I caught a guy red handed trying to steal my car many years ago. Just another deadbeat junkie who I could have easily beaten the living s#it out off. When I hauled him into the gym *my place of work at the time* I also had half a dozen kickboxers and body builders also wanting to beat the sh1t out of him. Why didnt I have some fun?
Because treating people like the a$$hats they are only gives them further justification for thier behavour. Besides.. I might have broken the skin on my knuckles and could have ended up catching hep B.. or worse!
Who ever stole your caps has no respect for themselves, and therefore no respect for anyone else. Nothing you can say/do will change that, but take comfort in the fact that you are so much better than they are! You took the time to earn those caps.. you will find them again because you dont need to steal them! You love your car and its bits, they hate themselves in such a deep way that it enables them to treat everyone like s$it.
Hint! never make assumptions on who stole your bits, often the truth is far stranger than fiction.
But still if you can, look for them and try to find them.
PS* just to note. If you are going to beat the crap out of someone in a premeditated sort of way, then latex gloves with riggers gloves over should give you enough protection for your skin as any sort of weapon will really only bring more trouble than its worth.
PPS* for anyone missing the obvious.. the whole gloves/beating thing is a joke mmk. so hard to put *tone* into type
