So I didn't know who Rowdy Burns was when he was mentioned in this Car+Driver story.
It is about the overnight theft of 192 wheels and tyres from the cars in a Texas car lot:
The article also mentions "Robin Reliants" - I guess I should be impressed that Americans have even heard of the Reliant Robin, even if they can't get the name right. They do some sums in the article too:
Considering the approximately four-hour window that the police figure it took to perpetrate the crime, that’s a theft rate of one wheel every 1.25 minutes. And the thieves removed nearly 1000 lug nuts in the dark. Whoever the perps are, clearly Rowdy Burns needs to hire these guys.
Hence the Rowdy Burns comment - I had already decided Christian Horner would be interested in them.
The article also makes the very good point that they must have been packing plenty of spare battery packs for the cordless impact guns that were used in the heist. Imagine trying to do that using a wheel brace or with cables trailing all over the place.
Now the thieves have to try and sell the wheels on knowing that the Police will be out looking for them:
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