''It's not recordable. I was very annoyed. Very, very annoyed,'' she said.
So, too, was Isaacs' neighbour, Mavis Pere, who had helped Isaacs buy the car and was shocked to see it on Saturday.
Isaacs had been ''really upset'' when she discovered the missing wheels, Pere said.
''She kept saying 'Why me? Why me?'''
Police had visited and taken fingerprints. A spokesman said yesterday the investigation was ongoing.
In the meantime, Pere had also posted pictures online in an effort to find out who was responsible, and messages of support had flooded in.
The messages included one from Midway Motors managing director Chris Henderson, of Dunedin, offering Isaacs a new set of wheels and tyres.
Henderson, contacted yesterday, said he just wanted to help.
''As we get older these little things stress us ... that's why I offered to help. It just seemed the right thing to do.''
Isaacs said it was the third time she had faced car trouble in recent years, after a previous vehicle had its back windows smashed in and was later written off after being hit by another car's trailer.
Her Mazda 2 was insured, but with an excess that meant she would be out of pocket from any claim.
She would accept Henderson's offer, and said she was ''very grateful'' for other messages of support, but hoped whoever took her wheels would return them.
Pere agreed, but said those responsible were ''scumbags, obviously''.
