azndoc]

I just take mine in with me if I go somewhere. But I only drive my 240 like twice a month so it's not that much of a hassle.

Plus women carry around their Gucci/LV purse for status symbol, so I carry my Nardi around in the same way.

[ZenkitonS14]

i feel lame walking around with my wheel, but Im paranoid. If I cant see my car, the wheel is OFF and the lock is on. No matter where. I always think too that if u dont have a lock over the hub cant someone just unscrew that part of the QR and put on another wheel?

[ixfxi]

catchin a plain to cali and poppin 240 trunks when i get there

whatchu talkin bout hannibal...

i aint gettin on no [email protected][email protected][email protected]

shuttup murdock, shuttup [email protected]#%[email protected]#%^[email protected]#

[420sx]

bitch ass #[email protected]$

[yokotas13]

Here, we just throw it on the dashboard.
In the states, it'll go where I go.
ditto

pop it off, throw it on the dash
on base, i take it inside when i go to bed.
off base, i leave my windows down lol

[Quigs]

My boss had a little VW Rabbit in like race spec form. He had it parked out in front of his Apt. one night, no steering wheel, alarm, fuses pulled, kill switched.

Wakes up the next day, walks outside to his car, notices it's about 6 ft back from where he parked it.

There's skid marks from his tires from where it was parked...

The fuckers took a CHAIN, wrapped it around his tow hook and pulled it with a fucking truck.

Morale of the story, if someone wants your car, they're going to do what ever it takes to get it. Oh and stay out of the IE.

Damn, that's some crazy shit. The worst I've had happen was this:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k270/quigs9808/PHOT0062-1.jpg

All of that only to take the $10 bill I had sitting under my stereo. AND THAT'S IT. People do some crazy shit for some of the dumbest reasons. And of course my alarm didn't stop them from busting out the rest of my windows as well. At least they didn't take my car.

[the terrible one]

quigs9808- damn that sucks. you ever find out who did that?
imagine if you had lexan windows. whatever they used to smash your windows with couldve bounced right back and hit them in the face!

[rncs13]

i like to put a chain around my steering wheel and rock it as one of those baller chains rap artists use

does your steering wheel hang low?

[liv2drift045]

does your WHEEL HANG LOW

haha that song is stuck in my head now

[Quigs]

quigs9808- damn that sucks. you ever find out who did that?
imagine if you had lexan windows. whatever they used to smash your windows with couldve bounced right back and hit them in the face!

Nah, never found out. But there is a baseball bat that now resides by my seat that is just itching to meet them :keke:

I actually considered going with lexan windows after that too, but I had to get them replaced ASAP since it's my daily, and I didnt have to resources at the time to go with the lexan. Oh well, I'm just thankful I still have my car.

[Grendel]

ditto

pop it off, throw it on the dash
on base, i take it inside when i go to bed.
off base, i leave my windows down lol

Do you guys have problems with cars being stolen on base over there?

I have no clue about off base theft, but I haven't heard about any being stolen on base here...

[deadpirate]

Trust me... I know what the 909 is all about... I practically lived there for 3 years cause my ex lives over there... and I have heard lots of stories of 240s gettin stolen out there as well so I would rather be safer than sorry. I was in the ontario mills parking lot and still don't trust it!


ontario mills is the worst place to not take the wheel off. 909 is horrible. 951 same, any where in that area is just bad. im paranoid to even drive down there and my parents live in riverside. damn glad they have a heavy ass gate

[holaback]

why the hell would someone want to steal a faggot waggon anyway? :duh: My boss had a little VW Rabbit in like race spec form. He had it parked out in front of his Apt. one night, no steering wheel, alarm, fuses pulled, kill switched.

Wakes up the next day, walks outside to his car, notices it's about 6 ft back from where he parked it.

There's skid marks from his tires from where it was parked...

The fuckers took a CHAIN, wrapped it around his tow hook and pulled it with a fucking truck.

Morale of the story, if someone wants your car, they're going to do what ever it takes to get it. Oh and stay out of the IE.

[liv2drift045]

Do you guys have problems with cars being stolen on base over there?

I have no clue about off base theft, but I haven't heard about any being stolen on base here...

I a buddy of mines type r was stolen off base, a guys s15 off base, peoples cars have been left on blocks (wheels gone) off base. Thats why i tell grant he's smokin crack for leavin his windows down. To each is own. I also know people who leave they're doors open at home... not I. Japan does feel alot more safe than the US.. but not THAT safe.

[lok]

i put mine above the driver seat between the roll cage and the roof.

[AbsoluteZero]

ontario mills is the worst place to not take the wheel off. 909 is horrible. 951 same, any where in that area is just bad. im paranoid to even drive down there and my parents live in riverside. damn glad they have a heavy ass gate

hahahah trust me I know 909 and 951 its all the same.. some parts are better than others but still can't trust the bros out in IE

[UfoZ8myCow]

I wear mine on a chain around my neck, Flava Flav style. Who needs a giant Movado when youve got a Sparco 325 foo?!!?

[tacotacotaco]

i put my wheel on my quick release belt buckle, When people ask what it is, I say, "ITs driven me NUTS YAAARRR"

[upSLIDEdown]

i put my wheel on my quick release belt buckle, When people ask what it is, I say, "ITs driven me NUTS YAAARRR"

LOL

msglngth

[NemeGuero]

I'm not telling what I do with mine.

[ixfxi]

I'm not telling what I do with mine.

shove it up your ANUS? haha

[NemeGuero]

shove it up your ANUS? haha

;) sshh

[xblack240x]

LOL @ "its drivin me nuts"

NemeGuero, I'm interested in meeting you now, I want to figure out what you do with your steering wheel, as well as what else can I put in its place? :keke:

[NemeGuero]

Oh you tease! lawlz

I'm in the east bay

[Kaizen.]

I like to balance it on my head while I walk around the malls. It makes a great hat!

[SimpleSexy180]

at home..leave in it the car because i park in a garage.

909/951 i take it with me if i cant see the car or if i know i will be gone for more than 10 mins.

everywhere else it depends on city and view of car.

[O3DigitalBath]

easier to get out of my car w/ out beatin the hell outa my bride (the main reason stock s13 seats are torn up... getting in/outta the car

and as most people who put it on our dash said [me and kevin @ least] we're not worried about our car gettin stolen.. iirc quick release weren't made to be a car theft deterant anyway.

so no... not to show off

you guys are few and far between...its the same as lets say aero/body kits....shit started off as a purpose part and now all the kiddies are buying up cheap ones for no reason other than they think it looks cool.

[xblack240x]

Damn you're in the East Bay... I'm over here in Frisco... Soon to be in Sac... Who knows, I'll visit you sometime :keke:

[yudalicious]

I just take mine in with me if I go somewhere. But I only drive my 240 like twice a month so it's not that much of a hassle.

Plus women carry around their Gucci/LV purse for status symbol, so I carry my Nardi around in the same way.

I have the cheapest Personal... damn I won't be balling ;[

[4thHorse]

Wasn't there a guy on here that had his wheel stolen when he left it in the back seat, and was stuck at his job with no way of getting home?